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Rann, Irmas
Rann took his eye back ind put it back in the socket. He grimaced in pain as the robotic eye connected with his organic nerves.
He blinked a few times before asking, "So what have you done so far?"
Ed-Irma's
"Well we have two polished lenses so far. I have the refelctor angles calculated and thworn into the schematics. The only problem now is taht we optimized materials but we don't ahvethe available resources to update the tech on the eye to give you features similar to teh ones on the current model."
Ed-Irma's
"Well once we have our names cleared I still have a huge research fund to my disposal. We can then order a new chipset, and enhance your vision to be better than your current models. the Rithum is really to high precision for the crude technology you're using at the moment. you eye sight while it will be restored won't be in focused. the way the lens focuses the beam, and your photosensor you'll be using. you will have little depth perception through this eye.
Rann, Irma's
"Alright, that's fine. I can get someone at my sister's station to work with it once I go back. Oh, and since I have no depth perception, you're flying back."
He sat down at the bench and started to form the shell of his eye based on the sketch that Ed had drawn. After a few minutes, he put the rithum lens where it belonged.
"How the hell is this going to connect to my nerves?" he asked, hoping Ed knew.
Satyana, RS413
At last...the lab looked as it was supposed to look again. After a great deal of hard work and with some assistance from Syke, it was habitable ......so she sank down in a chair closing her eyes......So tired!
"Where´s Rann? by all mighty powers he hasn´t been in touch for ages.....just hope he´s ok!"
Satyana fell asleep sitting in that chair......
Ed-Irma's
"That's fine" Ed replied. as he worked on soldering par tof the circuit to the photosensor.
"well, that's in aprt where the problem lies. we don't have the utensils fora full nerve connection. it will be partial at best. there's a docking station at the back, that will connect to your optic nerve. but seeing as how we con't have a complete network, it is a temporary fix. As I said it can be fixed, but not with what is available to us."
Rann, Irma's
"Do what you can with it." he said, putting the eye down on the table. "I have to go talk to Irma about something."
He left the room, heading towards Irma and his ship.
Ed-Irma's
"Alright. I'll just ifnish it off then."
Rann, Irma's
"Thank you, Miss Irma." Rann said. He couldn't actually believe that she had agreed to have the work done in only five more days' time rather than six. That gave him two days to get the hell away with Satyana and Syke. Granted, it had taken telling her that Syke was in trouble to get her to agree...
"Don't expect many more favors, Rann." she said as he left her and headed towards Ed and Lily.
"Is it done?" he asked Ed, coming back in.
Ed-Irma's
Ed was bent over the workbench, looking through a desktop magnyfying glass as he finished of the circuit when Rann came back it.
"Yeah it's getting there. just a bit more,"
as his finger worked dexterously over the eye, pulling the pieces together. A couple minute later, he handed it to Rann,
"Needs a nice clean and it should be ready for you to test."
Rann, Irma's
"Alright then." he said, dipping it in alcohol and then wiping it clean. "Here goes nothing."
He popped it in and the pain caused by the nerves connecting was far worse than his other eye, probably because of it's crude design.
"Well." he said, "I can see a little bit. I can't zoom in or anything with this eye, but I can see a little."
Lily, Irma's
"You look like a cyborg." she said with a laugh.
Ed-Irma's
Ed couldn't help but smile at Lily's comment.
"It's only temporary. Didn't have the time to put together a good aperture for teh lens. Cosmetically speaking, well there wasn't time to add that detail. Once I can draw form my funds I'll work on it some more. add some modification, and then replace your other eye as well."
Rann, Irma's
"I was thinking that we could just get another of my usual eyes, and then just replace the lens with the rithum..." he said.
"We'll worry about that later though; I'm tired."
OOC: want to just skip ahead 5 days?
Ed-Irma's
"Indeed. It is far in the future. Though I'll probably draw up plans between now and then. see in what ways I can pefect the eye."
with the Ed stretched and yawned,
"Don't know about you two but I'm exhausted,"
OOC: yes. no point in siting around. no one else i s going to do anything.
Rann, Irma's
"Yeah. G'night." Rann mumbled on his way back to bed.
Lily, Irma's
"Good night you two." she said, heading off as well.
OOC: I'm gonna go to Barnes and noble to read; be back aroun 11.
OOC: alright have fun
Ed-Irma's
Ed cleaned up and put stuff away, then went out to the ship where Irma was,
"Good night Miss Irma. Thank you for letting us use your workshop to fix Rann's Eye"
He then returned to the guest room were he collapsed on the bed and was shortly asleep.
Rann, Irma's
The days passed by quickly, and Irma soon had the ship ready to go and free of Rann's identity.
Rann had already told Ed what had happened with the threat to his family and Irma's and what he planned to do, but he still kept it secret from Irma and Lily.
"Flawless, as usual, Ir-Miss Irma." Rann praised after looking at the codes.
"So you're leaving?"
Rann wished that she didn't sound almost hopeful. "Yes ma'am."
