"I can't believe she's gone..." Zorren said quietly as he and Sierra sat in confinement together as their operatives were planning on what to do for the two.
"Yeah... I know." Sierra said in a more strained voice.
Her throat was sore, her eyes were red, puffy, and sticky from crying, and she honestly felt numb to the world at this point.
She was still covered in Victoria's blood, but Zorren was interested in the deep violet stains on her hands.
"... What... Did you get into, out there?" He asked.
Sierra furrowed her brow at his question, looking down over herself when she jolted at the sight of the Violet color on her hands.
'Shit! I completely forgot about that!'
Sierra cursed herself internally, trying to make up a valid reason why those stains were there.
"I... It... I... Don't. Remember." She settled for an answer.
Zorren wanted to pry, but he knew better and only exhaled.
"How about you get cleaned up..? Roman won't mind. I'll snag you a new set of clothes."
Sierra nodded, and they both got up from the floor, Zorren leaving the room first to explain to Roman what they were planning, to which Zorren gave a nod to her, leaving Sierra to dart off to the closest shower.
As soon as she stepped inside, she ripped all of her armor and clothes off, hoping that none of Toroks' blood was on them, and was only on her.
To her surprise, only a little was on the cuffs of the sleeves.
She just folded them inward, knowing that they would have to be field destroyed anyhow with Victoria's blood seeping into it.
Some of her blood had bled through to Sierra's skin along her torso and chest where she held her.
She felt her stomach wretch at the sight, feeling it start to dry and congealed against her skin.
She chose one of the shower stalls, cranking on the warm water, and stepped in.
She scrubbed herself harshly to get rid of both bloodstains, a dark maroon color swirling away in the water as it went away.
She heard the door open, and a heavier set of boots came into the showers, clearly Roman as she could hear him collect her old set of clothes, and walk out with them.
Sierra took a breath to calm herself, sure that she would evade any conflict for the bloodstains.
After she had turned off the water and scraped off what water was left in her hair and on her skin, she stepped out of the shower to see a more casual set of clothes.
It was a plain gray t-shirt, black cargo pants, and of course new undergarments.
She quickly got dressed, leaving her shirt for last as she took the towel and dried her hair of what water was left.
After She slipped her shirt on, she left the showers to return to either Roman or Zorren.
"Hold it there, 216."
Sierra jolted at the two armed men behind her.
"You've been reassigned new quarters after the incident."
"We've been ordered to escort you there."
Sierra was confused, but she had no other option but to go with them.
She followed them for a bit, but she took notice that they were heading to the Pelican flight bay, hearing another man come up behind her.
"W-wait, what's- Ah!"
Sierra yelped with a jolt as she felt a pain in her neck, seeing Roman with a syringe and needle, looking down at her as he just kept saying, 'I'm sorry.' Over and over again.
Not a moment later, Siera fell dizzy, and her vision started to get blurry as she stumbled to her knees and blacked out with Romans name.
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Ryke had circled the base with a vigilant eye, but he never saw a glimpse of Sierra through the area Torok promised she'd be.
"Come on, little one. I know you're here, somewhere."
He heard a small yell in the distance, where an above-head Pelican was landing towards, swinging its bay door towards the base on the outside pad.
Ryke moved in as close as he could as fast as he could before he saw three men headed towards the Pelican.
One holding Sierra in his arms.
Ryke became concerned, seeing she was unconscious as they took her inside the Pelican.
He bolted back to his phantom, rushing into his pilot.
"Follow that Pelican. Now. Activate mobile cloaking."
"Yes, sir."
The Phantom bolted off in its cloaked state following in behind the Pelican for what felt like hours.
The pelican finally showed promise of landing as it approached a large facility far out of the way from UNS, Covenant forces, and the civilian cities.
"What is this place?" Ryke more or less asked aloud to himself.
"This facility has never shown itself on our scans, before. Not even now." His pilot said.
"Then mark the coordinates, and get us back. If they've taken her here, there's no guarantee she could see the next few suns."
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Ryke was hasty as he lept from his Phantom as he returned to camp, abruptly entering Toroks' tent with his name as he found him at his console.
"Torok!"
He shot his head upwards at the outburst, but he instantly knew that it was of most importance to them both.
"Where is she? What happened?" Torok moved out from behind his console to stand directly in front of Ryke, eager for an answer.
"They moved her. Followed the Pelican in the Phantom, but where she's taken to is cloaked from sensors, I could only save the coordinates. Somethings wrong, Torok. She won't make it to the next sun."
Torok's brow furrowed, turning back to his console as he opened her files, trying to remember something he'd seen.
His console chimed, and his answer appeared before him, sending waves of worry through him.
"Oh... No..."
"What do we do?" Ryke questioned anxiously.
"Get the Phantoms ready. Get your men awake and ready. We need to move. now!"
Torok sounded the camp alarm from his console, Ryke shouting for men to get their armor on and get ready for an attack launch.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Miidran barged into Torok's tent as Vexa entered with him.
"I'm going to get her." Torok said.
"The human?!" Miidran asked in a growl.
"When?" Vexa asked in a more concerned tone.
"Now. I'll need you to stay here. I don't know what condition I'm going to find her in. And watch the boys!"
Before he could leave, Miidran grabbed his arm harshly.
"I'd advise you to think carefully about this Idea that you have." He hissed.
Torok retorted by grabbing his wrist and snatching it away from him.
"It's no longer an Idea... The Hierarchs have accepted it."
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