Soon the gypsy queen in a glaze of vaseline
Will perform on guillotine
What a scene! what a scene!
Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand
To alexanders ragtime band
Dixyland! Dixyland!
Michelle staggered to a halt, clutching her chest. It hurt. God damn it, it HURT! She hadn't received pain for a while...a long while. She collapsed against the wall and slid down the side of it. She was bone tired, first from stopping the hail of bullets then from trying and failing to stop the rockets that had blown her arm and chest apart. And her body...it was struggling to regrow the arm, and fill in a massive hole ripped in her chest cavity. She felt a bit fuzzy around the edges, as if she was going to just fall apart. Then everything snapped in to focus, somehow...clearer then before. Michelle raised her missing arm, finding it fully regrown. She reached around, getting used to the new arm.
Taraka appeared, suddenly, in the middle of the hall. ├óÔé¼┼ôMaster!├óÔé¼┬Ø Michelle stood, her entire face lighting up.
Taraka frowned. Michelle, seeing the expression, quailed.
├óÔé¼┼ôI have to teach you control├óÔé¼┬Ø Taraka said ├óÔé¼┼ôYou're body wants to rebound, to become stronger then it was. You can not let it reach the Threshold├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôWhy?├óÔé¼┬Ø Michelle asked, a sudden curiosity burning in her chest.
Taraka looked at her. Michelle was silent, thinking she had offended her master. Then Taraka told her. Michelle felt as if she had been hollowed out. ├óÔé¼┼ôGod├óÔé¼┬Ø she said ├óÔé¼┼ôThats what happens?├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôYes├óÔé¼┬Ø Taraka nodded imperceptibly, ├óÔé¼┼ôAnd that is why we can not allow you to get any stronger. You can hone the skills you have, but you're sheer power won't increase any more├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Michelle nodded ├óÔé¼┼ôI...I'm tired├óÔé¼┬Ø she said, her voice catching.
Taraka nodded again. Then he reached out and placed his pointer finger onto Michelle's forehead. Michelle gasped raggedly, feeling a hotness spread from her forehead. And between her legs. But she thought that was just her. Taraka sighed ├óÔé¼┼ôSlay everyone on this ship├óÔé¼┬Ø he said, ├óÔé¼┼ôThen you're test will be complete...watch the mindless ones├óÔé¼┬Ø he looked at her ├óÔé¼┼ôEspecially the man├óÔé¼┬Ø.
He vanished, leaving Michelle with that cryptic message. She turned slowly around and started to walk down the corridor. A patrol of marines were walking down the corridor, each of them warily glancing to the left and to the right. One of them saw her. Michelle took on an expression of shock and horror. ├óÔé¼┼ôOh god!├óÔé¼┬Ø she cried, running to them ├óÔé¼┼ôThank you! Thank you!├óÔé¼┬Ø. One of the marines backed up slightly, but she hugged him around the power armor.
├óÔé¼┼ôDid you see the woman? The woman who did this!├óÔé¼┬Ø one of the marines asked.
├óÔé¼┼ôWhere is she?├óÔé¼┬Ø the marine she was hugging asked her.
Michelle grinned. ├óÔé¼┼ôRight here├óÔé¼┬Ø She said, her voice a sing song. ├óÔé¼┼ôWha-├óÔé¼┬Ø The marine she was hugging backing up slightly. Then he fell in half, warm blood splashing Michelle's face.
├óÔé¼┼ôKILL HER!├óÔé¼┬Ø One of the marines shouted, bringing her ZX-49 up to bear. Then her arms detached and an inviable force slammed her against the wall. The two remaining marines tried to run, but then one of them split down the middle. The last marine ran, almost tripping on the blood. Then his head detached and blood gouted, splattering the floor. Michelle broke into a huge grin, feeling a growth of her power. Then she forced it down, smile fading. The power stood by, a coiled snake. But it didn't grow any more. Michelle turned around to the sobbing marine woman with no arms.
Michelle knelt next to her. The woman was muttering some litany under her breath. ├óÔé¼┼ôIts not going to be quick├óÔé¼┬Ø Michelle said softly, reaching out to brush the woman's hair away ├óÔé¼┼ôNot quick at all├óÔé¼┬Ø. ├óÔé¼┼ôOh please no├óÔé¼┬Ø the woman sobbed. Then Michelle got to work.
├óÔé¼┼ôWe've lost another five marines├óÔé¼┬Ø the report came in. Sarris sighed. ├óÔé¼┼ôI say├óÔé¼┬Ø she said ├óÔé¼┼ôWe pull back to this bit of the ship├óÔé¼┬Ø. ├óÔé¼┼ôNo├óÔé¼┬Ø Cain said ├óÔé¼┼ôThat will leave us with no where to go!├óÔé¼┬Ø. ├óÔé¼┼ôWait├óÔé¼┬Ø Sarris said, turning to Keller ├óÔé¼┼ôHow did that guy...Jason get on board?├óÔé¼┬Ø. ├óÔé¼┼ôUh├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said. He just realized no one had asked Jason. He reached over to his computer console to ring up the room Lizzy and Jason had requested. He paused, not exactly sure if he wanted to press the button. Then he did so.