He found Ed eating in the kitchen with Lily. "You ready?" he asked, squinting hard, trying to get his new eye to focus right.
OOCL took a few minor liberties; hope you don't mind...?
OOC: liberties are fine
Ed-Irma's
Ed looked up with his mouth full
"..."
then realizing what he was doing finished chewing, swaloed and said,
"yeah let me just finish this wonderful meal Miss Lily has fixed,"
he quickly finished eating his meal and proceeded to clean up his dishes in teh sink.
Rann, Irma's
"Just meet me at the ship; I have to load some stuff anyway." he said, leaving Ed to wash his plate.
Lily, Irma's
As soon as Rann left the room, she got up and poked her head around the corner to make sure that he was out of earshot. Satisfied, she turned back to Ed.
"You have to help me get on without Granny or Rann noticing." she pleaded.
Ed-Irma's
Ed just smiled at Lily's request,
"I figured you would want to come along. There's sill some equipment I brought from the ship in the work room. You could hide in on of the cases maybe. Or you could simply pack your stuff up put it on the ship and tell your grandma 'good bye I'm leaving. I'll keep in touch.' but that would be too easy."
Ed-Irma's
"Ah yes the infamous canings. They really are fun to watch." He said with a laugh
But anyways you better hurry and get in one of the cases. wouldn't want ot raise the suspicion of Irma seeing us walking together to the work room." He waited several minutes after she left before leaving hte kitchen and going to the workroom. He pick up a small case, and then began rolling a larger one with him back to the ship. by the weight of the case Lily was inside.
He walked out on the dock,
"alright this is the last of it."
Rann, Irma's
"Alright then. I guess it's time to go." He said as he waved to Irma who was standing off at a distance.
"Hey Ed, is Lily mad at me or something? you'd think she would at least say good-bye..."
Lily, Irma's
Lily tried her best to keep from bursting out in laughter at Rann's quesstion, and after a time, steadied herself and began eating some crackers that she brought along.
Ed-Ship
Ed glanced at Rann while he waved at Irma,
"Yeah you could say something like that," he said with a smirk.
"She was very upset that we were leaving her. She thoroughly enjoyed our company," as he turned to cart the cases into the storage room.
Rann, Irma's
Rann shrugged, having no idea what the hell he was talking about.
"Let me take that; you're flying, remember?" he asked, tapping on his new eye. "No depth perception."
He took the cart from Ed and put it in the storage room himself.
Ed-Irma's
"Right forgot about that," as he handed Rann the cases, "Be carefull that's delicate equipment."
He then proceeded to the cockpit and started the ship. After a few minutes he had managed to take of and was no leaving the atmosphere of the moon. ed turned on the intercom,
"So how is it back there? nice and cozy?"
Rann, Ship
"I'm right behind you." he announced, walking into the cockpit and sitting down beside Ed. "No need for that." he said as he flipped of the speakers.
"Set the course for RS413. I'll try to communicate directly with Satyana once we get closer; if I don't, nobody will believe that it's me with this new code."
Lily, Ship
Lily burst out of the confining crate, but didn't leave the storage room; they were still too close. Once they got far enough, Rann wouldn't want to turn around.
Ed-Ship
Ed didn't say anything that the message was mostly for Lily.
"Roger that coordinates have been set. Computer is in control now." Ed said sprawling out on the chair and getting comfortable. aftera yawn he said to Rann,
"only a day of travel" in an enthusiastically sarcastic tone.
Rann, Ship
"Burrito time." he said with about as much enthusasm as Ed.
"This thing throws me off." he said, staring at his hand as he moved it towards himself, and then back away repeatedly.
"Hey, do you think that if we had used red rithum in my eye, it would look red? Then I'd look like that Sel fellow from that book you used to have back at the dorm. What was it called?"
Ed-Ship
"oh yes burrito time. How I ahve missed those pre packaged bundles of joy" he added. then putting aside the sarcasm.
"I'll get it fixed as soon as we get to the station as I promised I would. I can inlay red rithum on the aperture if you'd like to give you an iris. the book was Mystery Unleashed I think I brought it with me. I'll go check." He said getting up off the chair.
Rann, Ship
"I didn't actually want red eyes." he mumbled after Ed had gone, not realizing that he might have had another reason for leaving. Like checking up on someone.
He remembered wondering what Ed was talking about when he asked about Lily before falling asleep in the chair.
Ed-Ship
ONce he was sure Rann wasn't following, Ed knocked lightly on the storage room door before entering. He found Lily.
"So how are you hanging in? I hope everythin is comfortable. How much longer are you going to wait before letting Rann know?"
Lily, Ship
"Just come back and tell me once we get through the first gate; that should be far enough to where he won't immediately turn around." she replied.
Ed-Ship
"Alright," he said softly. and then went to his stuff where he pulled out the book. He left the storage room and walked into the cockpit only to find Rann had nodded off,
"Typical," Ed said. then placed the book down by Rann and falling back down on his chair. He saw they weren't too far from the first gate. He wondered if Irma had found out yet, and how she would react. he became lsot in his thoughts.
