Tempest

The edges of his vision began to blur, and an intense chill ran up his spine. He passed it off as being nervous. "It can't be destroyed by any known means, so they wanted to weaken it as much as possible."

That chill on his spine wouldn't go away, and his vision continued to deteriorate. Was he passing out?

"There's something else here; they were only able to lock it away with the help of a ... a visitor?"

"What-" Unexpectedly, KT's question was cut short as his vision flared bright white, like a flash grenade had been thrown in front of him.

"KT? You alright?" Struggling to stop blinking, he looked to where his Titan was standing ... or rather had been standing, because she was no longer there.

He glanced around the room worriedly. "Kay? Hello?" She wasn't anywhere to be seen, and what was more was the fact that the room looked different. It wasn't as cold in here anymore, like heat was being properly maintained. And there was light; when he and KT had come here, it was nearing nightfall and the sun had been completely obstructed by clouds. But a quick check told him that despite the storms outside, sunlight was shining through the entrance.

Then he saw that the bodies had vanished. All three of them, gone without any evidence that they'd been there at all-

"Help! Is there anyone there?! Please!"

That was a voice, a human voice. Who did it belong to?

It was unnerving, to say the least. Deciding to investigate further, he kept his Wingman forward as he walked back onto the bridge where he thought the sound was coming from.

The wind was still howling and ever-present, but as predicted, the sun was visible and light was shining much more heavily on the surrounding land. Snow was falling and billowing across the bridge from the strength of force against it, like a small arctic wind. The dropship was no longer on the bridge, but that wasn't to say it was unoccupied.

Three people were standing around, anxiously shifting from foot to foot as they looked around at the white-covered mountains surrounding the plains below the spire; two men and a woman. They were wearing some warm-parkas and miscellaneous gear, but not much else. Each of them had some kind of weapon on their backs, they looked to be automatic rifles.

Tobias was completely nonplussed. How were three humans standing right in front of him? Where was KT? What had just-

One of them, the woman, noticed him. She brushed some of her black hair out of her face to get a better view and confirm that she was truly seeing him. "Oh my God- look! What's going on?! Did you do this?"

He had no response, still shocked by the sight in front of him. She turned to the other two and said softly, "It looks like us, like a human!" Turning back to Tobias, she tried again, "Can you understand me? Who are you?"

He shook himself out of his silence. "Yeah, I can understand you. My name's Four. How ... how are any of you here?"

She gestured at the other two with her. "We're on an expedition to this world, but something happened. Our ship and pilot are gone, and it's much brighter outside." She pointed at him. "Are you in charge?"

Apparently, she thought he was one of the beings that built this place. He shook his head. "No, I'm just a human like you. I don't know how I got here either."

Her face fell a bit. "You're like us? But ... then who brought us here? What are you doing here?"

All great questions. He gestured towards himself and the interior of the spire. "I'm a Militia Pilot, I was investigating this planet when I was brought here. It's exactly where I was before, but ... different."