├óÔé¼┼ôGod├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, her face buried in Jason's side.
├óÔé¼┼ôHm?├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason asked. ├óÔé¼┼ôGod, I said├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said ├óÔé¼┼ôAs in 'God that was...insane'├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôReally?├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason asked, feeling immensely proud all of a sudden.
Lizzy smiled, remembering the last two hours with fondness. She had had sex over the long period in which she had thought Jason dead. But she had only 'made' love a few times. Those were with Daniel, with Amber...with Mike. She forced those people out of her mind and rolled back on top of Jason. ├óÔé¼┼ôJason├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said ├óÔé¼┼ôI think you're going to have to get ready again├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Jason smiled, ├óÔé¼┼ôI'm always ready├óÔé¼┬Ø
Lizzy grinned, ├óÔé¼┼ôLets see├óÔé¼┬Ø
Jason ran his hand over her back, slowly.
├óÔé¼┼ôJason├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said ├óÔé¼┼ôDon't be gentle├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Jason ran his hand up her back and pulled her down, fingernails digging into her back. Lizzy hissed.
Then the phone rang. ├óÔé¼┼ôSon of a bitch!├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy muttered, looking over her shoulder.
Jason sighed ├óÔé¼┼ôIs it voice activated?├óÔé¼┬Ø he asked.
├óÔé¼┼ôCould be├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, ├óÔé¼┼ôThis is not a peep show├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôBlanket├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said, reaching down and yanking the blanket up and over them. Lizzy lay down on him. For a moment Jason just enjoyed being close to her. It was like going years without having a drink, then finding a waterfall of century old wine. Then Lizzy had to spoil the sensation by rolling off of him, yanking large tracts of the blankets with her. Jason sat up and turned the phone on with a simple command.
├óÔé¼┼ôI hope I'm not interrupting anything├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said.
├óÔé¼┼ôNo...nothing├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said.
Lizzy laughed loudly and there was a sound of flesh striking flesh.
Keller blushed ├óÔé¼┼ôUh├óÔé¼┬Ø he said, ├óÔé¼┼ôHow did you get on board?├óÔé¼┬Ø
Jason blinked. The he started. ├óÔé¼┼ôOh, right├óÔé¼┬Ø he said, ├óÔé¼┼ôI came on the Persephone. Its a stealth ship, uses a very nifty little device thats been mostly lost to time├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôOh├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said, ├óÔé¼┼ôWhat's you're carrying capacity?├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôAbout ten or so├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said, ├óÔé¼┼ôAnd its not really a long term ship. I just got out here by being very...very patient├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôYou had some inspiration too├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, her hand straying down. Jason shifted uncomfortably ├óÔé¼┼ôDo you need anything else├óÔé¼┬Ø he asked.
Keller, trying not to laugh, shook his head.
├óÔé¼┼ôPhone off├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said. Then he looked at Lizzy.
├óÔé¼┼ôYou're sword is as sharp as ever, my lord├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said.
├óÔé¼┼ôWhat?├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason asked.
Lizzy moved her hand around. Jason yelped, rolling on top of her.
├óÔé¼┼ôRemember├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, grinning.
├óÔé¼┼ôDon't...be...gentle├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said. Then they got at it.
Gloria was tired. She had been up late, but this was just getting crazy. No sleep, no showers, not even talking to anything for three days, working on this damn...GUN! She picked up the thing and threw it against the wall. Then she immediately felt incredibly stupid. She picked the thing up and realized that she had bent the firing shaft. ├óÔé¼┼ôSon of a bitch, can I get any stupider?├óÔé¼┬Ø Gloria muttered, looking over the firing shaft. Then she realized...if you ran a wire from the firing shaft to the power cables, keeping the same MN core fluctuations. She picked up the bent, slightly damaged gun, and aimed it at her test vase.
She spun the gun up, holding the trigger down. Then it discharged and heat, light and wind slammed into Gloria's face. The vase had disintegrated, turned completely into plasma. ├óÔé¼┼ôHoly hell!├óÔé¼┬Ø Gloria said ├óÔé¼┼ôIt works! The damn thing works!├óÔé¼┬Ø. Her first MGN gun had broken when it had been fired had been set to over six hundred percent power. That had broken it almost completely, and Gloria really hadn't had the time to build an entirely new gun. She pressed the button on her computer and said ├óÔé¼┼ôKeller please├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Keller turned on his phone ├óÔé¼┼ôKeller here├óÔé¼┬Ø he said, ├óÔé¼┼ôWhat is it?├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôI've got it├óÔé¼┬Ø Gloria said, ├óÔé¼┼ôI've got it!├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôThe MNG?├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller asked. Everyone else on the bridge perked up, looking at him.
├óÔé¼┼ôYeah├óÔé¼┬Ø Gloria said ├óÔé¼┼ôIts ready!├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôThis is even better then this rocket thing!├óÔé¼┬Ø Cain said, slapping the rocket pistol.