OOC: gone to bed. cya in the morning.
Rann, Ship
Rann woke up a few minutes later as his stomach began to growl. He hadn't eaten when Lily and Ed had.
"Want a burrito?" he asked. He didn't really wait for an answer; he just made his way to the kitchen to make one.
He stopped by the engine room for some coolant and was soon back in the cockpit enjoying a hot meal that he had eaten many times before.
"What gate is this? first? Second? Third? How long was I asleep?" he asked, pointing to the gate looming ahead.
Ed-Cockpit
"nah I'm good" Ed muttered as Rann left, unsure if he had been heard.
"It's the first gate. you only slept for a few minutes, which is miraculous enough seeing as how you've been getting very little sleep the last few days."
Ed-Ship
"Yes sir," Ed said sternly and saluted. He did this with a smile on his face and proceeded to leave the room. He walked to the kitchen and three two burritos into the oven. A few seconds later they were done, Ed put them on seperate plates, and then took one back to the storage room.
"Here Lily I brought you some food. We're entering the first gate as we speak so you won't ahve to sit in this uncomfortable room much longer."
Lily, Ship
"Good. By the time I eat this, we should be through, right?" she asked just before taking a huge bite.
Ed-Ship
Ed sat down on the floor next to Lily.
"Yeah hopefully. It's a rather large distance to cover, before we reach the gate intersection. The good news is you can't exactly turn a ship around while inside a gate."
Syke, RS413
"What?" he asked, coming into the room after hearing his sister shout out to him.
Lily, Ship
"Exactly." she said, taking another bite. "So where are we going, anyway?"
Ed-Ship
"We have to go pick his sister and brother up at their research station. The scumbag from Jupiter threatened to harm them if Rann didn't give him a name."
Lily, Ship
She stopped eating in mid-bite. "Whose name? Grannny's? What scumbag?"
Ed-Ship
Ed didn't realize he had said too much, but Lily would find out anyways and it was better this way. After a short pause during which he cleaned his glasses,
"yes they wanted your grandmother's name."
"I don't know hte whole story, but apparently Rann got caught getting whatever he was getting. they took one of his eyes as a reason for him to come back with the information, and then they threatened that if he didn't have the name to them within a week those recorded in the eye's memory would be harmed."
Syke, RS413
"Is it from that Arthur guy?" he asked.
Lily, Ship
"That's horrible! Why would anyone do that?" she asked, just as the ship lurched forward slightly.
"We must be through the gate."
Rann, Ship
Rann stood up, forgetting something important; he needed weapons. He made his way to the storage rom for a few tools, and found Lily and Ed sitting on the floor, eating burritos.
"Why are you here?"
This wasn't good; now he had to worry about four people.
Ed-Ship
Ed was about to answer when Rann walked in. He glanced up at Rann,
"eh... I think I'll go check the Navigation system," He said getting up hastily, and walking past Rann out of the storage room.
Rann, Ship
"Oh, no." he said, grabbing Ed's shoulder and turning him back around. "You had something to do with this."
Lily, Ship
"No he didn't!" she lied forcefully. "I just hid in that crate there."
Rann, Ship
"It doesn't matter. Now I have to plan on having Irma, the HDF and a crimelord after me. Thanks." he said sarcastically, throwing his hands in the air and walking out of the room.
He couldn't turn around; he didn't have the time. Lily would just have to tag along.
Squadron 14, Outside RS413
"Eclipse 07, have you sighted the station?"
" . . . . ."
"Eclipse 07, have you sighted the station?"
"Yes."
"Eclipse 08, have you sighted the station?"
"Yes."
"Eclipse Squadron, you may engage the target."
"Finally . . . "
"Eclipse 07, I didn't catch that."
"Nothin'"
The pilot of E-07 fixed his sights, and reaching his hand down to place it on the trigger, he punched in the number code, unlocking it.
Then he fired.
Ed-Ship
Ed stared at the ground like a small child being scolded until Rann left.
"He took it better than expected. I'll go talk to him." as he turned to follow rann, he caught up to the boy.
"Rann, listen, she was bored in that house. all alone with just her grandmother. You can't force her to go back. She's not a little girl and I think her grandmother knows that. I thought Irma would follow us, but thinking about it Irma has to realize she can't lock her grandaughter up forever."
He walked besides Rann,
"Besides she's great company to have around,"
OOC: it is entirely understood if Rann goes violent %!). for some reason I can jsut picture him punching ed in the jaw for this.
Ed-Ship
"No Rann I don't think you're getting the picture. Those crimelords have your eye Rann. Your freaking eye. You ahve recorded memories on them. and as a standard it runs a short term memory cache. Those crimelords know about Lily and they know about Irma. They also know where Irma and Lily are from your eye's memory banks. When the time runs out, Those crimelords are going to go after the nearest targets. Irma and Lily would be that target. Don't you see Rann. If Lily wasn't with us she would be dead. "
Rann, Ship
"That eye isn't the normal bio-whatever-the-hell eye. I made it so that it records when I want it to, not constantly, like normal ones. I record things when I want something to look back on. I've never recorded Irma, and Lily maybe once or twice, but never in Irma's home. If you hadn't helped her here, she would be fine."
