Got Hot Chocolate? (Open)

[Jet Storm]

A slow wind blows across the newly fallen snow. At the base of a rigid hill, Jet is laying on the ground, covered in a white ghille suit. Next to him is Gregory Briggs, a friend of Jet's. Jet slowly advances, with his white painted Sniper Rifle in hand. Greg slwoly crawls next to him, equipped with a small pistol. They listen to the wind blowing over them, and besides their heart beat, that is the only sound. Jet presses a small button on his helmet, switching to Thermal Vision, and looks around to see if anyone or anything is lurking in the cold snow. Seeing nothing, he switches back to normal vision.

"What are we doing here anyway?"

"We are on a scouting mission. There is a special sap in these trees, and we need to collect a sample."

"Wait, you're telling me we traveled all the way here to get some sap? To get syrup?!"

"Calm down Greg. The sap is of special thickness and is very sticky. The boys back home are going to analyze it, and we may be able to use it for quick on-the-go fixes for our vehicles. We also are considering making an outpost out here, and so we need to find a good spot."

"Eh. I guess. Well how do you know what trees contain this...sap?"

"I don't. We only know that they are in this area. I'm going to try this one."

Jet takes out a small knife, and stabs it into the trunk of a tree infront of them. He pulls the knife down, creating an opening in the tree. A brown liquid flows out slowly, as if in a small stream.

"I think we found it."

"Finally. Its beginning to snow again. We need to hurry. Don't wanna get caught in a snow storm out here."

"Yea. Let me just get a little sample of this."

Jet takes out a small container, about the size of a scientific test tube. He puts it under the flowing sap, and it flows straight into the container. After the container is about half full, he puts a lid on it and puts it back in his pocket. Suddenly leaves rustle in the trees, and Jet drops to the ground.

"What is it Jet?"

"I don't know. *Points in front of them* It came from over there."

Suddenly, a small bird flies out from the trees and straight past their heads.

"Ha! It was just a bird. It seems they can survive out here."

"Yea. *Laughs* Man, lets get going. Its snowing really hard now."

"Yea. Don't want a repeat of last year."

Jet gives Greg a stern look, as Greg shrugs. Greg begins to get up, but Jet grabs him hard by the shoulder and throws him down.

"What the hell was that for?"

"Why did the bird fly out of the tree?"

"Um...what?"

"That bird. Why did it fly out of that tree so suddenly?"

"Um... maybe it wanted to escape this blizzard."

"Seriously. We were extremely quiet, and too far away for it to have heard us."

"Ok... like I said, maybe it was escaping the cold."

"I don't think so. If it lives out here, it should be able to survive."

"Ok, so then what are you saying?"

"Shh..."

Jet turns on the Thermal Vision again, and looks where the bird used to be. He looks around, and doesn't see anything at first. Then, a small red blob appears. It gets bigger. Jet zooms in, and in a matter of seconds, its changes into the form of a human body. It seems to be walking toward them. Jet slowly moves bakc a few inches, nudging Greg along the way.

"Look. Straight ahead. Someone is out there."

"Well, its not one of ours. We are the only ones out here from HQ. Hmm..."

"I know. Get ready."

Jet puts the rifle in front of him, and brings the scope to his eye. He turns on the thermal scope, and keeps an eye on the target. Greg pulls out his pistol, and puts it in front of him as well. He looks over to Jet and nods, as he turns back to face the unknown figure. The thermal scope shows the figure getting closer, though they still cannot see it with just their bare eyes. The wind is still blowing, as the snow is falling rapidly.

"Did you bring any hot chocolate?"

[The Reviver]

Leon was familiar to the sound of engines. Numbers ran across his HUD as he fell though the atmosphere, the small pod heated up to extreme temperatures. The Lance Corps Marine's armor would withstand the extreme heat. In the pod, he was complaining.
"Oh yeah, send the newbie on a solo recon mission, send the in-experienced guy..." He complained. He cracked his neck and awaited the impact. A female voice boomed though his helmet speakers.

"Pvt. Leon, I will be your adviser for today, my name is Ashley. In the pod is everything you need to survive, rations and water." She said, a small screen appeared on Leon's HUD, a video link to Ashley, she had long flowing pink hair, and a smile that could calm a dieing marine.

