Mysterious Summons

[Metal Gear Seth]

'God. What does he want this time? The last time the guy summoned me, it was for punching a pilot from another squad. He still deserved it, but I have a feeling this is more like when I first met the commander.' she thought over the memory with nostalgia, but she shook her head shortly after, removing the thought best he could.

'Or I could be acting like a fool, and walking into one of his stupid little ways to get back at me..' rounding the corner she'd past so many times before, having to have gotten to know Vaxus quite well, she knocked on the door before opening it anyways, plopping down in the chair in front of his desk, and laying back in it.

"Alright, mister 'Grand Admiral' what is it this time?" she said with her usual tone of annoyance, though the admiral knew her well enough to know, that, that's just how she is.

 

[Chask274]

When Hex entered the room, she'd find Vaxus with his back to her, standing behind his desk looking out large viewport at the planet they were in orbit of. In his hand was a small glass of liquor, which should surprise Hex, as he'd made a point to never drink while on duty and aboard a ship. Another thing that might tip the bomb-happy pilot off to the fact that something wasn't right was the fact that he remained silent. Even though he knew full well she didn't really mean any harm by it, he always rebuked her in a half jesting, half serious manner for not respecting his new rank. However, he remained perfectly silent, leisurely finishing off the glass while still gazing out at the planet below them before squaring his shoulders with a sigh. "You ever get an ominous feeling before a sortie, Commander? That feeling deep in your gut that tells you, almost screams at you, to just stand down and turn around before it's too late?"

 

[Metal Gear Seth]

'Oh yeah. He's gonna screw with me.' she was disgruntled when she realized too late just how odd the scene before her was. Not only was he sitting and drinking on duty, but he was being a bit.. ominous.

'Timeout. He's drinking. And being vague..' she thought for a moment.

'Oh yeah, I'm totally capitalizing on this.' sitting up, she reached for the decanter, and a glass, popping the top so as to pour the contents for a drink of her own.

"Well of course sir. I tend to do it anyways, and go fuck up whatever's in my way. But, eh. That just me, so I can't say I really count." she took a sip with a sigh of satisfaction from the tang, and burn of the drink.

 

[Chask274]

Vaxus had turned around and sat down at the desk by the time Hex finished replying. Rolling his eyes, he sighed in exasperation. "Could you give me a serious and sincere answer for once in your career, Commander? In case you haven't noticed, I'm not exactly in the mood to tolerate your usual antics right now." He was glaring at her now, a hard edge of anger creeping into his voice as he spoke.

 

[Metal Gear Seth]

After taking a sip while her superior spoke, Hailey looked up from the glass with a gleam in her eye, and smirk on her face.

"My antics shouldn't matter sir." She threw back the rest of her drink.

'Damn. He's really stressed about something. There's no way it's anything else. The fact that he's drinking gives it away easily. Even if it wasn't there are so many parts of his body language hat scream the same thing. The hell should I say?' she thought a moment.

"In all seriousness sir, why're you asking me?"

 

[Chask274]

"I ask because I'm faced with going on such a mission. It's a snatch and grab infiltration into Jedi territory, and I'm going in alone with no real backup." He remained quiet a moment, then continued speaking. "The rest of this conversation doesn't leave this room, or I'll have you clapped in irons faster than you can say "oops". My target is a Jedi hypermax prison, or more specifically one of the prisoners held there. I called you here because I know you've got expertise in explosives, and I need some help putting together some supplies. Think you can help me?"

 

[Metal Gear Seth]

A rather intoxicating grin slid across Hailey's face as she listened to what Vaxus had to say.

'Oh. Shit, we nailed it. And he's asking all the right questions too, but not all the right answers..'

"Absolutely Sir, but to be honest, I want a little more info than that. You know me better than that, surely. I'm not saying I won't help you, after all, you are my commanding officer, but A commander under your authority has the right to worry for her superiors." she took a slightly more serious expression.

"One team, one fight. Without that, we're nothing."

 

[Chask274]

A small smile came to Vaxus' face as she responded. "Alright then. The target I'm after is a Barabel named Szebat. He was Warlord of the Legion, back when that position was still called that, and had been captured on Kessel about five years back. We finally figured out where he's being held at, and I'm going in to get his ass outta there. I'm gonna need a demo charge big enough to blow a hole in the outer walls of such a facility, and at least half a dozen breaching charges strong enough to blow open cell doors or put a hole in the detention block wall. What do you have that'd be capable of doing that?"

 

[Metal Gear Seth]

'Oh good, he's smiling. That's it sir. That's what I was looking for. The crew's gonna thank me later with drinks damnit. THERE WILL BE GOOD ALCHOHOL! I think I'll go to a bar in the outer rim..'

"Do I?" Standing up from her chair, she set down the glass on the desk, and gestured towards the door.

"Follow me, and you'll find out sir." she said opening the door, and walking out.

 

[Chask274]

Vaxus nodded and followed Hex out the door and through the sizeable ship to her quarters. Upon reaching them, he became a tad confused and more than a little concerned. "Umm, Commander, why would the explosives be here, and not in the armory?" Not only were the majority weapons stored in the various armories for simplicity's sake, but also to protect the ship from any accidental discharges or detonations with the heavy armor and containment shields found in each storage area.

 

[Metal Gear Seth]

She smirked.

"Because you're not getting just any charges sir. You're pickin' up from my personal gear." She moved to behind the desk next to her bed, a curtain hanging in a rather odd part of the room, that is, until it revealed a rather large, heavily reinforced safe.

Inputting a code on the pad, she then clicked the handle and pulled the mighty doors open to reveal a scarily large trove of explosives and other gear, each area labeled a certain way.

She picked up the selected explosives, and a Shotgun blaster, handing the explosives in a backpack labeled "Friendship saver 101" in a rather fancy looking word font, then also handing him the shotgun.

"All you need, is in the bag. I prep my stuff ahead of time, and try this shotgun. I think you'll find that it's good in a pinch when your out of explosives." She said with a smile

 

[Chask274]

Vaxus watched with a mixture of fear and intrigue as the large safe and it's dangerous contents were revealed. Tentatively reaching out with his right foot, Vax kicked the safe door, giving an appreciative nod at the dull thud it made. "Well at least you had the sense to make the safe outta high-grade duranium. Let's see what's in your bag of fun here..." Setting the shotgun aside to inspect later, he opened the bag and began rifling through the items inside. There were seven hemispherical devices that looked like (and most likely were) thermal detonators that had been cut in half, with a decent strength magnet built into the flat side. There was a pair of detonators, one with several more buttons than the other, and finally.... "Fierfek, Hex, this charge looks strong enough to gut an assault walker." He grinned as he held up the plate sized shaped charge.

"It's perfect."

 

[Metal Gear Seth]

'Mission accomplished, but.. wait..' she politely grabbed the bag from his hands, and dug around inside.

"Hold up. There should be one more you missed." she stopped in realization. Pulling her hand out, she un zipped the front pocket, and dug inside, it ,as well.

"Ah here it is." she pulled out a grenade a bit larger than your normal grenade.

"Specially designed smoke grenade. Meant to create thicker smoke for longer. Should help in a pinch." she fit the grenade back in the pouch, placing anything else that was formerly in the bag, including the charge in Vaxus's hands in too.

"Other than that. That's all you'll need Sir." she smirked.

"Do be sure not to disappoint. There rather expensive, and I rather like to see my handiwork, well.. work."