A blinking comm light took her attention away for a moment from crushing leaves into a poultice for her arm, open wounds were dangerous to leave too long unattended in the jungle. Sekhmet was happy and relieved to hear Giiselle's voice, picking up the arm band and clicking the button she responded without questions as there would be time enough for that later. Still her mind wandered into the grey area that had become Stymie, he had simply seemed to slip under the radar, and Sekhmet decided she wouldn't worry until there was concrete evidence for it.

"Giiselle!" Sekhmet was indeed happy to hear backup had arrived and her voice showed it. "Situation is grim, there are a few new rinkles but I will catch you up to speed when I converge in 15, I have you at 3 clicks east of me. Sekhmet out."

The poultice was hard not to see through the gap of her tunic,even at the hurried attempt of tying the fabric, the leaves had a marvelous property of acting like an elastic adhesive, easily washed off in water, but would seal any wound and help fight bacteria, she finished it quickly and headed off in the direction her locator had indicated the message from Giiselle had come from. "Handy little gadget." She said to herself as she snapped it back on her wrist.

Moving silently through the trees and undergrowth, she slipped into obscurity as a Commando came past, she wasn't sure if it was one from contingent below or a lookout from Giiselle, in either case, he didn't act like he had seen her or the vanguard of Commandos now on the planets surface. Whatever it was that had given her away, didn't seem to matter when she pounced from his blindspot, his pulled blaster never fired, only the sound of the soft crack of his neck. And as his body went limp in her arms, she dragged him into the underbrush and covered his body with detritus from the many seasons that had left their mark. A scream overhead gave her a new idea, one that would cover her presence and his absence, Sekhmet grinned evilly, "well old fellow, time to get out of bed." TTF she hurtled the body upward just above the tree line, the Raptor didn't second guess the offering as it dug it's talons into the lifeless body and using its massive jaws to rend the armor and sever the head, which made a low and hollow thump as it hit the ground bouncing and rolling out of sight. Listening to the crunch of armor and bone, Sekhmet found her bearings and picked up her pace.

Giiselle had set up a perimeter and watch and was in the midst of discussing battle stratagy over newly acquired data that was just now displayed on the holo grid. Sekhmet approached the guards who took a step back and not saying a word escorted her to the command center. Receiving the same horrified stares, from everyone, she grinned and winked at them...."I assure you it looks worse than it is!" Getting a few chuckles and some much needed water, Sekhmet patted Giiselle's shoulder. "He's alive, scared....but alive."

Sep 28, 2009 5:27 PM | Report Abuse reply