"Well, Ms. Ashley, you make this mission worth going on." He smiled.
"Interesting, I just told you where your supplies were, but you were paying attention to me, and not the information?"
Leon nodded, "I could live without those supplies. As long as I get to see your face."
Another voice boomed through the speakers, "Impact in 9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2..."
The pod smashed into the ice, but the ice held. "For once, they landed me in the right place." Leon smiled. He kicked down the pod door and stepped out, "Great, a frozen land." He grabbed a pack and put his rations, water and other things in it. He slung it over his shoulder and got out his rifle.
"Remember, RoE is don't shoot anything unless its a threat."
"Got it."
Leon continued walking, taking light steps. He got up to a nearby tree and got too close, a bird flew out. "Damnit, why didn't they put any thermal vision in here...oh sure, put in night-vision, but no thermal..." He continued walking, about five feet away from him, he noticed two figures, they held guns up to him. Leon didn't move, instead, he said into the comms to Ashley, "I don't like these RoE terms...". He waited for them to make the first move. His armor's lights were still shining, visible through the thick snow-fall. He could only see their figures. If they were looking at him with no thermal vision, they would see bright blue lights, and four thin glowing eyes.

[Jet Storm]

Jet looks at the figure, without moving. He slowly looks around, seeing if there are any other signs of life.

"He seems to be the only one"

"Well, what are we going to do. I don't like this."

"Me neither. But we cannot be sure he is an enemy. We don't want to just open fire and start a war we do not need."

Jet looks around them again, and brings his vision back to the figure.

"He isn't moving. He knows we're here."

"Hmm.. you're right. And, are you sure its a person? There are like 4 eyes on that thing."

"Probably a helmet of some sort. It has the form of a human. Wait... I have an idea."
"Is it a good one?"

"...Yes."

Jet turns toward Greg and shows him some hand signals. Greg nods his head, and begins to move, very slowly, to his right. Jet slowly reaches into his pocket, and pulls out a small cylindrical object. He presses a button on the top, and quickly throws it straight up into the air. A small explosion occurs above them. A heavy pile of snow drops fiercely to the spot where they were laying. It covers most of the trees, and creates a big gust of snow in the air. Jet and Greg managed to roll out of the way just barely in time.

"I hope he didn't see us move."

"Yea. We'll see. Don't make any sudden movements."

"I wasn't planning on it."

[The Reviver]

Leon noticed the small cylinder, but he did not do anything. That probably wouldn't penetrate his armor. They threw it up and it detonated, making snow fall where they were.
"Well...Okay." Leon said, he rose his rifle and began to walk through the snow. He walked slowly, making sure not to step on anything or anyone. Leon set the temperature higher, and the suit whirred loudly for a moment. Hot air came out from the exhaust ports on the back of the suit, and Leon took a quick look around and then continued on.

[Jet Storm]

As the figure walks to where Jet and Greg were just at, Jet turns on his com-link and speaks quietly into it.

"You know what to do. Just wait for a second. On my mark..."

"Yea. I know."

Jet slowly inches forward, as Greg does the same. Jet, coming around a tree, sees Greg clearly and gives him a hand signal. Jet turns off his thermal vision. Both Greg and Jet pull out their pistols, as they lay in silence. As the figure walks closer to the fallen snow, puffs of air come out from its suit. Jet and Greg slowly advance until they are behind a tree. Jet slowly comes out from behind the tree, and can see the figure's back. Jet quickly puts his pistol to the back of the figure's head, just a couple of inches from touching the helmet, as to not make it easy for the figure to take it by turning around. Greg is now also behind Jet, with his pistol pulled out.

"Now why don't you tell us who you are, and what you;re doing out here?"

"And do you by any chance have some food on you?"

[The Reviver]

Leon was no idiot,
"Pvt. Leon of the Third Skylance Corps Recon team. I'm here to do some simple recon, Skylance Command is thinking of putting some random top-secret thing around here."
Leon holstered his weapon,
"And yes I have food. You guys hungry?" He asked.

[Jet Storm]

Jet slowly brings his weapon down, but Greg is unsure. He slowly brings his down as well, but does not put it back on his side.

"Interesting. Well, if you are who you say you are, good to meet you, I suppose. And no, we are not hungry."

Jet gives Greg a stern look.

"You say you are on a mission. What does your "SkyLance" want out here?"

Jet backs up a few inches, letting the Pvt. turn around. Greg slowly steps toward Jet, cautiously looking at Leon. He lets one hand off the gun, but keeps his other one on it still. Greg is now standing a few inches beside Jet, as they await Leon's response.

"What does your "Skylance" command want out here?"

