the alarm soon stopped but the control panel continued to flash red, after a pause an computer voice began to speak " Container has failed to maintain regularity, container damaged.....Contents unharmed, Vitals weak but alert..... Specimen Project #287746......Voice commandable....Do you wish to open or re enstate hybernation protocal? ....time can be reset..... If placed on Hold.... Oxygen levels can maintain up to....1 week" the guard stood silent for a moment unsure how to respond, tho he sure as hell didnt want to let it out yet, if at all. Keeping his hand on his holster he slinked over to the stairs quickly making his way up them
slowly making his way around the bridge his helmet showing him what was happening in the cargo bay. "oh?.. project huh? So might not be a killer.. well a programmed killer anyway not yet. Hmm maybe a frozen killer.. put on ice to spend all eternity not dead but not alive either.. kinda creepy." he spoke to himself almost mumbling about it to himself. "... going to come see me are ya or you going back to your room or another room?"
guard ran up the step to the captains door n hesitated a moment as he collected his thoughts then pounded on it while grumbling to himself "aye! captain!"
sighed as he set the ship on autopilot once more shivering a bit. "eh.. this is getting weary.." he said stumbling over to the door before opening it. "yes?" the wires were coming off of him and retracting back into the captains chair.
guard hesitated a moment to seeing the wires, still not use to seeing such a thing "the uh...the Crate...is talking...not the thing inside...the crate itself...you..uh..you wana answer it?"
standing there in front of the guard and nodded. "alright? what's it saying?" he asked letting the guard lead the way back to the cargo bay. Looking at the crate.
he headed back down the stairs into the bay a lil more cautiosly "well it mentioned the condition of the crate and the contents then asked if it was allowed to open, or set back into hybernation mode, or put the contents on hold ...internal oxygen would last a week" *as they reached te crate the voice spoke again "responce required....how do you wish to proceed?"
listening as they walked soon arriving back at the cargo bay as he crouched down examining the crate but not really touching it. He turned to look at the guard. "so open or keep it cont" the crate spoke "Command recognized.. opening container" he jumped back " uh.. uh no no no close uh.. re reinstate hibernation protocal!"
already having the opening command the control light shifted from red to blue as it spoke again "please stand back for proper opening safety and clearance" a loud hiss could be heard as the air locks retracted from the outside shifting up, the lid slowy lifted opening up on one side as it was hinged in the back, a light fog filtered out before the crate stopped moving. laying inside was a slender figure dressed in a spandex style suit with a dark helmet over its head, its skin was light grey in color, its arms bound together with brace cuffs, its feet tho gargoyle in form where chained to the inside of the box, at the bottom was a small box with a lock on it. The figure remained unmoved where it laid
jumping back as he quickly grabbed an orb. Holding it near him ready to throw with a remote in his other hand. "so.. its voice activated and .. anyone can use it. That's never a good sign right?! Ha.. ha.." noticing it was bound inside the crate "at least.. it well is tied up." slowly moving closer as part of his suit grew and shifted expanding out from his body. Tapping the side if the crate with two taps before the limb moved back agaisnt his body.
the guard moved back grabbing the weapon in his holster aiming at the crate ready to shoot if needed, leaned forward not getting to close to peer in over the edge once it was open. As the captain tapped on the crate the figures helmet moved shifting to the side to look twords them. It laid there a moment then slowly shifted itself some trying to sit itself upright as it wasnt comfortable in the locked confinements it was in
staying a bit near the guard as he watched taking slow deep breaths. "uh.. status report.. diagnosis." he was talking to the a.i. as it began to scan the new member of the living. He watched it as he gave a small wave seeing it maybe it would mimic the motion even though it was bound. Watching it struggle slowly inching over towards it not sure if he should but leaned down unlocking the strap and letting it unlock from the crate. "oh okay.. okay.. we are all here now.. all here. Yup" he seemed to be nervous staring at the feet and skin color it was a off fitting to have.
*the figure noticed him movements as he waved at it, tilts its head slightly to once side while watching as he moved closer unstrapping the tie downs to the crate, the lid fell back opening more once the tension was released. The figure twisted to the side struggling to push itself up as its arms were bound together. Once upright it paused a moment trying to gather its energy as it was still weak from being in a hybernation mode and lack of nutrition for the length of time it had been in there. It sat quietly looking about the bay then turned its attention back on the two men in the room. Its helmet tilting slightly as it looked the captain over since he was closest then to the guard who stood further back noticing the weapon in his hand pointed at it. A low purr like growl emited from in the helmet. At that time a small drawer opened up on the outside of the crate, inside was a set of keys for the confinement braces n chain, and another for the box at its feet, next to those was a disk, written on it was "please read ASAP"**
watching the interaction. ".. uh I think you need to slowly .. put the gun down.. or back I. Its holster.." he noticed the drawer and read the note. Fro. Where he was. ok.. let's.. just take a look see. he said slowly moving infront of the guard blocking them both from staring at each other. okay.. were all okay here.. *he would say to them both reaching down to take the disk and the keys. * everyone's calm.. everyone's okay.. looking at the disk for a moment stepping away from the crate and backed up towards the guard. okay.. its bound to the crate so let's just let them .. be there.. I need to look at this.. unless you want to find things out the hard way..
the figure stared hard at the guard thru the black helmet, the guard hesitant slowly put it away and held his hands up showing nothing was in them " aye....i suppose....very strange lookin thing....what ya think it is?" glancing to the captain then slowly moved back and sat down folding his arms across his chest as he kept an eye on the figure. it stopped growling and remained silent as it went back to watching since it was unable to do anything else for the time being*
he chuckled. I have no idea but what do you think it thinks about you. Your strange probably to it too.. * it was an interesting but sorta fun but not really experience. Being near the wall now keeping a distance before opening up the control panel and inserting the disk. As he told the a.i. to scan then upload. He wasnt sure at what may happen when it started to begin but it was something to wait on as the a.i. scanned, began uploading it.*
the disk hummed as it uploaded then began to play, static could be heard before it cleared, a mans voice started talking, he sounded rushed, hushed and in a bit of a panic of concern " to whomever finds this. please take care of her. i was her primary caretaker since i found her as a child, but the company i work for found out and ordered to take her in where she spent most her life in confines as an experiment project. She is a rare breed. i was allowed to keep contact with her and made it my mission to help her escape, she doesnt diserve that life, i cant go with her, im probly dead by the time this is found. the remainder of this disk has highly secret lab information of what she is, there is a second disk with music on it she likes, it helps keep her calm, she seems to enjoy them" nervous chuckle" i cant talk very long...oh...i named her Nova, she responds well to it, it seems to suit her." sounds in the background " shit...please take care of her!" recording abruptly ends. The figure heard the voice and was makin small chirp sounds while tilting her heard side to side
didnt expect the audio as it echoed in the cargo bay. "busy busy" he couldn't help but look at Nova. Listening to the recording. sighing softly at the end. "well I guess that takes care of the who and what.." the information was being uploaded along with the audio. He would slip in the second disk and made the a.i. do the same to the other disk.
not hearing the voice anymore she shifted a lil in her upright position, her feet tugging at the chain slightly, she looked at the box then back to the room glancing it over before returning her attention back to the other men in the room. The second disk loaded and started displaying images of pages full of schematics, drawings, lab tech info of all kinds, it was an entire file from the years she had been there with all the information the scientists had kept records of.
"Hmm.. that's odd. But good I guess mhm." standing there as he read and looked through the information given. "okay then.." * he then looked over at nova then the guard.* "welp looks like you'll have someone to guard after all.. plus at least it's out of the crate." he slowly walked back over to nova and crouched down some. "hey there.. so nova I'm going to ask you a few questions okay?.. can you answer yes or no?" he said while still keeping a distance but was between the guard and her.
her attention tyrned to him as he moved closer watching him as he crouched down near by. Her helmet tilted to the side as he asked the question before giving a soft purr like chirp sound in responce
*he looked at her examining what she looked like from both what was on the Symantics and from what he could see. He tapped the crate, "one for yes.. two" he tapped twice against the crate. "for no."
watching as he tapped out instructions. She hesitated a moment then lifted her arms still bound using the cuffs to tap against the side of the crate. One tap...showing she understood. She shifted a bit trying to turn to sit more comfortably but the chains on her feet n waist prevented much movement. Chirps softly looking to him as she waited on the questions
watching her as she moved listening to the tap. He nodded some. "right.. can you speak?.. like this? Do bee boop lalala?"
*listening to him she laughed lightly then tapped twice for no, she then motioned with her hands best she could despite the binds. Making a talking motion with her hands then placed her palm over her helmet where her mouth would be then pointed to the top of her Helmet, temple area, before making an output motion. she paused a moment then looked twords him wondering if he understood. The guard who stood watching with his arms crossed grunted before speaking in a gruff tone " we go from tapping to charades, lovely..."
watching her movements as the keys moved around his fingers in his hand. "Charades is a lot more fun than not trying... dont worry you'll get a chance to play." he chuckled turning his head to look at the guard. The back at Nova looking at her helmet.
she glanced between the the guard and captain before turning her full attention back on the one before her, she sat quietly waiting to see if ha had another question.
staring at her. "did you remember what happened before going to sleep?"
she lowered her head some then slowly gave a single tap on the side of the crate, turns looking away a moment then looked back twords him with a faint whimper sound
he could feel the sadness from how she expressed her answer. "okay.. have you been awake before?"
tilts her head to the question unsure of what he ment
waiting for a moment and nodded. "After you went to sleep.. Have you gotten woken up before now?" he asked while thinking about what else to ask.
she raised her head slightly now understanding the question and tapped twice for no, she remembered the horrible lab and escaping. and then waking where she was now. tho she had woken before the crate was assigned to open and was stuck listening to voices outside of it with the tap games.. She was still feeling a bit groggy from the hibernation gas but kept herself alert trying to answer the captains questions
thinking some as he nodded. "do you want to go back to sleep?"
she quickly shook her head no while tapping twice for no, she didnt want to go back into hibernation. she stopped shaking her head wobbling a lil as it made her dizzy in her condition, gently flexes her claw like fingers as they were getting cramped. She tried to move again but the chains held her in place where she sat
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sitting down as he sighed softly "I supposed not.." placing his head in the palm of his hand in though as it rested on his knee. "well.. should we let her go? Or leave her as is.." he wasn't talking to anyone but was asking the guard too. "leave her as is she'll need to be fed and taken care of at least." glancing his head back to look at the guard.
guard raised a brow to the question " HA as if im going to do that, i was in charge of the crate, you opened it, im not baby sitting something that will kill me, you seem to be fond of it, why dont you watch her?" folding his arms over his chest as he leaned back against the wall behind him
"Cause I still have a job to do.. and so do you.. she is bound to the crate that your suppose to be watching.. besides it's part of your job isn't it? Keep it safe and watch over it." standing up and stretched a bit looking at the guard. "we're both being paid unless you want to fly this ship." he said gesturing to the bridge where all the wires and the captains seat was.
he scowled under his breath i guess i dont have a choice in the matter then, yer ship, do what ya want....but she tries anything..." * he reaches for his holster resting hand on a weapon* "dont be surprised if i shoot it" grunts at the thought of having to babysit an alien creature
watching him and nodded. "and then we can discuss with our employers why its hurt good job." he said walking past him giving him the key to her feet shackles. As he turned to see her once more then walked back to the bridge. "okay then you two behave and remember to feed and clean up after her."
