#qiang thread

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“Where… are they from anyway ?”

Why would so many dogs be within the headquarters ? She remembers Hanji saying something in the lines or how amazing having a little animal by their side would be, but did the scientist really brought this amount of dogs ? Or were they simply lost ? And if they were, who would lose so many dogs ?

A loud bark made her come back to reality, and she smiled as she crouched near a tiny dog, scratching behind it’s ears. His friends were quick to surround her and Qiang.

“Well, I guess we can take advantage of their presence for a moment !”

Qiang was about to ask the same question when Petra said it first. She let that inquiry sink into the recesses of her mind, too occupied with the fact that they were slowly being surrounded by dogs. The black-haired soldier could not put into words how much she found dogs adorable. 

“This is wonderful!” Qiang laughed heartily, her good humor caused by the amount of dogs that formed a ring around them. It was a rarity to hear herself laugh that freely compared to her usually soft giggles and chuckles, but she enjoyed it nonetheless. 

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      HER ADVANCE STOPPED, if only for a moment as she found herself leaning back against the wall. How had she gotten detected? She’d sworn she’d been as quiet as she possibly could’ve been – but still, this woman had discovered her. Annie grit her teeth and her hands clenched by her sides, before she decided she had to stay where she was. If she came to find whom it was, she could attack then. If she didn’t, she could continue following and try to understand what she was doing. No matter how she thought about it, a hostage would be needed, for information purposes. Eren would be ideal, but he was too protected. Whoever this was, however, would do just fine.

            What exactly was Annie looking for, though? She also wanted answers, but even the question in her mind seemed jumbled and made little to no sense at all. Her hands by her sides, she leans against the edge wall heavily, glad that she’d taken an alleyway after all. If she hadn’t, she would’ve been discovered sooner. Escaping from the crystal had been hard enough, and the fact that she’d even gotten out of the underground cell had been a shock but far too easy. She couldn’t get caught now.

            If she did, it’d be over. She was far too weak to crystallize again.

Qiang cocked her rifle, readying herself and approaching the alley with caution. The location has been closed down exclusively for the Scouting Legion’s use in securing the important person whom they needed to watch over. It was Qiang’s turn to patrol this area while her allies had their own assigned areas to guard. The superiors were out on their errands and operations as usual; after one victory, there was yet another problem to face. Qiang observed that things never seemed to end for the poor soldiers unless... 

She approached the alley steadily, rifle held up and ready. “Who’s there? Come out immediately.” Qiang demanded. With every step she made her boots crushed the pebbles on the floor, giving herself away yet she paid no heed to them. The person would know she was nearby anyway, but little did she know about how skilled the person at hand was at close combat. 

It was the twenty-sixth day of the tenth month of the year 3015, approximately one thousand years after the world-- and the galaxy itself-- changed for the better and for the worse. Intergalactic war between the Galactic Federation of Affiliated Systems and the Freedom Fighters for Peace and Equality sprung up nearly a year ago and has been raging on since. Orbis Terrarum (as Earth is now called based on the ancient Latin language which meant the same thing) has been the capital world of the Federation, a government meant to keep peace and order within the galaxy. 

Deep in the heart of the Federation council palace, the circle of politicians and emissaries of different worlds sat as they discussed the crisis was plaguing the galaxy thus bringing worlds into war.

An orange, tentacle-faced being stood from his seat, raising his hand to be recognized. “Those brute terrorists are ravaging our world of our resources and people! If we do not do something soon, the government will crumble and the Khuiang Kingdom will disintegrate.” An emissary said in a gurgling tone like his voice has been muffled under the beard of tentacles which covered his mouth, his purple, diamond-shaped eyes took on a more oval shape, signifying a frown.

A human male seated near one of the high seats of the court; one of the leaders raised his hand and addressed the Khuiang ambassador’s problem. “Worry not, we have sent fresh troops to your world and will take care of the problem. Consider this, the Freedom Fighters of Peace and Equality have yet to maintain a stable loyalty from many of their men. I am certain that it will take them a more than a handful months to subdue half of a world’s population.” And with that, the Khuiang sat back with a nod of satisfaction.

