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4/23/12 I was hit by a Drunk Driver. I had been STOPPED COMPLETE @ a RED Light heading E. Light changed, I looked L (N on 27th AVE) then looked R (S on 27th Ave) NO VEHICLES IN SIGHT (no headlights & time was 2:00 am. I began to move my R foot from Break to Accelerator. I began to accelerate. My B/F (Passenger) reached his arms accross my stomach, Screamed 'BABY!!!'. I saw a Bright White Light coming at me, heard crash, unconscience a few minutes. He 'APPEARED to be WB & making L turn in front of me". His SUV Hit My Driver Front, slid across my front, went airborne, flipped over, slid 143 ft on hood then stopped. Beer cans flew out of his SUV. He was cited for NO Ins so MY INS. "Medical Plan PAID". Now find HE WAS INS. How do I ask for REIMB. for what Ins.,& my Medicare & Tricare Paid?the driver who hit me was cited under AZ Statutes for Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Liability (No Ins.); Extreme DUI w/BAC 0.156, DUI, & DUI TO MINIMUM w/BAC (2nd) 0.08 hrs later. His 1st Court Date June 18, 2012 & continued ea month w/Sept 18, 2012 NEXT. Also, my Printout shows date/med./dose/MD etc. with RETAIL $, Tricare ALLOWED, What I PAID & what Tricare PAID. I was told to submit the RETAIL COST as if I "HAD NO INS,". IS THIS TRUE IN AZ?
The best thing to do his hire a personal injury attorney. The attorney should sort all of this out for you.
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You have a good handle on your insurance claims case. Most people don't have any idea what you are talking about. However, you may start to be getting a bit over your head. Ensuring you get every dollar you deserve and not allowing both insurance companies to take advantage of you usually requires the experience of a professional injury attorney. Insurance laws vary from state to state, so I suggest you find a good injury attorney in your town and ask for a free consultation to discuss your options. You will be glad you did, as making one wrong turn without an attorney could cost you thousands of dollars, for no reason.
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First, Mr. Weinstein is correct. Retain local counsel to assist you in the personal injury claim. I strongly suggest that you retain counsel familiar with restitution in the criminal justice system.
You will want to cooperate with the DA handling the case. By that I mean if asked to appear, do so. If asked to provide some informatiion, do so. I DO NOT mean regular telephone calls to check on the status of the proceedings, that is interference, not cooperation, and can have a negative impact on the DA. [We are all human].
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I'm sorry to hear you were involved in this accident. The issues you've raised are somewhat complicated and will require the assistance of a competent Arizona attorney to help you through the process. There are a number of facts that still need to be discussed, so I would recommend you arrange for a consultation with Arizona counsel.
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Gary makes an appeal for better awareness of what is the most misunderstood and stigmatised of psychological disorders - schizophrenia. As vice-chairman of the mental health charity Mind's users group, he wants more resources from the public and private sectors to support educational rehabilitation programmes to help those who have lost self-confidence and self-esteem.
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The disease summons up images from the horrific to the pathetic; from Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho to press reports of tragic and lonely suicides.
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The course has become crucial to his formerly isolated life. "I used to sit at home just doing nothing. Now I'm at college Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings and my life has changed."
Head of the course Helen Ruddock said: "This work challenges the definitions of mental health. A lot of people with mental difficulties put themselves in that category because that is exactly what the rest of the world does."
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Nov 28, 2011 at 1:55 UTC
Apparently these don't work on Pre-Orders either. Nor do they work together.
I tried it on a Asus Transformer Prime.
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Can this be combined with the deal Google had going on today? $20 for $40
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Yes you can combine the Google offers promo and the $50 off $250. Makes some awesome deals.
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I'm hoping you guys get the Zotac ZBOX back in stock because I really want to order it to put behind my TV.
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Ah, that model. Nothing is expected to come in at this point in time, could be phasing out to a newer model
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I know MSI and Asus have a E-450 mini pc coming out, but didn't read anything about Zotac. Thing is, those will probably run around $400-500. I just wanted this thing to sit behind my TV and I know the AMD CPU/GPU are way better than what Intel has out.
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Ugh no fair. I was about to get 2 Sapphire 6950 2 GBs for some video editing here in the lab, inputted the codes for both $50 off each and the free SSD drive, the price updated accordingly. Went to put in my CC information, hit submit..and it said the coupon codes were invalid, now they won't work. Whats going on?
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I'm going to start looking for these deals more often. I buy parts all the time for clients and myself and these incentives make purchasing that much easier.
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text: Sam had to fill up his 7 gallon container with water for a show. The only way he knew how to get the water to his tank was with his tiny garden hose that slowly spit out water. His friend filled up the first three gallons for him before hand, and instead of doing it right away, he decided to take a 6 hour nap. It stayed at three gallons for three hours before a neighbor borrowed some of the water to power his sprinkler. Because it was over 20 years old, it worked very slowly and only got 1 gallon of water in three hours. Then Sam woke up and chased his neighbor away. He got to work immediately after and in four hours he got all the necessary water for the show.


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Dikalo which means "message" in the Cameroonian Douala language is a messaging app with a focus on anonymity, speed and security. Dikalo is fast, simple, easy to use and free. You can use Dikalo on all your devices at the same time. Your messages are seamlessly synced across any number of your phones, tablets or computers. Dikalo lets you send photos, videos, audios and files of any type (doc, zip, mp3, etc), as well as create groups with an unlimited number of people.
With Dikalo you can start a conversation with anyone on any device just by creating and sharing a simple key or link with the person. No sign up required. As a result Dikalo is a messaging application for all occasions. With friends and family, but also with people you dont know or dont necessary want to keep on your contact list.
We created Dikalo because we wanted a messaging platform that will help people connect with others without the need of giving up personal information. We wanted to create a messaging platform that put users in control of what private data they share with whom.