the guard shrugged lightly " it escaped, i was protecting the ship" not seeming to care, he looked to the key that was handed to him and shoved it into his pocket with a grunt to his new instructions muttering under his breath some* " and how am i suppose to know what it eats?!" he looked over over to where she sat in the crate before walking back to his make shift seat making himself comfortable. he sat folding his arms over his chest staring at her while tossing thoughts thru his mind trying to figure out what he needed to do with his new living task. She watched them as they departed away with a small questionable chirp before falling silent. She looked about the bay then tugged on her chains with a sigh befoe realizing she was being stared at. Shifting her position she stared back making it into a contest(edited)
nodding some hearing the guards complaints. "well find out make her something and see if she likes it or not.. simple.." walking into the bridge as he soon sat down in the captains seat the door closing behind him when he entered. "another guest.. getting a lot of company now.." thinking about it as he skimmed through the information. "hmm.. people after us.. suppose to be at a certain destination but no time given.. I guess I could call in a favor."
guard waved off the captains suggestions as he continued to stare down the creature, he had no intentions of catering to it. After awhile her lack of energy caught up with her while she triem maintaining the staring contest with the guard, her head starting to dip before jerking back up as she tried to continue before it won over her. For her everything went dark as her body just slumped back into the crate in a twisted position. The Guard seeing her pass out just laughed aloud to himself "to weak to even stay alert, good" kicks his feet up resting them on a smaller create. food crossed his mind as he pulled out a small candy bar from his pocket and began eating it contently with himself
a few days passed as they arrived at the station. He was already calling in repairs and haggling with a few about upgrades and supplies.
she had woken and slept on and off thru the days, sitting quietly bored out of her mind, hungry, thirsty and hurting from her restraints. She would get fussy once and awhile but the guard would just yell at her to keep quiet as he went about his card games, naps and feeding himself. She started getting angry at him over the days that passed, taking things into her own hands she began tugging at the chains on her legs as she grabbed ahold of them tight as she could and began yanking on them making a racket as she did, sounds of the chains reverberating thru the bay. the guard yelled at her to knock it off but she ignored him and kept at it trying to break herself free
he had been keeping watch over them both through out the days. Although he couldn't do anything about it at the moment. Ending the call he was on "I'll call you back I'm almost there.. okay thanks you too." ending the call with a heavy sigh rubbing his helmet some where his face would be. "alright we will be arriving at station.(forgot the name) shortly were getting repaired so if there is anything you want to grab do it now when we dock."(edited)
Guard hearing this sighed happily " thank god...can stretch my legs, and get away from this thing" *he picked up his cards he was playing with and tucked them away as he went to get up n head to his room, as he did he yelled back over at her " WOULD YOU KNOCK IT OFF!" She screeched back at him while continuing to yank, she gave one more tug on the chains as it suddenly made a clunk sound, she hesitated a moment staring at the chain seeing the welding was starting to separate from the crate which made her excited as well as nervous. The guard heard the noise and pulled out his weapon aiming it at her from the top of the stairs "Keep that up and ill shoot you!" she glared up at him thru her helmet emitting a deep guttural growl, clumsily she made an attempt to leap at him causing the chains to slip just enough to loosen. This caused her to learch forward which startled her making her fall mid leap half out of the crate. She hung half upside down half out of the crate a moment trying to figure out what happened. The guard laughed at her as she struggled getting tangled up in the chains
letting the a.i. dock them In to the station. 'there are two jobs currently available for this location.' "Oh ya?.. give me the details later right now let's get you fixed." 'Affirmative I would enjoy that' Walking out of the bridge and to the cargo bay. Seeing her dangling over the crate and the guard laughing. He sighed walking up to her. "stop flailing about like a loose janga stay still.." he said stopping being near her as he looked her over again.(edited)
she looked a bit long in length as she hung upside down. She could only see the floor as she struggled to keep herself up off the floor. Her arms hurtings from the bindings. She slowly stopped moving trying to fight off the feeling to pass out again. The chain around her waist had broken from the crate but also was attacked to a kevlar sleeve. She had a tail. It was within the sleeve. The Gaurd moaned as the captain went to help her "spoil sport....for something that is suppose to be dangerous it sure isnt very bright. Shes worn herself out again she can't get up" he chuckled under his breath as he holstered his weapon again.(edited)
sighed softly as he grabbed her slowly and began lifting her up placing her back into the crate. "okay now.. Nova.. this is really important. We will need you on your best behavior in order for us to protect you. Okay?" he would feel how slender she was as he helped her back into the crate. "well smart or not.. dangerous or not.. still have a job to do."
as ge picked her up she was rather light in weight and almost like a rag doll due to lack of energy. She slowly laid back in the crate as he corrected her position suddenly feeling better now the strain was off her from being twisted n upside down. She gave a weak chirp in responce while reaching out with a finger to tap once at the crate edge but didnt quiet reach as she just taped at the air instead. The Guard headed back to his room. " I doubt shed be a problem ATM. She don't have the energy to cause a scene. She will just pass out hopefully long enough for the repairs to be done"
watching her as he nodded. "rest... I'll try and get you something but.. we need to close the crate okay? Only for a few moments okay.." he watched her as he touched her helmet hesitantly. "people are after you and we will protect you best we can" looking at the control panel and moved his arm back as he began inputting some information into the crate he had come across. The crate began to close putting her back into hibernation. He watched as the crate closed once it was done. "we will let you out soon but not here.." walking around putting the strap back on and putting the crate back under covers. He took a hose from the wall stringing it along and attached it to the crate. "there.. mighty monster.. that should help some." he said as he walked away as the a.i. announced the docking was a success and the bay door began opening. "alright.. this should be over hopefully quick."
she laid quietly giving off a few small faint chirps as the lid closed. The crate gave a soft hiss as the air locks reengaged while responding to the new input he installed. The guard returned with a duffle bag iver his shoulder seeing the crate was closed up n covered again. "putting it back into hybernation again captain?" he smirked softly to himself
looking at the guard. "of course, since you didnt feed or take care of Nova." waving his finger disappointmentedly at the guard. "but here we should find some supplies and repairs of course." looking at the duffle bag. "unless your leaving then go back home and see your family"
he grunted "only if yer allowing me. I wanted to pick up some personal supplies. Check in with command on any further updates or orders. Maybe info on the murder box..."
shrugs some to his statement "well check in but be careful.. with what you say to them. I rather get out of here soon than later." walking into a employees only room as it closed behind him. Walking down a hallway he would begin to pick up items along the way before walking back to the cargo bay holding a large backpack. "see you in a while then." walking off the ship as a tunneled tube attached to the ships cargo bay doors making a seal and walkway to the station. The flooring was soft but held even the heaviest of weights. The walls slightly moving as he walked through the tunnel tube. As he walked he though about whose sector this would be and if they could spare some time. Arriving at the station bay doors greeted by a odd looking sentient being with multiple arms and three heads. "what's your business here?" *the guard growled "Ooo you two are so short." another head chuckled with glee. "lets just get this over with time is money." the last head spoke holding a tablet in one hand as another hand was waiting to input the information. Two arms were at its waist waiting impatiently another two arms were holding weapons one melee and the other a rod it looked like.
a symbol glowed upon his helmet as the guard for the station looked at scanning it with the tablet as the door opened up.
"Ah, you must be here for 877blk sorry to keep you move along."
"I will be looking into 877blk but also here for supplies and repairs."
"Ooooo supplies?!!! Sector 7G 'the season's' you'll find loads of supplies like totally alot speak to Mrs.Phalm she's soo cooll!!" one of the heads spoke very highly and fascinated of the shop.
watching the captain head into a room he pulled out a tablet and tapped in a few things before reading a message as the captain came back out n headed off " aye, should be less then an hour...give our take" he finished reading his message tucking it away under his jacket then headed off the ship carefully walking thru the tunnel and stating his business with the creature. He headed off towrds a command post for information and to report in. The Guard was in the post for half hour before making his way to the shops getting supplies he needed, ammo refils, food pack replacements and a few other necessities*
"Alright well be safe then.." he would tell the guard. Before they split up waving to the stations guard as he walked through. "I'll do that then thank you." walking I to the station as he headed towards directory. "alright.. scan the station and let's get to work." 'This station is in Mr. Zambok Seral jurisdiction currently two jobs have been filed in this station alone. Taking a job from another jurisdiction is against company policy unless directed by those overseeing the sector agree to profit sharing.' "Yeah well with the profits I'm getting now I could do it them both for free and just send the payment to Zambok." 'Shall I arrange a meeting with the clients?' "Not yet first let's get some supplies and the ship started on getting repairs.*
once he got all he needed he saw he had some spare time and decided to take a stroll around, stretch his legs and see what other crews and life forms where up to. As he walked around he came across a small bar and decided to take a visit inside, he ordered a drink tucking his duffel between his feet as he sat on a stool at the bar and kept to himself listening on the chatter around him
it didnt take long for him to reach a repair shop. Negotiating with the shopkeeper for a fair price on repairs. It took a bit of haggling but he got a good deal. "good.. so soon as possible then.. it's a pleasure doing business with you" the shop keep was furious with how low he had gotten with a grumble and shook his hand in agreement. Giving the dock number he was in, he then turned and headed to the next stop which was supplies. "alright 7g 'the season's ' I guess is the next stop.. I hope they deliver cause it would be sad if they dont." stepping into an elevator as he input the floor he needed. The doors closed as he was shot like a bullet downward toward the lower sections of the station.
after a few drinks he had enough of the noise in the bar, paying his tab he grabbed his bag n headed out making his way back to the ship. Onboard he looked about n listened not seeing or hearing the captain anywhere he walked up to the crate staring at it a moment then gave it a swift kick as it gave off a resounding thud as it echoed slightly in the bay. Content with himself he headed back to his room as it felt a lil eerie being in the bay as quiet as it was. he left the door open to the room as he sat down and began pulling out his supplies and putting them away
Aboard the ship on the outside were workers fixing the ship and putting together some upgrades that were requested. He arrived at 'the season's' looking around it wasnt the best looking shop with less than good quality stock. "oh hello.. are you finding everything okay?" there was a soft voice that came from behind the counter. Peeking its head from under the counter. "are you the shop keep?" "Yup that's me! Hello! What can I do for you? Anything specific you're looking for? I have many things in stock and if you dont see what your looking for I can certainly find where you can get it!" the shop keep sounded very excited and eager. looking down at the shop keep. "supplies for a long trip and clothing so I will need a lot of produce if you can make it happen that is." the shop keep thought for a moment and nodded quickly. "Tem can do that all your supplies needs and clothing too!" "Oh? And can tem deliever to my ship also?" a mischievous grin crossed the shopkeepers face. "Yes with the right amount of produce purchased Tem can make it a full delievery! Extra charges of course for making special deliveries!" at least the shop keep was honest there would be a charge. He looked back through the supplies. One thing catching his eye. A container his company uses full and sitting on a display case. "I'll take all these you have and some of those and those too." he pointed at the container and then at some other supplies.
