Hazan and Vellios
(with a surprise guest appearance by Serena)
Hacate Base Infirmary
Featuring @Fallenreaper, @Rtron, @Mortarion, and @DJAtomikaVellios was staring into the tent's back, Drono and Dex currently gone now, as he let the nurse examine his ribs. She gently pressed causing him to hiss in reaction. His figure pulls away and stares at the pretty thing, his arm lifted to see her stunned face blink at him.
"Easy there hun, that tickles.""It seems you have a few healing ribs. About three of them are still fractured and any impact could rebreak them. They aren't any older than a few days-"
"Five to be exact...I took on a Krogan and it didn't end well." Vellios smiled, faintly. His eyes noted Haze limply being helped in, carried by a human officer, and then set down nearby.
"Issues with your knee there, Haze?" "Yeah. I took a hit in that last mission, and our little tangle with those Krogans didn't help."Hazan limped into the infirmary and sat down in a nearby chair, huffing a little from the pain. He saw Vellios getting examined on the table and nodded to him.
"And what about you? Chest holding up?" "I've been worse. It still hurts and according to the doc, I'm still in pretty crappy shape. Though that's to be expected since it's only been a few days right?" Vellios shrugged off as he settled down, letting the nurse tend to him. He turned back to Haze with a question on his mandibles, his tone serious compared to his prior one giving the impression he was deep in thought.
"What do you think of this mission?" "This one? Well at least it isn't a capture mission this time."Hazan shrugged and extended his hurt leg as a nurse tended to him.
"Well, from the initial scan you've got a few fractures in your leg that haven't had the time to knit properly. When did you last see a doctor for this?"
"I- Uh... Never?" He smiled a little sheepishly. It was true, he hadn't had the opportunity to go see a doctor.
"Seems fractures are common with this group." Vellios teased lightly, though his voice sounded forced. The nurse attached a more gel like brace against his torso. It allowed him to move more freely and applied small amounts of medi-gel through the skin for quicker mending, but it still would be some time before he was fully healed still. She then inserted a morphine dose to ease his shoulder, moving to check his arm in a caste still.
"So, any thoughts who's going to inflitrate the group?""Probably Dex. She's a spy, right?""Fractures, not listening to common sense advice, doing stupid things like going to an underground fight club without telling anyone else on the group, yeah that seems fairly common." Serena chided as she walked into the infirmary, Del floating behind her.
"As for infiltrating, I imagine it'll be just about everyone but me. This mission requires stealth, the ability to lie, and act. I am God-awful at all three! I'll remotely control Del and Sarah for support if necessary."She pointed a finger at Vellios.
"No fighting. I'll remind you that Kasy has given me full access to her sedative collection and full rights to use them. Del and Sarah have both been outfitted. If you so much as make an unnecessary aggressive and stressful move, you're getting sedated and taken away. Don't think I'm joking mr. 'Fight Krogans for money we don't need.'.""I'll make sure to keep him on a leash, Serena."Hazan chuckled as the nurse tended to his leg.
Serena rounded on him.
"Don't think you're off the hook either. You were perfectly fine with just going randomly on this underground fightclub without so much as a 'Hey guys, we're going to be here in case shit goes wrong!' If you so much as try to run on that leg without good reason, Del and Sarah will fill you with darts too! And you both owe me at least one chess game for saving your asses. So both of you play nice, because I don't have as friendly as a bedside manner as Kasy does. Nor am I above smacking you in your injured bits. Are we clear?" "You know I suck at that game." Vellios partly lied, as he laid back.
"That's a lie. You're actually decent at it. And don't think I haven't noticed Tanya reading up on my stratagems you've been sending her. Cheeky. And clever. If I lose this chess game, you're going to pay for it." "Nay, I think you're imagining things. Beside it would be do you some good to lose once in a while." Vellios chuckled, the weight in his stomach lifting slightly. Any farther converstion was interrupted when he noted Haze pop off a statement to take off the attention from him.
"I don't know how to play chess."Serena clapped her hands delightedly.
"I can teach you! You and Dex and Khosin can play against each other to sharpen your skills against people of the same skill level!" She beamed at Hazan, clearly assuming it was a done deal.
