A midsummers night Bounty (Samus Aran)

[AurixValen]

Aurix had been ridding on a shuttle that was on auto-pilot for some time, no one around to keep him entertained and he for the most part was either sleeping, checking his equipment or looking at his dog tags from when he was just a soldier. He smirked as he looked out the front window and saw a desert planet. He pulled up his Omni-tool to check mission specs.

Nothing.

"Well, this should be fun."

He said as he sat in the chair again as the Admiral of the Alliance Fleet opened up a hail. He turned on the comms system and opened up the hail using the holographic key stones as he saw the picture of an old man come into play.

"Crowe, we have a situation in this area and we think you are the one to get it one, an Alliance officer was killed by a rogue factions in the system you are in. you are to find the body of the Officer. Then find the man responsible, we think that the one who did this is an Ex-Special Ops who is running with some Pirates, expect heavy numbers of enemies as you get into the facility. These were the last co-ordinates."

Aurix looked at the co-ordinates, it was in a desert. He could vaguely see a large installation under a cliff. He rubbed his chin. "Anything else I should know? I assume you want the man dead yes?" Aurix said getting his equipment ready to go.

"Yes, there is something. We need him alive or dead. Preferably alive. We cannot let him fall into the wrong hands. He could give out sensitive information if we are not careful. He may use what ever he can to get away."

Aurix sighed as the comm channel ended he got up and took off his uniform to put his Suit on. He took his time, ensuring everything was safe and secure, grabbed himself 4 or 5 rockets in case of an emergency. After he loaded up his explosives he grabbed his rifle and placed it on his back. came into orbit and took command of the shuttle as he landed over top of the cliff. A sand storm was kicking, only if someone landed close enough to his ship would someone see it. Which he hoped it didn't as he cracked his neck and landed the shuttle fully, activating the proximity system to alert him when someone came by. If they got close enough it could give him a detailed scan of the person. Though he doubted it would be friendly as he opened the hatch and killed most of the systems, enough to get him off planet and back to the citadel in time.

As the door opened he got out and closed the door behind him as he pulled his rifle out and activated the tactical option which gave him a clearer idea of where the edges of the cliff were and gave indications of people and anything around him. He moved to the outline of the cliff and looked down and saw three guards outside. Each were handling the same weapon a pistol. Moving the left side he got to a steel slope and used it to move down, ground level to the entrance, he silenced his suits comm as he went down going.

"Shit shit shit shit!" as he hit the ground he rolled pointing his rifle around to see if anyone noticed his little display. Nothing, the storm was causing the guards to be just as blind as he would be as he moved closer he hid behind a large rock as he looked over he used to sand storm to his advantage as a guard went by, his Omni-Tool turned into a blade as the guard turned and saw him.

"I'M GOING TO KI-"

The pirate said Aurix pushed his blade up into the cranium of the man and pulled him behind cover while he moved towards the second one.

"Sparrow? You still around? Your com went dead. remember, no games out here."

Said the second one as Aurix charged him with his gun open firing at him, watching the suits shields drop and the slugs from the Lancer go right through him as he turned to the other one and did the same. No chance they had.

He moved to the front door and forced it open, as he moved in he saw an empty room. He walked in  and looked around and saw a camera look at him.

Over the speakers he heard "Ahh, What is this? Another Failed test subject from that new N7 program? Crowe was it? I must say, for a hero.. You can't save anyone can you? Out of 70 you saved what? 20? Pirates, eliminate this walking corpse."

Aurix sighed and swore under his voice as he hid behind cover by the door, it was a steel box but it had to do while three.. or four. Maybe five walked into the room shooting as Aurix was returning fire, essentially it was some cover combat but no one was going to win this one.

"And here I thought I wouldn't need back up." He said to himself. Using one hand to go over the box and pull the trigger and his other to put his hand on his helm to activate the comm on a secure channel "This is N7 Operative Aurix Crowe, requesting back up." Nothing in return. "Looks like I am alone..."

[Samus Aran]

It had been a while since she had a reasonable, simple bounty to hunt. Well, at least infiltrating a base of rogue former SpecOps agent filled with pirates (not Space Pirate, just normal, run-of-the-mill pirates but honestly that really didn't mean she liked them any more) was simple for her. It wasn't investigating ruins haunted by the tormented spirits of its former residents in search of an artifact, or escaping a collapsing mountain or a ship about to self-destruct. Just a bunch of honest-to-god scumbags in a hole in the ground. Not to mention the pay she was getting for bringing this guy to the information broker was pretty decent. Sometimes it helped to be a bit famous.

She had brought her ship down several kilometers away from the base, far enough away to keep it from harm. She rather disliked it when her ship got damaged. There was a sandstorm, but the harsh elements did nothing to her Varia Suit, and it was rather easy to get through it once she started into a run and her speed booster kicked in, a large storm of dust kicked up behind her as she dashed through the desert. Eventually, she reached the edge of the cliff that was located above the installation. It was rather clever of them, hiding away the base like that, but it was hardly a workout to access it. She slowed down and eventually stopped after skidding through the stand for a dozen or so meters, coming to the edge of the cliff. Following her mental commands the suit switched to Scan Visor, looking down. It was easy to spot the three corpses at the entrance to the facility imbedded in the side of the cliff. One dead from a blade, the energy residue leading Samus' to believe an omni-blade. The other two guards had been killed with rounds that her suit quickly ID's to be the M-7 Lancer. She blinked, surprised, before jumping, falling a few dozen meters or so before landing in front of the door, her orange suit looming over the fallen bodies. Lancers were antiques. It wasn't often one was refurbished to carry such firepower.