"All them? You sure? Oh uh of course" he would write down how much he wanted of each item and then wrote down all for the containers. "think you can handle an order like this? If so deliver to this dock." twiddling its little body around to look at the tablet eyes went wide with the order. "TEM CAN TEM CAN UH ALL THE THINGS TEM CAN!!" Scurrying to the back almost yelling as they began gathering and putting the supplies together for the order. Running back to the front holding the tablet. "okay pay. Tem for order! And it's all yours!"
noticing the repairs had started he poked his head out the door checking on the bay before going back to his things, once all was put away he grabbed some paper and began writting down information he received from Command and the information he got from the center and any info he heard from the bar
"Half now half after its delivered." the shop keep stared for a while then nodded looking disappointed "alright half now other half later." paying only half and giving the dock number to the shop keep. Most of the items were food items and the rest was the containers. "where did you find those containers Tem?" "Tem bought the containers from a merchant passing by got them really cheap. Tem tried to find out what it was inside. Dont suggest it nasty and scary.." nodding his head "alright then I will be sure not to open any. But I want all you have." the shop keep nodded and scurried back happily and almost in bliss. Walking out of the shop and stared at the name for a moment then headed upwards to the first level where they were. Heading to the companies outpost there. He stopped in his tracks standing infront of a heavily damaged building. ".. what happened here.." he said to himself slowly walking inside and headed to a terminal. "initialize sync." his helmet buzzed a bit as information was being downloaded into the helmet from the terminal.
finishing his notes he headed back out taking a browse around the ship trying to find a good angle to watch the repairs, not seeing much from inside he made his way back off the ship n found a hall of windows to stand and watch while keeping an eye on the tunnel to the bay incase anyone tried sneaking in
all the current information came pouring in as his eyes went wide in his helmet legs shaking at the images he seen. "what on.. why.." after it was all uploaded he rushed into the back and began gathering all the equipment he could find not leaving anything to spare. Putting all he could into his large backpack as quickly as possible. Everything and anything he could find quickly searching around for anything that would be considered confidential to the company. Stopping himself as he looked at a hologram of Mr.zombak picking it up and turning it off before stuffing the small device into a backpack. After scavenging everything he could. He stepped next to the terminal once again. "download everything transport it all to the ship." closing his eyes as everything was being downloaded and moved to the ship through him. A small tear came to his face as it landed on the helmet. "emergency extract.. code 404." after downloading everything files upon the computers began to corrupt themselves and delete. Removing his hand from the terminal as the last bit was cleared he ran out of the building as quick as he could loaded head to toe with everything he could grab. He didnt waste any time passing the guard watching those upon the ship repairing it. He ran passed the crate, the supplies being loaded into the ship. Then into a employee only room and tossed everything in a corner and stripped down of everything he gathered but his suit, helmet. Running back out of the room he closed and sealed the door quickly. The supplies was being loaded and they were almost done. He leaned his back against the door and took a deep breath.
the guard still in the hall watching the repairs noticed the captain run back into the ship in a hurry, perking a brow he wandered back in slipping past anyone on the way as he made his way back into the bay pausing a moment to look about before spotting the captain standing with his back against the door seeming a bit rushed. He tucked his hands in his pockets as he called up to him " Hey Captain....you good? what happened?"
panting heavily out of breath "ugh.. that is the last time I run like that.. we are out of here soon as possible.. no excuses no delays gone.." looking down at the guard his tone was angry and concerned. Noticing tem and a few others loading the ship up. "TEM YOU ALMOST DONE?!"
"Tems almost done! Two more crates and it's all yours!"
"Good I'll give you a bonus if it's on here in the next ten minutes!" Tem bounced up as Tem and the others hurried up faster. He placed his hand upon his helmet calling the maintenance repairing the ship. "how much longer will the repairs be done? ... the upgrades?"
Guard raised a brow at the captains sudden urgency but waited to ask as he gave orders to the others. He stood quietly watching the cargo loaders carefully as he leaded against the crate as it hummed softly under the Tarp.
he started pacing back and forth talking with the maintenance in charge of the repairs. "I want it done as quickly as possible!.. yes I know it takes a while... yes.. I.. fine ya yeah.. how long?" pacing back and forth even more. "alright and then? Yes of course.. no no i can do that here.. yes i know how.. no. No.. yes. Ugh fine.. okay call me when its ready. Thank you again." he said while walking back to the middle of the cargo bat meeting Tem in the middle taking the tablet and began inputting a few more items and the amount. "Can you get this here as fast as you can Tem?"
Tem looked at the extra orders. "TEM CAN TEM CAN!" Tem then turned around pointing at two other leaders that looked almost like Tem and began talking in a different language as they scurried off hastily. "Tem appreciates your business! Tem will tell others about good business!" looking at Tem and nodded. "I hope so and continue to do this good I might go to others and buy many things Tem." "Yes! You can count on Tem!"
guard adjusted his stance against the crate as he leaned back against it then shifted himself to sit up ontop of it with his arms crossed infront of his chest, letting the captain do his thing as he watched the lil creatures scury about the bay loading it with more items as ordered. He was still curious to the sudden urgency wondering if it had anything to do with the crate. once the Tem and crew left for the moment he looked back to the captain "so....whats the sudden rush?"
as the Tem and crew left he waved them off. Standing still in though waiting for the repairs and upgrades to be done. "... the.. companies building and crew were attacked here.. I am not chancing it and we need to get out of here asap." he said plainly unsure why as the data was still in the ship but he hadn't accessed it as of yet. "you look chipper.. what's got you in a good mood?"(edited)
"attacked? ....chancing what? do you think any of it has to do with...ya know.." he tapped on the tarp over the Crate "i was just glad to be less confined to the bay for once, got my supplies, stopped for some drinks, reported in, tho i do have some good and bad news about ..ya know.." he strummed his fingers on the Crate once again as he looked to the captain(edited)
looking around some "later then.. much later we will talk about them." he closed the cargo bay doors as all that was left was the repairs and upgrades Tem and the crew were paid extra and to the order and to tell other stations that they had shops on that they were good costumers.
guard nodded lightly not seeming to be in a rush at the point n let the captain do what he needed. In the meantime he continued to sit on the crate making himself comfortable while Tem and his companions were still around watching them carefully, he didnt trust small creatures of any kind. Once they were out he remained where he was and sat quietly minding his own thoughts to what might be going on while they waited on the repairs to finish
pacing around the cargo bay like a caged animal. "so not going home?" *he asked trying to make small talk." his helmet pointed to the cargo bay doors then to the room he placed the items in.
he watched the captain pace around like a nervous cat " well thats part of the good news i guess....according to my orders im to be dropped off at yer next pit stop, my service ends there and i report back to base for my next assignment....you wont have to put up with me anymore after that..."
listening as he stopped for a moment "ah.. well that's good for you." he went back to pacing as he soon got a transmission "right? Done then?.. alright .. yes I can no thank you." * running up the stairs* "alright transfuring the money now.. another time." jumping into the captains seat as he wasnt playing around and wanted to leave at the moment. "start up and let's get out if here... " 'waiting for clearance approved.. did you ou wish to know the jobs now or later?' pausing as he sat there froze for a moment. He was thinking heavily on it. 'stay or go?' "... later well.. come back later and do the jobs quickly.." waiting for clearance once they had it he took off out of the dock hastily and piloted the ship making a quick exit of the station bay and out into the wide open space.
seeing the captain run off he sat there glancing about the bay seeing the new crates that were loaded on wondering what other things he had gotten. Feeling the ship take off he held onto the Crate so as not to slide off from the sudden speed the captain used as he was in such a hurry. Once he was able to find his balance he lept off the crate glancing to it a moment then headed up the stairs pausing before the captains door wondering if he should knock but decided against it. He headed on down the platform back to his room. Once inside he sat on the bed and looked over the notes he had written
once out into the open space he had the a.i. continue to scan as they began heading towards their first destination spot. Putting the ship on autopilot he leaped out of the chair once more. Running down the hall to the cargo bay. He was indeed in a hurry as he opened the room he placed all the items he was packmuling in. Unsealing the door so it would stay open as he jumped down from the railing and began taking some of the cargo up to the room stacking it next to each other.
hearing the captain running around he got up and headed out onto the platform and looked down to where the captain had gone. Resting his arms on the railing he watched the captain hussel about pulling items from the room ".....ya need some help?"
"Yes pick up everything you can here here here here and here in the room!" he was grabbing arm full of items and stacking them in the other room. "DO NOT BREAK THESE EXTRA CAREFUL!" he picked up one and was cautious with it carefully walking with one at a time.
Guard headed down to the room and began picking up items and carrying them to the new location trying to get a glance to what the stuff was " so uh...care to explain whats going on now?" continuing to grab items and move them, stacking them carefully
grabbing the containers and carrying them carefully into the other room. There was different types of liquid inside one the guard could have swore he seen something move inside. "the headquarters there was attacked and many of my coworkers were.. put to rest.." he had to pause for a moment before going back to work. "might have been the same ships that attacked us earlier.. or more I dont know.. but these.. these should never get out not these." he said carrying slowly
carrying another he paused to take a closer look at the viles before carying it a lil more carefully to its new location 'so...what is this stuff?....you think those ships are from the Lab? ya know...where the Crate she came in came from?" *he had more questions now then before, hesitating to pic up another but picked it up anyway as he carried it over " and how are you going to keep them contained?"
wondering back and forth "you dont want to know.. and I dont work for the company for nothing.. we have our ways.." he said while picking up the last container and carefully placing it down in the other room "okay.. okay all here.. here.. okay" he walked out and looked at the other supplies. "I dont know yet.. I'll have to look at the logs and see what they say and show. Something is not right.. but i dont know but cant just stand around and do nothing this ship is already a target"
he raised a brow at the statement but didnt ask as he knew his own company did about the same thing of having their own ways of doing things. Dusting his hands off from the last crate he stared at the pile perplexed by whatever it was. " yes well....things have gotten interesting rather quickly...ill say that much..." walks away from the viles and leans himself against the wall watching the captian "so....whats next?"
taking a deep breath "... food hungry?" he asked holding his stomach "and tell me what you've found out.." he looked at the guard although he hadn't eaten a real meal in almost 5 months plus some from other jobs he had worked.
perks a brow then leaned himself off the wall heading to the galley " sure i could use something.." he switched moving back to his room, once inside he grabbed his notes and headed back meeting the captain in the galley to find something to eat. Once in the room he tossed the papers on the table for the captain to read thru " so while i was in the bar, not much for news tho i did hear a few gossipers talkin about a highly valuable crate that is labeled as dangerous...they didnt seem to have alot of info from what i heard, just speculation...if its ours then someones lookin for it.....probly the lab she came from since she is an escape per say....." he sighed a bit taking out a foil package and ripping it open as he poped it into the microwave " from my office it was mostly just that....my shift time being up at yer next drop off....that being the partial good news...good for me, i dont know bout you... but...there is also bad news...not for me tho.." micro beeped and he yanked the package out as it steamed from the contents, grabbing silverware he sat at the table and started eating from the package " sure you want the bad news?" glancing up at the captain
walking to the galley he was ready for something to eat using his teeth and swallowing. Some might take it for granted but he wasnt one to do so with his line of work. Sitting as he watched the instant panel make his food. Looking down at the plate of food. He reached to touch his helmet but it wouldnt come off. ".. right.." he seemed dissatisfied but looked at the papers and began to read. "what's this? . Hmm" he was still on duty so he couldn't take off his helmet or his suit until his job was done. "well bad news is news.."
