First impressions Ch.5

Story by Acekamz on SoFurry

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#5 of TS series

Hey everyone! Here's another chapter of the series so im hoping all of you will like what you read. Some criticism is welcomed as always and if you want to be up to date with the story so far then please give a watch or a sub!

I do plan on adding some sort of potrait or cover art for my main character in the future so im hoping if anyone knows someone who can draw to please let me know.

ENJOY!


It didn't take long for troy to reach the campsite, he was standing just far enough for the light to not touch him. Both the creature were starting to panic when thier friend still haven't returned, "tomi what the fuck is taking her so long? It's not that hard just to find some firewood." Hunter said. The wolf could easily see the worried expression on his friends face. "She's probably taking her time to get back at us for sending her out there, she'll probably pop up behind us and scare us or something." The fox weakly laughed.

The creatures talked in complete sentences to each other but all troy heard was nothing but barks and growls. "Val i can't understand a damn thing from them, any ideas as of how to communicate without getting my ass chewed off?" He said while observing the pair. "there is a satellite that i can hijack not far from the carriers position but i will be unable to track ya for at least 3 hours until im done." She stated with a annoyed huff as if she will miss something extraordinary if she was sent somewhere else, "well is there something i can do from down here?" He replyed; There was pause for a moment before she spoke up again. "If this planet is in some modern-day era than im guessing those two saps should have some sort of mobile device that you could take and use."

Troy was somewhat confused by this. "A smartphone? How can a smartphone be a better alternative than a satellite?" He heard her giggle through his helmet. "My dear troy, me and spark are more than just killing machines. Just hook up your data knife to a charging port and I'll do the rest." She and spark are indeed his greatest creations, they are completely aware of their roles and why they exist but are still loyal to him. To the bitter end. "However, that requires you to get up close and personal. That shouldn't be hard for you troy." Of course it wasn't going to be easy, he needed a plan in order to move on with this, these creatures may turn hostile and attack him on sight if he just walkz in all willy nilly-like. Troy held out his handgun and pulled out the magazine, 'only 5 rounds left in here, i need save the rest for later' he thought.

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" im going out there to find her, it's been well over half a hour since she went out and still haven't came back, i promise her mom i will bring her back in one piece!" Tomi was hysterical from this point, pacing back and forth around the campfire. His friend was digging into his bag, "i don't blame ya, we'll just head towards the direction Ariel went when she left, here catch." He tossed a flashlight at the fox while turning on his, the two were ready to head off when the wolf stopped dead in his tracks and stared off in the distance with a look of confusion and shock.

"hunter what's wrong? Why are you acti-" was all tommi could mutter before his ears picked up on the. Sounds of of leaves being stepped on to his right. A figure stepped into the light of the campfire, he was taller than both of the wolf and fox combined. His head was glowing with some sort of strange blue light with most of the light coming from his face. "Are you one responsible for ariel not coming back? Did you hurt her? Answer me dammit!" The figure stood in place, unmoving. The fox's fur was standing up from this point, fangs were out followed by a menacing growl. He stepped towards the tall figure but in a matter of seconds, the man was right on top of him. The fox let out a sudden yelp as he was lifted into the air by the neck, he could only look at the figure with a terrified expression on his muzzle.

"W-what are yo..." Was all he could say before the being slowly squeeze its hand around him, tommi was desperately clawing at him to try pry him off but it was no use as troy held a iron grip, the light was slowly fading from the fox's eyes when both of his arms were going limp. Suddenly, felt himself hit the ground hard as he was release from the mans grasp followed by a series of coughs and gags. He looked up to see hunter with a large wooden log which was shattered from impact, troy was stumbling to the side clearly dazed from the hit. "Tommi what are you doing?! Get your fuzzy ass up and make a break for it. Go find ariel and call for help!" The wolf dropped the log and pulled out his small pocket knife and face the figure.

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"Im picking up a spike in your heart rate troy, are you alright?" It was spark talking over the comms, troy's response was a slight chuckle. "Yeah im fine, one of these buttholes hit me in the back in the head with a fucking tree. They got some fight in them, I'll give them that." He faced the wolf who was frantically barking at fox for some reason then stared back at the man with a laughable small knife in paw, " i should just shoot you and be done with it but i wanna see what a dog can do against a pilot." Troy was the first to attack, quickly closing the distance between himself and his opponent. The wolf swung his knife towards troy's side but missed which caused a growl from the beast, troy retaliated with a left hook that landed hard against the wolf's jaw. The animal stumbled backwards and fell to the ground; dazed by the man's punch alone but he slowly got back up with fire in his eyes. "Hehehe i like your spirit pup, let's see how many hits you can take before you fall flat on your face." He said cheerfully.

"you are letting the other one get away troy, i have a heat signature quickly moving away from your position!" He heard Valkyrie yell in his headset. Troy turned to see where the fox should have been only to see nothing but a campfire and 3 empty tents. "Shit i got too carried away with this one." He mumble, he turned back to the wolf to realized that he was mere inches from him, troy tried to stepped to the side to avoid the incoming blade but it was no use as it found its mark; punching a small opening under his armpit. He felt a warm substance running down through his flight suit "damn, you little shit." Troy grunted while grabbing the wolf by the shoulders and brought his knee straight to the gut causing the wolf to groan in pain, troy swiftly placed his right foot behind the wolf hind legs and used the momentum to slam him to the ground hard.