"Now I have to think out what I'm going to do once Satyana and Syke are here." he said, storming off in the direction of the work room.
He started working on a few things that would upgrade his pistol once he got another one to modify. He formed the barrels again, the ones that would fire rithum, hoping that he would find something to attach them to soon.
He barely registered the next few times they went through a gate.
Syke, RS413
"What the hell was that?" he asked as the station rumbled under the stress of a bombardment.
"Satyana, we have to leave." he said, loading his gun. "I htink they've come sooner than expected. Oh, and get our little hospitalized friend; he might become a good bargaining tool."
Ed-Ship
Ed realized the msitake h had made then in that assumption. he followed Rann only to have a door slammed in his face. he was about to knock but though it better not to. Ed sighed. He turned and could see Lily looking through th door of the storage room. Ed turned away from her and walked back to the cockpit where he slumped down in the chair.
Lily, Ship
Lily sat there for a few minutes after overhearing the conversation between the two males on the ship.
After awhile, she stood up and sat beside Ed in the cockpit, and after a long silence, she pointed to the station ahead and asked. "What's going on there?"
Ed-Ship
Ed ignored Lily's presence, but apathetically looked out the window anyways. It looked like it was under attack, Ed shrugged.
"who knows, probably out of funds and being destroyed." he said before staring blankly at the computer screen, where he then saw RS-413 show up on the radar. He didn't link the two for several seconds then it dawned on him what was going on. Ed lookde at Lily,
"this isn't good." he turned the intercom on.
"Rann....we umm have a situation."
Rann, Ship
"Shut the hell up!" he shouted, throwing the nearest metal object at the speaker.
After a second of thinking afterwards, he figured it might be a good idea to look; Ed had sounded urgent.
"What is it?" he asked angrily before looking out the window. "Oh, God, no."
"Move." he said to Ed, who sat in the pilot's chair. "I can close one eye or something." he added, after remembering the depth perception ordeal.
Ed-Ship
Ed didn't argue, he got out of the chair and left the room. he went to the kitchen and sat at the counter and leaned his head on his hands. He was in no mood to deal with Rann, especially and angered frustrated and stressed Rann.
Rann, Ship
"Strap yourself in." he said to Lily as he did so himself. He had to get by those ships and into the station. Hopefully the few guards in the station could do something...
He switched off auto-pilot, and took on an expression of complete concentration. Staring ahead, he blasted the ship forward, hoping to blast past the ships surrounding the station before they could react.
It worked. Mostly. The back did get hit a few times, but the hull wasn't pierced.
He needed someone else to fly, and Ed had disappeared. "fly this thing for me." he said, looking over at Lily. Before she could protest, he switched the controls over to the co-pilot chair.
He used the ship's computer to hack into the station. "Open a damned hangar!" he shouted through the station's intercom, hoping that his sister or brother, or anyone that knew him would oblige. It beat trying to ram through the station.
Ed-Ship
Before Ed could brace himself he was thrown of his seat, his face hitting the counter.
"Ah hamster," he cursed as he brought his hand to his bleeding nose. he pulled his hand away to see them covered in blood,
"compassion," he scrambled up of the floor, and began searching for paper towels. blood dribbled down onto his shirt. He finally found some paper towel and covered his nose.
He was making his way to the cockpit when he heard Rann screaming standing in the door way he looked at the enraged Rann.
"If you hacked into the system why don't you just open the hangar and save yourself the trouble" he said still holding a blood drenched paper towel to his nose.
Ed-Ship
"Nothing, it's fine." he said.
"So you're telling my this network you grew up with, you don't know of any back doors? That's a lame excuse if you ask me."
Rann, Ship
Rann was in the process of giving Ed the finger when he realized that Lily was about to drive them into the station.
"Whoa! Switch it over!" he shouted.
When she did, he immediately manuevered to the side. And gave a relieved sigh.
"If I'm so lame, you do it! I have to be the pilot right now!"
Ed-Ship outside station
"Fine" he said sitting down in front of a computer. His fingers began tapping against the key at an expedient pace. the screen in front of him showing the available part of the station that he was allowed to access. after a minute or so.
"Who built this thing? I have access to all systems except the hangar. I can easily kill everyone in the station without stepping a foot inside it."
as he continued to tap away at the keys.
"Come on you son of a umbrella seller open," as he watched the screen, where access denied messages kept coming up.
Ed-Ship
"Oh shut the Hell up" Ed snapped.
He continued trying but to no avail.
"You know I don't even know why I'm trying to help you." as he got up and left the room again. he went in search for a first aid kit.
OOC: fine by me.
Rann, Ship
"Sis, if you don't open a hangar soon, we're gonna die!" he shouted through the speaker. "This isn't a joke!" he added, hoping that he hadn't cried wolf too many times.
Syke, RS413
"You should probably help him out; he sounds pretty stressed."