he took a few bites " those are just my notes in lil more detail of what im telling ya......so...bad news.." taking another bite from his pouch before pointing the fork out the door "the mystery travel companion we so lovingly recieved.." saying with a slur of mockery. he thought a moment " remember how they said in the delivery notice that it had no location, no timeline for delivery?.......yeah...thats cause its not going anywhere. the person who shipped it off apperently intended it to be stuck with whomever picked it up....." he took another bite letting that sink in with the captains thoughts "" so i guess...congrats! its a girl!....could make her useful if she dont kill ya first i suppose" he chuckled softly playing with the inside of his food pouch trying to get the last bite
reading as he he finished he placed the notes over to the guard. " ha.. yeah that.." * he just nodded some thinking about it as he soon was filled with nutrients from the suit as he shuttered it was a odd feeling everytime.
he tore up the notes tossing them into his food pouch for disposal " so...what you going to do with it?" looking over to the captain
placed his helmet in his hand in deep thought. "..." he was silent for a while before nodding his head. "well.. carry it long as I can.. I suppose the money's good enough at least.." he leaned back and placed his hands on his lap. With a soft chuckle. "well.. I guess I'll retire soon haha"
"aye, but i dont think you can keep it in the box the entire time tho..." he shifted in the seat leaning back in the chair,lifting a leg he crossed the ankle over his other knee, an elbow resting on the table as he rested the side of his head on his hand allowing himself to relax a bit
shaking his head "no.. I dont suppose I could.. looks I might be taking it out and caring for it well nova tooo." he sighed softly taking care of another while tring to not get killed by her or any other for that matter.
guard raised a brow then recalled the things he carried being alive as well. He grunted softly "maybe you need a new line of work. One less murderous?" * he chuckled n thought a bit* "when you put her back in. How long did you reinstate her sleep mode for?"
nodding as he gave a weak chuckle. Thinking about how long he set it for. "she should be waking up soon." looking at the time in his helmet. "my line of work is.. complicated but works for me. This on the other hand.. could work I suppose if nothing else I will own this ship soon enough given the right time... I only put her under for a few hours." his helmet to him showed her progress and how her vitals were. They were better than they were before. "If we can make a deal she wont kill us..."
he thought for a moment and chuckled " deal with the devil...so to speak...from what iv seen you like putting yerself on the line....what kind of deal are you hoping for? dont even know what shes is capable of, rumors make her sound like a murder machine"
thinking of what kind of deal he should make. "well I think" he reached over patting the guards head before smacking it down on the table. Before letting go. "some dumbass shouldn't piss her off.. besides what if she was a murderous machine cause she was fighting these people who have her in the box to begin with? From the video killed her family right in front of her.. wouldnt you be pissed if your family was killed right in front of you?"
his head hit with a thud grunting loudly from the pain, once let go he sat up rubbing his head with a glare "yer pissin me off.." he grumbled under his breath before getting a lil loud " even so! who knows what that lab did to her. wasnt it governmental?!...always experimenting on shit, makin wierd things, death machines for whatever reason" grumbling off to himself as he got up from his seat " and you expect me to risk myself to care for it. i aint takin its chains off"
shook his head some "I dont know either. What the government's or any company would be doing in labs with others..." he sighed softly and leaned back more resting against the wall behind him. "you dont have too.. and no I dont expect you too either. Like you said once we arrive you are gone so she is my responsibility afterwards."
guard grunted still rubbing his head a bit from being bounced into the table. A sound could then be heard from the Bay. A soft tone followed by a voice from the Crate " Time of hybernation reschedule is up....oxygen tank levels at ....50%....Voice commands needed.... For content subject release?" guard grumbled again
sitting there as he sighed soon standing up and looking at the plate of food taking it with him. "well.. you dont have to stay you got somewhere to be. I dont so I dont mind." he said plainly before leaving towards the cargo bay carrying the plate of food with him. It was still hot as he soon stood next to the crate placing the plate down and un strapping the crate. "release." he would remove the strap fully before standing next to the crate.
"Commencing subject release" small tone was heard followed by the airlock hissing before the lid slowly opened itself back up showing were she still remained laying inside quietly
looking at her as he sighed some seeing that her condition had gotten a bit better. "well that's good.. Nova?.. Nova? Wake up.. time to get something to eat. The repairs are done and we have left the station.." he said as if he were a father at one point telling his child to get up and ready for school. He was hesitant before lightly touching against her shoulder. "nova.."
she laid quietly as he called to her, as he touched her shoulder she moved slightly with a half groggy chirp like noise. helmet tilting slightly to look at him. She glanced about trying to wake more, stirring again trying to get function to move back into her body. Using her bound hands she grabbed the side of the crate and lifted herself up into a sitting position wobbling some. Purrs softly in a questioning manner as she looked back over to him then to the plate in his hand. Purrs a lil more with interest as hungry as she was. The guard stepped out from the Galley and came down but kept his distance as he folded his arms across his chest and just watched
placing the plate on the side of the crate balancing it on the edge giving it some leverage so it wouldnt fall. "okay.. let's get this helmet off.." he reached up slowly touching her helmet he had found a small button near the back which as he pressed it there was a click and hiss as he slowly pulled the helmet off. "there we go.." for her eyes it was a bit brighter than it was with the helmet on but after a few moments her vision cleared.
she noticed him reach twords her head as she pulled back a little. realizing he was taking off her helmet she lowered her head making it a lil easier while closing her eyes to the sudden flood of bright light. Once it was off her face could finally be seen, skin grey in color, human face with defined features, pale blue lines traced along her skin like tattoo markings, ears long and pointed more so then an elfs, Medium blue shoulder length hair. Nose broad n flat almost like a panthers, as her eyes adjusted to the light her head lifted showing wide dark galaxy depth eyes with a purple tint. She glanced about the room then back to him with concerned curiosity
holding onto the helmet as the button was pushed in his hands again it came apart. Collapsing into itself on it's own as if pushing the button twice made it come off into a collar that went around the neck as it looked like a piece of jewelry when it finished. His attention went to the helmet as he held it in his hands then looked back at her. "full of surprises arent you Nova? Ha.." he lifted his hands up and placed the necklace back around her head and down to her neck. "alright so this I think you'll need more than I would anyway.."
watches him play with her helmet then ducked her head slightly as he put it back on around her neck. once in place it clicked to the rest of her suit becoming one again. Tilts her head this way and that as she looked about the bay then back to him and the plate of food. The guard moved a lil closer but still kept his distance " well...now we know what she looks like...kinda cute for a murder machine on legs...dontchya think?" he chuckled to himself
looking at her as he looked at her suit some. "hmm... well everyone looks like something dont they.." it looked as if he was staring at her breasts from how his helmet wasnt moving but he was looking at her suit not at her body. Then picking up the plate. "alright then.. let's give this a try.." he said scooping up one food item and offering it to her as he watched over her looking at her face now.
Every time she would glance at the guard her ears would fold back only to be distracted by something else in the room as they would perk up again. She looked to him as he stared tilting her head this way and that before making a small chirp noise. Her suit had a patch missing from the chest, most of it was black in color with white stripes around the joints. her attention quickly turned back to the plate as he began offering her food from it. Tilts her head looking to him then raised her bound arms with a questionable noise as if asking for them to be removed
looking at her as she seemed to dislike the guard. "calm down.. it's okay he's.. just being him no need to worry plus I rather not have a fight in my ship mess it will be." looking at her feet then her arms. Sighing softly he would reached down touching her calf of her leg and took the key to unlock one of the shackles. Once he did the one he unlocked shifted into itself as did her helmet and formed around the key tip. "one leg one arm.. for now"
watching him as he released part of her binds she frilled happily to be released from some of her confines. flexed her free arm rubbing at it lightly then gave it a few shakes trying to get some feeling and circulation back into it. with her leg she flexed and stretched it wiggling her talon like toes. Shifts her position where she sat trying to turn herself a bit so she was more forward and a lil more comfortable. Points to the food opening her mouth a bit, as she did set of fangs could be seen, her tongue blue in color. the guard noticed making his usual comment " yeah...fangs...no...dont wana lose my fingers to those"
waiting for her to be done as he held the plate and spoon with a bit of a food item on it. He looked into her mouth examining her fangs a bit before before placing the spoon into her mouth. "alright.. here we go gentle now.. there we go.. good?" he stood there feeding her slowly letting her tell him if she didnt like something. His helmet was also scanning her body to see if the food were affecting her in any way to see if maybe she had an allergic reaction or something to any of the food he was feeding her. "yes well fangs or not even the smallest of teeth you can lose a finger or arm if done."
she carefully ate from the spoon as he began to feed her, carefully tasted the food having not had any form of nutrients since her hibernation set up at the lab when she was shipped off. Seeing as it tasted pleasing she bounced a lil in approval munching it down and waited for the next bite. opening her mouth once again. The guard watched a moment then shook his head " i dont know how i feel bout what im seeing....but its like watching a weird bird feeding or adult and child situation....."guard reached up rubbing his temples as he turned to walk away for a moment heading back to his room
glancing back at the guard and nodded some after turning back feeding Nova. "I'm okay with that.. I guess. You enjoying the food nova?" he asked before offering her another bite. ".. you can probably feed yourself I know this.. though so dont let the guard bother you he speaks his mind some people do that.. any alien or something different is always looked at weirdly." he would say while feeding her it wasnt long until the plate was empty. "... there how do you feel?"
her ears twitched at the guard but kept her focus on the food at hand. Chirps softly in response to his question about the food while continuing to eat what he fed her from the plate. Once it was empty she snatched the plate from him and proceeded to lick it clean before attempting to gnaw on the edge of the plate itself, fangs clicking against the plate. Realizing she couldnt eat it she looked it over with a bit of confusion before handing it back while giving a large yawn. Lifting her knee to her chest and wrapped an arm around it while she rested her chin against her knee as she relaxed feeling better and more content now that she had nutrients and some freedom of movement tho she was still bound to the Crate
blinked as she took the plate. "you.. uh.. no.. yeah" seeing her gnawing on it he soo was given it back. He turned around and walked away with the plate. "I bet you feel better but.. take it easy your still waking up." he stepped up the stairs towards the door.