Most messaging apps require that you give out your phone number, email or username in order to chat with someone. Making it impossible to connect with someone on a temporary basis. Dikalo on the other hand is not tied to any of your information. In fact you can use Dikalo without even creating an account.
Not all connections should last forever. With Dikalo we want to help you avoid the risks and hassles associated with exchanging your contact information with people you don't know(yet), but still be able to chat in a fun, unique way. No need to give out fake numbers, spam email addresses, or disposable account information.
With Dikalo we are creating a messaging platform that works for all occasions. All in one single application.
We are evolving every day. So make sure you check our blog and follow us on twitter and facebook to stay in touch.
Dikalo is for everyone who wants fast and reliable messaging while keeping full control over personal information. Users decide when and with who they want to share private data (e.g tefonnumber, email, facebook id, etc ...). Dikalo does not require any of those data in order to let you send messages.
Therefore Dikalo is perfect when you're meeting someone for the first time, contacting someone on a temporary basis. So, scenarios such as meeting someone in a bar or at a conference, selling or buying something on Craigslist, Ebay, Amazon, etc ... Online dating, speed dating, customer support, etc...
Dikalo comes handy when you are dealing with people you want to keep off your contact list but still like to communicate with in realtime. These may be contacts like the members in a PTA or the players you are coaching or campaign workers you are managing, for instance. There are a myriad of such needs.
Since Dikalo is a complete messaging platform you can also have a friend list and chat with them like on any other messaging app.
Unlike others services Dikalo is built around anonymity. As a result you can use Dikalo without creating an account. You can create as much conversations as you like with an unlimited number of people for free and forever. No registration required.
And even when you create an account on Dikalo we do not ask for your phone number or any personal information. We do ask your e-mail address in order to verify the registration process but never save that email on our servers. Frankly we simply don't want to know anything personal about you. All we care about is delivering your messages in the fastest, most secure, private and reliable way possible. Who you are and what you are sending to whom is none of our business and we like to keep it that way.
Because Dikalo is built around anonymity you don't have to give up any personal information to communicate with someone like on other messaging apps. For example Whatsapp and other apps wont allow you to chat with someone unless you know her phone number. Whatsapp wont even work on another device unless your phone is on and connected to the internet. We found this pretty limiting.
Dikalo is the only messaging app that helps you easily communicate with people you know and those you don't without giving up any personal information. All within the same app.
No. You can invite your friends to join you on Dikalo and use it like any other messaging application. To invite friends you will however need to create an account.
When you create an account on Dikalo we use your e-mail address to verify the registration process. This is to ensure that we are dealing with a real person. The emails we process are saved encrypted on our servers so there is no way for us to track you back. This also ensures that you will never get any marketing email from us. Ever.
Dikalo is based around anonymity. We want to have as less information as possible about our users. This is why we don't save your email in clear text and are not interested in doing so.
When you create a random conversation (conversation with someone that's not on your friend list) on Dikalo the system generates 2 keys for that conversation. A public key that you should share with anyone you want to talk to and a private key. The private key is for your use only and should not be share publicly. Use the private key when you rejoin the conversation a at later point. DO NOT SHARE THE PRIVATE KEY WITH ANYONE !
Anyone with the public key can write you in realtime using that key. You can generate an unlimited number of keys and have an unlimited number of people joining each conversation key.
You can also invalidate any public key at any time. Once a key has been invalidated no one can contact you using that key anymore. Forever.
Yes! We are extremely commited to anonymity, privacy and security. Our main goal is delivering your messages in the fastest, most secure, most reliable way possible. Only you and the person you are talking with can read the messages in your conversation. We use state-of-the-art security measures when handling your messages. Every message you send is fully encrypted and securely stored. We are not interested in your personal information nor in what content you are sending to whom. We don't keep track on what you do online and don't resell your data. In fact we cant sell your data because we don't have them. Read our privacy policy for the full story.
Simply generate a conversation on Dikalo and feel free to post your public key on public forums, social media, email. etc ... to connect to people you may not personally know. You will get messages in realtime on any of your connected devices once someone send a message using the key you shared.
DO NOT SHARE ANY PRIVATE KEY! Private keys are for your personal use.
No. If at any time you wish to stop talking to someone, you can end a conversation by invalidating the conversation key and there's no way for that person to contact you again. Ending a conversation key keeps the message history intact. If you want to remove it permanently, you can choose to delete the conversation instead.
You can generate an unlimited number of keys and talk to an unlimited number of person using that key.
Dikalo is currently available on the web. We also offers native clients for Window, Mac OS,Linux and Android(beta).
Work on native mobile apps for iOS is ongoing. Stay tuned for more infos soon.
We believe in fast and secure messaging that is also 100% free. This is why you can use Dikalo anytime without creating an account forever and for free.
But we are a small startup with very limited resources. As a result we will display random ads when you spend a certain amount of time without typing.
Wait. What ? Did we just say ads? Privacy and ads ? Please read along.
The ads are completely random and not based on your data (remember we don't want and don't have them) or your online behavior. We display an ad in form of a lock screen only wen you stay a certain amount of time without typing. All you have to do is unlock the screen and you can keep on enjoying Dikalo.
While you might get ads you are not interested in (because they are random) we think it s a fair concession since it helps us keep the system running and free to use for you.
You can also become a paying customer with a subscription fee of 0.99€ per month and you will not receive any ad. See our pricing page for more information.
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Callisto Corporation was a software development company founded by Robert Harris, Mike Barta and Seth Lipkin in May 1989. Prior to founding the company, all three worked at GCC Technologies.
