"Oran!" Kyrena angrily yelled at the top of her lungs, "What. The. Hell! ORAN ANSWER ME DAMN IT!"
Water splashed as Kyrena made her way through the hot spring in the dark. The sky still had stars but the lights had gone out and she could feel the presence of the Soldier following close behind her.
Huffing in anger she tentatively asked him, "Why did you chance it?"
His voice seemed calmer and deeper as he said softly, "I am to protect you and you were in pain… So I intervened to keep you from harm!"
She sighed glad that he didn't die and realized that, that ment he had unconsciously had taken something as compensation.
"D-did you… k-kiss me?" She blushed as she softly asked, bringing up her status screen to find no flashing red icons.
"Yes." He replied directly, "I was also summoned by your Father after surviving the fire to be given 'Husband Command Privileges' though I am still understanding the physical change that happened to me before the unknown power he spoke of… I was going to ask you to teach me how after you woke up but I fell asleep, I apologize for that."
He sounded truly apologetic and confused that she decided she would help since he had mentioned meeting her Father, and she would get any information from him as possible about her Dad.
"ORAN! RESPOND YOU RUST BUCKET!" She screamed again as they made it to the curtain where their clothes should be kept.
Hearing scraping and sharp taping behind her she paused in confusion, "Spartan?"
His deep soothing voice sounded from right above her head, "Your Father named me, Michael… For he said I was no longer human since the humans had killed me and my new body needed a new name."
Turning around to where she thought she was facing him she reached out a hand and felt smooth skin of his abdomen that had faint soft ridges. Sliding her hands oppositely sideways she felt him shiver as she found his sides.
"D-don't! I have no clothes on and this feels odd!"
His voice came from above her head as she tilted her head upwards and traced a hand up to his face she noticed the difference in his body structure and his jawline to figure he was like a lizard man cuz furries don't have that bone sharpness angles.
"Please wag your butt… that sounded different in my head… I need to confirm something please?"
Sighing heavily he shook his hips as a thick dragging sound startled them both as it followed his hips.
"I-I think you have a tail…" She stuttered now, embarrassment filled her as things flashed through her mind before she shook those thoughts away.
"Shouldn't your A.I. have answered your call by now?" He asked, trying to drag attention elsewhere as new feelings swelled up inside him.
She became angry all over again at this that Michael made a mental note to not piss her off.
Growling she punched the door with multiple icons on it and her fist glowed a light blue hue like fire.
Taking a stance she crossed her arms, lifted them above her head and slashed downwards with all her might as a large blue fire X burned the door away revealing a single odd color stone pathway with arches appeared amongst an abyssal drop filled with stars of different sizes and colors and a faint wind was heard howling beneath the stone.
"Let's go!" She demanded as she moved forward with angry strides that Michael followed as best he could as she non stop cursing, "Mother Frapper Of A Biscuit Pounding Puncake Pudding Eating Pile Of Crumbs Has Forced To Make Me Use The Snakeway! I Will Make Him Wish I Never Made Him!"
Keeping silent as he followed her and noticed his surroundings, the infinite space filled with life of stars and sounds that made him think something was following them close behind and next to them.
When he looked though, nothing was there. When he looked behind them he saw the bridge was collapsing at a specific distance from her as she confidently moved in anger.
Reaching a stairway that led to a circular odd archway, it lit up with the same blue fire as her hands as it became like standing water with no reflection.
She walked in with Michael on her heels as it felt like cold misty claws or hands had almost grabbed his back and tail before he disappeared and the portal had shut leaving screams of anger in the void as the pathway fully disappeared.
In a large dome like room filled with stars sat a little boy rocking on his but with hands covering his ears.
A single star was flashing red with urgency and silvery yellow blue mist was slowly shifting the stars.
Seeing the state of the boy Kyrena paused uncertainty before yelling as loud as possible that made the room shake, "ORAN! COI!"
Jerking his head up in fear he turned with tears in his eyes as he bolted into his master hugging her and shaking in fear. His broken voice shuddered as he tried to speak but nothing came out of his mouth and he cried again.
Crouching down Kyrena hugged the little boy and patted his head and stroked his back as he cried in fear. Calming him down she looked as where he was before to notice something irregular. Picking Oran up she handed him to Michael who held him like he saw how she did as she stood up and radiated blue fire.
In a voice he didn't recognize she calmly and slowly strode forward while slowly turning her hands over by her sides, "Well… Well… Well… A Parasite Dared To Invade My Domain?"
A murky shadow flinched as it found it couldn't move as the sky turned back to a silvery sky blue hue with stars,
"What say you? You enter someone else's home and not introduce yourself to the owner? How rude!"
The shadow couldn't find the way it had entered nor could not connect back to the other end as it found it was fully trapped,
"Still not gonna introduce yourself?" She calmly asked in a boredish tone, "Whatever gave you the brave idea to invade someone else's turf and torment a child?"
With a cocky female tone the shadow replied, "He started it first!"
"Then kick him out! Not follow him to someone else's domain!"
"Then it's a good thing I'm just a copy! You're not gonna get any info from me!"
"Do you know where you are?"
"The enemy's territory?"
"The Forerunners Territory!"
With that the shadow froze as realization dawned on it as Kyrena was so close and it could feel the fear of the flames on her hands.
"You tormented my child who was learning for who knows how long I was asleep!" Reaching a flaming hand towards the shadow as malice filled her voice, "I shall repay what you did before I hear your excuse!"