Satyana, RS413
"Damn!! My transmitter doesn´t work..must be the bombardement.......Sykie...we gotta get them in by hand!"
Satyana did not wait for a reply, she rushed to the hangar, just hoping the attackers hadn´t destroyed it completely. She grabbed an respiratory pack(?) just in case....
There was a backup-system designed just for cases like this, you could actually open one of the hangars without using the normal computerized system. This was one of the things their father was very particular about, and now Satyana was grateful to the old man.....
She reached an old-fashioned control-panel, turned a crank.....and the huge door started moving......the air went thinner every second and she had to retreat to the sluice....She stood there behind the airtight door and watched as the hangar opened....with relief she noticed a ship slowly entering, she even spotted Rann through the window.
For a second she had been afraid she´d let in those attackers....Then she heard footsteps behind her...
"Sykie?....it looks like your lil´brother is back.....but who are those people with him???"
Rann, RS413
Rann fell back in the chair, highly relieved. "That was close." he said, tiredly. There was a long pause before he started laughing almost hysterically.
Syke, RS413
"I know the girl, not the other one." he replied. "At least we know it's Rann." he said, pointing to his laughing brother in the ship. "I worry about that one sometimes."
Satyana, hangar-sluice, RS413
She cried with happiness of seing her youngest brother again, so when they entered the sluice she hugged him tightly
"Rannie, you naughty boy, I´m just so incredibly happy to see you again.....but i´m afraid the station has been under attack very recently, in fact that´s why I couldn´t open up for you the normal way.....but please who are these people?"
Rann, RS413
"You realize that we're being attacked, right? I'll introduce you all when we're somewhat safe." he said impatiently.
Syke, RS413
"Rann's right. Since the hangar has to be opened manually now, that means we can't get out unless someone stays here and opens the door. Since I'm not keen on leaving anyone, we have to go to the guard's storage room to get some explosives to blow the door."
Satyana, RS413
"Ok...could you go for the explosives then Syke?....And you´re right Rann, let´s get out of here..oh should we bring our prisoner? Arthur?"
Ed-Rs-413 ship
Ed switched hands as he was still holding the paper towel to his nose, which was still bleeding quite freely.
"I'm Ed."
Satyana, RS413
"And who´s Ed?" Satyana looked at the young man with his bleeding nose..
"Come on you´ll need something to stop that bleeding I guess" Satyana took out a paper towel, poured something from a bottle onto it and gave it to Ed.
"Try this..it never fails" she smiled
Ed-station
Ed nodded his thanks as he put the paper towel to his nose again. he was slightly taken aback by the fumes.
He took a seat and waited, his body shivering. partially as shock from his injury, his anger with Rann, and also that they were currently sitting inside a station that was being fired upon.
Satyana, RS413
"Where are they? Maybe I´ll have to go and look for them, we certainly can´t stay here any longer....the whole station will blow up soon now"
Rann, RS413
Rann came running back, a large pack on his shoulders.
He sat it down by the group and pulled out some pistols from the security station. He took two for himself, and handed Ed and Satyana each one.
"Just in case." he explained before going to the hangar door that stood between them and space. He dutifully planted the explosives and turned on the detonator.
"Where's Syke?"
Satyana, RS413
"But....but..he ran after you!!! you must have seen him right?.....darn it....I hope he´s ok....maybe I should go after him anyway?"
Satyana walked back and forth....utterly nervous...
Rann, RS413
"Here, hold this." he said, handing Satyana the detonator. "Don't touch the button, or you'll find yourself getting sucked into space." the station rumbled again under the stress of another bombardment.
"Syke went to the infirmary, right?"
Ed-Station
"Just go get him so we can get the hell out of here, or we can all wait here and die together." Ed said spitefully
EDIT: had to add omitted part.
Rann, RS413
"What the hell are you so pissed off about?" he asked as he turned and walked towards the infirmary.
Ed-Station dock
"Well Rann I for one don't want to die, especially not with a bunch of people I hardly know, in the vacuum of space, due to an attack over some compassion boat feud."
he said raising his voice as Rann walked away.
Rann, RS413
"Then come on and hamster cave do something." he shouted back, not slowing his pace.
Ed-Dock
"hamster you," Ed said. then hurried after Rann, he glared at him out of the corner of his eyes. Unsure really of why he had come along. maybe somehow venturing deeper into this besieged station would make him less anxious.
Rann, RS413
Rann was about to reply when the lights in the hallway went out, leaving them in blackness for a long moment.
"The emergency lights will come on soon." he said just before the halls were re-lit in a dim red light. "We have ten minutes until the station's atmosphere dies, and then we have about thirty minutes after that before we run out of air. And that's assuming we don't get blown to bits first."
He heards gunfire in the direction of the infirmary. "Syke!" he yelled, running in that direction, only to find that the hall had collapsed from the constant bombing. The quickest way was still too long...
"Ed, what day is it?" suddenly thinking of the crimelord. He knew it had been a week, he was just hoping against hope that it hadn't been...
OOC: what day is it? lol how am i suppsoed to know that lol.