Vellios rolled his eyes playfully upon hearing the excitement in Serena's voice. The nurse had examined his arm, deeming it healthy enough to be put into a sling and able to move about. Though she warned him against lifting anything with it or risk it breaking again and far worse than before. He nodded, accepting the advice, but not commenting on it.
"As long as you don't turn me into a Turian dart board with your drones, I guess sure.""That depends on how well you behave during this mission Hazan, not if you play chess with me. Though...if that is a valid blackmai-I mean bargaining option...."She trailed off, smiling somewhat evilly.
"Well I don't know... I'm not really a chess person." "Haze, tip: just go with it. At some point she'll have nearly everyone playing chess so best to accept defeat and go with it. Serena's got big ideas for a competition oboard the Borealis so no way of wiggling out of this." Vellios advised toward Haze.
"Fine." Hazan sighed and reluctantly agreed to Serena's veiled threat.
"You don't have to if you don't want to. Though be aware I might constantly be begging you to play at least once." Serena replied.
"See? Serena's mind is filled with chess over half the time. Though she will deny it most the time and personally, I think she needs other hobbies." Vellios added, smirking with a hidden knowledge of what he meant and expecting his friend to wack him. Though he was injured which might stop her for a bit from doing any damage. The woman was finishing up his repairs and examination when he popped back on his original and serious topic. His arms straighten out while he leaned forward, testing his movement and stability.
"Seriously though, we need to determine who's going on the stealth mission and come up with any back up measures for when the worse happens. If we don't, then who's ever upfront is going be riddled by bullets or worse, tossed about by binotics before we can get to them." Serena glared at him for a moment, mouth open to give a scathing comment. Her eyes suddenly went wide as she realized what Vellios was implying. She blushed a bright red and her scathing retort turned into a stuttering failure. She settled for smacking him on the shoulder and glaring again.
"Oh of course, Vel. Other hobbies." Hazan chuckled, idly watching the nurse attach a simple gel brace on his lower leg.
"I'd suggest Dex straight off. Maybe Serena and Iosif could follow her? Serena's got her drones and Iosif's... Iosif. I probably won't be doing any big maneuvers with this bum leg, so I guess I could be overwatch alongside Tonka. I've still got my Mattock. Nothing compared to a sniper rifle but I can manage." "Dex I think could easily pass off as a weapons dealer, but no dealer ever travels without protection or a show of muscle. Some times this shows how good they are as meaner the gaurds look, the less likely the buyers will consider backing down or showing weakness by retreating from a deal. The bad part, only a people on the Borealis fit this and likely won't lose their composure." Vellios answered, his eyes edged into his left side of his head and thought for a moment.
"Kasyra, Tonka, Drono-due to his swagger and attitude-, and likely me. Drono, however, honestly I question his ability to give off intimidation without overkilling it with crazy. He's scary as hell, but if he comes off too mad than the buyers might assume the dealer is too and question the credit." Vellios inhaled then took the plastic, cheap cup offered by the woman. He took a sip, immediately wishing it was Turian Brandy or something, and added.
"We can't afford that in the end.""Well if Tonka takes the overwatch role he's automatically out. So I guess that leaves Drono and Kasy, since you're in no shape to be out there without cover. Serena would kill us both anyway.""Drono can pull it off. And if he over sells, just have Dex bullshit about how he took an angry Krogan headbutt to the head once and hasn't been the same since. It'd explain everything. Drono has enough crazy and swagger to for a brain injury to explain it all away." Serena put in, once she had stopped blushing like mad."We only have one shot Serena. Oddball and unusual rarely work, unless you have a threatening edge. Currently I think I'm out unless I take off my cast on my arm and hid my chest brace under my armor. Which I hope you got repaired." Vellios recalled his injury made it impossible to check or do himself, a fact he didn't like at all. He only had two pairs of armors, not the best, and they were getting worn down as it was. Any visible cracks were likely to shout 'Amatuers!" to the world at large. He shuddered at the thought then narrowed his attention on her.
"You don't find Drono to be slightly intimidating and threatening before we truly met him? He's batshit insane with a penchant for explosives. That's more than enough threatening in my book. We don't want angry Krogan levels. Just someone who can swagger." Serena retorted.
"Yeah I think we're sold on Drono being with Dex then. What about Kasy?"She gave a victorious smirk at Vellios, before turning to Hazan.
"She's stealthy, and I don't think there are any Blue Suns around. Infiltration?" Serena suggested, looking between the two of them.
