Tales from a lost Universe

[Anonymous]

Olguin blinked a few times, rubbing his eyes before looking at the Super Weapon, then rubbing his eyes again.

"Oh..."

Well...he sure felt stupid now.

Shrugging, he started heading to the ship. Mindful of the fact that it was possible the thing that wiped out the crew.

***

Damn them!

He'd slowly flay them bit by bit!

He would have his vengenance.

Oh yes he would.

He strained his body to its limits, howling in agony as he felt nerves and tendons stretch to their limits, and promptly rip themselves apart.

The rubble shifted slightly.

That's when a dull red glow began to flicker in the depths of the sewers.

[Yuthirin]

Yuthirin walked forward into the room, gazing at the furuiosly working robots for a moment, then started toward the vessel, keeping his compatriot in tow.

Walking up to she ship and ignoring the buzzing, whirring, and clicking of the robots for a moment, he studied a lens that had been following their movement for a moment, then becan searching for a hatch of some sort.

After a bit of searching, he came across the gangway, partially pulled shut. A good-sized 5-foot tall opening remained, about 45 feet up. Yuthirin stared at it for a moment, then grinned toothily to himself.

"Can you jump, kid?"

[Anonymous]

"I can, but 30 feet at my best. And without..." The loud thud of his backpack landing on the metal walkway echoed through the hangar. "This."

"Got a plan?"

[Yuthirin]

Yuthirin nodded his large, scaled, frog-like head. "Indeed, I do." He cupped his hands together and set them out before himself. "Step on, I'll give you a leg up, then follow."

[Anonymous]

"Alright." Stepping onto Yuthirin's hands, Olguin began to draw his bioenergy to increase his physical attributes. Muscles tensed as they filled with sweet, sweet power.

Shaking his head to clear it of the heady fog that had descended on his mind, he smartly started. "Ready."

[Yuthirin]

Yuthirin grinned and said, "Jump!"

The muscles beneath the scales of his arms and back bunched, and he heaved the boy upwards with all of his strength.

[Anonymous]

With a loud kiai, Olguin's legs flexed in time to Yuthirin's toss, causing his body to blast towards the open hatch. That's when he considered...their was a good long drop if he missed!

Can anyone say...Olguin-splat?

His eyes narrowed as the winds rushed around him as he sped through the air, moving ever closer to the opening.

Moments later, his view of the hangar was rapidly replaced with the dully red lit hallways of the ship. And a wall.

We mustn't forget the wall.

Which his face was rapidly approaching!

Desperately lashing out with his arms and legs, he latched onto the wall, flexing as the world turned topsy turvy again. He let out a silent cheer of glee as he rebounded off, spinning towards a landing on the ground.

He grimaced as he slammed into the ceiling of the hallway with a loud, meaty thud. Feeling himself falling, he let out a sqawk of indignation when he crash landed on the floor of the hallway on his rear.

Groaning at this latest disaster, he shakily stood up after checking to see if his nose had broken during his up close and personal introduction to the ceiling.

Finding nothing wrong, he staggered over to the open hatch.

"H-hey, what do you want me to do now!?" He called out to the Knight he was escorting.

[Yuthirin]

Yuthirin squatted down, bunched his legs up, and SPRANG upward, careening across the room, bouncing off the wall, and landing himself standing next to Olguin.

"Well...for starters, you could get your head on straight."

[Anonymous]

Olguin squeaked in surprise when he heard Yuthirin's voice next to him. Skittering backwards, he slammed into another the wall right next to the open hatch.

"Argh...I think I do, at that." He softly muttered. Rubbing his temples, he sighed.

"Where do you think the bridge may be?" He asked, looking up at Yuthirin curiously.

[Yuthirin]

"Most likely in the front of the ship. Let's go. I have a feeling that beast is still after us. The sooner we get back to Headquarters, the better." He turned and began walking.

[Anonymous]

"Makes sense, I guess." Olguin started following after Yuthirin.

***

With a roar of maddened rage, the debris that had been holding down the hunter erupted! Giant chunks of rock and steel smashed up against the walls of the sewers around it at terminal velocity.

Hunched in the center of a three meter deep crater, the beast was shrouded by a blood red aura.

Another roar heralded the beast's return to the game. Bunching its legs underneath it, the beast howled as it rocketed upwards.

Softly landing on the ground floor, it began to dash after its prey.

It wouldn't be denied!

[Yuthirin]

Yuthirin nodded and pointed at the small black dots that lined the wall, smirking. "I think the ship is watching us." He frowned after a moment. "This whole situation gives me the dreads. The sooner this is over with, the better." he repeated to himself. They walked down the corridor, lenses behind the dots following their movement. After a bit, they came to a steel lift.

[Anonymous]

Olguin's body was tense throughout the entire trip. Eyes darting from one of the dots to the other, he shivered.

This was the thing that had destroyed the lab, right? Why hadn't it tried to kill them yet, then.

Looking at the lift, he sighed.

"Going up?" Walking onto the lift, he waited for Yuthirin to get on.

[Yuthirin]

Yuthirin stepped onto the platform and tapped the small, softly-glowing arrow on the wall, causing the lift to raise them upward.

After a few dry moments, they arrived at the bridge, various consoles working by themselves quietly. Repair robots skittered here and there, putting finishing touches on a few dark consoles.

No one else was on the bridge.

"Pleasant place. Let's get this thing out of here." muttered Yuthirin.

[Anonymous]

Olguin looked at the robots nervously. Walking into the bridge, he made sure to move out of their paths at all times.

"Well...this is your show, now." Lightly shrugging, he quietly sighed. "I'll see if there's anything we need to secure before we move it."