Ed-Station
Ed groaned as the lights turned off and Rann ranted off on how little time they had.
"How the hamster am I supposed to know what today is..." Ed started the realized the question, "it's been umm nearly 7 days since Jupiter. They are ahead of schedule though if the ones firing are the crimelords henchmen."
Rann, RS413
"Damn." he spat, loading a magazine into the pistol he had been clutching in his hand. "It is the crimelord; I'm sure he knows I haven't been trying too hard to get him a name."
"Come on, the next quickest way to the infirmary is over here." he said, doubling back and taking a different hallway.
Ed-Station
"I dont...." but Ed didn't finish as he went after Rann to keep up. last thing he needed was to get lost in the station that was about to be blown up.
Rann, RS413
"You can go back if you want; if you do, promise me you'll make everyone leave instead of waiting on me." Rann said, after hearing Ed's unfinished statement.
Ed-Station
"well...alright," he said then turned to leave. walking away from Rann he stopped and looked back,
"Don't get yourself killed,"
He then started running back to teh dock and ship. he slowed down as he approached the ship, and approached Satyana,
"Prepare the ship for disembarking. We leave in 10 minutes."
Satyana, ship at RS413
"Forget it Junior!!!, I´m NOT leaving without my brothers....is that clear?"
Satyana was furious.....how could this young boy even suggest such an outrageous thing? Never she´d leave Rann and Syke behind!!! There was absolutely no option.....Either all of them......or noone!!
Ed-Station
Ed clenched his fist. He knew it would be hard to convince anyone to leave, he didn't want to leave Rann behind either.
"Don't you think I know that? Do you think I want to leave Rann behind? DO YOU REALLY THINK ME THAT CALLOUS?" Ed started his volume increasing, his emotions beyond his control. tears started collecting in his eyes. He stared into her eyes, trying to gain control of himself.
"Th oxygen fails in 10 minutes, We are either in the ship ready to go so we can get out of here as fast as possible when Rann and Syke come back, or we can sit here waiting on Rann and Syke and perish together because you were to damn concerned to prepare."
EDIT: sry didn't realize I made the option be the same lol.
Satyana, ship
"Ok...Now you LISTEN TO ME young man!! First: I don´t even know you..you just come here, not being very friendly..Second: You try to take some kind of command here....on MY domains....Third: You try to make me leave just like that!.....I say WE WILL WAIT FOR SYKE AND RANN.....ya hear me? So be it, and if you´re too much of a coward to do that..then I go off the ship and you just leave if you like!"
OOC: sorry for sounding too harsh....but it´s kinda appropriate at the moment...
Ed-Station dock
"ARG! are you always such a control freak Listen to you. your domain? your domain is currently being blown up, and instead of worrying about the safety of the other people on the station you're being selfish."
Ed glared at Satyana,
"I'll be in teh ship, You and Lily can decide to do whatever you want. Who cares if your brother was the one who told me to get the ship ready to go. But then again I'm jsut this kid to you."
Ed left ehr before she could say anything. He walked into the storage room and sat down in a corner.
Arthur - Research Station 413,Infirmary Bed
Arthur opened his eyes and glanced around as best he could without moving his head, and was taken aback.
"What in the world?" he mumbled feebly as he attempted to sit up, and let out a shout at the sudden startling pain in his chest. Not only that, but his vision was blurred, and he couldn't see what was causing the racket.
"Oh god . . .I'm gonna die."
Arthur, RS413, Infirmary
"I haven't seen anything as of late, seeing as how I've been sleeping on and off for the past while . ." Arthur said as he kept still and tried to quiet his breathing.
Rann, RS413
"Alright, long story short; we're all about to die, but I'm gonna try and save us anyway. Even though you cheated me and my brother, and probably started this whole ordeal." Rann patted the man on the shoulder.
"Be right back." he said, loading a magazine into his pistol as he headed down the hall to help his brother.
He found himself facing three men squatting behind some crates. Seeing as they weren't HDF, Station Security, or his brother, he figured that he could fire.
He didn't want to kill them, but he figured he would rather give them an instant death rather than that of suffocation.
Satisfied with his grim work, he called after his brother. "Syke? You alright?"
He was only answered with a moan.
Rann, RS413
Rann found his brother lying in a pool of his own blood, shot twice in the torso.
"Come on, I'll carry you back." Rann said, trying his best to sling his much larger brother over his shoulder.
"No." Syke replied faintly. "Think for a second; you couldn't carry me unless you dragged me, and then you would never make it back to the ship in time."
"Then we'll both die trying." Rann replied.
"And Satyana too?" Syke pressed. "She isn't going to leave without us, and if you tell her I'm dead, then she'll leave with you."
Rann nodded; there was an unspoken agreement to protect their sister no matter what. "Later, Syke." he said, running off down the hall, back towards the infirmary.
He grabbed the box full of spare eyes, and looked at this arthur character. "You're damn lucky you're in a cart." he said, considering going back for Syke with the cart; then he could carry him! Butt here wasn't time; less than five minutes before they ran out of air. He pushed the cart as fast as he could back towards the hangar.