Meanwhile, in the said world of the Khuiang Kingdom, the Federation soldiers withstood an onslaught from the Freedom Fighters. Though the fortifications of the hangar they defended was strong enough to take on beam torpedoes, too much would prove to be bad for the soldiers within. 

“Hurry with the formation! Take the ammunition, mount the turrets and guns, we’ll take them as they come!” A bespectacled young woman in an olive green Federation uniform with a small golden pin of a crescent moon on her collar signifying her rank of Squad Leader shouted her orders as the soldiers. Her long, black hair whipped as she hurriedly turned here and there to see the progress of her soldiers, and the enemy to whom she aimed her rifle and shot down some terrorists who were already closing in. 

A Federation soldier, fully armed with his beam rifle and bazooka, ran to the woman, avoiding purple beams that flew from the enemies’ guns. “Qiang, we have finished all the preparations. We will be waiting for your signal.”

Qiang nodded at him; not minding his lack of formality, not because he was a childhood friend of hers and her sister’s, but because they were in the middle of a battle where there was not time for everything. The man ran to a pile of metal crates and crouched behind them. Qiang followed in suit but made sure she had the charging enemies within her sight. 

The terrorists, a horde of mixed races in hodgepodge armor and equipment, ran towards them in an unorganized fashion. This made it a lot easier for Qiang. Once the terrorists were within the hangar and started to  breach the barricade of lined up metal crates and steel spikes, the Qiang shouted: 

“Now!”

And with that, explosives blew up from within the crates as many of the terrorists struggled to get over them and the spikes. Those who managed to get over unharmed by the blast were left to be shot to smoking pieces by the Federation soldiers and so that was the fate that has befallen the few who crossed over.

The remnants of the terrorists who had yet to plunge into the hangar saw what happened to their allies and turned around in a retreat. Their plan has already started its course. They have done what they had to do, it was now up to the infiltrators to destroy the Federation from within...

intuixion:

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“Qiang, what are you– Oh God…!“

Whatever she had been given moved, which ushered the reasonable response of spasming and dropping the poor creature. Sasha gasped at the sight of the rodent; partly out of adoration, partly out of shock that she had let go of what she could only assume was a gift from the woman.

The small concentration of fluff scurried out of sight and underneath a nearby table, causing the brunette to go into another panic and crouch down onto the ground - quite prepared to follow it. "Wait! No! It’s cute! Come back!”

Qiang yelped and instinctively cupped her hands to catch the small, falling creature, but failed. The hamster fell on the ground and scuttled away; though not as fast as a house lizard, it was still fast enough to hide under a table before Qiang could have it cupped in her hands.

Qiang quickly went to the table, got on her knees and bent down to look for the hamster, but it was gone. It must have hurried away under the sofas, maybe other tables. She pressed her lips together and inhaled before sighing.

The ravenette stood up, a downcast frown present across her eyebrows. “Tian na...” She muttered with displeasure. “Well then,” She turned to Sasha. “Let’s go. It couldn’t have--” Just then, Qiang caught something move in the corner of her eye. Without hesitation, she looked at it and saw the hamster crawling to yet another place. A more open and spacious place! 

Unbuckling the last belt of her gear Artemis gently laid the mess of straps and buckles at the foot of her bed, near her boots. She would untangle it later right now she just wanted to get out of dirty clothes and into clean ones. She swiftly took off her dark colored shirt, leaving her upper body in nothing but bra.  Next were her pants, her fingers nimbly moved to unbutton them and just as she was about to slip out of them the sound of a door opening.

Swiftly she turned towards the intruder features forming a scowl as Artemis was fully prepared to yell at the intruder to get the hell out. The brunette faltered though at seeing a female bodied person. Relaxing slightly she placed a hand on her hip.

"Yeah, what do you want?"

Qiang was told to give something to a soldier named Ivory Artemis Hiemes. It was a new name for her. There was the address written on the envelope. All she needed to do was deliver, but she wasn't sure why she had to be the one to deliver it.

Once she has reached the room written in the address, she knocked the door.

No reply. 

She slowly turned the knob of the room's door. It didn't seem to be locked. If it wasn't locked then she might be in there. 

Why did I even think of this.. She thought to herself when she saw the near half-naked girl which she saw right there and then. Her cheeks grew pink at the sight.