They were best known for their series of computer games for the Macintosh in the 1990s; including ClockWerx, Spin Doctor, Super Maze Wars and Super Mines. They also were contracted out to work on the software titles Math Blaster, Reading Blaster, and Typing Tutor. From 1990 to 1992, they created and expanded Meeting Maker, a networked meeting-scheduling product. In 1991, Callisto sold Meeting Maker to ON Technology.
From 1997 to 2007, the company focused on consumer digital photo software, which resulted in PhotoParade. In mid-2008, the PhotoParade.com web site was changed to indicate that direct emailing of PhotoParade files would no longer be supported. At the same time, all links to support and purchasing options were removed from the website.
Callisto Corp. operated independently in Natick, Massachusetts.
Source: Wikipedia, "Callisto Corporation", available under the CC-BY-SA License.


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Here are few of the most famous dishes in Bahrain:
Beef and Eggplant Moussaka- is a dish very popular not only in Bahrain, but in many Islamic countries all around the world. Generally this dish is made with ground beef or lamb, cheese sauce and eggplant, but some recipes mention only the usage of eggplant, beef and other vegetables.
- Teriyaki Beef Stir-Fry- this is a dish very easy to prepare and it consist in using vegetable oil, teriyaki sauce, pepper, onion, sweet red pepper and cornstarch.
- Seafood Bisteeya- for preparing this dish one should better use large pieces of shrimp and thick chunks of skinless sea bass, halibut, cod, swordfish or monkfish. For seasoning should be a used ingredient like olive oil, peeled tomatoes, cumin, parsley, paprika, lemon juice and cilantro.
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Fresh baked bread. Coffee. A sweet, yet pungent, smell that suggested orange marmalade.
Makoto drifted into wakefulness, lulled by the comforting and familiar smells that seemed to fill the house. Reluctant to leave the warmth of the bed after a nearly sleepless night she drowsed, letting her mind drift where it willed. Anywhere but remembering all of the events of the previous day, she thought to herself as her eyes slowly closed. Beside her Motoki grunted in his sleep and half turned over, one of his arms coming to rest across her stomach.
Makoto's eyes snapped open, and she jerked upright. Fresh baked bread? Coffee? She slid out from beneath Motoki's arm, grabbed her robe, and padded barefoot from the bedroom, making her way to the kitchen. She felt somewhat reassured at the lack of a burnt smell, but not enough to want her daughter to continue in the kitchen unsupervised.
"It's okay; I used the dough you made yesterday. Even I can turn on the oven and get the time right to bake a loaf of bread."
Makoto felt a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. "I'm not even going to ask how you knew I was there," she said, taking a deep breath and enjoying the aroma of a breakfast that she didn't need to cook. "But I was sure that the intricacies of the coffee maker were beyond you."
Mariko made a sound that was suspiciously like a snort. "I looked the owner's manual up online," she replied, finally turning and facing her mother. "It wasn't exactly hard with the proper instructions."
Makoto nodded and entered the room, slipping into a seat at the table. Her daughter handed her a cup of coffee and grinned. "The marmalade is some that Mizuki brought home from her last trip to England. I've been hoarding it."
"Probably a good idea; if we kept stuff like that always within reach your father would weigh three hundred pounds."
Mariko sat opposite her mother as her grin faded. They ate in silence for a few moments while the atmosphere in the kitchen grew more tense and uncomfortable. She had taken breath, and opened her mouth, to speak on a couple of occasions, but always held back. She wanted to hear what her mother had to say first, before indulging in the orgy of accusations that were whirling in her head.
Makoto was perfectly aware of her daughter's scrutiny, and of what her daughter was hoping she'd say. Her hands were clenched so tightly on the coffee mug that she was afraid it would shatter in her grip, but still she held her tongue until she felt the tiny shift in Mariko's mood; a signal that the younger woman would now listen to what she had to say. She took a deep breath.
"I'm not going to apologize," Makoto began, her eyes fixed on her empty coffee cup. "Because frankly I don't think an apology is possible -"
"We agree on that," Mariko interrupted, a bitter tone in her voice.
Makoto briefly met her daughter's eyes before dropping her gaze again. "I can't apologize or justify keeping this from you for so many years, and I don't think you'd accept my explanation. All we can do is go forward from this point." She looked up again, her expression fierce and her eyes blazing. "But we can only go forward if you accept this."
Mariko just stared at her mother for a long moment, then slowly took the transformation pen out of the pocket of her uniform skirt. She wrapped her fingers around it and held it, counting the seconds that her mother seemed to be holding her breath. Finally she unfolded her hand and laid the pen on the table. "Accept what?" she asked, extending her finger to prod the pen. "The same thing happened last night when I held that thing. Nothing. So what, exactly, do I need to accept?"
Makoto knew that her face was reflecting the shock and surprise that she felt as she stared at her daughter. In all of the years that she had been worried about how this revelation would affect Mariko the one thing she had never considered was this - that Mariko would feel nothing when the time finally came.
Her daughter sighed and stood up. "I can see that this isn't what you thought would happen," she said, clearing the plates and cups from the table. She glanced at her watch. "I'm going to be late for school if I don't get going," she said and started for the door.
Makoto shook herself out of her shocked stupor. "Mariko, wait!" He daughter turned in the doorway, simply repeated that she was going to be late and then left the room. Makoto could hear a brief conversation between her daughter and her husband and then the front door slammed. She was half on her feet, ready to chase after Mariko, when Motoki entered the room. He shook his head.
"Don't," he said, taking the seat beside her and coaxing her back to her chair. "You can't go after her, you're the last person she wants to talk to right now."
"She told you that, did she?" Makoto asked, fighting the tears that were threatening.
Motoki pressed one of her hands between both of his. "She didn't have to, it was written all over her face."
The pair sat in silence for a few moments before Makoto gave her head a quick shake and stood. "You need some breakfast," she said, trying to remove her hand from her husband's grasp. He just held tighter.
