Orria made a face at Smithson, "Dr. Christie would never do that. Cookie just wants to play. When he saw you running he thought you wanted him to chase you." You can say hi to him, she calls out to the Lonnox, "COOKIE come say hi. Be nice please.

 The  Mound  of  Fur with legs   came over.  Looking  up at Orria   and   waggign a tail somewhere in the   back of the  furry haystack.

 Smithson  nodded  as he looked   down at the beastie...well... he seems  harmless  enough..but you have to  watch..some of these  kids  are used to animals   attacking them.

<<END FLEX>>

"I know, that's I told Cookie to stop. He should get to have fun too." Orria explains. She moves to tab the next lesson.

Melia arrives around that time putting an end to the study time, and calling the Lonnox.

Returning to their home she prepares a small dinner, taking the time after to put Orria to bed and turn in herself.

<<<NEXT MORNING>>>

Following her regular morning routine, Melia rises early and prepares for the day. She sends a comm text to Dr. Christie seeing if he is available to tutor Orria for the day on Math, Science in History.

With the alert sounding Orria rises early, and quickly dresses, as she walks out of her room she is trying to securely attach her gun belt to her hip as she'd been shown, tiredness shows on her face evidence of the early and abrupt wake up she'd received.

Melia quickly straps into her light boarding armor, "honey on the counter is comm unit. That one is yours. You can use it to comm Shade, or take it with you to school you get to choose."

Orria nods solemnly and reaches for the comm and dials Shade...

Melia quickly taps out an 'already done' and sends it to SEC as she clips and straps the last of her items onto her gear and waits for Orria to get her response from Shade.

Having been at the school early when the alert happened She went and found a few other students and parents and lined up to go to the shelter.  She had her backpack on and followed.  When other civvies came out she found Toni and followed her into the safety of the bunker.
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About half way into the bunker Haley found Roll.  "Roll...wanna come sit with Toni and me?" she didn't see his dad or mom anywhere and thought they might be off with Nikki.  "I gots a colorin' book and crayons" she held up a Captain Lightning coloring book. She thought maybe it would help both of them be less scared with all the noises.

 Roll  walked  down  in the Bunker, he  carried his  Vidboard  Shade  gave him and his backpack.

 ..This  isn't real scary... it isn't scary  until the  bad people  come and try to take us...

 Lifter   wasn't  far from them, she said,..no   bad people are  getting   us in here.. this is  better  then Under the Lowers   where the wall meets the  sea?...

 He Plopped  down  by  Haley as he looked around  clutching the Vid board and the backpack.. his friends  from the  Stem were with  a Mommy or  Daddy , some of them both... Sneak and Jax  we're even here...he  just sighed.

Haley put the coloring book down so they could all color.  Yes, she was a bit scared but she was with friends so, it made it less frightening.  She knew Nikki and Rolls mommy and daddy would keep them safe.  She pulled out a green crayon and began to color part of a weird looking tree.  in the tree was a hamster.  with Captain lightning standing next to it, looking heroic.  The other had his 'love interest' holding a large flower.  Haley thought it looked like a big head of cauliflower or broccoli.  Oh well.

  The Civie  Bunker  was  semi dark.. enough light to see. but not overly  bright.

 The   PA  COM    came   as the ship shifted.. the   shutter  of the  Guns..the shake of the   torpedoes .. and the  impact of the rounds  on the   enemy Vessel..
  some kids   and  people  screamed as the ship lurched...

 Roll     grabbed   Haley's color s   so they wouldn't get lost.. he looked around watching   parents  Hug   kids. and Just looked  down   at the Colors and  gave them to  Haley .  The lady  in charge of  weapons  was  standing by  the  case....

Haley put one hand on her coloring book and one hand on Roll as he caught the crayons.  one did escape and was stepped on a bit but it was mostly retrieved.  Haley was afraid of losing a friend, it was kind of like being on the New York in a way to her.  She didn't cry but it was easy to see her eyes get shiny and she was shaking a bit.  Toni was next to her dad could see Haley getting nervous just put her arms about her.

   The warnings   came  and  the Bells   rang.... and a few heartbeats   late r the  Ship  was Hit.

  Smithson  was shouting Order   for the  weapons to be handed out in the  Bunker... and    the  sound of  Puls e fire  and    hard  ammo could be heard...

 then the  eerie  Voices of the  Vampics  shouting '..THEIR BLOOD  IS OURS!

 a  woman screamed    and  another slapped her.Shut up you  fool! you'll let them know we are here!

 Roll looked  around.. he  began to shiver.....the  Bad  people.... the  bad  people...

Haleys eyes were wide and her heart was beating fast.  in a quiet voice she spoke "Roll..we'll stay together" she nodded to him and kept quiet.  She watched weapons being passed around.