Interested, she stepped over the bodies, approaching the door, her radar picking up movement and her ears picking up weapon's fire. She switched to her X-Ray Visor, making out one form crouched just beyond the door being pinned down by four others. The single body was probably the one responsible for the corpses at her feet. A smirk formed on Samus' lips underneath her opaque green visor as her cannon shifted in size and color, small rivets growing with green energy as she targeted one of the four attackers, locking on as she raised her weapon. She fired a single blast that phased right through the door and hit her target, knocking out his shields. When she fired again he had no protection and the human couldn't even scream as the beam consumed his head, leaving only a charred stump where his neck met his shoulders. This sudden brutal death caused the other three to pause in their fire, and Samus opened the door.

For a moment, no one moved as the three stopped to stare at the large, orange-clad figure. It was during that time that Samus' assessed the person who's ass she had probably just saved, and was surprised when she recognized the armor. Well, that explained the M-7 Lancer. Aurix Crowe, member of humanity's N7 program.

"Holy shit, it's Samus Aran." The words were quiet but everyone heard them come from one of the pirates in the shocked silence that filled the room. Samus smirked, a her non-arm cannon hand moving to rest on her hip.

"Hello, boys."

One of the pirates shrieked as they all began to open fire, the shots from the heavy pistol slowly bringing down her shields, but not at a rate that was actually a concern for the bounty hunter. Without moving she raised her cannon and fired, the fully charged blast disintegrating one of the pirates before she moved onto the other two. The heavy pistol shots were reduced to little speck of blue light off of her shields as Samus made quick work of the other two pirates (one had actually begun to run for it before she blasted away his heart and most of the left side of his chest) and then the camera before she turned to Aurix.

"You've gotten yourself into quite the situation, haven't you, N7?" Her hand reached up and pressed a button as her helmet suddenly disappeared, the bounty hunter shaking her head slightly as her long blonde hair tumbled out. Ocean blue eyes sparkled with amusement as she looked down at the crouched man. "Remember me?" She hadn't used her full name at the bar, preferring anonymity when it came to enjoying a few drinks.

[AurixValen]

Aurix had spent some time defending himself from his assailants He heard what seemed to be cannon shots as he heard "Hello Boys." as it seemed that the Pirates had soiled themselves over whoever it was.

Sam..us? He thought to himself for a moment as the gun fire stopped as the camera was destroyed up from cover to see someone standing in some kind of armor with an arm cannon. It was remarkable as the helm vanished while hearing a familiar voice.

"You've gotten yourself into quite the situation, haven't you N7?"

He stood up and tapped his chest place and his helm had folded back and into a small container on the back of his neck. He looked at her. His saving grace was Sam? The girl he met at the bar? He shook his head while he began to talk.

"Well, I don't like to find trouble. It just.. happens to be there." He with a smile on his face. "Well, you are a sight for sore eyes. Thanks for the help. Looks like this time Armor makes sense to take to the party."

He heard some movement in the next room and what sounded like someone giving orders to where people should be placed. He tapped his chest as his helm encompassed his head, starting black as the Visor turned on. His omni-tool activated as his body armor turned from back and now had a small red glow as his shields were heightened. The rocket on his wrist revved for a moment and stopped, he was ensuring that everything was fine from outside. "It's hard not to find a reason to keep you around now." He said moving over to the door to the other room with his weapon waiting in his arms

"Well, I'd love to stand around and chat all day, but I am sure you aren't here to just to see me right?"

He said while taking a peak inside the room, trying to get a guess on how many were in the room, Ten maybe? he shook his head, looking at Sam.

"Ten of then, two of us. Seems a bit unfair." He said with a grin on his face under his helm. "Some might not know that there are two of us, so I'll go in and draw as much fire as possible, that's... If you don't mind lending me a hand."

He moved into the large room, covered with boxes and shelves to use as cover with a Ledge on the other side of the room where Aurix had saw roughly three snipers over top as he pointed his Lancer and opened fire, leaving a spray of slugs in his wake as he moved, he ran across the wall where the door was. Took out one single sniper as he stood behind a shelf unit and watched Seven characters on the ground move into different position.

he turned the corner and pointed his wrist rocket it and shot it at a shelf unit, knocking it back and crushing a Pirate. As that happened the others starting screaming.

"He has Ordinance!" As Aurix moved forward to a box. On the other side of a box a Pirate in black armor, almost similar to his came up with a shot gun and he fired a few shots, breaking his shield as he turned from the box and used his omni-blade to cut across the helm of the Shotgunner as he opened fire with his Lancer. Leaving him a bullet riddled husk as it dropped though A Pirate wearing heavy armor had dropped a smoke grenade in front of Aurix. It ruined his vision but he could still see out lines of everything as he watched the Heavy get closer, and closer then he used his omni-blade to stab him, breaking his shields and watching the body fall as he got into cover as the smoke dissipated he took out some. He kept cover for Sam while he kept the rest busy.