├óÔé¼┼ôThat it is├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said, looking at his generals, ├óÔé¼┼ôThat it is├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Sarris, grinning, hobbled over to Keller. She kissed him, and Keller enjoyed her proximity. Cain coughed ├óÔé¼┼ôYou know├óÔé¼┬Ø he said, ├óÔé¼┼ôI need to get me a girl├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Helena woke up with a pounding head ache. She looked around and saw that the hospital was empty, almost completely so. ├óÔé¼┼ôWhere is the wounded?├óÔé¼┬Ø she asked blearily. The doctor and the nurse who were both in the hospital jumped, turning around. ├óÔé¼┼ôOh├óÔé¼┬Ø the nurse said
├óÔé¼┼ôOh├óÔé¼┬Ø The doctor cut in ├óÔé¼┼ôThe wounded...there are no wounded. There's either those who are alive. Or those who are dead├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Helena felt cold ├óÔé¼┼ôWhere is the rest of my squad?├óÔé¼┬Ø she asked, trying to sit up. Then her head started to pound again.
├óÔé¼┼ôWhoa├óÔé¼┬Ø the nurse said, walking to her and placing his hands on her shoulders, ├óÔé¼┼ôStay still├óÔé¼┬Ø
Helena acquiesced as the doctor walked to her, holding a scanner. ├óÔé¼┼ôJust wait├óÔé¼┬Ø she said, ├óÔé¼┼ôWe'll get you on you're feet as soon as possible. We need people shot, don't we?├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Hicks sat in the same place he had before the attack. Mike, Mankowski and Glickson was there. Mike was brooding, looking at the corpse of the marine who had been mind fragged. Hicks felt as dead as the marine there. Everything seemed to be going dark.
├óÔé¼┼ôIts night time again├óÔé¼┬Ø Mankowski said, looking around.
├óÔé¼┼ôHmm?├óÔé¼┬Ø Glickson said.
├óÔé¼┼ôIts something in the air├óÔé¼┬Ø Mankowski said, his voice whimsical ├óÔé¼┼ôThere is a grim reaper on this ship, taking down our souls until there is no one left. We can't stop her. To stop her we would need...├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôAn angle├óÔé¼┬Ø Eve said.
├óÔé¼┼ôYeah, an angle├óÔé¼┬Ø Mankowski said.
├óÔé¼┼ôThats right├óÔé¼┬Ø Hicks said, feeling happier all of a sudden, ├óÔé¼┼ôWe would need an angle├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôWho are you guys talking to?├óÔé¼┬Ø Mike asked, looking at the two of them.
├óÔé¼┼ôWhat?├óÔé¼┬Ø Hicks said, ├óÔé¼┼ôDidn't you say we need an Angle?├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Michelle walked down the hallway. Fifteen marines stood at the end of the hall, guns raised. ├óÔé¼┼ôSTOP!├óÔé¼┬Ø the leader shouted. Michelle grinned and snapped her forearm blades out. The men opened up and bullets poured down the corridor. Michelle ran forward, pushing the bullets aside with her mind. The bullets smashed into the walls around her and she rammed into the marine formation, blood lust singing in her veins. She slammed both blades into a marines face, blood splattering. She loved it. She loved the power, the feeling of combat. Michelle threw herself into the battle with the lust of a madman.
Lizzy slapped a new magazine into the gun and handed it to Jason. He looked it over and smiled. ├óÔé¼┼ôThank you dear├óÔé¼┬Ø he said.
├óÔé¼┼ôDon't mention it├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy smiled, ├óÔé¼┼ôNow do you have any more of those bolt guns or something?├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôNo├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said, ├óÔé¼┼ôUnfortunately I've only the one. Didn't think you'd be fighting the devil herself...├óÔé¼┬Ø.
The two of them walked into the bridge. ├óÔé¼┼ôWe're ready to go├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, snapping off a salute to Keller.
├óÔé¼┼ôGood├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said ├óÔé¼┼ôWe've tracked Michelle down to a cafeteria...the cameras show us that she's there. But you're going to have to see this for you're self├óÔé¼┬Ø.
He sounded sick, gesturing to the computer screen. Lizzy looked at it, Jason following her. Then she felt sick too.
Michelle was...playing with a marine. Playing in the same way a little child would rip the wings off a fly, or tear the legs from a spider. ├óÔé¼┼ôThis won't be over for a long time├óÔé¼┬Ø Michelle said, looking at the marine, who was sobbing uncontrollably. No wonder, with half her body...like that...
├óÔé¼┼ôWe've found recordings├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said softly, ├óÔé¼┼ôOf her doing this to other marines. All female...├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Lizzy chewed her lip ├óÔé¼┼ôSo what do we do?├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôThis├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said, slipping a gun out of his holster. He handed it to Lizzy.
