"They have chosen you. Eywa sees you, little human."
"Chosen? Like Harry Potter?"
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In which the daughter of General Ardmore is forced to choose between blood or bond when she falls for the...
CHAPTER THREE "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth..."
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A week ofanticipation has passed since General Ardmore informed Nix about the birthday present she'd be receiving soon. She had always loved birthdays when she was younger. Every year she'd spend the day with her father at her place of choice (an amusement park, zoo, escape room, ect.) then she would come home, eat cake, wait for her mother to get off work, and finally open her gifts.
When she was thirteen, her father gifted her the journal she now uses religiously. And when she turned fourteen... well, he died a month before her fourteenth birthday. But her mother swooped in and gifted her the trip to Pandora. A better life, is what she called it.
For her fifteenth birthday, Nix hadn't expected anything at all. And now she was aching to find out what her mother had planned, the curiosity was quite literally killing her.
Currently, she was in the Ops command center after just having served breakfast to the hungry Marines before their early morning shifts. She was now brewing fresh coffee and secretly listening to the general while she was going over plans with her operating forces.
"Gentleman, our latest intelligence reports indicate increased thanator activity near our base eight miles west," Ardmore stood at the head of the conference table, gesturing to the holographic map of the base projecting above the table. "Due to the SciOps experiments, these thanators are becoming more aggressive."
"What are you proposing, General?" asked Corporal Lee.
"We need to bolster our protection immediately, and recapture these feral thanators," Ardmore said, resolute. "I want additional perimeter sensors and a rapid response team on standby. We cannot afford any breaches."
"What about the research team?" Lieutenant Castillo—Roman—asked, leaning forward in his seat. "Shouldn't we consider relocating them somewhere safer?"
General Ardmore shook her head. "Relocation isn't an option. We need to ensure their safety without disrupting their work."
Nix came around with the steaming pot of coffee and began to refill empty mugs around the table. As she did so, the general tapped the control, highlighting several points on the holographic map.
"We'll deploy extra patrols in each of these areas," Ardmore said. "We also need to establish a fallback point inside the facility where personnel can retreat if outer defenses are compromised."
"Understood, General," Colonel Delgado stated after taking some notes. "I'll coordinate with the engineering team for the reinforcements and the tech division for the upgrades."