Lily, RS413
"Satyana....get on the ship, please." she said, concern evident in her eyes. "If Rann and Syke got into trouble, they would want us to live instead of waiting for them so that only two people would die instead of five..."
Satyana, hangar dock
"Sorry Miz.....but I ain´t leaving without my brothers, ´tis the only family I´ve got"
With those words she ran off the same way Rann and Syke had gone....
She was determied to find them....the air was rapidly getting thinner....it was already hard to breathe....but ther was a faint chance.....the small emergency storage..just about over there around the corner....if she remembered correctly there would be a couple of oxygen-masks......There! now openit.......yes!! two masks left, ok that´ll have to do for the moment......
She heard the rattle of a cart......approaching
"Rann?..Syke?" Her voice echoed through the passageway....
Rann, RS413
"Go back to the ship! We'll meet you there!" he shouted, not planning on giving her the news until they were off of the station. Apparently, she wouldn't listen to Ed...
Satyana, RS413
"Rann!!! where´s Syke?....he ok? Take one of these, it´ll keep you alive for at least 15 minutes if you use it wisely"
She tossed one of the oxygen-masks at Rann and continued her way into the station, she had no intention of getting back to the ship unless both the boys were safe. The promise she made to their dying mother was to by all means take care of her little brothers......and she was surely going to do that.
Apparently Syke was still somewhere inside the dying station....and she was determined to find him....he was probably hurt and needed her help.....
Rann was shouting something behind her..but this time she did not listen.....her focus was on finding Syke.....somehow she was sure that Rann was making it on his own...that boy was unique..always getting away with things and always coming down on his feet....like an alleycat......
Satyana was running as fast as she could, using a special tecnique for breathing that allowed her to use half the oxygen she would have...normally!
OOC: Oh no....Sykie will not be left behind huh?
Rann, RS413
Rann sighed; this wasn't good. He hurried to the ship and left Arthur there with Ed and Lily.
"Satyana ran off into the base....I have to get her." he quickly explained before running back after Satyana.
"Sat, come back! He's dead!" he yelled, blinking back the tears. He couldn't lose two family members in one day; especially not when Syke left Satyana in his care...
OOC: yeah...I pretty much made Syke in order for him to die...
Rann, RS413
"Sis, there's nothing we can do." he said sadly.
"But please, come back to the ship so we can leave." he pleaded.
Satyana, RS413
Although she was completely devastated by Syke´s death, she was experienced enough to compose herself...She realised she couldn´t take Syke´s corpse with her back to the ship....it was far too heavy.....and if they didn´t get a move on immediately...both Rann and herself would die out here.....so she rose to her feet, her face distorted with sorrow and......hate , turned to Rann..
"Ok let´s get the h*** out of here then.....now it´s you and me Rannie........but I swear that somebody will have to pay for this.....I swear"
She took Rann´s hand.....and ran!
Ed-Ship
Ed had started the ship up as Rann left to go get his sister. he now stood by the door, waiting for them to come back. He couldn't keep it open much longer as pressure and oxygen would reach beyond critical level soon.
"Come on hurry up," he said as he clanced at teh timer on the ship. two minutes and counting.
Kiva, RS114's Hanger
Kiva ran into the Hanger, covered in blood, which for the most part, wasn't his, his face was red with exersion, and his hair dishevled. He slowed as he moved towards his ship, feeling lightheaded. he popped the cockpit of the Edge and hopped in, sighing in relief once the cockpit closed again and he heard the reassuring hiss of it sealing. Kiva played with the comlink a bit, getting a line to the other ship in the hanger.
"Alright, whoever you are, you best get out of here, and fast. I can cover you guys if you need it, and you will. Anyone insane enough to attack a Research Center will hit anything trying to get off," he said. Kiva started the Edge's engines, checking over all the systems again. All showed green.
"Just tell me when your leaving. I'll go first and draw their fire."
Rann, RS413
Rann had just gotten himself, Arthur, and Satyana on the ship when he heard the communication go through.
Running into the cockpit, he hastily shouted a thank you at the.....Edge. he realized, looking closer at the reading on the computer.
Starting up the engines, he pulled out his makeshift eye, no eye was better than one without depth perception in this kind of situation.
"Alright, Edge I'm almost out." he replied, pressing the button that detonated the bomb on the door. That hangar was now open, so Rann put the ship at full speed, having no destination excpet for 'away'.
Arthur, The Ship
Arthur glanced around the ships interior and took in his surroundings as best as he could, noting as many details as possible should there be a problem.
He braced himself for takeoff from the station, hoping that a chance to escape would soon present itself, though he knew he was in no condition to even walk as of yet.
Kiva, RS114/Space around RS114
The arrow-head shaped fighter craft zipped past Rann's ship, zipping towards the enemy ships. He fired after severals bursts on a nearby fighter before flying by the slower craft and nimbly dodged oncoming enemy fire as the attacking ship's attention were drawn to the small, speedy craft.