she made a few purr chatter noises to herself as he walked away. Squinting a lil bit she looked about the Bay room more seeing other crate boxes within the large open room she was in. Twitching an ear she yawned again becoming suddenly sleepy. She tried to fight it some tho her eyes drifted closed a few times she eventually laid down on her side this time. Her helmet flipping itself closed around her head providing her with the darkness she needed to fall asleep from the bright lights of the room. The guard popped his head out of the doorway once in awhile seeing she had been left alone n was quiet. He reached up scratching the back of his head while shaking it lightly unsure what to think of the new situation at hand. Back in his room he went back to his card game
standing in the galley for a moment putting the plate away into a small slit in the wall. "well that went better than expected.." pulling his hand away as the slit gripped the plate and sucked it in. Turning around walking away from the wall and headed back to the cargo bay to check up on her seeing she had fallen back asleep. "ha.. yeah you've been through enough sleep eat relax yourself.." he said quietly before letting her be noticing the guard in the bedroom as he walked by to the bridge. Sitting in the chair and closing the door. "... alright let's get going." the a.i. did not pick up anything for the time being and switched from autopilot to manual hooking into the suit of the captain's. His mind went to the containers as he drove. Meanwhile behind the door of the employee only where the containers were stacked. A mechanical arm reaches out taking one of the containers up before twisting it side to side. Examining the container one by one the containers were taken out of the room from another door inside the room. The other device's weren't touched inside the room only the containers were removed.
after awhile the guard finally got up with a stretch before leaving his room to take a walk and see what all was going on, noticing the captain was back at his post he looked over the rail seeing she was asleep. He quietly walked down getting closer as he stood a few feet from the crate taking a better look at her as she laid quietly. Grunts softly before noticing the locked box at her feet wondering what was inside. He leaned over her a lil more looking her over again making a small noise seeing if she was alert, she gave no response but moved shifting in her sleep. Watching her he noticed half her restraints where removed which made him uneasy and slowly backed away a bit deciding to leave her alone for now. Turns his attention to the other crates in the Bay looking them over as he walked around them a bit then headed back to his room grabbing himself a snack as he went back to his card game
the guard would have heard a faint thud on the other side of the employee only door that was sealed. When he went to check on Nova. The captain navigating as he was controlling the ship as it sped up a bit.
hearing the thud on his way back to the room he hesitated wondering if he heard correct. Was there something else? He remembered the vilea but thise where sealed n small...or were they? Staring at the door knowing it wasn't his room to enter. But if he just opened the door without entering its not technically a violation. Looking about checking the coast then reached out carefully opening the door to look inside from the hall
the door he tried to open did open but gave him a small window before closing and a loud clank was heard as the locked up. The thud was heard getting closer and closer to the door before it was like the guard could feel something on the other side if the door staring straight at him in a angry way. Before the doors closed the guard would notice the stack of containers were gone from the side of the room.
* sensing trouble he quickly beelined it towrds the captains room and knocked on the door* "uh hey captain? How soon were you expecting other..crew...per say?" sounding a bit nervouse
he was focused on driving before getting interrupted for a moment. "hmm? A.. what?" he said while regaining his senses. "what do you mean? Your the only other one on this ship."
" not anymore...something is in one of your other rooms. And it doesn't seem friendly" *he looked back to the door the thing was ini "I also think yer containers are missing..."
thinking about it as he sighed some. "did you try to go into a room your not suppose to? This is my company's ship unless your an employee I wouldnt suggest going to any of the other rooms... did you think I pilot this ship and do my work alone?"
"Not exactly...i only went to open the door. I heard noises....besides your A.I..yes I did think that" getting slightly aggitated
nodded a bit as he shrugged as he continued to drive. "there are others on this ship but.. they do not enjoy prying eyes.. I would assume the containers are gone hopefully all of them. The other things in the room can wait till next time I get disconnected or when we get to the next stop."
he raised a brow seeming a bit alarmed " how is it im just now finding this out? i been on this ship for a few months now, and soon as you bring new things aboard, we suddenly have secret crew?" raising his voice in frustration
"Cause this is my ship from the company and it is still their property and my job to do my job. You are just allowed in certain areas on the ship as you've figured out. That way we all can do out work without confrontation or uneasiness. If this was my personal ship I wouldnt mind letting you roam around long as you dont mess anything up."
guard growled under his breath, he hesitated a moment then stomped off to his room being leary of the employee door as he walked past it
the thud could only be heard every once in a while then silence it happened 4 to 5 times before there was nothing but the silence. Sitting in the captains seat his body was slightly limp in his chair but his mind and eyes were reading and driving the ship. Things were quiet once more on the ship for now.
he went back to his card game grumbling to himself trying to concentrate on it and ignore the thumps. Nova stirred a bit before waking as she laid quietly for a moment then glanced about seeing she was alone, quietly sits up looking about the bay making small purring coo sounds before going quiet. Her helmet lowered back into her suit collar as she tugged at her remaining chains for a bit before staring off into the room out of boredom
her coos gave a soft echo back to her when she did them the cargo around her were piled far enough away to not fall on her or the crate. She did have a view point to the doorway and down the hall some. The chain she tugged made a echo as well in the cargo bay.
The guard heard a few noises from the Bay figuring it was from the Crate, he got up needing a different distraction and took a look out his door, seeing she was sitting up, he casually made his way down keeping his distance from her as he stood nearby. Folds his arms over his chest as he watched her for awhile. Hearing him come down the stairs she turned her attention twords him, ears perking slightly before folding back again bobbing slightly. She gave a soft snort in his direction, he grunted back " i see yer awake...." she murred back in a low tone before shifting in her spot to get more comfortable n turned slightly
A shot with adrenaline into his legs as he was also given nutrients. His eyes went wide as his body sat straight up in his chair, closing his eyes for a moment before opening them staring at both the darkness of space passing by planet after planet. Another thing he was looking at was the notes and listened to the audio of Nova and the older lady.
most of her notes were a collection read from the man who left the first audio. he was reading in a lowered voiced giving a detailed run thru of tests they did and her reactions to them, her physical and magic like uses. Examples of forming shields and energy from thin air, ability to change forms and size, telepathy As well as her emotional states, changing from childish to extremely mature/serious. Included as well was a small list of Trigger command words. Later files would talk about her internal structures and differences to humans besides the obvious external features, examples of her blood being a lil thicker in texture and silvery purple in color. Meanwhile in the Bay the guard and her seemed to be having a mild stare down. After a moment the Guard noticed her expression change, shortly after he started to feel pressure like a headache slowly getting stonger in his head. he tried to shake it off before reaching up grabbing his head with his hands "what are you doing? stop!"(edited)
reading and listening to the notes, explainations. It was a interesting read and listen. Something other than notes and explanations of work orders or job requests. After a while he turned one of her music on in the cargo bay. He wasnt paying attention to what was happening as he was already multitasking already. A song began playing inside the cargo bay with a calm and soft melody.
soon as the gaurd yelled stop. The pain immediately went away. When he lifted his head one could see blood seeping from his nose. He groaned in pain from the experience before realizing music was now playing as he looked about confused. Nova gaze shifted back to normal after she had stopped then perked her ears upon hearing the music play. She looked about with a few soft chirps wondering were it was coming from but she immediately recognized it as her music. She swayed a lil bit in happiness over her music then tried to hum along with it. The guard being angry with her for whatever she had tried doing to him lurched forward with his hands to attack her while she was distracted.
sitting in his seat reviewing what the notes said. It was very interesting and he wasnt sure what else it could provide but at the moment he could at least let her listen to the music.(edited)
seeing him lunge at her from the corner of her eye she quickly turned herself leaning against the side of the crate to face him. In doing so he grabbed ahold of her pushing her back reaching an arm back to land a punch. She let out a screech being shoved back into the crate then quickly went into defensive move. Her face shifted into a large cobra head with single row of spikes that lined upbetween the eyes n behind the head. The hood flap spread open as she hissed loudly at him. Seeing the sudden change he lept back from the crate stumbling over his own feet falling flat on his back. She sat back up leaning over the crate as long spikes along the back rose up as she hissed in anger once more at the guard tho she made no further advancements twords him. Jut a threat display
watching from the camera seeing something amazing when she changed. Unsure what happened to make them struggle with each other.staring at what she turned into. "I see.. now that's why they call her a changeling.."
the guard quickly scooted back along the floor moving away from her " the fuck!....the hell are you?!" she watched him before changing back to her normal appearence as she continued to sit quietly in the crate still half chained, reaches up lightly rubbing the spot where he had hit her earlier with her free hand. Pulls her knees to her chest wrapping her arms around them hugging herself quietly. her facial expression went from angry and annoyed to sad as she was suddenly upset. Her helmet closing around her head as she continued to sit hugging her knees to herself. The guard continued to sit on the floor breathing heavily from his efforts completely startled and unnerved by the events that just happened unsure what to think
watching them both as he leaned a bit on his arm. "alright both of you play nice.." his voice called out over the intercom with a heavy sigh. "Both of you okay?" he asked while speeding up the ship.
she muttered a few small sounds still upset as she continued to hug her knees to her chest, her head tucked into her arms. The guard snapped out of his thoughts as he cleared his throat and got to his feet dusting himself off, raised hand wiping at his face only to find the trail of blood on the back of his hand, he scoweled softly "yeah.....peachy..." in an angered tone before making his way back up the steps walking heavily as he went back to his room
watching the two and listening as he sighed leaning back in his chair. It was like a small episode to him but he couldn't help either side. He wanted to be in it as well but his work took him from it. Flying the ship as he sat thinking about many things. "... give her the key.. let her go and both of you get along at least until you leave.. she needs to learn about the outside space but I can't from in here.. so that leave you.."
guard popped back out of the room " say what? you want me to release her? you out of yer mind?"
nodding some worth a sigh. "Yes, release her or keep her half bound and teach her.. those are your two choices. She has lot to learn about everything on the outside.. from the notes she hasn't gotten any teaching on how worlds work. Besides it could pass the time for you being so bored."
" what am i suppose to teach her? we are on a ship, not a planet, and i aint exactly teaching quality, i guard or fight and arrest, but her...that...thing?! she already did somethin to my head, and she...she changed! i might be curious but i aint completely stupid!"
"Then teach her how to fight then." nova could hear the whole conversation as he was still on the intercom. "we wont be around forever.. teach her how to be a guard.. things we take for granted she has no idea what it is.. Nova I know you can hear me and this will be very new but we wont be around all the time and I know you want to get out of the crate and move around.. so this is the deal.. you learn to fight when I can I'll teach you how to heal..
guard grumbled to himself loudly " this is how i die i guess" he stomped back down the stairs slowly making his way to the crate " i dont even see how this makes sence, teaching a murder thing to fight, should already know how..." he hesitated as he got near the crate. She shifted slightly raising her head hearing the voice from the intercom talking to her. she made a few small noises still feeling upset with herself as she would remember getting severely punished for retaliating in the labs. She glanced to the Guard as he stood near the crate but didnt bother to move. Guard watched her for a moment trying to decide if he should reach over or toss the key. After a minute he risked it by reaching over and unlocking the remaining chains as quickly as he could. She sat quietly watching him flinching a lil to any sudden moves he made. Once done he quickly stepped back to get away from her* " there.....happy now?"
watching the guard walk back to the cargo bay as he chuckled. "you wont die.. remember we have a medical bay for a reason." sitting in his chair watching the two react with each other. "unless you want to teach her how to talk in another language than she already has. Either way she needs to learn... yes I will come and help when we get closer.. besides there are worse things then death on this ship." he said tring not to cackle.