├óÔé¼┼ôYou'll only get one shot├óÔé¼┬Ø Gloria piped up from the corner of the room, ├óÔé¼┼ôAnd even that will only take her out if you get the weak point all S-02 have somewhere├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôRight├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, looking down the bizarre heft of the weapon, ├óÔé¼┼ôJason you distract her, I line up a killing shot├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôDon't you want back up?├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller asked.
├óÔé¼┼ôHow many marines do we have left?├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy asked, ├óÔé¼┼ôThirty? Twenty? Less then that?├óÔé¼┬Ø
Keller sighed ├óÔé¼┼ôForty, at last cou-├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Sarris looked away, finger going to her ear as the universal sing she was taking a call. ├óÔé¼┼ôFifteen more casualties├óÔé¼┬Ø she said softly ├óÔé¼┼ôAnd Michelle has moved down the cafeteria hallway and into the hydroponics├óÔé¼┬Ø.
The room was silent. ├óÔé¼┼ôThis mission├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, breaking the silence, ├óÔé¼┼ôIs for every single man, woman or child that died fighting the raiders...Michelle. All of them├óÔé¼┬Ø she looked at Jason .
├óÔé¼┼ôLets give her hell├óÔé¼┬Ø
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WHAT!?!Zoombie wrote: ├óÔé¼┼ôIts something in the air├óÔé¼┬Ø Mankowski said, his voice whimsical ├óÔé¼┼ôThere is a grim reaper on this ship, taking down our souls until there is no one left. We can't stop her. To stop her we would need...├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôAn angle├óÔé¼┬Ø Eve said.
├óÔé¼┼ôYeah, an angle├óÔé¼┬Ø Mankowski said.
Left behind the bars, rows of bishops heads in jars
And a bomb inside a car
Spectacular! spectacular!
Jason flipped his gun out, aiming it around the corner. After a few moments he nodded to Lizzy. Lizzy dashed around the corner and brought her gun up, covering the corridor for Jason's advance. After he got to the corner, he checked the two hallways that branched off from the intersection. They were clear. He nodded to Lizzy and they both ran down the next stretch of hallway.
Michelle sat in the hydroponics's bay, tapping her foot impatiently. After fifteen minutes of waiting, she shifted her position slightly. Then the door to the hydroponics bay opened and a very large gun poked through the door way, followed by Jason and Elizabeth Montoya.
├óÔé¼┼ôIt took you long enough├óÔé¼┬Ø Michelle said, standing up.
Lizzy's moth quirked slightly, ├óÔé¼┼ôWaiting for us...you don't say├óÔé¼┬Ø
Michelle laughed, ├óÔé¼┼ôWell what else is there to do...all my toys are a bit broken├óÔé¼┬Ø
Lizzy gulped, forcing her eyes to not look at the ground, which was littered with dismembered corpses. All she could see was the covering of red in her peripheral vision. The plants were even slicked with blood as well, and Michelle's face was splattered with a few droplets.
├óÔé¼┼ôJason├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy whispered, ├óÔé¼┼ôHit her from the side...this gun doesn't have the best reach├óÔé¼┬Ø
Jason nodded and raised his gun. Michelle sprang into action, and the rocket streaked past her, slamming into the wall. It exploded with a bang, and Jason dived to the side, Michelle's forearm blades slicing through where he had been. Lizzy brought her gun up, but then Michelle rolled to the side and was not caught in the sphere of effect. There was a flash of light and heat, then a loud sucking sound as the vacuum collapsed.
Jason fired again. Michelle's head snapped to the side and the rocket clipped her ear. She shot forward, parting the smoke. Jason jumped back, a forearm blade swishing through where he had been. Then he ducked, the other forearm blade going towards his neck. Then Lizzy showed up, kicking Michelle in the back. Michelle spun, and Lizzy jerked backwards. Blood trickled down her face, a long shallow cut running down her cheek.
├óÔé¼┼ôSon of a bitch├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy muttered, bringing his gun up.
Michelle spun. Then there was a flash and her right arm was gone. ├óÔé¼┼ôAugh!├óÔé¼┬Ø she shouted, grabbing her stump.
Then she took the kid gloves off. Lizzy was flung backwards, an invisible force slamming into her chest. She smashed into a pile of corpses. Lizzy jerked to her feet, bile rising.
Jason felt a invisible hand grab around his throat. Then he was picked up and thrown into a hydroponic unit. The unit smashed under his body and he felt a bit of plastic smash through his body.
├óÔé¼┼ôOw├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason grunted, feeling the wound. It was going to bleed a lot, but it wouldn't kill him.
Michelle walked to Lizzy. Lizzy aimed her pistol, but then her leg was jerked out from under her.
She collapsed, the gun clattering away. It landed against the side of a human torso. Lizzy reached for it. Then Michelle's foot came down and slammed her arm into the ground. Then another foot slammed into Lizzy's chest and she rolled onto her back. Michelle stood over her, an evil grin over her face.
├óÔé¼┼ôThis isn't going to be quick├óÔé¼┬Ø she said.
