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Catalyst: The Cold War, Chapter 2

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Year 2522 July 12:  Forge, Mailstrom Refinery

Forge, the world of volcanic ashes and rich in minerals, its climate never changes and the skies are glowing red. Most people who make a living out here are usually hard conditioned workers. About a  3rd of the continent is owned by the Council. Many Fire users live here and are paid to build and manufacture metallic appliances along with weaponry.

But they don't live here forever unless they want to,  its rotated by a six year term. but due to the war the demand is now high and full term will give them a high paycheck for a contract. From the news so far they have receive word that the battle has been quiet for the last month. They dont know were to strike and some are afraid of reaching the Forge seeing they are so near to each other.

Many pray that doesn't happen.

Beep Beep Beep!........Beep Beep Beep!....Bee-

A red paw reached for a phone, "gnnn...Hello~" Her voice went drowsy as her body was cover in a blanket, in the background showed pictures of her university of 1st class engineering from Emerald and Tasogare Vells. From the end of her bed showed a cluster of parts and computer CDs of games and movies. From the Corner next to the door was a computer console made by the Galaxy company. Who also funds the Forge company.

"Cinder, we need you in the Docking bay, The hangar bay doors seemed to have gotten stuck" She rolled into a ball with the phone tuck into her chest. She moan in fustration with the red blanket covering over here, "is their a problem Ms.Cinder" another voice came in.

"Augh... You guys do know its my day off, im off shift" she complained, keeping her eyes shut hoping they would leave the job to someone else. The job isnt one by the houer and thier is no overtime for doing it.

"Alright look we just need you for a few hours, no one knows the place as good as you do" she sighed, "common its just a quick fix, then you can have the day off and back to bed...Common Cinder" suddenly the phome went silent, "Ill even thrown in a dinner for ya, my treat" she laughed and removed her covers.

Her fur was thin and red with eye lashes of orange with long dark red hair, her eye were magma orange and they glowed a bit in the dark, "woah hold on their, are you asking me out?" she said, feeling a bit excited for the moment. not many of the guys like to offer dates around here. And this toms name was Mat Stale. A nice tom who was a lightning user. White furred with a lighting pattern mane in black, mostly work as an electric engineer for the computer appliances.

He was also a good friend to talk to too, "umm well I..well if your up for it I" she chuckled from the phone as she sat up.

"Alright then if I do this then a free dinner, its a date!" she stuck her tongue out and pulls out a tablet to show the time, 10:32 AM, "Hows 6:30 PM I could use a good coffee" she replied.

She couldnt help but snicker when she heard him yelp in excitement, "Great then ill see ya then" she nodded and ended the phone.

She sighed and shook her head to un-twin  her fur and raised her hiegn leg to scratch her chin. Then she leaped over to the console and play a jazz music while she enters the shower.

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It is now 2:00 PM and she was entering the locker room to get her gear, The hangar bay room is about 450 degrees Fahrenheit so she needed an oxygen mask and a neck brace with water. Seeing that a Fire user is very fire resistant to heat all she need is a water source to keep hydrated.

It basically a helmet that supports the fire user from these conditions, by itself a normal user can survive in the heat for about 2 minutes. With the gear you can last up to 5 hours. Your still going to sweat your ass off though.

"alright Carl im taking a helmet, ive already signed out from it" she told the woman at the counter who only gave back a nod. Standing on two feet she placed on the helmet with two others, "alright this will just be quick" she opened the door and entered with them. The two toms were equipped with gauntlet hammers. Going to guess their about to head out and mine the shafts for crystals and materials. The door behind the cats closed up and performed and airlock. Cinder tuned on the helmet, feeling the squeeze on her neck as it give in a cold breeze. Two tube entered her mouth and gave in a steady supply of water. About half a liter in the tank along with a HUD that give off the temperature and supply range but refill stations are located around the area.

Finally the airlock relaesed and a wave of heat entered the area, her pelt started to glow and absorb the heat. "alright now" she clinches her paws showing an aroma of magic to form flames, "lets get to work"

A few minute later she was approaching the hangar bay, everything around the supply system is still functional and the environment felt great. In this place the smoke is filtered out from the vents as the hangar bay door just keep a supply in and out with the floating transports, "hey Mat which one of the hangarbays are giving out the error" she called in from her helmet.

"Its the third on from the left, C sector, all of the components are intact as far as the electrical side but something is making it stuck from the outside" she looks through her helmet and removed the shades to get a better look at the doors, It was by some debris but still looks functional.

She ducked as a lava wave rose up, "woah...okay but the engineering modern is at the end of the tunnel" she looks around seeing a transport, "hold on im going to make a jump" charging her back legs with fire magic she created a thrust to fly up a good 30 yards high and land onto a moving transport platform. "Alright im on my way to-" she stopped...for a moment she could have swarn to have seen something move in the shadows.

Now the only creatures that could survive this environment is the fire Skag, mostly lizards that move rapidly fast. But their more scared of us than them even though they are about four times a cats size. But this one was huge!...not that it was her problem, "H-hey did we have any reading on large creatures?" she asked him until the transport started to halt making her loose her balance, "ahh!" with her red claws she skid across the edge and grappled on, staring down a the lava.

Now we all know what the question is going to be, how does a fire user not like lava, well have you ever heard of an organism survive 2500 degrees of that kind of heat? Yeah science kinda takes out the fun doesnt it. This lava couldn't kill Cinder at a distance but if such a fire user fell into a pit then it will not be a happy ending. "Oh Great Catalyst" she regain her bearing, "Mat! What the fuck was that!" she hissed. Hearing a clutter and banging through the intercom..."Mat?..." she was getting scared, looking around panting as she stood in the middle of the lava as the transport dangled on a railing.