[The Reviver]

Leon turned around, "As I said, Skylance command wants to place some sort of project here. Knowing them, maybe a small outpost, might be a lab to study this planet, uh, most likely not any weapons. All of our firepower is in our navy and air-force, we barely have any resources for ground troops. And as everyone knows, we need good, hard ice or ground to place any building. Falling buildings are bad for us." He explained, he turned off the external speakers and opened a channel to Ashley.
"What do they want here?"
"Not sure, they just said it would be a civilian structure." She replied
"Lab?"
"Most likely."

[Jet Storm]

Jet stood still was Leon turned and explained why they were there. After Leon was finished, Greg put his weapon away, and stood next to Jet.

"Hmm... a reconnesaince mission. Seems simple enough. Well, I guess you're no real threat. You actually seem like a nice guy. My name's Jet, of the Mecha Assault Team. This is my colleague and friend, Gregory Briggs."

"Hey, Leon. Good to meet a fellow soldier out here. I at first doubted what you were saying, but you seem sincere."

Jet takes a few steps backward, as Greg shakes his head toward Leon and smiles.

"Well, Leon, nice to meet you, I guess. So, you're Skylance is building something out here. Interesting. Well, seeing as you don't seem hostile, good luck with that. Did you land here in a pod? Or did you arrive on a ship? We can give you a ride back to your LZ if you want."

"Yea. Its starting to snow hard."

Greg looks around, but suddenly, a noise is heard in the bushes a couple of feet away from the three of them. Suddenly, a strange noise, sort of like a growling, is heard...

[The Reviver]

Leon rolled his shoulders, to release tension,
"Came in pod, and I'm going to be living on the planet for the next five months. Then I get picked up. You see, we get dropped, then when were done with one objective, command assigns us another on the fly. Usually when we get back, the trooper and the adviser become really good friends." Leon heard growling, well, he was enhanced.
"So, Jet, Greg, it is starting to snow harder. So you guys are heading back to your base?Leon said.

[Jet Storm]

"Yea, probably. We've got what we came for pretty much."
The growling intesified. Greg backed up a bit, and put his hand on his holstered gun.

"We might be back out here, maybe to collect some more samples or something."

"Um, guys..."

Suddenly a strange beast emerges from the bush, charging straight for Leon...

[The Reviver]

The creature landed on Leon's back, and did not budge. Leon didn't panic, nor did he attempt to get it off. He turned around and said,
"What is it?" Leon asked them. He was sure it couldn't penetrate his armor, even if it could, the back is where most of the armor is concentrated. It would take time.

(Didnt realize. =P)

[Jet Storm]

"I think it likes you. Haha."

"Hmm...yes, I have seen these creatures before. They are perfectly harmless. I think they are called.... Puffles. Or something like that. They seem to be very playful and like humans and other creatures. Their defense is this smell that they ecrete when they get frightened. If I were you, I wouldn't frighten it."

Jet and Greg laugh, as they move toward Leon. The creature suddenly looks at both of them. And runs toward Greg.

"What the-"

The creature lands on Greg and sits on his chest, not moving.

"Get it off of me!"

"Haha! Looks like it likes you!"

The creature looks back at Leon as he is getting up, and charges at Leon again. But before it can, Jet grabs it. Suddenly, its mouth opens, as gas start erupting from the creature. Jet throws it onto Leon, who looks shocked...

[The Reviver]

(Lets say the creature is kinda furry like. Since it needs something to go against the cold.)

Leon laughed until it began to spew a gas. Leon caught the creature and held it carefully,
"Haha, hopefully it isn't toxic. The wind should blow away most of it though. Seems like you spooked it, its shaking." Leon said, he began to pet it carefully, he said some soothing words as well. The wind did blow away most of it, towards Leon's direction.
"...My suit filters should get rid of th- Oh god! It smells like dried piss!" He said, "Ugh. Disgusting. Reminds me of that time I had to get my gun from a pile of shit."

[Jet Storm]

"Reminds me of the time...Well no I never had a time like this."

Jet and Greg walk up to Leon, and Greg grabs the animal. He sets it down on the ground, and it scurries away into the bushes again. Greg reaches into a pocket, and pulls out some dried nuts. He lays them down in front of the bush, as the beasy slowly maneuvers his way out of the bush.

"There you go. Some nice food." Greg looks back at Jet, and smiles. He then looks at Leon, and says "Wanna bring it home with you?"