Then she looked over her shoulder. Jason had gotten up, aiming his pistol at Michelle's back. He fired. Michelle didn't even try to dodge. Then the missile spun around in midair and flew right back at Jason. He dived to the side and the rocket impacted behind him, sending him rolling over the ground.
Lizzy strained, trying to get up. Then she felt an invisible hand press into her shirt. The force ripped the shirt aside. Lizzy stared evenly back to Michelle. She wanted to see pain, to see fear. Lizzy wouldn't give it to her for as long as possible.
Then Michelle's head snapped to the side, shock playing over her face. Her weight shifted enough for Lizzy to jerk her arm out from under her foot.
├óÔé¼┼ôIts impossible├óÔé¼┬Ø Michelle whispered.
Lizzy grabbed the MNG and aimed it at Michelle. Michelle snapped her head back.
Lizzy fired and snapped her eyes shut. A flash of heat and wind smashed into Lizzy, singing her eyebrows.
Lizzy blinked, but her eyes were still stinging from the plasma discharge a few feet in front of her. She tried to get up, but then a hand grabbed onto her hand and hauled her to her feet.
Lizzy looked at Jason, who had helped her up.
├óÔé¼┼ôWe got her├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, a strange elation running through her.
├óÔé¼┼ôWe got her├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said, ├óÔé¼┼ôI really need a medic first├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Lizzy nodded and they both turned to the door. Lizzy blinked, wondering if her eyes were playing tricks on her.
A woman stood in the doorway. She looked like she had been starved for a year, her arms bone thin, her ribs easily countable. Her skin was pulled over her body like a skeleton, her face drawn and worn. She took a faltering step forward, her knee's knocking together. Then she collapsed on the ground.
Lizzy and Jason ran to her, helping the woman to her feet.
├óÔé¼┼ôHey are you okay?├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy asked, concern played over her face.
├óÔé¼┼ôNo├óÔé¼┬Ø the woman croaked, ├óÔé¼┼ôI'm not okay Mom├óÔé¼┬Ø
Lizzy almost stumbled, but Jason held them both up.
├óÔé¼┼ôEve?├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy asked, looking at the emaciated woman.
├óÔé¼┼ôYeah├óÔé¼┬Ø Eve croaked ├óÔé¼┼ôDo you have some food? I'm exhausted├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôYou're alive!├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy shouted, hugging her. She felt like a stick, ready to break in her arms.
├óÔé¼┼ôWho's alive?├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason asked, looking confused.
├óÔé¼┼ôWho is this guy?├óÔé¼┬Ø Eve asked, looking at Jason.
├óÔé¼┼ôEve├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, ├óÔé¼┼ôThis is my husband...my first husband├óÔé¼┬Ø
Eve gasped ├óÔé¼┼ôDad?├óÔé¼┬Ø she asked, looking him over ├óÔé¼┼ôDad!├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôI...I suppose I ...I am├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason stammered, ├óÔé¼┼ôstepfather that...that is├óÔé¼┬Ø
Eve staggered to him, her legs still weak. She hugged him around the middle, burying her face in his chest.
├óÔé¼┼ôOh daddy├óÔé¼┬Ø she sobbed, ├óÔé¼┼ôI'm tired├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Jason looked at Lizzy, a bemused expression on his face.
├óÔé¼┼ôLets get her to the infirmary├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said. Jason nodded and picked Eve up, holding her as if she weighed nothing at all. They all walked down the hallway. Questions raced through Lizzy's mind. How was Eve alive? They hadn't found a single shred of her left behind after the MNG went off. Nothing but a scorch mark on the floor and the torn up ground.
They reached the infirmary. There was no one else there but Helena and the new General...Cain. That was him.
├óÔé¼┼ôCain├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, looking at the General, ├óÔé¼┼ôReport to Keller. Tell him that we've gotten Michelle. She's deader then a doornail├óÔé¼┬Ø
Both Cain and Helena looked disbelieving. Then Helena saw who Jason was laying on the bed.
├óÔé¼┼ôWho's that?├óÔé¼┬Ø She asked.
Lizzy blinked, trying to find what to say.
├óÔé¼┼ôIts Eve├óÔé¼┬Ø she said, ├óÔé¼┼ôEve is alive├óÔé¼┬Ø
The cheer was resounding, despite that there were only six people in the infirmary.
Eve smiled ├óÔé¼┼ôDidn't know I was this popular├óÔé¼┬Ø she gasped, ├óÔé¼┼ôNot in the slightest├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Lizzy got to a computer terminal and called up the phone service.
├óÔé¼┼ôOn second thought├óÔé¼┬Ø she said to Cain, ├óÔé¼┼ôI'll call the Capitan├óÔé¼┬Ø
Keller looked at the screen. ├óÔé¼┼ôFrom you're face├óÔé¼┬Ø he said, ├óÔé¼┼ôI can believe that Michelle is hurting?├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôShe can't hurt anymore├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, ├óÔé¼┼ôShe is quite quite dead├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôI can only pray├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said, looking away.