  Roll looked  around.. Lifter  and Score looked   around, they  had things in thier  hands , that they could use as  weapons .

  Sitting  there , Roll just looked  sad..in his little  Voice  the eyes shifted  to  Haley,..I wish  Jax and Sneak were here... they saved me  from bad people... he looked   around  too. but  all he could  find is  crayons ...

............................

 Outside  the  bunker   a battle  raged.. Smithson sent one of the Teenagers  to the Hold to meet  the Troops.

 This was differant  then thier   'training'  one  Vampic  shuttle     crashed through the   Hull at the   'rec dec'  end of the   Civic  section..  destroying   two apartments... the   2nd  One  was  down   at the    Civie  side of the   Hold, had the VAmpics had  better luck, they  would have crashed into the Civie  Bunker.

   The Teenager   One of Sneak's  new   friends  waved to the  Troopers,  they were    splitting their  forces. Half  going to the  Hanger  Dec direction..Half    going to the 'other side  ' of the Hold to meet those  invaders.

 As she  lead the  Troops    up to the   ramp way. they  split.. the   Half   entering the  FArm door and    hitting  the    VAmpics  there..... other  squads.. ran throught eh  farm heading to the ramp that would take them to the   'town'.

 the  other HAlf  Split  as they  ran Up the ramp  at the Bow  to the  Rec Dec..so they    could reach the    elevator to the HAnger  Dec.

  Somewhere in the    fighting   a Little  teenage  Girl  lay against the wall.. her  eyes  closed, and a VAmpic  Pulse  Burn through her back.

"can you use a knife?" she asked quietly.  She knew it wasn't much and Nikki had not given her a lot of lessons yet.  Still she decided this was not a play act.  She pulled up her neck chain and took the handle part off like she had been shown.  Then she carefully opened it up to ready the short blade.  "Nikki been teaching me, but I hadn't got too many lessons yet" she wondered if Roll might know more than her on handling it.

  .. I ..i never  ha d a real knife.. we   used sharp pointed  metal.. and poppers?... i.. i never got to stab  anything...

"I not stab anyone eidder." she said in a low cracked voice."Maybe if dey got in...we both attack the same one.  Nikki sed it hard fightin' two on one"
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   Josephs shop was closed down and loocked.  He like the other members of the Malitia, he had waited and trained for this moment.  He positioned himself quietly in the rafters up and hidden out of sight.  Making a stand against superior forces was suicide but gaurilla warfare was easy when you knew the place and they didn't.  They would have to cross huge open spaces to secure the deck and the malitia was waiting.

  the  VAmpic s  came out   of thier  boarding  rap    as   the  Militai  ha d to    change  thier  defesne  postions,..not prparted  for the   shuttle  ram.

 4 Civie s died    where the   'barricade'  was  set.. right   before    Drop Ship   troopers

   charged up from the farm.

……………………….

 half of the drop ship troopers from the spine  were  on there  way  from the rec dec   Ramp..it  would be   4 minutes  before the first of them  arrived.

  The Vampics  spread  like  a  flood they were intend   on  killing...they   Found   a cat from the   farm that  someone had near thier home  and  stomped  it to mush...

  a well armored   officer  shouted orders as he picked up one of the   Dead  Civies  , looked it over  and tossed it  away.

 Milita   folks  tried to    keep them away  from the park, but the VAmpics   started  breaking into   doors  lookign for prey

  The VAmpics   spread out.. a  'Vee' movign towards the     Civie s who stood   at the  barricade while   others went  down each side of the  street, Kicking in doors  and  entering, in search of   captives.

 Smoke  Militia  were set up in the  park,  to keep the VAmpics   focused on them  and thier  weapons  fire   to cover  any chance  of   noise below.

 more VAmpics  were falling. but then again, there  weren't  that many  Militia...
………………………………..

 Inside  they heard the Gun  fire... the  adults who ha d weapons     set up to  face the   opening, incase the park  started  to open.

   some 'normal' kids  were crying..  they were being hushed by parents..  the stem Kids   had   armed themselves with 'every day' weapons, like a metal bottle  or a   pencil...  Bug, who was   9..managed to  'steal"  the boot  knife  from a   civie  woman, and she   held it    low  as she crouched, having  done this in the Stem

  Score  and Lifter , only about a year younger..  had  Fashion d   slingshots and would  use balls of    play  putty covered  with flour.. to  aim at  anyone who stuck thier heads in

 Dice  was  hidden  by the door,,,he had  a baseball bat

 Canny  sat down by Roll and Haley.. she  broke  a candy bar into  3  parts   one bit for each.. she had  sharped a ruler , into a knife.

 Roll looked very sad, more then he was  scared...