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guard grumbled " yeah yeah..." still keeping his distance as he waited on her to do something. She looked at the chains no longer holding her to the crate unsure what to think of it at the moment then slowly stretched her arms and legs. Glances over to the guard tilting her head slightly then to the floor looking down over the edge of the crate. Slowly unwraps herself as she crawled over the edge her taloned feet reaching for the floor till they found it, slips the rest of the way out till she stood on both feet. Her movements slow and bit shaky as she held onto the side of the crate for balance. Looks to the floor where her feet stood then to the room looking around herself as she tried to get use to her legs again
watched them from the screen before turning his attention to the bigger picture. Like driving the spaceship although his mind body and emotions were everywhere. A small ping came from his helmet almost making him jump. "hm wha." looking at the notification with a wide smile and a heavy sigh. "oh thank goodness.. report" he began talking to someone although he wanted on the intercom.
guard continued to watch as she stood " well?...." getting impatient. She wobbled a bit then tried to walk only getting a few feet before dropping to her knees. She sat there a moment before trying again, sliding her feet under her as she fumbled a lil, standing again she held to the crate and stretched her legs trying to get the circulation in them again. Guard folded his arms with a sigh as he waited for her to be functional. After few minutes she was walking, standing mostly on the front of her feet as she wandered around. Now being mobile her tail flicked lightly as she glanced about looking for something to do, she chirped a bit getting excited to the thought she could move about. Taking advantage to the situation and feeling more steady on her feet she began to run around the room. Guard seeing this moved out of the way then tried getting her attention as he snapped his fingers at her " hey....over here?"
sitting back a bit more as he continued talking to someone. His eye would glance back at them both curious to see what they were doing. He smiled a bit seeing her so happy and him relaxing a bit. He seen a smirk across the guards face for a moment.
she slid to a stop across the room and looked to him, Guard would point to a space infront of him "over here...." she tilted her head a moment then took a few quick steps in his direction before leaping across the room landing a few feet before him sliding a lil bit against the metal floor, her tail flicked some as she regained her foot stance, helmet retracting back as she stood looking down to him. now that she was on her feet her height was much taller then what she appeared sitting in the crate. Guard tilted his head up with a slight frown " hmm..." *she tilted her head looming over him a bit. Guard sighed " well...i dont like you...you dont like me.....captain wants me to train you in fighting....i doubt i need to...right" she stood up straight peering down at him her childish demeanor changed to more serious one as she gave a snort at him. guard thought a moment" im more curious to other things, i guess now would be as good a time as any, how bout you show me what you can do?"raising a brow at her
peering over the whereabouts of the ship then at what was around them. "hmm.. your right that does sound interesting but this needs to go to the company right away." blinking a bit as he remembered the upgrades "oh right right hold on I have to go but we will chat again sometime. .. oh ya of course but who ever wins does alright later." his fingers tapped vigorously upon the console infront of him. As he began initializing the upgrades and finalizing everything he could on his end. "come on. We can do this right?"
she gave a chaffed snort like a panther as she peered down at him to the question. After a min the guard noticed her height was changing as she had slowly shrank, adjusting her height from being just over 6ft tall to now being equally heighted with him. She didn't bother go shorter at the time and stayed equal with him. Her suit adjusted as she changed as it was specially designed to fit her body n needs. The guard blinked a moment "alright....but Ah...like defensive...someone attacks...what you do?" she titled her head at him as a million thought ran thru her head on her defenses. "um like..." he signed knowing he was going to regret this n pulled out a jagged dagger " this is practice....this time" he muttered the last part. Her ears folded back with a twitch while narrowing her gaze at him soon as she seen the weapon in his hand giving off a low purr like growl. He sighed and made moderate advances at her with the blade while mocking attack noises half out of fear from her n half to show he didnt intend to hurt her like earlier. Tho he wasn't sure she know the difference between actual n practice. As he advanced at her she took one step back n leaned back on her tail for balanced support. And much like a kangaroo she kicked him square in the chest with both feet quickly sending him across the bay into a wall with a thud. Once he realized what she was about to do he barely had time to respond"shi.." As he was knocked across the room. Once he hit the wall n sat on the floor he was gasping n wheezing hard as the air was knocked out of him feeling like he was hit by a train. The knife no longer in his hands as it laid near her on the floor. He rolled onto all fours wheezing n coughing trying to get his breath back*(edited)
in the bridge looking over the upgrades at what was ordered and what was done. "hmmm mhm.. okay should be able to.." swirling his finger against the tablet. Outside the ship along the haul a panel adjusted in the out again. "hmm okay that should do.. I guess if not then. It will have to do until I get it looked at." he said while rotating the tablet with his fingers before checking the software.
gaining his breath back he held his ribs with a groan "....sure...pack a punch....i think ...i diserved that one.." thru grittted teeth, he slowly got back to his feet still holding his chest with one arm while holding up his hand with the other "...hold on..." as he stumbled over to carefully pick up the dagger. She just stood there quietly the whole time watching him with a tilted head as if curious, once hew as back up she gave a small fanged grin and stepped back a bit as he went back for the dagger " yeah yeah....yer funny....hold on..." he straightened up with a groan looking to her wondering if he should continue. thinking a moment he held up the dagger showing it to her wiggling it a lil almost as if enticing a dog to play fetch and with what strength he had quickly chucked it at her as fast as he could
tapping on the tablet infront of him as he was uploading the new software into the ship. The a.i. scanned as it was processing the data. Incorporating it into the data base, it was quick to install. Raising a brow as he stared st the screen. "That was a bit too fast.. but I'll bite." he said aloud while standing up limping around the bridge as he was now multitasking aboard the bridge.
she stood wathing the blade come at her before it hit and invisible barrier, as it did a blue light sparked over the shield where it hit, she reached out catching it between her fingers before it hit the floor and looked the blade over curiously "well.....shit, uh...please dont throw it back..." he scrunched up some. She glanced over at him giving another fanged grin she quickly flicked her wrist sending the dagger back at him but it landed with a twang into the metal floor just mere centimeters from his boot. He jumped back with a late reaction before staring down at where it landed "i have a feeling this isnt necessary..." he reached down to grab the dagger but was unable to remove it from the floor as he continued to struggle with it "the hell...."
adjusting the software some time be fitting as he did glancing over at the two as he blinked a bit. "ah.. well at least she knows the basics of doing that.." thinking for a bit "well I'd say she is ready for learning something else haha you alright?" He continued walking around the room saying into the microphone so they could hear him through the intercom Observing them now(edited)
they both looked up, the guard standing still unable to pull his dagger from the floor " well i dont think she needs battle training.....i might be ok, i think she cracked a few ribs, i am not sure, im bruised for sure..." she looked over at the guard then walked over to him, he flinched a bit unsure what she was going to do next. Her tail reached out wrapping around the dagger handle and yanked it out of the floor offering it back to him. He watched hesitantly a moment then carefully took it back "....thanks..."
there was a soft red light that scanned over the guard. "Fine. I am almost done here with some things so.. head to the med bay and I'll patch you up. Both you did well."
they both looked at the light before the guard walked away heading to the med bay area " i wouldnt consider what i did was well....iv done better in the academy....i think you just wanted to use me as a punching bag for once..." she watched the guard walk away then looked about the bay becoming bored again. She walked about some trying to keep the circulation up in her system after being stuck in a crate for so long under sleep gas. she was getting hungry but continued to quietly walk around the bay much like a caged animal in a zoo, her talons faintly clicking on the metal flooring
"Nova you too follow him.. I'll need to look at you too." he would pace backs and forth waiting for the data and the ship to sync up. His mind was thinking about her charts and then her almost keen fighting style although he could do much more if he wanted to. Waiting for some time before coming out of the bridge disconnecting room the ship as he landed them on a meteor to rest and hide for a bit.
she glanced up giving a low murr before turning herself about and carefully heading up the stairs still getting use to walking around and stairs where a strange structure for her. Glances about at all the doors unsure where to go, sniffs the air a bit smelling the guard and followed the scent till she came to the room finding the Guard sitting on a bench. She carefully entered and stood against a wall her tail flicking with the occasional twitch. The Guard looked to her a moment with a grunt " why you in here? you didnt get hurt"
it took him a bit but he managed to arrive in the med bay looking at the two. "ah goood sorry to keep you waiting.. now let's see what we have here." walking over to a desk taking a small device and placed it on the guards shoulder. There was charts and graphs as it analyzed his body. "this will take only a moment... ooph must have been some good punches if your wounded this much haha." he chuckled but would pull a small tray nearby. "alright your choice want this to hurt or no?" he asked while tapping on the screen on the device on his shoulder.
he grunted as the captain came in going about doing his thing "' id rather not but i wouldnt know how well i trust yer medical skills at this point" she had been quietly gazing over the room then lowered her head as the captain came in, while they were occupied her helmet whipped shut as she slowly slinked herself into a corner, her tail wrapped around her legs while keeping her gaze to the floor as if trying to hide in the room as it was making her nervous
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nodding some tapping on the device some more. "I see and can you look here please." he asked pointing to a spot on the ceiling. As soon as the guard did he went limp on the table paralyzed. "alright then.. so no pain got it.." glancing at Nova seeing her cowering in the corner. His attention went back to the guard as he took a small tube and placed it over his chest. "mhm.. and.. here we go." after he finished his sentence it wasnt pain but an odd feeling of his insider shifting around by themselves. moving the opposite way of the tube he had on his chest moving it slowly around to his sides then back to the center of his chest. "alright and done.." placing the tube back onto the tray and then tapped on the device some more before removing it. The guard was able to move around after a few moments.
she remained in her pose for awhile making a few small noises almost like muttered whimpers and soft chatters every so often, as he proceeded with the guard she shuffled further into the corner still keeping her gaze down, her tail wrapped around her legs again tho this time a set of large leathery wings protruded from her back and wrapped around her like a large cocoon to hide herself further in the corner not wanting anything to do with the room as she tried to shake out the images of the lab in her head
"Okay now rest for a bit drink some water when you get up and take it easy for a bit. I reconnected the ribs that were damaged it will take a few moments so rest now and hopefully when you get up they should be fully healed." after he was done with the guard he walked over with the same device in hand. Crouching down near Nova. "Nova.. I need to put this on you okay?.. it wont hurt I just want to see if your okay." he reached his hand out showing her the device. "you can hold it if you want.. I can get a better reading if it's on you though.. so your choice."
she stood quietly for a moment hiding behind her wings before slowly opening her wings just enough to peer thru, lifts her head slightly to look at him thru her helmet. murrs faintly with a soft whine. Glances to the device in his hand a moment before snatching it from his grasp hiding back into her wings as she looked it over, her helmet opened again allowing her to sniff the device over then gently chewed on it. Slowly opens her wings folding them back behind her as they slowly disolved, doing so she glanced back at him she hesitantly handed the device back
he blinked seeing she had snatched it from him nodding as her. "See it wont hurt you.." *He waited and motioned to his shoulder. The same place he had placed on the guard. * "I need you to hold onto it.. or put it here on you.." he was amazed by her wings when she had them. He walked over to another table and patted the seat. "here or there works."
she watched him carefully still looking rather nervous, her ears twitching to any new noises round her. Watches as he moved away turning her attention to the guard who was slowly sitting himself up with a grunt. Glances back over as he patted to the seat, she hesitated a moment before slowly walking over then inspected the seat before gently sitting herself down in it, her tail wrapping around her waist. Chiddes softly
watching her and letting her move by herself he slowly reached towards her tapping the device in her hands it did beep once. He would look at the device as it analyzed her body. "its okay.. breath" he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. The device beeped once more, reaching over and took the device back. "and done.. that wasnt so bad was it?" he asked her showing her the device it was giving a light green glow. "your okay.. although you dont have a lot of vitamins or nutrients in your body, but that will come back in time just need to eat, drink and move around more."