"Mako, sit down," he said, giving her hand a slight tug. "Sit down and talk to me." She returned to her seat, and Motoki felt her hand tighten on one of his and saw the tears well in her eyes. He reached out with his other hand and cupped her face, his thumb stroking her cheek. "Tell me," he whispered.
Makoto glanced at where the green and gold pen still lay on the table. Motoki followed her gaze and his mouth dropped in shock. "She shouldn't have left the house without this," he said, releasing his wife's hand to pick it up. "What if something happens?"
The grin that crossed Makoto's face had a wry slant to it. "Nothing's going to happen." She reached out and took the pen away from her husband, then met his eyes squarely. "Nothing," she repeated with special emphasis.
Motoki looked puzzled for a moment as he glanced from her face to the pen in her hand, then understanding dawned. He opened his mouth as if to speak, but no words came. He shook his head slowly and silently. "Yeah, I don't know what to say either," Makoto put in, dropping the pen on the table.
"But. . . You said that Rio. . ." Motoki paused and took a deep breath to start over. "What about Akemi? Do you know anything of her?"
Makoto shook her head. "No, I don't, and I'm certainly not going to call Ami and bother her with this. It's something that Mariko needs to figure out on her own." She stood up again and this time her husband didn't stop her. "I have work to do today," she said and left the room without a backward glance.
Motoki sat for a few minutes longer at the table, turning the pen over in his hand. Then, when he heard the sound of the shower starting, he got up and went to make a phone call.
By late afternoon Motoki was convinced that at least a month had passed, and that he hadn't slept for very much of it. Stress and worry had dogged his every footstep during the day, beginning with his stop at the high school to return the transformation pen to his daughter. Mariko hadn't spoken when he placed it in her hand, but her raised eyebrow and tightly clenched jaw had been eloquent. He had bitten his lip to prevent the spirited defense of her mother that threatened to come out; he knew better than to get in between his wife and daughter on this particular issue.
The sun was high in the sky and glaring in his eyes when he arrived at his final destination for the day. His steps were noticeably slower as he approached the small shrine, and Motoki admitted to himself that this was the last place in the world he wanted to be. It was also, unfortunately, the best place to get the answers to his questions, so with a deep breath he squared his shoulders and passed under the entrance arch.
He found Artemis sitting on the low wall near the koi pond, his eyes closed and a small smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. "I managed to convince Luna to be elsewhere," he said before Motoki could speak. "I didn't think you'd talk as freely in front of her, and your phone call this morning suggested that you really need to talk."
Motoki could only sigh in relief; Artemis was completely right in thinking he wouldn't talk in front of Luna. The pair of them had long had an adversarial relationship; Luna disapproved of how much knowledge Motoki possessed of all things related to the Guardians and made no secret of that fact, while Motoki had been instrumental in Makoto's decision to keep her true identity a secret from their daughter. Any time the two of them met was a recipe for disaster, so Motoki smiled his thanks to Artemis as he took a seat alongside the other man.
"You're worried," Artemis said. It wasn't a question.
Motoki looked up at the cloudless sky, trying to gather his thoughts. Even though he knew Artemis could help him it wasn't easy to put all of his concerns into words. "I can't figure out how not to be worried," he finally said, dropping his gaze to the ground.
Artemis nodded. "It's a troubling situation all around," he said. "The Guardians haven't faced a battle like this in years. Luckily the next generation is awakening."
Motoki laughed, a cynical and self-deprecating sound. "Somehow I doubt that," he said, and before he knew it he was spilling the entire story of what had happened that morning, especially how Mariko didn't react at all when she held the Jupiter transformation pen.
Artemis was silent through the entire recitation, although his eyebrows steadily marched closer to his hairline. When Motoki finished he glanced at his companion and almost laughed at the way Artemis opened his mouth as if to speak and then clamped it tight shut again.
"You're speechless," Motoki said. "I came to you for advice that you are now incapable of giving me." He sighed heavily. "This day just keeps getting better and better."
"Not so much speechless as not sure what, exactly, I can say to make this better," Artemis replied, standing up and beginning to pace. "This is certainly a wrinkle that no one could have predicted."
"I keep trying to convince myself that it's not that big a deal," Motoki said. "Like she probably just needs some stressful, emotional kick in the ass and BAM! Sailor Jupiter. But it's more serious than that, correct?"
"It might be," Artemis answered, then gave his head a firm shake. "But thinking like that is nothing but borrowing trouble. These things happen in their own way, and in their own time. Mina's daughter is a perfect example; she knew about her destiny to become Sailor Venus for years before it actually happened." He sighed and smiled. "We just have to be patient; no amount of pressure is going to get Mariko, or Akemi for that matter, to become anything until the time is right."
The sun was pouring through the window when Chibiusa sat up in bed and pushed her hair out of her eyes. There were a few moments of disorientation as she fought to full wakefulness, but when she glanced at the clock she couldn't hold back a gasp of shock. She had been asleep for nearly sixteen hours.
She leapt from the bed and made her way to the bathroom, where a splash of cold water banished the last traces of sleep. She returned to her room and was thinking about getting dressed when she heard a knock so soft that for a moment she thought she imagined it. Then it came again, a little louder, and the door of her bedroom opened a crack, just wide enough for a hand to slip through. When the fingers wiggled she grinned. "You can come in, Seiya," she said.
The crack widened and another hand joined the first. This one was holding a plate with a flavored rice ball, fresh fruit and cubes of cheese. Chibiusa's stomach immediately growled and she laughed, causing Seiya to stick his head around the edge of the door. He was smiling.
"Good to know my instincts were right on this," he said as he set the plate down on the bedside table before sitting on the foot of the bed. "It would have been downright embarrassing, otherwise. Not to mention a waste of time."