The shadow engulfed in flames screamed octaves that Michael even flinched from, the shadow had shrunk to the size of her palm before the flames subsided. Picking the shadow up she blew on it like blowing out the smoke of a candle, revealing a now blue sunflower dress wearing transparent girl who was huddled down in fear.
"Want to introduce yourself now?" Kyrena slowly started to close her hand while smiling.
"I… I-I'm Artificial Intelligence Sonya! I'm in charge of keeping sealed and destroyed files from being found!" She cried as she covered her head in fear, "I was only doing what the protocol was! I'm Sorry! I'm Sorry! Please Don't Destroy Me~!" Sonya cried as she huddled in Kyrena's palm.
"What destroyed files?" Kyrena demanded.
"The failed files on all the eliminated Spartans! And the multitude of changes in the formula to make them Forerunners! I was made after they scanned a Forerunner artifact containing ancient D.N.A Sequence believed to be Forerunners! But all tests have failed so far! With only a 3% chance of success in results wanted!"
Pausing at this she realized that what she knew was slightly different then what actually happened and she might need to interfere for them to get it right.
"I'll keep you alive for now!" She said as she made a cage with a small bed from nothing holding her hand up to its entrance Sonya became conflicted, "Enter yourself or go somewhere else!"
Sonya sadly rushed the gate and even closed the door herself as she sat quietly on the bed not moving or making a sound.
"Oran? Are you feeling better now?"
She calmly asked as she made the cage float in place.
The voice Michael recognized returned as the boy removed himself from his hold and returned to his regular size of 6 foot 3 inches and dressed in a butler outfit, "I apologize Madam!" He said as he bowed, "I was not expecting the backlash to be so severe! Sorry you had to see me in that state!"
"So what happened to Blackie?"
"The Failsafe number 3 kicked in! We are currently in a ball… though it seems that Fan has hold of us but is unconscious and is underground surrounded by what you probably suspected to be here!" Tilting his head to one side as he saw outside from the ball's surroundings, "She doesn't seem to be in immediate danger… it seems they are waiting for her to wake up… Should I prepare a nest appropriate to them?"
Kyrena thought 'a nest?' "Yes, do it! Can we teleport out anytime soon?"
"Not recommended, but I'll make the preparations though Madam… you may want to get changed first!"
Kyrenas face became red from embarrassment as realization finally hit that she went through the Snakeway naked! Then she became confused, why only her? Shouldn't he need to too?
With a curious glance she took a peak behind her only to see his entire body had scales similar to that of skin texture, and no piece down below to cover, only a section of his lower abdomen was a noticeably different texture like small smooth interlocking octagon shaped scales.
Blushing hard as she felt his gaze on her she waved a hand above her head as a full suit of bulky heavy armor encased her small frame and a helmet with cat ears and a reflective visor in the shape of eyes replaced her blushing face.
As she spoke her voice sounded more domineering, "Are you going out like that?"
He looked down at himself as he quickly took in his new look before asking sheepishly as his tail slowly waved back and forth, "You got anything that will fit?"
Kyrena just looked at Oran before he snapped his fingers and skin tight flexible camo cargo pants modified for his tail appeared on him.
"That's the biggest we got in stock, so don't destroy them!"
Micheal did some squats and stretches to know his limitations in the new clothes to find that he had full movement. With a grin full of sharp teeth and in a good mood he replied, "No worries!"
"It looks like she's awake now!" Oran mentioned as he multitasked opening a portal and keeping tabs of what was happening outside of the ball, "She seems nervous of something…. Ma'am? What do you see?" Oran asked as the fully armored female began to shake as well as what Fan was looking at.
Kyrena stayed silent as thoughts swirled about her head.
'What! The! Hell! Is! A! Spider! Doing! That! Large! And! Why! Is! It! Here!?'
As her brain tries to register what she was seeing her body unconsciously shook in terror which did not go unnoticed by the also enhanced being behind her who heard her under her helmet mutter one word repeatedly with fear in her whispered voice.
"Impossible!"
Micheal squinted at the screen and all he saw was a soldier standing against a wall of shadows…. What had gotten her so terrified, that with his enhancements, couldn't see what she and Fan were seeing?
In a panicked voice full of fear and urgency she demanded, "Oran! Portal! NOW!"
Oran looked briefly at them in confusion, when he had already stated it would be a while, but quickly made a single path for two heading outwards.
As a portal faintly started to appear before them did Kyran lunge for it like her life depended on it.
Micheal paused for half a second before he wrapped a large arm around her waist before she had touched the non-stabled portal and held her off the ground with ease.
"Wait!" He said as she struggled to get out of his grip that even he had difficulty keeping hold of her.
"I! CAN'T!" She huffed as she was expending more energy than she should, there was no way he was stronger than her. She's had the system longer and had maxed out everything a long time ago! There is no way that this child was stronger than her!
As Micheal made holding her kicking form look easy, he was quicker than he had realized as he kept her in his arms as the unstable portal was trying to connect to the outside.
Still trying to realize why this calm demeanored woman had thrown caution or logic to the wind to jump into an unstable means of transportation.
Orans voice made both of them pause "Oh! Dear! Maker!"
"Wude!!" Kyran said defeatedly pouting as she tried to dead weight herself.
Micheal looked over at Oran and saw what he saw and wondered how she had seen it before they detected it was baffling.
The human officer that was against the wall suddenly had his skin ripples as his torso was shredded apart and what stood in his place was a furry being so outrageous that they didn't know what it was.
But without looking over Kyran just stated in an irritated tone, "Can I go Now?"