she watched carefully not taking her gaze off anything, ears twitching to the noises it made, glances to him as he commented on breathing while doing it himself. She imitated it shortly after then glanced back to what he was doing seeing as it was done and over. Her nervousness switched to high interest at the mention of food, something she hadnt had all day. Wiggles slightly in the chair hoping out of it as her tail unwound from her waist resuming a slow sway behind her legs as she walked about the room looking at things a lil more closely out of partial curiosity. Having enough of the room she quickly scampered out going back to the open bay room leaping over the railing and landing on the floor below scampering about some making small happy noises
he watched her reaction s
change and watched as she scurried around the room. "alrighty then." his attention went to the guard. "slowly you might be healed but I rather you take it easy than doing a marathon..." he almost sounded like a doctor but placed the device back and the tray back where it was from. Pouring some water in a cup. "here.. take some of this." he said before walking towards the door. "rest and relax a bit. You should be fine." he headed out the door and went to the galley to make some food for Nova so she could eat.
the guard grumbled a bit still feeling miserable n took the glass of water taking a few sips "am I right tho?.....you just wanted her to use me as a punching bag?...for how iv been thru this trip. Or was it to actually test her skills?" guard got up slowly stretching some n headed out after the captain to go to his room n sleep it off. Nova meanwhile was hoping about the boxes wearing off a lil extra energy now that she was out of the med bay, making small noises as she played.
stopping as he stood at the doorway. "test her skills.. it didnt go into detail about how she fought. Only a few instances of what they called difficulty. Plus they didnt do much education wise so that's why I said for you to teach her." walking out of the med bay and heard her playing he walked down to the cargo bay and watched her play for a bit before heading back to the bridge. He did pass by his old room now the guards for now. Glancing at him in the room as he passed by. Standing in the bridge as the wires connected back to him. "time for a test." lifting up his wrist as he tapped on the screen on his wrist. The ship shifted a bit before slowly drifting behind the meteorite letting it pull the ship for a while before taking off once again.
the guard grunted at the responce he was given then laid down soon falling asleep. She was busy trying to entertain herself amongst the cargo crates in the bay not having anyone to interact with as she ran n lept around them. After awhile she realized she was still hungry and paused in her play looking up at the rooms. Guard fast asleep. Captain on his bridge. She decided to try n find food for herself as she lept from the Bay floor over the railing on the walkway above. Quickly glances about then finds her way to the Galley carefully entering the room then began searching thru drawers n cabinets(edited)
the helmet came off his head and the suit soon after as he stretched and yawned heaviky. "oh thank the lords of the galaxy.." sitting upon. The captains chair and had almost fallen asleep when he got a notification. Looking at it seeing Nova scurrying around the galley. "oh? Looks like you found the food place huh.. but wheres the food?" he chuckled lightly while taping the arm of the chair. A small little robot emerged from the wall of the galley began hovering around the galley. Watching her before hovering over by a small placement in the wall. Taking a plate nearby and placing it into the placement of the wall. A small panel lit up beside it as the robot tapped against the panel as a door enclosed the plate for a moment before opening up. The plate held a few food items on it. The robot taking the plate from the placement and hovered over where it had emerged from and soon was in the bridge. Looking down as he smiled. "hell there.. and thank you kindly."(edited)
she took notice to the lil robot flying around watching it curiously before reaching out to swipe at it lightly. She watched the thing move about the room as it did its thing, tilting her head slightly as the robot found a plate then placed in something that seemed to give food before taking it and disappeared. She murred a few times looking about the room then went to the magical food box as she stuck her hand in it feelin around. Not sure how it worked she went back to a drawer that had some silver packages in it, the Guards meals. Grabbing one she sniffed and looked it over before placing it in the food box. she watched it carefully flicking her tail as the device sensed the package and turned a light on making a noise before dinging it was done, quickly snatches the hot package and sat down with a flop on the floor as she ripped it open and ate while purring in content(edited)
eating the food as he chewed and felt like he was in heaven. "oh... ooo.. so juicy.." he was drooling with glee chewing and savoring this moment. 'please finish your meal.. the upgrades are almost complete.' the A.I. chimed in giving him warning. Stuffing his face reading how close it was from being done. He would check up on Nova and seen she snatched one of the guards food rations. It was fine but sometime he would need to show her how to work the food replicator. The little robot was still with him. He waved it off as it took the plate with it. "oh.. I missed food.." he said while rubbing his belly. A small beeping came up as he stood up fron the chair stretching out his arms not looking amused at all. "alright.. ugh come get me." the helmet and suit were wrapped around his body he seen a new screen showing new and odd things now. "uh.. okay then let's do some tests."
once she finished she licked her fingers clean having made a mess of herself some then tossed the package on the table as she didnt know where the trash went. getting to her feet she left the Galley and quietly walked around feeling a bit more calmed down from her childish demeanor. walking by the captains quarters seeing the guard asleep on the bed, she poked her head in looking about then continued on to the next. Any room that was open she took a look at trying to get a sense of what was where and what there was to her new surroundings.
*the rooms were the galley, captains quarters, the bridge although it was closed at the time, the bathrooms/showers, Cargo bay. There were other doors but they were sealed and had signs on them 'employees only'
not seeing much that interested her she went back to the main floor of the bay and went to her Crate, she reached in grabbing the sealed Box that was still sitting in the bottom where her feet had been and pulled it out. It was bout the size of a persons head. Sitting down on the floor with her knees bent slightly she placed it infront of her looking it over, on the top was her name in hand written marker, box metal with a lock on a flap in front. Taking ahold of the lock she gave it a firm twist and a yank ripping it off, setting it aside she opened the lid looking to the contents inside. Inside was her personal belongings, small box of snacks, 2 matching silver band bracelets, a couple Gizmo Puzzles, and a memory card. Chittered softly at the contents as she reached in grabbing the memory card and slipped it into her collar. She then grabbed one of the Gizmo Puzzles and began to play with it, this one having a ball and track system
was watching her through his helmet enjoying the fact she seemed to be doing alright. He began some tests with the suit walking around and interacting with everything around him. "hmm seems to be doing alright." *he said to himself before a window popped up covering everything in his helmet. A message began to come through about the new upgrades and a attachment list that are compatible. * "hmm.. this is good might find something.."
she sat quietly letting the ball roll around as she twisted the puzzle this way and that while it clacked about. The guard soon showed himself moving better tho still a lil sore, he sighed making his way back into the bay and sat himself on the bottom steps with a bottle of water in hand. He sat watching her for awhile trying to figure out what she had, what she was doing and where she got it. Took notice to the now open box that had been in the Crate with her, taking a sip of water "so.....that a toy?" she paused in her game and looked over to the guard then reached out with it in hand offering it to him. The guard perked a brow not expecting her to share carefully took it looking it over realizing what you had to do and decided to give it a try as he began rolling the ball around on the small tracks trying to fit it thru holes to pass each maze style level. She scooted herself closer sitting cross legged as she watched him
as he looked through the compatible attachments for the ship, new upgrades for his suit. A call began to come through he didn't have time to reject it as a familiar face came up over the bridged monitor. 'Well if it isn't my best employee..' chuckling softly his boss showed himself leaning back in a large chair. "What do YOU want?" 'Me? Oh come now I'm just calling my favorite employee. Just checking in to see how things are going. Besides your making me loads of money.. You know I should thank you.. with you doing this things will be much better for me.. I mean the company. This assignment really SUITS you' a loud laugh coming from the monitor. He stood there staring at the screen his hands slowly clenching with a heavy fist. "one day.. you hear me one day." 'Only one? Haha! oh you always give me such a good heart laugh.' His laughter seemed to calm down with a soft sigh. 'Now then back to business.. reports of random attacks to company buildings and personal have come up as you have probably seen. Which brings me to the next thing I will say... DO not I repeat DO NOT go to any of our HQ's in any of the stations.. if you dock to a station and it has one of our building's do not enter do not even get near it.'
she continued to watch him as he tried n failed with the maze toy, she soon reached back grabbing another maze toy tho with different parts and began playing with it moving a ball thru obstacles avoiding holes, going into holes, trying to move them thru each level, each one getting a lil harder as they went further into the puzzle, some even required lock and slide puzzles to pass thru. Both of them sat quietly sharing n playing without really noticing, Guard still sitting on the foot of the stairs while she sat on the floor facing him cross legged a few feet from him
'This is for your protection and what you carry..' glaring at him a bit before his face softened. "then you know about that.. I recently came in contact with that and found the containers were being sold.. I bought all they had so hopefully nothing comes of it. So I'd advise looking to buy back or trade from all merchants in stations that have been attacked so far.." 'being sold?.. that isn't good at all' the face of his boss went from smug to serious now concerned. "the rooms hadn't been opened so I took everything inside and it's on my ship.. if any of the other rooms are still intact they should be safe.. for how ever long." 'Yes that would be best and good keep them safe..' glancing at the two seeing they were doing something together. "hmm well that's good."
her and the guard continued to play with her toys quietly for awhile. All that could be heard was the roll and clacks of the ball n moving peices. After an hour she soon completed hers as small lights lit up around the edge. She gave a smile n held it up to show the Guard. He glanced up at it " oh yeah? Thats great..yup" * going back to his as he was a lil frustrated with it. She watched him a moment then got up putting her things back in the box while letting him struggle with the one in his hands. Setting the box back where she found it then crawled back in the crate laying down as she was tired for the day. The guard remained on the steps muttering to himself with the toy*
'What's good? What do you mean that's good! This is awful the absolute worse thing right now for the company' looking back at his boss "I meant that's good that I have the equipment from station. (Cant find the name I'll look when I get home from work.) So besides isn't it good to have things in the right hands. Right?" huffing a bit as smoke came from his bosses nose. 'true.. very true.. what's your location now?' "Cant say.. oh look a asteroid field." disconnecting the call as he tapped his wrist.
as she laid down her helmet closed around her head allowing her to sleep out of the bright bay lights. The guard still fixated on one if her toys as he struggled to get the ball to roll on the correct track paths"how is this so hard?!"
he placed the ship under unavailable not giving his boss a chance to call back. He sighed softly, "ugh well that's annoying as ever." he said it outloud but it felt odd to do something like that to his boss which he acted odd with the way his boss was talking. "trying to warn me about something huh?... not that youd actually care." he asked himself in question and answered himself. "maybe.." he began more tests to the suit while driving.
the guard finally gave up on the toy as he looked up seeing she had gone to sleep already. Getting up he stretched some then set the toy near her crate before headinging up to the Galley to grab something to eat. Once there he opened the drawer he kept his food packs in grabbing one n tossing it in the micro device. As he dis he realized something then opened the deawer again seeing they had been messed up n rummaged thru. He sorted them back out while counting them "why am I missing one....?" grunts to himself as the micro dinged taking his food and a fork from another drawer as he sat to eat
sitting back down in the captains chair as he took a deep breath. "activate manual pilot interaction protocol." the wires gave him a bit of a shock as his body jolted a bit but he stayed sitting in the chair. His legs shook before taking another deep breath. His eyes closed while moving through space controlling the ship once more it felt odd in a familiar way but still something was off about it. The ship continued the scan around itself as it sped up.