Chibiusa sat beside him and reached for the plate. "I think you're giving your instincts too much credit," she commented around a mouthful of rice. "It couldn't have been too difficult to figure out I'd be hungry, considering the time." She glanced again at the clock, and then her head snapped back to her brother. "Why aren't you at school?"
A dull red flush crept up Seiya's cheeks and he looked away. "It's not like I wanted to skip school," he said at last. "I had to. It was the only way I'd find out anything. And I didn't completely skip."
"How so?"
"I went to your school to talk to your gang."
Chibiusa all but choked on the cheese she had just put into her mouth. She gaped at Seiya as she tried to get her breath back. "What do you mean 'my school' and 'my gang'?"
Seiya gave a sheepish grin. "Just what I said; I went to your school to talk to Mizuki, Mariko, et cetera." He stood up and walked to the window, pushing the curtains aside so he could see out. "It wasn't easy, sneaking around and making sure Mom never saw me, but I found out what I needed to know. And learned a few things that you need to hear."
Chibiusa set the now empty plate on the bedside table and slumped back against the wall. "Mom is going to kill me," she said, her voice muffled by the hands she had pressed against her face. "Or maybe she'll kill you and just inflict grievous bodily harm on me. Either way it won't be pleasant."
Her hands were pulled away from her face and she looked up to find her brother peering at her. "How is Mom even going to know?" he asked with a sly smile. "She didn't see me on campus, and I'm certainly not going to tell her I was there. You weren't at school today, so you can easily deny having seen me there. Simple!"
Chibiusa laughed. "You're good," she said with a laugh. "I'm going to have to use you for all my sneaking around tasks." She got out of bed and disappeared into her closet. "So what did you learn that I need to hear?" she asked over the sounds of hangers shifting and clothes rustling.
"I'll get to that," Seiya replied, sitting on the bed and leaning against the wall. "But first I want to hear your version of what happened last night."
Something that sounded suspiciously like a snort came from the closet before Chibiusa emerged fully dressed. She sat on the floor beside her bed, facing Seiya. She stared at him for so long without speaking that he started to shift uncomfortably, dropping his gaze from hers.
"I had a vision last night," Chibiusa finally said, the words coming so suddenly that Seiya had to force himself not to flinch in surprise. "I'm not going to tell you everything, because some of it was. . ." Her voice trailed off and she felt a flush climb her cheeks. Seiya grinned. "The point is that I can neither move forward and become what I am destined to be, nor go back to what I was, until other people make the choices that are confronting them."
Seiya's grin faded as Chibiusa stood and crossed the room to her bedside table. She took her transformation locket out of the drawer and held it against her heart. Her eyes drifted closed as he held his breath. In a matter of moments the locket disappeared as if it had never existed, leaving only the gentle light of the Silver Crystal shining in the room.
Chibiusa opened her eyes and cast an almost wistful glance at the crystal before holding it out to her brother. "Take it," she ordered. "It's already shown that it's meant to be yours." When Seiya still hesitated she took a step closer to him. "You have to make a choice, Seiya," she said, her voice low. "If you don't. . ."
Seiya met his sister's eyes and saw the plea in them before he extended a shaky hand. As he got closer to the crystal its light started to pulse, similar to the way the Golden Crystal had in her vision. Chibiusa stood perfectly still, eyes intent on her brother, all but willing him to move that last inch and take the Silver Crystal from her hand and end the uncertainty.
But he stopped with his hand still hovering above hers. "What if it's not about my choice?" he asked, barely above a whisper.
Chibiusa felt frozen for a brief moment, then a rush of anger took over. "How can it not be about your choice?" she asked. Her hand clenched around the crystal. "The only two people involved with this thing -" she waved the fist that held the crystal "- are you and me! So what the hell are you suggesting?!"
Seiya took a deep breath. "Maybe you should sit down, and I'll tell you what I learned during my visit to your school." He took one of her hands to lead her toward a seat on the bed, realizing too late that it was the hand in which she still held the Silver Crystal.
A brilliant white light, almost blinding in its intensity, erupted from their joined hands. Chibiusa pulled her hand away quickly, as if it had been burned, a moment before a shock wave knocked her off of her feet. The light flared brighter, and she could hear sounds of something shattering and papers shredding; she put her arms up to shield her head from whatever fury had been unleashed in her bedroom.
Then suddenly it was almost painfully quiet. She lowered her arms and opened her eyes, surprised at the snowfall of paper she saw; apparently every book in the room had been torn to pieces. There was a slight clink as the final piece of a broken porcelain figurine struck the floor, and then silence.
Except it wasn't quite silence; she could hear the strained breathing of someone else in the room. Remembering her brother in a rush, and terrified that he was injured, Chibiusa struggled to a sitting position, pushing the remainders of books off of her chest and stomach and blinking away the dust that clouded her eyes. And froze.
Seiya was most definitely still in the room with her, and thankfully not injured. He stood where he had been before, but so altered that it took Chibiusa a moment to recognize him. He was dressed in some sort of leather and padded fabric armor that ranged in color from brilliant white to a soft, dove grey. The sword that hung from his left hip was held in a silver-chased scabbard, and the lining of the grey cloak that hung from his shoulders was a deep midnight blue. A crescent moon symbol shone like gold in the center of his forehead.
"And here you thought it wasn't about you making a choice," Chibiusa managed to say when she recovered her voice.


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"Victor 41, this is Foxtrot 24. You have bandits on your six, over."
"Copy that Foxtrot, taking action."
A lot of people looked at a Pelican's bulky frame and stubby wings and came to the conclusion that they survived on speed alone. It didn't occur to most that small wings made for tighter corners, or that a dropship didn't always need to move at supersonic levels. They also forgot that their thrusters could be tilted as needed, giving then some unique advantages.