├óÔé¼┼ôBut├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, ├óÔé¼┼ôI have better news...Eve is alive├óÔé¼┬Ø
Keller was silent ├óÔé¼┼ôHow?├óÔé¼┬Ø he asked, immediately suspicious.
Lizzy looked at Eve ├óÔé¼┼ôHow?├óÔé¼┬Ø she asked her daughter.
Eve nodded weakly. Then she raised her right hand. Lizzy noticed that there was something odd about that hand. Unlike the rest of Eve's body, the right hand was full and healthy looking. It was strange. Then the hand detached from Eve's arm and started to crawl around on the bed.
├óÔé¼┼ôRight before the gun went off├óÔé¼┬Ø Eve croaked, ├óÔé¼┼ôI stuck my hand into the open floor plates and hid away. Then it was just a long time as I regrew...my...├óÔé¼┬Ø she trailed off, closing her eyes.
Keller nodded, ├óÔé¼┼ôI see├óÔé¼┬Ø he said, feeling a crazy happiness fill him. Then he looked at what he had been looking at before the call. Casualties.
├óÔé¼┼ôIts going to be a dark ride home├óÔé¼┬Ø he muttered.
├óÔé¼┼ôWhat?├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy asked.
├óÔé¼┼ôNothing├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said, ├óÔé¼┼ôGood jobs you two├óÔé¼┬Ø
He signed off. Jason looked at Eve, feeling strange. So this was his...step daughter? Her eyes will still closed, and her detached hand had crawled to her wrist and reattached. He felt Lizzy's hand on his shoulder.
├óÔé¼┼ôIsn't she beautiful?├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy asked, looking at Eve.
Jason looked at Lizzy, smiling. ├óÔé¼┼ôShe's...beautiful├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said. He was sure she would be as soon as she had rested. Right now she looked more like a skeleton.
Eve snored loudly.
├óÔé¼┼ôWell├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said, looking at Lizzy, ├óÔé¼┼ôWe should let her rest├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Lizzy nodded and they both walked out of the door. Then Lizzy stuck her head back in ├óÔé¼┼ôMake sure Eve gets a good breakfast├óÔé¼┬Ø she said, looking at the doctor. The doctor nodded.
Hicks was snoring faintly. Then he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up. A glowing figure was standing above him.
├óÔé¼┼ôWho are you?├óÔé¼┬Ø he asked.
├óÔé¼┼ôA hallucination├óÔé¼┬Ø the figure said, ├óÔé¼┼ôBut the important thing is Eve is alive. You should go to her├óÔé¼┬Ø
Then Hicks woke up, blinking. Mike was shaking him. ├óÔé¼┼ôHicks!├óÔé¼┬Ø he hissed ├óÔé¼┼ôHicks!├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôWhat?├óÔé¼┬Ø Hicks asked, still bleary, ├óÔé¼┼ôIs it Christmas?├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôClose enough├óÔé¼┬Ø Mike said, grinning like an idiot. Mankowski stood behind him, also breaming. Glickson was smiling, puffing on his cigar.
Hicks stood up and Mike started to walk down the hall. ├óÔé¼┼ôCome on├óÔé¼┬Ø he said over his shoulder, ├óÔé¼┼ôWe've got to get to the infirmary├óÔé¼┬Ø
And a bomb inside a car
Spectacular! spectacular!
Jason flipped his gun out, aiming it around the corner. After a few moments he nodded to Lizzy. Lizzy dashed around the corner and brought her gun up, covering the corridor for Jason's advance. After he got to the corner, he checked the two hallways that branched off from the intersection. They were clear. He nodded to Lizzy and they both ran down the next stretch of hallway.
Michelle sat in the hydroponics's bay, tapping her foot impatiently. After fifteen minutes of waiting, she shifted her position slightly. Then the door to the hydroponics bay opened and a very large gun poked through the door way, followed by Jason and Elizabeth Montoya.
├óÔé¼┼ôIt took you long enough├óÔé¼┬Ø Michelle said, standing up.
Lizzy's moth quirked slightly, ├óÔé¼┼ôWaiting for us...you don't say├óÔé¼┬Ø
Michelle laughed, ├óÔé¼┼ôWell what else is there to do...all my toys are a bit broken├óÔé¼┬Ø
Lizzy gulped, forcing her eyes to not look at the ground, which was littered with dismembered corpses. All she could see was the covering of red in her peripheral vision. The plants were even slicked with blood as well, and Michelle's face was splattered with a few droplets.
├óÔé¼┼ôJason├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy whispered, ├óÔé¼┼ôHit her from the side...this gun doesn't have the best reach├óÔé¼┬Ø
Jason nodded and raised his gun. Michelle sprang into action, and the rocket streaked past her, slamming into the wall. It exploded with a bang, and Jason dived to the side, Michelle's forearm blades slicing through where he had been. Lizzy brought her gun up, but then Michelle rolled to the side and was not caught in the sphere of effect. There was a flash of light and heat, then a loud sucking sound as the vacuum collapsed.