Suddenly she heard a tom's scream through the com as she stood up and held a paw against her mouth, "Mat!" she yelled out. Suddenly it was cut off and static took place, "whats happening" she said and looks around for a place to jump off from, the walls that lead to the broken hangar bay was about a good 80 yards away judging by the other platforms that are 30 yards each.  

The ground started to shake and started to move the transport, "Alright lets go!" she charged her back legs and leaped towards the next moving platform, suddenly from the side of her eyes she saw a set of white lights. Then they slammed agaisnt the rockwalls. Breaking away they were robots, "Busterbots?..why-" they fixed their guns at her, "what?!" she ducked at the nearest set of cargo as bullet began to fly. She screamed, "Why are you firing at me! im not an enemy!" she yowled as a bullet singed against her arm and cowards away to run through the cargo.

"All INSERGANTS TERMINATED" In a deep voice it repeated itself looking for targets and firing at the cargo. Tears started to roll down, this was nothing like the games you see on the TV, that singe mark brought her into reality and anxiety took place. Then she heard some clanging and yelling from the back as she peers over to see the two toms fighting back against the robots. Their picking equipement breaking through their metal, ripping the wires apart from one of them as another jumps on top like a spider. His partner was taken down easily but she didnt look at how they finish she ran at the end and leaped for the next transport.

She didnt have time to stop and catch her breath, she was already charging for the next jump and rushed up in the air to reach the next transport. then something  rocket from under her and hit er before her landing. "Giah!...Noo!" she was slipping at the edge, seeing a busterbot land on top. "stay away from me! I didnt do anything!" she kept trying to claw her way up as the bot got closer. "Help! Someone!! Please!" she cried as the bot fire. She removed a paw  to get out of the way and grabs hold again.

"Hold on their" a voice came through the helmet and a fire was shot from the hangar bay area, instantly breaking through the metallic creature. Leaving ehr just dangling on the edge, "hey Fecilian, can you get up?" she looks to the left to see a flash of light at the end. a figure of a red tom outside the end, "Ill Cover you, head for the entrance quick!" she didnt know who this tom was or what his voice was.

But she took this chance and got up, "T-thank you..." she called through the radio, hoping he heard. The conveyor  started to move again and was getting closer to the hangar bay door. The door was logged between one of the transports but lead a straight path towards the entrance from here.

First Person

I started to run! My breath in quick pants hearing something roaring behind me, "Hey keep running!" I could see the tom, it was a fire user without a helmet! An eyepatch cover one of his eyes and was welding a staff charger, A semi automatic rifle that was aimed right down my direction. To the side of his ears held a communicator. Two fires mashed against metal as fire was thrown back.

I turned my next to see men wearing suits and Fire users beside them getting off a gunship. "I have to be dreaming, I have to be dreaming!" she leaped to the left to dodge one of the fireballs. Basic magic but weaponly trained tricks for long distances their trained fighters. Suddenly she felt something grab her hair and she screamed, "leave me alone!" she hissed and thrashed her red claws at his face, feeling warm liquid flow from her paws as it felt through flesh. The fire user she hit wailed and backed off as she scrambled over to the entrance.

"come on!" he rushes after me and pushes me over to the door, 'stay behind me!" he pulls out a wrist gun and fire two rounds, my eyes widened when I saw  the closest Fecilian with a suit get hit in the head and trash on the ground. "Hey your an engineer right! get that door to close!" He yells out switching to the rifle and firing out at the platform, "Get that door working!!!" he screamed at her as she jumped and looks over at the control mechanism.

Third Person

"Okay okay!!" she tried to control herself and ripped the front panel open. The gears and steam units were out of place and need a restart. With her fire magic she enflames one side and turned a valve. Then twitch a bypass for the pressure to go through.

"Hurry!"


"Shut the fuck up and let me think!!" her voice was sore from screaming as a bullet bounced back between the doors, "aahh...umm okay pull this lever then... then..." her eye went inn flames, "Fuck this!" with her claws she create a blade of inferno and lashed down at the gears. Forcing them to unlock and fall shut.

The Soldier jumped inside beofre it just, coughing his head off  and ripping the mic from his ear, "bloody hell..." he shook his head seeing Cinder walk down from the stairs, "hey...phew nice work..." he sat by the wall seeing his gun was burnt. With a sigh he tossed it to the side.

"Your not an employee of this sector, who the hell are you?"

The guy laughed and sat down, "first im thirsty as hell...can I please-" he coughed pointing at the helmet.

She gasped, "oh yes of course!" she removed her helmet, removed it and placed it over his head turning it on, "your an idiot for going out their without one you know" she growled.

The soldier looked up and laughed again, "well you shouldn't be leaping around the sa-" he stopped and looked up seeing a white suit walking up. he aimed a pistol at him as he staggered back.

"Whoa whoa dont shot!" He crouched down, "Cinder its me! Mat!"

"Mat?" she turned her head, then whimpered, "Oh god Mat!" she ran up and hugged with with a kiss, "I thought you got killed! What has happened"

Everyone jumped when they heard a loud clang against the door, the soldier staggered back, "Ill explain things later, lets get to a safer area"

Mat nodded, "we should go into the medical hall, its the most secured area we got"

The soldier  aimed his pistol at the door, "lead us their, ill cover you" as all three ran off through the halls, what the hell is happening to their home. What where those soldiers that was crawling around. And did the imagion that big creature climbing against the wall?
Wow I actually like this character of Cinder, well to lighten things up she is much more powerful later on in her middle ages. Youw ill hear more about them later, as for know lets see what is happening at the same time. Well I hope they will come out alright. Oh and this is aonly a portion of the terriroty at its hottest. Their are much safer areas to live than here, only this place makes a good place for a factory.

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lancer88's avatar
i like her! your storyline is getting better!