Lieutenant Keller watched as the other dropship turned in mid air, keeping its speed and momentum but now flying backwards, brought its chin-mounted machinegun to bear on the two Banshee fighters trying to get a good angle on it, and blew them out of the sky.
Keller grinned, and thumbed the COM again. "Nice kill Ned."
"Thanks, Lieutenant."
Keller's own craft, a dedicated gunship, would normally have taken care of the Banshee's for Victor 41. UNSC dropships operated in gunship/dropship pairs for precisely that reason. But they were currently otherwise engaged.
"Target lock. Fox one, fox one."
Two streaks of jet exhaust lanced out, the missiles just a blur as they sped through the air, striking their targets – the lead vehicle in a convoy of Shadow APC's, blocking the road for the rest of the convoy. Keller saw Marines stand up from cover, firing rocket launchers and tossing grenades as the vehicles stalled. In minutes, the road was blocked by the smoking and blazing heaps of seven of the Covenant craft.
Keller grinned, dipped his wings at the Marines, and curved back to rejoin Victor 41.
Technically the UNSC used craft purposely built as Gunships. Hornets could carry in a fireteam of Marines and use its chainguns and missiles to support them from the air. Sparrowhawks packed a larger punch, and were faster, while Vulture gunships were called in for heavy duty tactical strikes and air support.
Still, Pelicans were no slouches, and Keller grinned as Warrant Officer Summerlee aimed the nose-mounted 30mm autocannon, pumped off two three-second bursts, and was rewarded by a gout of flame as a Wraith tank erupted, showing the others in its battery with debris.
"Target destroyed."
"Take it easy, Amy. You want to leave the Marines something to do, eh?"
She chuckle behind him in the copilot seat. "Yeah, I really think they're complaining about us, Lieutenant."
The Covenant had certainly chosen the logical place to attack. The Blenheim line was the weakest observable part of the UNSC's defences, and was also the source of Rhino artillery batteries that hammered the enemy from afar. It was naturally a high priority Covenant target – and that was precisely why the UNSC had constructed an airfield for launching fighters and gunships and stationed heavy armoured support nearby.
Victor 41 gently floated down over the battlefield, allowing its payload of a Marine squad and a Warthog transport to disembark, and hovered for a few minutes to cover their progress towards the enemy. Keller slowed his gunship down to wait for them, Summerlee scanning the area, the chaingun following the movement of her eyes.
All across the plains south of New London, Covenant forces ran headlong into prepared UNSC defences. Grunts and Jackals were cut down by mines and machinegun fire, APC's and dropships cut down by the heavy firepower. Whatever happened tonight, it was going to cost the Covenant dearly.
"Looks like the boys in green have their work cut out for them," he said aloud.
"Okay Tom, passengers are en route to the rendezvous point. Lets head back and re-arm-"
Keller swore as a flash of light brighter than any sun erupted from the north, desperately lifting a hand to shield his eyes-
"Colonel, air support is en route, ETA six minutes."
"Thanks Major. How are our boys doing?"
"The usual – outnumbered, outgunned, and still racking up the body count."
Verdani grinned. "At least I didn't train a pack of failures," he said.
"I don't think failure could describe the men under any conditions, sir. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to direct the mortar support."
Major Mitchell crossed the room, leaving the tent that served as the battalion command centre. The other members of the battalion head quarters nodded to him as he passed.
Verdani turned back to the holographic projector that was set up in the middle of the tent, displaying a topographical view of the battle.
The Covenant were coming up from the south, sending their preliminary infantry and light armoured cavalry. Mainly just Grunts and Jackals, supported by Wraith mortar tanks and Ghost light recon hovercraft. He knew that the bigger stuff, the Elites and Hunters, as well as the twelve Scarabs the Covenant had managed to land on the planet, were being held back – but for what? A break in the lines? If they didn't send them in soon, there wouldn't BE a break in the lines.
Nevertheless, Verdani had ordered his men equipped with heavy weapons, mainly mobile M247 GPMG's and rocket launchers. If they needed them, then they would be ready. And if they didn't, it would make a relatively easy win even easier.
There was a flicker of light from the corner of his eye and a deep growly voice muttered, "what are they waiting for?"
"Maybe they're just testing our defences?" Verdani said, turning to face the form of a ebony black dragon, smoke billowing from its nostrils, eyes glowing.red. "Getting a feel for it before they commit the main assault force?"
"Perhaps, Colonel Forrester. But if that were the case, then the commitment of so many forces would be unnecessary. This feels all wrong."
Verdani frowned. "You think it may be a diversion?"
The dragon nodded. "It may very well be, but since twelve Scarabs aren't exactly the easiest pieces of equipment to hide, and they're locations are currently accounted for, I cannot guess what it is distracting us from."
The dragon blew a puff of smoke in irritation. "Whatever it is, it's big, judging from the size of the diversionary assault."
Glaurung was the battalions AI. Normal Marine battalions usually sufficed with a Commanding Officer and Executive Officer who handled the units operations. But the 506th ODST Force Reconnaissance Battalion was not an ordinary battalion.
Verdani didn't like AI's. It was all too easy to forget that when it came down to it, they were just algorithms and equations being computed by a machine, not actual flesh-and-blood thoughts. But they had their uses, and right now the ability to project the progress of the battle in real time was a useful asset.
A thick green band split the hologram, representing the UNSC's static defences – bunkers, artillery batteries, weapons depots, and so on. In front of them, blue polygons represented the locations of UNSC forces, updated by the minute by a satellite uplink to the UNSC Prowler Hunter's Arrow. Red polygons were Covenant forces, and right now the Covenant looked like a shoddily fielded force. They weren't targeting weak spots, securing captured territory – they were just killing, and moving on. Throwing themselves at the UNSC.
This was standard Covenant tactics. But since nothing about the battle for this world was what Verdani would call "normal", which made it unusual.