Jason fired again. Michelle's head snapped to the side and the rocket clipped her ear. She shot forward, parting the smoke. Jason jumped back, a forearm blade swishing through where he had been. Then he ducked, the other forearm blade going towards his neck. Then Lizzy showed up, kicking Michelle in the back. Michelle spun, and Lizzy jerked backwards. Blood trickled down her face, a long shallow cut running down her cheek.
├óÔé¼┼ôSon of a bitch├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy muttered, bringing his gun up.
Michelle spun. Then there was a flash and her right arm was gone. ├óÔé¼┼ôAugh!├óÔé¼┬Ø she shouted, grabbing her stump.
Then she took the kid gloves off. Lizzy was flung backwards, an invisible force slamming into her chest. She smashed into a pile of corpses. Lizzy jerked to her feet, bile rising.
Jason felt a invisible hand grab around his throat. Then he was picked up and thrown into a hydroponic unit. The unit smashed under his body and he felt a bit of plastic smash through his body.
├óÔé¼┼ôOw├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason grunted, feeling the wound. It was going to bleed a lot, but it wouldn't kill him.
Michelle walked to Lizzy. Lizzy aimed her pistol, but then her leg was jerked out from under her.
She collapsed, the gun clattering away. It landed against the side of a human torso. Lizzy reached for it. Then Michelle's foot came down and slammed her arm into the ground. Then another foot slammed into Lizzy's chest and she rolled onto her back. Michelle stood over her, an evil grin over her face.
├óÔé¼┼ôThis isn't going to be quick├óÔé¼┬Ø she said.
Then she looked over her shoulder. Jason had gotten up, aiming his pistol at Michelle's back. He fired. Michelle didn't even try to dodge. Then the missile spun around in midair and flew right back at Jason. He dived to the side and the rocket impacted behind him, sending him rolling over the ground.
Lizzy strained, trying to get up. Then she felt an invisible hand press into her shirt. The force ripped the shirt aside. Lizzy stared evenly back to Michelle. She wanted to see pain, to see fear. Lizzy wouldn't give it to her for as long as possible.
Then Michelle's head snapped to the side, shock playing over her face. Her weight shifted enough for Lizzy to jerk her arm out from under her foot.
├óÔé¼┼ôIts impossible├óÔé¼┬Ø Michelle whispered.
Lizzy grabbed the MNG and aimed it at Michelle. Michelle snapped her head back.
Lizzy fired and snapped her eyes shut. A flash of heat and wind smashed into Lizzy, singing her eyebrows.
Lizzy blinked, but her eyes were still stinging from the plasma discharge a few feet in front of her. She tried to get up, but then a hand grabbed onto her hand and hauled her to her feet.
Lizzy looked at Jason, who had helped her up.
├óÔé¼┼ôWe got her├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, a strange elation running through her.
├óÔé¼┼ôWe got her├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said, ├óÔé¼┼ôI really need a medic first├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Lizzy nodded and they both turned to the door. Lizzy blinked, wondering if her eyes were playing tricks on her.
A woman stood in the doorway. She looked like she had been starved for a year, her arms bone thin, her ribs easily countable. Her skin was pulled over her body like a skeleton, her face drawn and worn. She took a faltering step forward, her knee's knocking together. Then she collapsed on the ground.
Lizzy and Jason ran to her, helping the woman to her feet.
├óÔé¼┼ôHey are you okay?├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy asked, concern played over her face.
├óÔé¼┼ôNo├óÔé¼┬Ø the woman croaked, ├óÔé¼┼ôI'm not okay Mom├óÔé¼┬Ø
Lizzy almost stumbled, but Jason held them both up.
├óÔé¼┼ôEve?├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy asked, looking at the emaciated woman.
├óÔé¼┼ôYeah├óÔé¼┬Ø Eve croaked ├óÔé¼┼ôDo you have some food? I'm exhausted├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôYou're alive!├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy shouted, hugging her. She felt like a stick, ready to break in her arms.
├óÔé¼┼ôWho's alive?├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason asked, looking confused.
├óÔé¼┼ôWho is this guy?├óÔé¼┬Ø Eve asked, looking at Jason.
├óÔé¼┼ôEve├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, ├óÔé¼┼ôThis is my husband...my first husband├óÔé¼┬Ø
Eve gasped ├óÔé¼┼ôDad?├óÔé¼┬Ø she asked, looking him over ├óÔé¼┼ôDad!├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôI...I suppose I ...I am├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason stammered, ├óÔé¼┼ôstepfather that...that is├óÔé¼┬Ø
Eve staggered to him, her legs still weak. She hugged him around the middle, burying her face in his chest.
├óÔé¼┼ôOh daddy├óÔé¼┬Ø she sobbed, ├óÔé¼┼ôI'm tired├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Jason looked at Lizzy, a bemused expression on his face.
├óÔé¼┼ôLets get her to the infirmary├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said. Jason nodded and picked Eve up, holding her as if she weighed nothing at all. They all walked down the hallway. Questions raced through Lizzy's mind. How was Eve alive? They hadn't found a single shred of her left behind after the MNG went off. Nothing but a scorch mark on the floor and the torn up ground.
