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Chapter 4 - chapter 4

mining team

as Quentin and Jackson walked out the door they say two guards standing there they didn't say anything they began the walk to the ship that would talk them. When they arrived thew saw a few others some tried to run others knew there fate Quentin and Jackson boarded the ship without a word.

"names" said a large man

"Quentin And Jackson Ridgewood" said Quentin without looking up

"parents" asked the man

"Rodger and Montica Ridgewood" said Quentin

after checking there names on his list he sat down across from them

"buckle down its gonna be bumpy" said the man as he attached his harness to the seat

the two did as he said and prepared. After ten minutes the ship started to vibrate they looked at the other passengers and saw they where doing the same

"calm your asses down it'll stop when where out of the gravity field" said the man was be looked at his tablet

everyone did as he said and the ship left station ECHO

-on the planet-

when the ship touched down the only thing the passengers heard was the engines shutting down. As people began to unbuckle the man spoke again

"before we can leave the ship you all need to suit up" said the man as he walked towards the front of the ship. Once he arrived he opened a container and began calling names soon everyone was in there spacesuits and the back hatch of the ship opened. They could not believe there eyes the planet was completely Grey on a single sign of life apart from the large habit infront of them.

"quit standing around and get to the habit" said the large man through the intercoms

And once again everyone listened to him and entered the habit. After entering the habit they saw it was mostly full of crates a few tables and chairs all in all it looked void of life.

"Everyone follow me to the medical wing for the checkup and your new nano tech implants" said the man

They all followed him to the medical wing when they arrived they saw two middle aged men in lab coats the two men told them to sit down and wait for there name to be called. After waiting a few hours Jackson was the first of the two called it was fifteen minutes before he came out after that it was finally Quentin's turn.

"everything good just need to remove your nano tech and replace it" said the doctor

Quentin stayed quite as the man plugged a tube into his vitals plate tapped on his tablet a few times, seconds later Quentin could see a reddish grey liquid going up the tube and he felt queasy once the extraction was complete the man spoke again.

"now this next part could hurt so be prepared" said the doctor as he plugged a wire into Quentin's vital plate

Quentin could feel his vital plate being removed and it burned like a fresh cut he gritted his teeth to hold back his moans of pain the doctor left the room once he was done. It was a few minutes before the doctor returned holding a black case the doctor opened the case and removed another vital plate it looked more streamlined then the other one Quentin had.

"this is gonna be painful so be prepared" said the doctor as he placed the vital plate on the underside of Quentin's wrist

It hurt much more the the last one he had he could barely hold back his moans of pain. Once the plate was attached the doctor pulled a syringe of grey liquid out of of the case and attached a tube to the bottom he then attached the tube to the vital plate and began injecting the liquid. Quentin felt a cool sensation as the liquid entered his body and the lingering pain from the vital plate was gone he looked at the plate and say his veins darken and a slight redness around the plate that was slowly vanishing

"done give it a few days before you head out after that idk what you do" said the doctor as he got up

"thanks" said quentin in a quite monotone voice

"Kid the mining teams not a death sentence stop thinking it is" said the doctor

Quentin didn't answer him back and left the room

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