Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24652012-20141204034243/@comment-25316824-20150213210235

Nikolai walks out of the medical bay but he is stopped at the door.

"nikolai..."

Nikolai turns around. He runs across the room and sees Dr. Telchar laying down. Nikolai moves a piece of debri off of him.

The Dr. looks at Nikolai's eye patch.

Dr. Telchar "I knew we should have pulled you out of combat."

Nikolai looks down. The Dr. has an energy sword stuck through his abdomen.

Nikolai "I am sorry I was so stubborn.  But you realize now that if I would have stayed here in the medical wing to recover that I would be dead now, right?"

Dr. Telchar "Firstly we would have kept your armor and weapons handy.  Second you had no idea the raptors would board us.  You made that choice out of selfishness.  Because you wanted to kill things you felt that it didn't matter what anyone else said."

Nikolai "I'm sorry, Dr.  But war is everwhere and as long as people are willing to fight the Chat then I can't stand on the sidelines and watch them lose.  As a soldier I have to do my duty."

Dr. Telchar "Can you do one thing for me?"

Nikolai "yes?"

Dr. "Win Nikolai.  Win."

The Dr. closes his eyes and his pulse stops.

Nikolai "What?!  I can't do that.  I can't win the war.  I am not an army.  Why would you ask something of me that you know I can't do?!"

Nikoali grabs the corpse by its collar and shakes the man's body. He bangs the lifeless corpse against the wall and then bangs it some more.

Nikolai stops when he hears noises behind him. He thinks about grabbing his dog tags and adding them to the rest of his dead spartans but decides against it.

Nikolai "I never promised to keep you alive.  So I don't have to remember you."

He getts up and turns around, leaving the corpse to bury itself.