They reached the infirmary. There was no one else there but Helena and the new General...Cain. That was him.
├óÔé¼┼ôCain├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, looking at the General, ├óÔé¼┼ôReport to Keller. Tell him that we've gotten Michelle. She's deader then a doornail├óÔé¼┬Ø
Both Cain and Helena looked disbelieving. Then Helena saw who Jason was laying on the bed.
├óÔé¼┼ôWho's that?├óÔé¼┬Ø She asked.
Lizzy blinked, trying to find what to say.
├óÔé¼┼ôIts Eve├óÔé¼┬Ø she said, ├óÔé¼┼ôEve is alive├óÔé¼┬Ø
The cheer was resounding, despite that there were only six people in the infirmary.
Eve smiled ├óÔé¼┼ôDidn't know I was this popular├óÔé¼┬Ø she gasped, ├óÔé¼┼ôNot in the slightest├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Lizzy got to a computer terminal and called up the phone service.
├óÔé¼┼ôOn second thought├óÔé¼┬Ø she said to Cain, ├óÔé¼┼ôI'll call the Capitan├óÔé¼┬Ø
Keller looked at the screen. ├óÔé¼┼ôFrom you're face├óÔé¼┬Ø he said, ├óÔé¼┼ôI can believe that Michelle is hurting?├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôShe can't hurt anymore├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, ├óÔé¼┼ôShe is quite quite dead├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôI can only pray├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said, looking away.
├óÔé¼┼ôBut├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy said, ├óÔé¼┼ôI have better news...Eve is alive├óÔé¼┬Ø
Keller was silent ├óÔé¼┼ôHow?├óÔé¼┬Ø he asked, immediately suspicious.
Lizzy looked at Eve ├óÔé¼┼ôHow?├óÔé¼┬Ø she asked her daughter.
Eve nodded weakly. Then she raised her right hand. Lizzy noticed that there was something odd about that hand. Unlike the rest of Eve's body, the right hand was full and healthy looking. It was strange. Then the hand detached from Eve's arm and started to crawl around on the bed.
├óÔé¼┼ôRight before the gun went off├óÔé¼┬Ø Eve croaked, ├óÔé¼┼ôI stuck my hand into the open floor plates and hid away. Then it was just a long time as I regrew...my...├óÔé¼┬Ø she trailed off, closing her eyes.
Keller nodded, ├óÔé¼┼ôI see├óÔé¼┬Ø he said, feeling a crazy happiness fill him. Then he looked at what he had been looking at before the call. Casualties.
├óÔé¼┼ôIts going to be a dark ride home├óÔé¼┬Ø he muttered.
├óÔé¼┼ôWhat?├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy asked.
├óÔé¼┼ôNothing├óÔé¼┬Ø Keller said, ├óÔé¼┼ôGood jobs you two├óÔé¼┬Ø
He signed off. Jason looked at Eve, feeling strange. So this was his...step daughter? Her eyes will still closed, and her detached hand had crawled to her wrist and reattached. He felt Lizzy's hand on his shoulder.
├óÔé¼┼ôIsn't she beautiful?├óÔé¼┬Ø Lizzy asked, looking at Eve.
Jason looked at Lizzy, smiling. ├óÔé¼┼ôShe's...beautiful├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said. He was sure she would be as soon as she had rested. Right now she looked more like a skeleton.
Eve snored loudly.
├óÔé¼┼ôWell├óÔé¼┬Ø Jason said, looking at Lizzy, ├óÔé¼┼ôWe should let her rest├óÔé¼┬Ø.
Lizzy nodded and they both walked out of the door. Then Lizzy stuck her head back in ├óÔé¼┼ôMake sure Eve gets a good breakfast├óÔé¼┬Ø she said, looking at the doctor. The doctor nodded.
Hicks was snoring faintly. Then he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up. A glowing figure was standing above him.
├óÔé¼┼ôWho are you?├óÔé¼┬Ø he asked.
├óÔé¼┼ôA hallucination├óÔé¼┬Ø the figure said, ├óÔé¼┼ôBut the important thing is Eve is alive. You should go to her├óÔé¼┬Ø
Then Hicks woke up, blinking. Mike was shaking him. ├óÔé¼┼ôHicks!├óÔé¼┬Ø he hissed ├óÔé¼┼ôHicks!├óÔé¼┬Ø.
├óÔé¼┼ôWhat?├óÔé¼┬Ø Hicks asked, still bleary, ├óÔé¼┼ôIs it Christmas?├óÔé¼┬Ø
├óÔé¼┼ôClose enough├óÔé¼┬Ø Mike said, grinning like an idiot. Mankowski stood behind him, also breaming. Glickson was smiling, puffing on his cigar.
Hicks stood up and Mike started to walk down the hall. ├óÔé¼┼ôCome on├óÔé¼┬Ø he said over his shoulder, ├óÔé¼┼ôWe've got to get to the infirmary├óÔé¼┬Ø
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