He stood over the now whimpering animal who was crawling away slowly, "sorry about that but you were asking for it at this point." Troy pulled out his pistol and fired a single shot to the wolf's furred chest; casuing him to shake uncontrollably from the electricity coursing through his body before blacking out. "Stella-1 one of the inhabitants got away from me during the fight, bring the dragon to my location and hunt the target down. Valkyrie will assist you but please no weapons, just grab em and bring him back to me." He ordered while leaning the unconscious wolf against a tree. "Copy that stella-2 consiser the job done."

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Tommi didnt knew how long he was running, it felt like a eternity to him but he needed to get help fast. " the car should be up ahead." He thought to himself as a sudden bright light appeared high above him followed by ear splitting shriek. He was able to get behind a tree when a large object came crashing down right in front of him, throwing chunks of bark and dirt in all directions. When he peaked his head around the tree he was hiding behind, a flash of red light blinded the fox for brief moment followed by a massive hand reaching out and grabbing the base of the tree he was hiding behind. "by the gods!" He screamed, He crawled backwards when the base of the tree started to give way from the pressure before shattering to smaller chucks of wood. Tommi was able to get a better look at the what was dropped on top of him only see a red glowing eye starring back at him.

It reached out to grab the fox but he was too quick and manage to move out of the way. Tommi ran as fast he could, moving through dense trees with ease but it didn't stop the titan from pursuing him, pushing aside to even smashing straight through trees that were in her way. It wasn't long before the fox made it to a sizable clearing, he looked behind him see nothing in sight, "i think i lost it." He mumbled while taking a moment to catch his breath, no insects were singing nor was there any birds chirping only the howling wind remained and that bothered him greatly; tommi scanned his surroundings with a sense of dread. Something was not right and he couldn't put his paw on it, he felt a slight gush of heat hit him from above so he quickly looked towards the direction where the change in temperature was coming from only to met by the titan falling from the night sky right on top of him.

The fox tried to move out of the way once again but he wasn't as lucky the second time since the titan came in a angle and was able to catch him off guard. She reached out and grabbed tommi by the legs, sweeping him off the ground in a instant. "noo, Let go of me!" The fox pleaded but the titan ignored his cries and continued to rapidly gain altitude while keep a firm but gentle grip on him. "Stella-2 i have the target, heading back to your location now." The Northstar said into the comms, holding the terrified fox close to her chasis. "It's about damn time stella-1, i thought the fox-boy was able to get the slip on ya." Troy joked. "The target was indeed fast and also agile but the hunt was over once i took flight."

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Troy sat on one of the foldable chairs around the campfire, searching through a large duffle bag. So far he found a electronic device that resembles what he hope was a cellphone, a plastic container with some sort of sweet scented food held within and a long glass bottle with some clear liquid inside. "Holy shit is this what i think it is?!" A small part of troy's helmet opened up just enough for his mouth and nose to be exposed, he unscrewed the metal cap and pulled bottle close to his face to take a took quick sniff of the liquid. At first he hesitate but eventually proceeded to gulp down a small amount. "Damn this is some strong stuff val, these guys were packing some serious heat." Troy said with a amused expression on his face, he placed the bottle to the side and picked up the cellphone and started to closely examine it.

He pressed a button on the side and the phone kicked to life revealing a locked PIN screen, "val are you ready? Im beginning the insertion now." Troy said while pulling out his data knife, "ready as ever troy." She responded. Alittle applied pressure onto the handle caused a small needle slid out of the center of the knife, he slowly inserted the needle inside the charging port. After a couple seconds the sceen flickered with a assortment of colors and shapes until a crude looking IMC logo appeared on the screen before unlocking the phone and taking troy to the homepage. A picture of both the dragoness and fox together in What he presumed to be a amusement park with a whole cluster of animal people walking about their business, they Looked happy in the picture and it was set as the background wallpaper for the phone so chances are that troy had the dragon's phone.

He glanced over at the two creatures who were still unconscious from early on, "val how goes the decoding?" He said while scrolling through some applications; curiosity already filling his mind. "Im hooked on to their loca network now and it looks like i landed in a goldmine troy!" She said excitingly. "Im collecting the date but once i get that's over with then I'll be able to translate their language to you via helmet and in return, our language will be understood as long as you have your suit on." Troy leaned back on the chair with a smirk on his face, "work your magic val. I already have two of the animals incapacitated so now im just waiting for stella-1 to bring back her prey."

Just as he said that, troy heard the northstar's engines roar overhead with such force that he could feel the rumbling in the ground below his feet. She landed at the edge of the campsite with a now tired fox in her hand, "as for your request sir i have acquired the target." She stated with a sense of pride in her voice, she moved towards troy and gently place the fox on the ground in front of him. "Hey troy i finish decoding their language for ya, you can now speak the planets universal language." Tommi weakly looked up at the figure standing over him and asked: "what are y-y-you?" Troy crouched down to him and with a huff replied. "I am a captain of the IMC Remnant Fleet dragonova and i want to learn more about your world boy." Before the man had the chance to say anything else, tommi blacked out.