GESB: Operation Time-Cops

[Terenia]

<We're going to die,> Tamora says, breaking the relative silence of the med bay. Zorish chooses not to answer her; he is far too busy sifting through their shared consciousness to find some sort of escape.

<Did you hear me?> Tamora demands, <We're going to die!>

<I heard you,> Zorish snaps, <we are not going to die.>

<Yes we are, they're going to kill us! They're going to ->

<Tamora,> Zorish says tersely, <stop yammering on like a fool. I cannot concentrate.>

Zorish waits for Tamora to protest, but only silence and a vague sense of resentment comes from his host. Satisfied, Zorish returns to his ponderings. They must have left at least one person behind, he thinks to himself, running through a mental list of those who he knew of on board, Not any of the Yeerks. No Andalite would leave a Yeerk free to walk around on his ship. The Andalites then. The girl, perhaps. Yes, that made the most sense. Captain Ossanlin would want to protect the defenseless Andalite girl, to keep her out of harms way.

Alright, Zorish thinks, may as well get her attention.

"Oi!" Zorish cries, surprised by how loud his voice sounds in the bare room, "is someone going to come get me or not!?"

[Myitt]

Okay, no problem, was what Tara wanted to say, but all that came out of her mouth was a gritted growl of pain.  Sweat from the heat of the burn trickled down into her eyes.  She couldn't move any more than flopping around on the grass, her limbs uncooperative and spasmodic.  Helpless!  She'd been shot like this before, but her friends were in danger and she could only watch.  It was as infuriating as it was terrifying.

[Alic]

Alic winced at Tara's response. Her moving was not an option right now. She hoped she vaporized the disgusting slug with her shots at the tree. With the free hand she grabbed one of Tara's arms and started dragging her away from where she fell. She kept her shredder aimed towards the bushes and was walking backwards slowly and awkwardly.

[Myitt]

Tara winces as Alic pulls her along, yanking her arm.  She wishes bitterly that she could tell her to just leave her there.  The pain is starting to recede a bit, but her entire left side is still useless.  Even her mouth isn't cooperating fully.  Don't start drooling, she says to herself, and fights back the urge to laugh wildly at their insane situation.  Weakly she tries to help Alic along by digging into the grass with her right leg, and it seems to help, a little.

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

((Okay, I'm completely confused, are on the outskirts in a tiny wooded area or are we in the middle of town or a park or what?))


Ossanlin hears shots fire out and both red and blue beams lance across the clearing.  "She..."  Alic's thought comes from across the way.  <<We will assist Aliciania.>>

Ossanlin looks up as another shot fires from behind a tree out in front of his and Hadrin's position, it was the Imperial's host.  Ossanlin dials his Shredder to a high enough setting to immobilize but not kill the Yeerk.  He raises it straight at the Imperial's host's back and fires two shots.  Right after the shots ring out from his Shredder, the tree the Imperial's host is hiding behind explodes in shrapnel and splinters, white-hot blue beams ripping into the wood, a huge fireball erupting in the tree's foliage.  <<Aliciania my shredders are modified, the highest setting puts out almost as much energy as a fighter's shipboard missile defense shredder...>>  Ossanlin falls silent as the expanding heat radiation from Alic's shots washes over him, causing his human skin to tingle painfully.

[Myitt]

Hadrin winces as the heat backwash hits him, singing his eyebrows.  He rubs at his eyes, blinking away tears, and raises his own Dracon.  "Where the hell are they?" he yells over the sound of crackling wood and flame.  He trains his Dracon on the splintered and broken tree. 

((I'm not sure--grass, trees and pavement have been mentioned.  Let's just say it's an out of the way path through the woods?))

[Chad32]

Claxter had been watching the viewscreen, but was distracted by Zorish calling out and didn't see the shot fired. He left his post to make sure Zorish wasn't trying anything, and walked into the room in Human form. "Zorish. Do you want something?" He asked while doing his best not to play with words in front of the captive.

Meanwhile Cody tried to avoid the shots Alic aimed at him, though the shots were rather close. He came out and pointed both Dracons at Alic with maniacal glee, but was shot from behind. He fell down motionless.

Sukohn watched as two more enemies came by. He would wait until they were gathered in one spot before firing.

(Not sure where we are. I suppose kind of a clearing with trees that borders a road.)

[Alic]

(i was thinking kind of right off the road.. guess we all had different ideas lol))

Alic didn't have to move Tara far to be behind a few extra trees for cover. "When you can move again, join us. I think there's one guy left standing." She dropped her arm and turned towards what was left of the tree where Sukohn would hopefully be near. <<Good.>> She replied to Ossanlin. <<I don't want him to live, quick and painless.>>
She took her steps slowly, making sure to watch for movement. She was determined to pay back for the pain they caused Tara. Not to mention they would all hear it from Myitt when they returned.
"You're outnumbered, Yeerk. Don't make me blast all these trees apart to find you. I'll do it too."

[Terenia]

"Yes," Zorish says, trying to hide his disappointment that it is not the female who enters the room. Zorish does not remember meeting this human, and he finds it surprising that Ossanlin would allow a human to remain at all. Oh well, he thinks, I'll make do

"I would like to go to the bathroom," he says stiffly, "but that is kind of difficult when I am being held by a force field."

[Myitt]

Tara nods weakly, waiting frustratedly for the numbness to recede. 

Hadrin notes the human fall unconscious near the tree.  He couldn't tell who it was from here, only that he looked male and was dressed in an Imperial uniform.

He switches his train rapidly from spot to spot through the unassuming trees, but there is still no sign of a fighter, or any other targets.

[Chad32]

(Why does Alic think there's someone else? They shoudln't know Sukohn changed hosts, and Cody is Sukohn's normal host. Did she see tyhe communicator and put two and two together or something?)

"Oh...um, perhaps you could hold it for a few minutes. My Prince and allies will return soon."

[Alic]

((im half awake. no sleep today... i thought they knew there were at least 2 of them and they know 1 is down?? i just put the name in for the sake of what i was typing.. alic doesnt know nor care what their names are.))

[Terenia]

"Yeah, that's not an option," Zorish says, "my host has a weak bladder as it is, so unless you want this entire ship to smell like urine, I suggest you release me for long enough to relieve myself. I won't be more than a minute. Don't worry, I'll be a good little prisoner."

[Chad32]

"Fine." Claxter said. He drew his shredder and ordered the restraints off. "The relieving area is that way." He said, pointing the way.

(Oldest trick in the book, but then Claxter wouldn't be trained for that.)

[Alic]

((Alic is going to kill you. By the way. Just saying. Should have told her to pee herself.))