"Air strike has begun – confirmed. Alpha Squadron has hit the target."
A patch of red that held a small town block in Blenheim changed to neutral grey, and Verdani knew that a squadron of Shortsword bombers had just annihilated a Covenant position, bombs and rockets raining down on the occupiers. It quickly turned green, as UNSC Marines of the 427th Marine Regiment moved in to secure it and capture wounded prisoners for ONI interrogation.
"Alright. Continue to monitor the battle, Glaurung, and alert me to any important events. I'll be talking to our guest."
The dragon nodded. That was another advantage to an AI – they could be uploaded with the entire tactical and strategic knowledge of a civilisation, and the combat histories of a thousand generals from history. Glaurung's favourite pastime, to use up spare processing power, was reproducing famous battles from history as holographs. Thermopylae. Marathon. Normandy. Argyre Planitia.
That meant that if a CO had other business to do, he could delegate command to the AI. Verdani would much rather be here, commanding his forces, keeping his finger on the pulse, as it were.
But there were some things you couldn't put off.
He exited the tent, the cool night air hiting him in contrast to the sweltering heat given off by the electronic equipment crammed into the small command centre. The sound of crickets, owls, bats, and other nocturnal creatures may be normal for most, but th Verdani, born and raised on an asteroid colony where "nature" meant diull shades of rock and the occasional cave-in, it was just as alien as the Covenant.
Still, it wasn't often you got to talk to the damned heathen alien SOB's. The Marine MP's saluted, and he nodded in acknowledgement as they stepped aside, allowing him to enter the reinforced structure that served as regimental military prison cells.
Its sole occupant, bleeding and moaning in unconsciousness, was chained to the floor.
It was an Elite.
Checking his ONI-supplied translation software was running, he kicked the creature with a boot. The alien coughed in pain, and jerked awake, straining at its chains. It roared in pain, and as its energy subsided, it settled for a ferocious glare at the human.
Verdani wasn't impressed.
"Okay. I know you can understand me – you sons-of-bitches always take the trouble of learning your enemy's languages, but make a point of not using them. And I can understand you. So I'm going to cut to the chase – what are your guys out there doing?"
The Elite coughed up blood, but held its silence. Verdani shrugged. "You want to do this the hard way? Fine by me-"
The boot swung, all his force put into it, slamming into the aliens chest. It cried out, and verdani could feel a crunch as ribs cracked. He hoped they hadn't punctured its lungs – the last thing he wanted was for the thing to die before he was done with it.
"I'm gonna ask again. What are your guys doing?"
The Elite sneered, and warbled in its own language. "Heresy is being punished. The unrighteous shall be burned away by the undying flame, and the worthy shall remain behind!"
It was Verdani's turn to sneer. "Spare me the religious semantics. I want a straight answer, and every time you don't give me one," he punctuated the sentence with another kick to the ribs, and the Elite screamed, "you get another visit from mister boot. Understood?"
The Elite gasped in pain, but still managed a look of haughty contempt as it snarled, "You sow the seeds of your own destruction. And we shall reap your bitter harvest!"
There was another kick, another scream of agony, an Verdani leaned down low. "You think we're heretics? We have our own religions, boyo, and murdering innocent women and children is what WE regard as heresy."
The warrior leered at him. "Your worlds shall burn, your families shall crumble into dust! None shall remain as our wrath passes over your heresies, cleansing the galaxy of your unholy existence!"
Verdani's fist connected with the Elite's head, snapping it back against the floor. He growled. "I can keep this up all night, Boyo. Can you?"
"The light shall wash across this world, burning away the unbelievers, leaving the worthy and righteous!"
"Have you ever wondered which of those sides you're on?"
There was a flicker in the creatures eyes. Ah, Verdani mused. We have a doubter, eh?
"Have you ever wondered what it was we did to earn the genocide you seem to have your hearts set on? What did we do to earn the wrath of your gods? Maybe you could tell us, because we sure as hell don't know."
"Defilers! Despoilers! Desecrators! Your doom is written and scripture, and the Gods themselves have decreed it!"
"And how are you going to do that, hm?"
As if in answer, there was a blinding flash, penetrating even the tiny windows of the cell. Verdani winced, and the Elite began making a "whuff"ing noise. It took Verdani a moment to realise that it was laughter.
"Our judgement upon you has come! This world is ours, the relics it contains shall be cleansed of your evil taint, and the glory of the Great Journey awaits!"
And with that, the Elite expired, its head going limp and falling back to the floor. Verdani snarled and landed another kick, earning no reaction this time from the lifeless corpse. He swung the doors open, passing the confused gguards, but was met by the Major halfway to the command centre.
"Sir. Something's just happened…"
There was a flash a thousand times brighter than the sun. It consumed the horizon, and Keller knew, even through his clamped shut eyelids, that it was from New London.
Keller shouted as he blinked the glare away from his eyes. He desperately set the dropship on autopilot, knowing that until his vision cleared of the dots swimming in front of it, he would just be fumbling blindly.
"What just happened?!" he demanded, switching his irritation to his co-pilot.
He could hear her furiously working her controls, so he guessed her part of the cockpit hadn't caught the flash.
"I don't know sir. I'm detecting higher than normal background radiation, and radio interference-"
And then the shockwave hit.
Even with his blurry vision, he could tell it was from the north, from New London. And as the gunship tumbled end-over-end, as if a giant flyswatter had caught them, all he could think was "damn, damn, damn, damn-"
There was an almighty crash, and the last thing Keller remembered was blackness, and blood trickling into his left eye…
The Unggoy around Cacap gasped as the flash lit the sky. And then the gasp turned into a cheer, one in which the File Leader joined in enthusiastically. Even the Sangheili joined in with throaty roars, and the two Mgalekgolo flexed their arms and let loose a deep bellow.
