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RP: Section 6 Bearer of bad news

Jack Pine

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---//Pine house// fifteen hours after Jack Pine being listed as KIA//---

Rorik got out of the jeep where he had parked next to the curb and began the walk to the front door, not looking forward to the news he was about to drop on his commander's wife. He stepped up to the front door dressed in a Section 6 dress uniform and pressed the door bell.
Izzy answered the door, a slight baby bump noticable. She immediatly looked worried when she saw Rorik there, "Hey Rorik, what's going on? Where's Jack?"

"Mrs. Pine, you may want to sit down." Rorik said his face clearly not a happy one.

"Um, okay, come on then," Izzy said with a frown, allowing him to come inside before closing the door. She went into the living room before sitting in one of the chairs. "Now can you please tell me what is going on?"

"I don't know how else to say this mam, but fifteen hours ago Jack was listed as killed in action. He was on a Broadsword on a mission to survey the location of a new station we are building with some other governments. His ship was attacked and destroyed by unknown combatants with all hands lost." Rorik said after removing his cap before placing a pad on the coffee table with photos of floating debris, his face a mask of sorrow.

Izzy imediatly looked crushed as she picked up the pad, not wanting to believe it. "He's dead?"

Tears came to her eyes as she sat there, the shock wearing off after a minute. She looked at Rorik as she started crying fully. She shook her head slowly as she wrapped an arm around her stomach.

"I'm sorry to have to bring you this news. We will be STing him soon at Nath tower." Rorik said not sure what else to say, as he had done this kind of job before, but it never got any easier.

Izzy rushed out of the house, not thinking about anything else. She had momentarily forgotten about the ST backups that they had for everyone but once she was reminded she headed out to the Jeep to go to Nath tower. She slid out of the driver's seat, and started toward the door.

Rorik had chased after worried that Mrs. Pine would hurt herself in her haste, and quickly got into his jeep even as hers raced off towards the city on the main highway leading away from the neighborhood located next to the Section 6 facility. He would catch up to her in the parking lot as he came skidding to a stop, and hopped out of the vehicle to sprint up to the building, and into the lobby a moment after her.

Izzy turned as she heard footsteps behind her in the lobby, her eyes still held a few tears. She actually looked a little surprised, "You followed me?"

"Yes I was worried you would have an accident in your haste mam. This way, we can take the elevator." Rorik anwsered before switching directions to walk past the large statue of Uso in the center of the lobby towards the rows of elevators as he bid her to follow.

"Oh, valid worry I guess," She said as she followed sheepishly. She stepped into the elevator, still a little upset about the whole thing. "You guys really have no idea on who would have done this? And no one survived?"

"There was no debris left from another ship, so we assume it happened by surprise and was over quickly. No one was recovered alive, we reclaimed as many bodies as we could, though Jack's could not be found. Jack left a month ago for that trip and should have been back a couple weeks ago. We got worried when they didn't return, or reported in. With the recent addition of fold drives we made it there within a couple hours. From what we could tell the wreck had been floating there for a most of the month. Sections were missing from the debris." Rorik answered knowing they would not bring comfort, but he did not want to lie. The tan nepleslian was slightly worried in the back of his mind at if she would begin to act rash, and knowing of the Elysian race's inhuman strength couple with confined spaces. Well he knew if she became angered, it would not be pretty for him.

"Then how do you know he's dead?" Izzy asked, turning to glare at him. She pushed him back toward one of the sides of the elevator, pushing him a bit harder than she probably meant to.

Rorik would be sore for a while as he was slammed against the wall, the metal actually squeeking as it was strained, but remained unbent, "We searched the wreckage for several hours, we combed with entire sensor sweeps, and we even had personnel EVA to search themselves. He just wasn't there. Mrs. Pine I beg you, it's not my fault, please!" he pleaded.

"If he wasn't there he could have been picked up by someone, or still out there somewhere somehow," Izzy said, looking menacingly at Rorik. She was in no way thinking rationally as she slammed her hand into the side of the elevator right by his head.

Rorik was used to facing down armed men with guns, sometimes within a couple inches of his face, but he was not prepare for the wrath of a angry wife. He squeeked slightly as a hand shape dent was made in the metal next to his head. "The space surrounding the area is controlled by the I'ee, Union, and Vekimen. All on their respective sides. If any of their people had picked him up, as our allies, they would have notified us and brought him back. Please I am speaking the truth!" he begged making sure to leave out the greater possibility of Jack having been captured by whoever destroyed the ship, as it was not a fate he would even have liked to consider. But to tell her would surely seal his fate.

Her glare didn't go away as she turned toward the elevator doors, waiting on them to open. She just wanted Jack at the moment, especially after hearing that he did die the last mission. She sighed and closed her eyes, trying to calm down.

Rorik scrunched himself into the corner of the elevator trying to make himself small as the doors opened. As they exited with Rorik purposely delaying, one of the ST technicians would walk up, "Mam, please stand back as we lower the pod. Download is in progress."

As the tech said this one of the cylinder like pods lining the walls with machinery attached to the back that held a different person in each, began to slide from an up right position to a laying position as it slid along a curved track running across a the floor and up the wall behind the pod. It would stop with a slight jerk with the glass now beginning to unfog as the contents reached room temperature.

"Activate transferr, in three....two.....one." a female tech says as the sound of a hum followed by the sound of a defibulator followed causing the body within to jerk. As the fog fully disappeared and the hum stopped, the body of Jack Pine became visible within. A mechanical apparatus was pulled away from his head and an arm with a round black pad that had been held to his chest would lift away as the pod opened.

After a few moments Jack would quickly sit up with a gasp as he sucked in breath.

Izzy rushed forward once Jack sat up, nearly pulled him out of the pod, and wrapped him in her wings. "I'm so glad you're back. This is one time I'm really happy about the STs." She didn't care about anything other than the fact that Jack was here, alive, in her arms.

"Izzy,.....I can't.......breeeathe." Jack gave as he struggled to breathe.

Izzy loosened her grip but didn't fully let go of Jack, she wished she could ask him what happened but she knew he wouldn't remember since whatever happened happend since his last backup. "Sorry," She said kind of sheepishly.

"Thank you. So anyone wanna explain why I am waking up in an ST chamber? And why I don't have any pants." Jack said but adding the last sentence as he realized he wasn't wearing anything.

"Evedently you died on the last mission you went on, though they couldn't find your body," Izzy said, shooting another glare at Rorik. "You just got STed."

"Huh, well this is a new experience. Would really like those pants now guys." Jack said pulling closer to Isabelle and pulling a wing around gently to cover him.

Izzy stiffened slightly as he touched her wing to pull it around him. She was biting her lip to keep from saying anything. One of the techs handed him a pair of pants that were kept for those who had just been backed up.

Jack took the pants and slipped them on still shivering, "Need to develop revived pants with warmers, or a heater." he said rubbing his arms before pulling Isabelle's wing tighter as he moved closer to her.

Izzy bit down on her tongue trying not to say anything, when she was sure she had control she spoke lowly to Jack, "Will you please stop touching my wings, please."

Jack pulled his hand away before putting his arms around Isabelle and kissing his wife.

Izzy kissed back, relaxing into his arms. She was happy that he could be brought back like this. "Let's go home, we can relax and just enjoy each other's company that way. It'd be nice considering what just happened."
 
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