"She's got the look and the cold demeanor, it wouldn't surprise me if she had done the role before. Though there's one issue that concerns me. Her reaction with the Blue Suns. The way she reacts reminds me of myself a long time ago, and if she's even a quarter of that emotionally unstable... she could get Dex and Drono into a firefight by the merely mention of knowing a Blue Sun." Vellios said, his mind recalling her state when they were trying to talk her down from killing innocence. His figure leaned in causing him a bit of intense pain that slowly faded, his figure flinching a moment to show it.
"Anyone in that state of mind can be more dangerous than the people we're dealing with." "Keep her in the back with me then? I'm one of the least likely to be insulted by her demeanor anyway." Serena asked, sighing in disappointment as she looked at the complete scan of the area Sarah had provided. It was like she suspected. Not a single mech.
Vellios pointed out one thing, though his next question he felt the answer was already clear.
"We still need a second, unless you're fully comfortable with me going?" "Do I have a choice in the matter of you going or not?" Serena asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
"Depends, has that really stopped you from choosing where I make love?" Vellios retorted, accusingly.
"Get a room, you two." Hazan had another chuckle at their banter.
"As long as you don't fuck where we can find you, where we eat, and in our sterile medic bay, I couldn't care less where you 'make love'." Serena replied.
"I would've cleaned it up in the end but you interrupted." Vellios retorted, leaning back and
"Please. You can barely walk.""I wouldn't say our medical bay is "sterile"...""Not since he and Dex fucked in it.""If they did I'd have known." Hazan replied with a chuckle.
"Del, please play recording of five days ago."The video of Serena finding and spraying Vellios and Dex played, hovering in front of Hazan, pausing before Dex stood up to reveal her nakedness.
"I think I've made my point. Regardless if I say 'I don't want you to go' are you still going to insist upon going.""Well I'm not surprised. I never did say our medical bay was sterile. I knew one of these days someone would do that there. It's, like, the quietest place on the ship besides the bridge." "I've not tried that yet, Haze... and I figured I might ask permission, mother." The turian started to edge up, his examination finished. He touched his cast and brace, seeking the bindings to see if he could easily pull them off. It might cause more damage if he was hit only once but his own health wasn't important compared to his allies. Besides... if he did die, he would be with Armis and his children again.
"Don't give them ideas!" Serena rounded on Haze, scolding him. She eyed Vellios.
"Well that's nice of you, but seeing how rebellious you are I doubt my permission will matter much son.""I wasn't!" Hazan held up his hands in mock surrender.
"Besides, it's not like I sleep in the bridge every now and then...""Stop touching your bindings. A, I'm going to make them tighter so you can't undo them stupidly, and B, they're there for a reason." She took two quick steps towards him and gently hugged him.
"Focus. No dying. I'll ressurect you just to kick your ass if you die on me."Vellios smirked, cheekily, then continued to pull at his bindings. His body leaning into hers as he spoke.
"You realize if I go, I have to take them off anyways. Besides, death isn't so bad. At least I know who's waiting for me.""No. Dying." She interrupted him.
"I'm serious Vellios. I, Kasy, Dex, and probably Haze over here will miss you. Badly.""That's not a "probably", Serena. Vellios is the finest friend among friends I've ever made. Alongside you guys." "Don't worry, I'm in no hurry to meet Armis or my kids. Besides, her spirit would have a bigger ass kicking then you could possibly give. Though keep in mind, if it does happens than I won't stop it and don't you pout." Vellios teased, his talon pulling up Serena's chin with grin on his mandible.
"Now, will you finally admit you have control issues?""I don't have control issues. You have listening issues." Serena snapped back, smiling.
As Khosin made his way towards the infirmary he was surprised to hear voices coming from it, familiar voices to be precise. Pushing the door open he was greeted by the sight of Serena, Haze and Vellios.
"Huh, didn't knew the crew was meeting here." He joked as he sat on one of the chairs inside the infirmary. One of the nurses approached him, asking Khosin what was he doing in the infirmary and he quickly explained to her about the glancing hit he had gotten from that kishock shot back on Omega.
As his wound was checked he turned to look at his comrades "So, you guys got any ideas on how we are going to infiltrate this smugglers outpost?" He asked them curiously as his wound was being bandaged once more after the nurse was done checking it.
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