Haley forces a light smile understanding the gesture.  in a low quiet voice she spoke"Iffen we have too...we can run to the farm...there sum things we can use there and places to hide.  these people are bad.  If we gang up might be better."
She was tired of being scared.  Yeah she knew she was little and didn't know a lot.  "I gots an idea...I think" She looked to the others from the stem "the ones wif the slink shots...I gonna point a targit out youse boff starts hitten him in day head and neck.  Iff we can blind him weeze can gang up on him.  Weeze can hits him with da pencils and knifes and things.  Roll weezecan den sneak behins and trips him.  and keeps beatin til he not move enny more." it was long but if 2 on one was good...4 or 5 on one was better. she said all that quietly.  there were lots of grown ups, so hopefully in the confusion her plan might work.  what ever went on she would face it with friends.

   Josephs position across from the parks entrance allowed him to shoot the Vampics who were bottle nacking against the Malitia in the back whittling away their reserves.  Clip after clip he emptied his pistols on them for a dozen shots then shifted to a slightly different position to repeat the process to reduce the chances of his being targeted.

  Nikki  wiggled into the elevator   with  6  heavy armoered  drop ship troopers...You Lost, Ma'am.... the Hanger  Dec   is   the way you came from...

  COPMs  came over  the  headsets...we have them... the first shuttle   has  been cast  away... no  survivors.....  with you folks comign   down  and  us  comign out.. the only thing they can do , is  kill as many of us   as they can before the  die.. lets make that list short.... No prisoners..they   entered our Flagship... you don't  come back from that...


 one of the troopers looked at Nikki,..like  we were taking   prisoners?.... not when they do this crap...

...………………...………...…….

 it was only a matter of time, or luck. that a vampic  would be lookign up  as   Joe Mac  did  his  Damage.. with a shout.. Vampic  RPGs   hissed   up  to  hit   near him...

 By  now the   drop ship troops from the Farm were    wheeling around the  Corner.. the   sounds of  heave  boots  from the rec  dec signaled the end of the Vampics.  The  flowed passed the  wounded   and Dying militia   firing at the Vampics  in the Open as they crossed to the shuttle..  every other  trooper  entered the  shuttle  and began to shoot  Vampics where they stood or sat..  4 of the Vampics  dropped thier  weapons  and were torn to bits... The   Fellow in the Fancy armor   was hit   in the chest  with  the butt  of  a SGT's  pulse.....you're in luck.. You get to go see   The Admiral...if you're  real   lucky.. you get to see the LC..he really likes  talking to bad guys..  Niki was  entering  with the troopers  from  the recDec  ramp as she  witnessed  Joe Mac  sandwiched between  two  explosions,, and the  SGT  decking    the Vampic  officer .. some   Civie bodie s  lay on the   park.. others   were fighting.. The Vampic  troopers   who seemed out matched  against drop ship troopers.. didn't seem to worried  about  civies.

===> from hangar dec
"Not going to the Hangar...I am going for blood if any civilian in the shelter is harmed." As soon as she saw the door open and explosions she darted out of the elevator to take some cover behind a trash bin.  Pulling her rifle up she steadied it on the bin and began firing at the vampics.  She dropped one right quick, not giving him a chance to surrender.  She could see Joseph and hoped he would be okay.  One near the bunker pulled a grenade.  What type didn't matter to her he was not getting a chance to throw it.  She shot him, sending 3 rounds into his upper chest area.  A few looked to be going to hide for cover.  Nikki was not going to have it.  These cretins she would hunt down like vermin.  Moving after the explosions she moved to get a better advantage along the raised area near the lift.  It allowed her a bit more of an advantage for visual sight, but on the flip it made her a bit more of a target.  Still with the other troopers she came with, they would have trouble for that as it would expose them more for another to shoot at.  She found a fresh target, she plucked him off with a head shot.  The fact he fell over a civilian ta=hat was already dead didn't hurt her none.  Several shots pinged near her though, recoiling a moment she looked for the source.  A ricochet did clip her in the thigh, but not enough to seriously slow her down, stung like hell though.  "Okay...someones gonna pay"
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  The explosions   went off    around    around  Joe Mac.

 weapons fired  started  to thin out the  Vampics, until there  were only a few.. two tried to fight to the last... and were Gunned  down.. the last on , A wounded Smithson  shot in the head.

 Only the Officer   remained alive

She carefully looked about to see if anymore were there "Get him secured.  get injured to the med dec" she gave an order.  The civvies in the bunker would be okay for the moment.  She ran over to where Joseph was.  practically jumping from the elevated area she was at.  being careful just in case, with her weapon at the ready.  "Any troopers left check the farm area and sweep the civvie area for intruders and wounded." She made pretty good time to Josephs side.  She looked for any serious wounds to dermafoam and keep him alive.  "Joseph?  You good?


in the bunker so far Haley could hear the combat noises lessen "I hope it means the good guys won" she said in a low and rather shaky voice.