Galaxy's Edge Space Bar (archive)

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

Tyrennian:

TO:  <Prince, a new Yeerk armada has exited z-space, they are powering weapons  on us.>

*the ship jolted a bit as dracon beams pulsed into the phasic shield and scattered.*

Xeric:  <Fire main shredders!  Prepare axial accelerators!>  *Xeric turned to regard another andalite standing near the door to the bridge.*  <Prince Malir, deploy four wings, I want two harrying those capital ships, the others fly cover.>  *the other Prince nods and trots swiftly from the bridge*

*the space around the ship lit up as twin massive beams of blue energy lanced from the Tyrennian, spearing into a Blade Ship's shields, pulsing as they hammered energy against energy.*

Xeric:  (to Ossanlin)  <<Sir, we're under attack by a formidable Yeerk fleet...we have...>>  *the ship rocks hard as the blast wave from the destroyed human vessel crashed agains the phasic shields.*<<...one human vessel has been downed, we're registering more signals exiting z-space.  We need to get you out of there sir, this is becoming more than just a skirmish...>>

*intense blue light suffused the space around the Tyrennian as it fired main shredders again, punching through the first blade-ship's shield matrix and piercing the vessel cleanly through its reactor array, leaving it more or less dead in space.*

TO:  <Even with the new phasic shields we can't last against that fleet alone, sir...shield matrix down to 67%.>

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

Seran:  *grits his teeth*  "I must say, I'm a might disappointed with you Myitt.  I thought you a military genious, someone capable of being a Visser if only you had been loyal.  I realize now that you are nothing more than a coward who hides in the shadows and strikes only when there's opportunity.  You don't even know that you destroyed the only sample of the hork-bajir quantum virus we had do you?  And that we were close to being able to augment the virus to adapt to Andalite DNA?  You just got lucky...you hit the post because you thought it would be easy....I see I over-estimated you."

"So be it."  *rips his elbow-blade out of the bar in a shower of splinters and takes a step from the bar, dropping his glass and swinging the arm at Myitt precisely in an attempt to cut the tendon in her shooting arm.*


Ossanlin:
*Moves from the bar but is blocked by the milling hork-bajir as he attempts to grab Seran.  He fights the crowd and wins through just in time to see Seran's arm blades slicing toward Myitt's dracon arm.*  <<Myitt!>>

[Breekan1]

Breekan presses his stump-spike against Conner's throat. He doesn't blink. "Right. Had just about enough of you." Something dark seems to creep in around the edges of his fur, black needle-thin lines zagging across it like chain-lightning. He grimaces, a clammy weight slowly filling his insides. "Put the gun down. Leave my sister alone."

[Alic]

((GOD THIS SUCKS!!! I MOVE AWAY AND IM GONE ONE WEEK AND I ALWAYS MISS THE GOOD CRAP.  :'( I miss you guys, and I miss getting rough with the bad guys. Too bad I'm only at my mom's today because I had to work at the shelter and do laundry.    ))

[Kit Cloudkicker]

Shal closes her eyes, and through moans gritted teeth, "Breekan...I need to go..."

[Breekan1]

Breekan nods. He keeps the spike leveled at Arbiter. More of the black pattern creeps into his fur. "Right. You pull that trigger, you're dead." He hoists Shal up, begins to carry her towards his ship. He speaks as reassuringly as he can, though something quiet hisses in the undertones of his voice. "The ship's selective- the psychofluid inside is harmless, and should put your body in stasis. You'll be awake, and not groggy, and fine. Everything will be fine."

[Gumby]

((You called me arbiter you know, not conner))

Conner burned inwardly. He had chemical ****tails in his veins, making him stronger, faster than a human, but his skin was still vulnerable.

"I am trying to help your sister breekan, put that spike down." A transport flew through the war torn sky and descended. It landed and two soldiers jumped out. They saw Breekan threatening Conner, and aimed assault rifles at him.

"Sir, step away from the captain."

[Breekan1]

"Oh for ****'s sake." Breekan groans. "You two, he pulled a gun at my sister, whose leg is severed. My sister, who is the direct descendant of the least pleasant person in the Universe. I can guarantee that if she is not whisked to safety- safety which she can't get from you, thanks- as soon as possible we will be faced with a minor intergalactic incident and there is a very good chance that you two and Captain Kirk back here will be forced to eat the eyeball-shavings of your first love for all eternity. If you're lucky." The black pattern has become particularly pronounced at this point, drawing on his fur impossible shapes and evil faces that seem to fade in and out of existence. His teeth seem bigger. Shal shifts in his arms. He smells blood. Something explodes several miles up in the atmosphere. The natural fauna of the planetoid are silent.

"So I'm going to keep walking to my ship. If you shoot me, chances are, both my sister and I will die. Even if you so much as stun me, Shalner will die. But believe me, it will not be worth it."

Breekan inhales deeply through his nostrils, and steps forward. "We'll be fine," he whispers.

[Kit Cloudkicker]

Shal gives a slight nod, and grits her teeth. She lets out a low moan before blacking out.

[Gumby]

"Okay, come on boys, lets get to the ship. Bye Jess, get well soon!" Said Conner feeling like an idiot. Then, a low flying bug fighter flew down and fired at Breekans craft, point blank range.

[Breekan1]

Breekan barely has a moment to curse before the ship explodes, sending a shockwave of debris and PsychoFluid over the crowd. Emotions tingle and discharge into sparking patterns across the skin of the splattered as the fluid converts whims into pure energy. Breekan falls to the ground, dropping Shal, his fur blackening significantly. An orb of red light hovers briefly before disappearing into the sky, where it quickly disappears into Z-space.

"Jesuschristjesuschr istjesuschristjesus christ!" Breekan stammers, picking Shal up. His ears tingle. He suddenly remembers the first aid kit, forgotten, deep in the bar's cellar. Crayak-Tech. He bursts towards the bar, jostling his sister, eyes wide with fear. He bursts through the doors of the space bar.

"Run! Signal sent!" He leaps onto the bar, running across it to bypass the Hork-Bajiir. "Run run run run jesuschristjesuschr istjesuschrist!"

[Gumby]

A pool ship detonated, throwing debris everywhere. But, the human force was down to fifty percent, they where in a tight spot. The battleships engines exploded, leaving her drifting free. Another shell punched through the air and sliced off a bladeships bridge. It drifted a bit, and detonated.

The chockwave had killed the two soldiers, and trashed the transport. Conner ran to Breekan.

"Breekan, what the f**k is going on with Shal?"

[Kit Cloudkicker]

Still unconscious, Shal groans.


****

A small child child enters the bar through a kitchen door. He is human looking, no more than five years old. His brown hair is short and curly, and his big eyes brown. He's wearing jeans, a red knit sweater, and brown leather boots.  He stands silently next to the bartender for a moment, staring at Breekan and Shalner. He begins to tremble, tears pooling in his eyes. His lips move silently. He slumps to the ground near Connor, his lips moving silently, yet no sound coming out.

[Gumby]

Conner looks inquiringly at the child.

"Hello, is something wrong?"

[Breekan1]

Breekan pauses as he dashes from kitchen to basement, as Kierdan manifests nearby. He very, very slowly and carefully inches his way around the child, before rushing down the stairs as fast as he can. The medkit lies in the corner.