she woke from her nap and finding her toy the guard was playing with sat herself down lounging in the crate, her legs and tail hanging out over the edge, her back against the lid as she continued to play with the dimensional maze. The guard finished his meal and went to his room grabbing his deck of cards, shuffling them as he walked back to the bay, they were both bored. He took a seat on a small box near her crate seeing how she sat and gave a small chuckle. Spreading his cards out he began to play Solitaire
the ship shifted and jerked to the left then right suddenly. "oh sss." it hadn't been long before four ships came out of the direction of station (). Firing upon the ship without warning. The ship had scanned the area repeatedly making sure none were following only to catch a glimpse of one of the ships before they began firing upon them. Going faster as he made the ship toss and turn. "we got company again!"
they both quickly looked up grabbing hold of nearest things to them as the ship suddenly shifted, she quickly put her toy away back into the box and uprighted herself in the crate. The guard got up and ran to the stairs holding on as he remained on his feet. pats himself down checking for weapons and waited
shifting the ship back and forth trying not to get the ship shot up once again. He did activate a force field, although each hit did shack up the ship some "shiiiii.... you're all nangivang!" cursing as he was fully awake now although he didnt put the force field up in time. One of the thrusters was hit and made the ship jerk backa and forth more. "you two back there.. were hit I dont think they will be letting us go anytime soon.. Nova.. be good stay out of trouble and secure yourself tight.. guard do the same and if you make it back home." he was talking through the intercom as two large battleships suddenly appeared out of going light speed. His eyes widened as he felt a horrible cold chill down his spine. Speeding up the ship as fast as he could. ".. I'm sorry.." was the last thing he said as he put the ship into maximum overdrive then into light speed. It was a harsh drive, ride as he was barely keeping the ship together. Within minutes the ship finally stopped cruising at a low speed heavily damaged from the attack and from the upgrade light drive.
the guard taking head stumbled across the floor trying to keep to his feet thru the rocking motions of the ship grabbing some tie cables and strapped himself to a secure structure, he tried getting Novas attention as she sat in the crate as it shifted about the floor. She wasnt paying attention as she made silly noises while sliding about. After hearing the announcement over the intercom she quickly changed reactions and began looking about the bay room before leaping out of the crate onto a wall then up into the ceiling out of sight behind the vents and pipe systems. the guard tried to keep an eye on her while trying not to get hit by anything moving along the floor as he held on but she was to fast to see. She crawled along shifting int a small animal ducking into an air vent making her way thru till she found the room she wanted, the engine room. Once inside her helmet flipped up over her head and she began ripping and crossing wires and repairing parts. blue light emitting from her hands as she talked with the computer system trying to short cut the energy systems to help mend and give a boost to the ship
As she messed with the wires and controls she could hear him in her head. "Stop Nova.. thank you but be safe. Hold on tight I can repair us when we get to a safe place" The ship had come out of light speed far far from where they were. "Is everybody alright?" He asked with a heavy grunt. "Guard? Nova?" The computer screens showed the damage and that the gravity generator was badly damaged. Needing repair's the ship was swirling as it went along its path. After a moment a large thud came close to the sealed door of the employee's only door in the cargo bay. There was a thud again but this time was against the door.
she gave a disgruntled growl to his voice in her head then quickly fixed up what she was working on before shifting back into a small creature scurrying back thru the vent system. once she was back out in the bay along the ceiling she shifted back and sat on a pipe looking down at the mess of the Bay room. The guard unstrapped himself once the coast was clear and dusted himself off. " im fine, i dont know where She ran off to tho" quickly looks to the direction of the thudding, he stepped back a bit reaching for his side weapon " hey Cap? i dont think yer...friend... is to happy in there..."(edited)
"I found her.. alright good your both safe." the door was clicking as the thudding became more forceful. The door soon alarmed for a short time before silence, the door opened suddenly. In the doorway a large robotic being stood. Its body was, but was still able to move around as the door opened. It recepticials widened then narrowed one of the arms it had raised with a energy sword, but it came from its forearm making its whole arm into a weapon. "Identify yourselves! Intruders!" It was a gargled mess of a sentence, with high and low pitch split words. A wirling sound came from the robotic being as it stepped in the doorway.
once it bust thru the door the gaurd withdrew his weapon keeping it aimed at the robot as he stepped back a bit more "CAP! your thing is on the loose!" quickly diverts his attention to the robot "put it away.....put...the weapon...away" Nova crawled further about in the ceiling watching the new metal thing as it busted out thru the doorway. She quickly glanced it over while keeping herself to the ceiling watching the scene below, tail twitching lightly, she wasnt sure if it was friend or foe but she didnt like the thing already as she gave off low murred growls
Pivoting in place as another arm began popping out from its chest with crystals upon the fingertips. There was another thud from behind the robot as another figure was behind the robot, its shadow could be seen. The shadow towered over the robot with a bit of smoke coming down from it as it coiled along the floor a bit at the doorway. It seemed to be a stalemate the robot nor the other figure moved pass the doorway but the robots weapons were drawn. The crystals upon its fingertips began glowing and pulsing pointing at the guard. "Identify yourself! INTRUDER ALERT!" There was an alarm, for a moment before it was cut off just as sudden.
"i aint intruding and i aint givin you my identity, put yer weapon away!" Guard held his ground keeping his weapon aimed at the robot. Nova decided to do something as she grabbed ahold of the ceiling and crawled along it making her way over to where the robot stood in the doorway. Before reaching its location she vanished, having turned invisible. Once she reached the space above the door and robot she reached out and slammed the door shut infront of the Bot. All the guard could see was the door suddenly shutting itself. She quickly scurried back along the wall till she reached the landing and stood to her feet becoming visible to the room once more as she stood and watched the guard and the now closed door. Ash her helmet opened she stuck her tongue out at the door where the robot and creature stood now closed behind it once more*
the door almost closed all the way as a metallic hand gripped the door as it was opened by up slowly. As the robots head came into sight its yellow eyes were a dark red. "INTRUDERS! ERADICATE!" The robot was quickly forced its way inside of the cargo bay. Jumping over the railing, grabbing Nova's arm only smacking her in the stomach and sent her flying to the other side of the cargo bay, turning almost in a rhythm pivoting around on its legs lunging at the guard forcefully smashing its metallic fist into the guards body rapidly. Two arms held onto his wrists restraining him as the other arm was smacking into his ribs trying to drive the bones of his ribs into the organs. "INTRU-" Gun shot's was heard coming from behind everyone. The robots head, limbs were suddenly submerged in a bio material that pulled the robots body into itself, before long the robot had let go of the guard and was curled up on the ground "I said stop!.." 'Sir we have-' "They are cargo.. and are suppose to be here.." as the captain talked to the robot it's eyes went from deep red to a light blue 'I apologize.. ZX142 At your service.. shall I get some refreshments for you?' ".. ugh.." The captain limped his way to the guard and nova. "Alright.. now didn't I tell you to take it easy?" He chuckled some holding his arm over his chest. Helping the guard to the med bay giving the guard a strong sedative to allow him to reach the med bay. "... X2 relay to the others about our cargo and that they have temporary access to the ship." The figure made a beeping sound before closing the door and thudding fades.
getting caught off guard by the robot as it attacked her tossing her across the room she landed in a pile of crate containers that had been shifted about the bay floor. The guard once released dropped to the floor on his knees looking worse for wear compared to the kick nova had given him before. he coughed a bit holding his ribs in pain before being helped to the med bay "..i think...she hits harder...." She laid in the pile of wood out of sight for a moment gathering herself mentally before rolling to her feet, her ears folded flat as she growled bearing her teeth. Quickly looks about the room searching for the bot but it had already gone back to its room. She staggered a bit stepping out of the mess then shifted her entire body into a Cobra and began to slither angrily across the room towards the robots door
The robot that attacked them was on the floor stuck in its position. "NOVA!.. this way.." turning to see Nova had changed and seemed to be up set "Not their fault.. but I'm part to blame should have given clearance a bit sooner.. Guess you two will have access to the ship.. the rest of those on the ship shouldn't give you any problems now.." The gun hung low on at his knees barely able to hold onto his gun, he would continue to help the guard back to the med bay to re-heal and put together his ribs. As well as any organs that may have been hurt in the process. The gun he used wasn't lethal, but once a bullet touched its target the bullet would spread over a radius of an area. Usually binding the target to a certain position or spot.
she hesitated in her slither looking up towards where they had gone on the balcony above as he called for her again. Quickly slithers to the bot facing it giving it a few hisses as if giving it a death warning before slithering back off and up the stairway. She stopped outside the door shifting back to her normal form, her helmet folding back as she sat on the floor, her back against the wall and knees propped up resting her arms on them. She sat quietly staring down at the robot stuck to the floor. Her ears lowering slightly every so often while she waited and not wanting to enter the Med Bay as it kept reminding her of the Lab
ZX142 laid on the ground the side of its head was covered in the material it's eye would follow Nova, "Hello miss.. sorry for the miscalculation. How about some miso tea? fills the body like a warm hug." It would be an hour before it got out of its confinement. The materiel seemed to disintegrate after a time, with the robot's movement. After freeing ZX142 stood up straight adjusting it's body around as it changed into a smaller version of itself although still had a bit of a rusty look to it. "Ah much better, now then if you excuse me." Stepping up the stairs towards the med bay. Meanwhile inside the med bay He had placed the guard upon the table and would quickly go to work on fixing anything he could find in his body. Glancing at the door listening to the robot talk to Nova chatting her ear off while confine to the floor.
she sat quietly trying to ignore the robot talking to her till it was released, her attention shifted watching it very closely as it changed in size then started up the stairs. She panicked a bit then gave a low growl towards the robot. once it reached the top of the steps she quickly got to her feet and leapt straight up into the ceiling and vent systems where she perched her self out of reach, tail flicking in annoyance. The Guard did his usual groaning in pain while the Captain worked on him till he felt the pain ease up. gritting under his teeth some "i swear sometimes i think you do things to torment me"
Watching her as it reached the top of the steps "I'll bring you some refreshments" Walking down the hallway as if nothing had happened. "If I did, i'd just put you in the net again" He chuckled a bit while working on his side. It was funny which he couldn't stop chuckling at the thought of it. "So this time.. rest for you" The robot walked into the medbay casually and walked straight over to the two. 'Sir what kind of refreshments would you like? What can I get you cargo?' "I don't need a refreshment.. but you can go outside the ship and start repairs where you can find them.." 'But sir it is good eddicat to have refreshments for first meetings.' "After we get to a safe place and repairs are done we can have refreshments. Go get nurse XO immediately to finish up with our friend here so I can get us a bit further away from here." 'Yes Sir right away' The robot turned around and in a haste pace rand into the hallway and down to the cargo bay jumping to the other door across the cargo bay as it opened and the robot continued it haste way to find nurse XO. After the robot left he sighed heavily "good help is hard to find nowadays."
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