He waved an arm forward, and the Unggoy moved forward, rushing forward.
Ahead of them, in the distance, rose the tower. Cacap did not know much of it, and knew only that it resembled the gravity lifts of Balaho that ferried his kind off the planet without the need for shuttles or dropships. But even as he watched, he could see that it was crumpling in on itself, and that the anti-matter charge had taken out a whole chunk of the structure.
It began to fall.
Whoever had set the bomb had been a demolitions expert. The angle and trajectory had been precisely calculated, and now millions of tonnes of metal and carbon fibre were toppling down to the ground. And it was going to land on the humans positions like a boot squashing an insect.
Cacap grinned behind his mask at the analogy. He knew well that the humans regarded his kind as weak and ugly beasts. Perhaps some of the clans were, but the Yangon Tribe had been bred for war and battle. They were not stupid, and they were certainly not cowards. And right now, a thousand screaming Unggoy warriors with no compunctions about death in battle hurled themselves against the humans.
Cacap fired his pistol, bolts of plasma flying through the air towards the line of bunkers ahead of them. Behind him, one of his File mates hefted a heavy Fuel Rod Gun – glowing fuel rods launched out, slamming into the polycrete, and sending up a shower of flame and dust. The Unggoy cheered in triumph.
Human warriors had taken cover in trenches, using the tops as rests as they fired at the oncoming horde of aliens. Cacap drew and primed a plasma grenade, tossed it high – and watched as, with a flare of blue plasma and screams of agony, his aim drew results.
Other Unggoy primed grenades, lobbing them high – some fell short, while others overshot their targets, but enough landed among the clustered humans to do damage. Cacap regretted that he carried only a pistol – had be access to a Sangheili plasma rifle, he would gladly swap.
A file's-worth of humans had decided that waiting for death to come to them would not be their fate, and had clambered out of the trenches, rifles raised and firing.
Unggoy dropped, bullets piercing their tough leathery hides or puncturing their methane tanks. A few erupted in gouts of flame with the force of a grenade as the gas within ignited. Cacap took cover behind a fallen comrade, making sure to empty the corpse's tank of gas, returning fire.
Metnat fell beside him, his breathing apparatus pierced, gasping for breath that wouldn't come. Cacap set his pistol down beside him, holding a hand against the hole, and fumbled for some sealant pads on his ammo belt.
By the time he';d found them, his friend was dead. Cacap snarled, but had enough sense to empty the dead body's tank of gas as well, and holstered his weapon, a Needler. Hefting both weapons, he fired at the humans.
There was a flash of green, and the humans vanished in a cloud of plasma and atoms – the Hunters that had finished them off lumbered forward, shields deflecting human projectiles, as Unggoy and Kig-Yar took cover behind the Lekgolo forms, some leaning to the side to fire shots of their own. Cacap hurried forward, moving to take cover behind another corpse, human this time, firing his weapons – he tossed the pistol away after its charge count read empty, and reloaded the needler, screaming in rage all the time.
He must be some sight, part of him thought. A "mere" Unggoy slaughtering humans, fighting with, if not the skill, then the tenacity of a Sangheili warrior. He had trained for this moment his whole life – let the battle consume him until he was follow, war and death and rage filling him.
Against the berserker, there was no defence. He had sworn to fight to the death, but not necessarily to HIS death. As Cacap felt the bloodlust rising, filling him, forcing everything out, all he could do was bask in the feeling of power.
Through his digital optical enhancement device, equivalent to a human "telescope", 'Kotarqee could see a few human aircraft struggling to remain airborne, only to be brought down by the Wraiths he had been holding back until this moment. The Covenant forces surged across the battlefield, pressing on towards the city.
Even as they did so, He could see the space elevator falling, flames licking its ends as the friction built up. The far ends, he knew, would be vaporised before they reached the ground. But the base would be intact for hundreds of kilometres, and would fall right across the humans defences.
It had been partly luck, partly the Gods' blessings, but mostly the technical expertise of Anoho Ritoru Yanate and Hekika Ritoru Nomoku, half of the Lekgolo pair he had smuggled into the human city. Their oddities were precluded by their genius with explosives and weapons of devastation, and Lekgolo could make calculations in seconds that would take a Sangheili warrior hours.
The charge had been set on the far northern face of the elevator, ensuring the pressure would force the tower down to the south. Even with the planets coriolis effect drawing it eastward, it would still strike the human line of defences. Tulo had specifically planned for this, his forces attacking from the west, further from the elevators impact site.
Spirit and Phantom dropships swooped overhead, laden with troops and escorted by Banshee flyers and the few Seraphs that had made it off the fleet. Unlike the human equivalents, Seraphs were not aerodynamic and performed poorly for fighters in an atmosphere, making sluggish turns and responding slowly. But their speed and the power of their plasma torpedoes and high-precision laser turrets made them excellent bombers.
The human city had already been lit up when the antimatter charge had detonated. The city skyline was lit by the fires that raged, and towers had begun to fall. Flashed of brilliant blue marked where plasma charges had been dropped by the Seraphs, and Tulo knew that the attack had worked just as he had planned.
It was almost too easy. But he knew taking the city from a startled and unprepared enemy would be nothing compared to holding it.
There was a tremor, and Tulo looked to the south. The earthquakes were small and insignificant, but they had begun to increase in frequency. And they were emanating from the south, where the Forerunner relic was buried. He wondered about Commander 'Morhekee and his Lance of commandoes – he had taken two files with him, and dedicated the rest of his sixty-strong crèche to the Field Master, to do with as he wished.
Right now, they would be flying in, dropped near high priority targets, and conducting assassinations, quietly eliminating the local human leadership. They would be setting charges in human armouries, and capturing figures to glean information about the humans' battle plans and the reasons for their presence here.
He had many questions. And they all had answers. He had only to look in the right places.