Satyana, ship leaving RS413
Satyana was lying on a bed in Rann´s ship, totally unaware of the surroundings, she did not recognise where she was, how she got there or even.....who she was!!!
OOC: Satyana has goy into a catatonic state....maybe from lack of oxygen combined with the shock of Syke´s death. She completely lost connection with the world, she remembers absolutely nothing.....she doesn´t recognise Rann, Ed, Lily or even Arthur....and she has no idea of who she is or what her name is.
Eclipse Squadron, Outside RS 413
Three fighters sped after the smaller fleet, and attempted to tail it.
"EC-07, do you have a clear shot?"
"No, I can't keep up, its too fast. Pull back and alert headquarters, I'm going to record its info." The pilot used his Comp to check the status of the ship, but the computer on the other end denied him access.
"Hes got his info locked, I'll just snap a picture of the ship."
"All right EC-07, you do that, then pull back. We have to fry the station."
Rann, Ship
Rann let out a huge sigh as he leaned back in his chair after leaving the enemy ships behind, thanks to The Edge and its pilot.
"Everybody alright?" he asked, hoping that nobody was injured.
Satyana, ship
She was lying where Rann had put her down, motionless. It was as if she was dwelling in a tight bubble, she heard the others talk but the words did not get through to her mind. She was mentally drifting backwards......to her younger days, when she used to play around with her small brothers
"Rannie-pannie, come here....looki what Satty ´s got for you" she giggled like a schoolgirl.....sinking deeper into madness
OOC: She´s got a nasty schock from Syke´s death, she remembers nothing from the events at the station leading to their current situation. Mentally she´s a teenager, playing with the baby-boys!
Rann, Ship
"Take over, Ed." Rann said, getting out of the pilot's chair. "Keep it at full speed; we don't want anybody catching up to us."
He went down the hall to where he heard Satyana say something about Rannie-Pannie. Not exactly something a grown woman would say.
"You alright, Sat?" he asked, standing by the bed she was lying on.
Satyana, ship
"Who are you, do you know where my baby-brother is" She looked at him with an empty gaze....she had no visible injuries....the damage was in her mind
Satyana curled up turning away from Rann, burying her face in the pillow
"Go away, I´m waiting for my brother" she said, with a thin voice
Ed-ship
"Could be better" he said as a response to Rann's question, but then took charge of the ship as Rann ent to check on his sister.
F.F.A Headquarters, Earth
“Miss, the research station has successfully been destroyed, but we have some bad news as well.”
The commander, in her neat officers uniform, turned to look puzzlingly at the Communications Officer.
“Well, then out with it, hurry.”
“We’ve lost thirty men in the battle that took place before the research station’s destruction, and we suspect one of our chief officers, Arthur Minskaya, has died in the bombardment.”
The commander looked grim now, and she sighed. “Well, you know the routine. Just go and fetch me the list of officers, so I can pick one to fill in his place. It seems like people are dying left and right nowadays.”
The Communications Officer cleared his throat, and the commander raised an eyebrow, staring at him incredulously.
“What?”
“Well miss, when you pick an officer to fill his place, there will be a batch of soldiers without a commander, and you have plenty of communications officers already, I was wondering if I could fill in for the officer that is appointed as Commander of Earths North American Branch.”
“Your name?”
“Elliot, miss, Elliot Nelson, Communications Officer, Head of Decoding.”
“Aren’t you a bit young to hold that post?”
“Well Miss, I can get letters of recommendation for you if you have any doubts about my abilities.”
“That won’t be necessary Elliot, I will consider your request. You are dismissed, now go fetch that officers list.”
Elliot raised his hand to his forehead in a salute, and turned to march briskly off towards the filing room.
Ed-Ship
Ed turned towards Lily as his name was called,
"If you wouldn't mind taking over for a sec, going to go see what Rann wants,"
He left the cockpit and walked the length of the ship to the room where Rann and Satyana were,
He leaned against the doorframe,
"You needed something?"
Rann, Ship
"I don't know what's going on. She thinks that I'm supposed to be a baby. Apparently, she lost her memory. What do we do?"
Satyana, ship
"I wonder who they are? These young men....and the girl...it feels as if I know them, but why don´t I remember their names? And the one who says he´s my brother....Oh I´m so confused.....!"
Satyana watched Rann and Ed with curiosity, she felt ok..just that she did not remember anything after she found herself in the ship, lying on that couch.....
"Hey guys....I´m starving, would it be possible to get something to eat?"
She tried a faint smile....
Ed-Ship
Ed watched Satyana, then turned to Rann.
"I don't think there is much we can do rann, except let it run it's course, something will snap her out of it. I don't think we can force her to remember anything."
he turned to Satyana
"I'll go get you some food, but then you will have to get some rest alright?" he said in a tone of voice one might use on a ill child.
Rann, Ship
If he wasn't so worried about his sister, he would have laughed at Ed talking to Satyana like a little girl.
"There are some burritos in the kitchen. Come on and we'll get you some."
This wasn't making anything easier. His brother just died, and the only person he could really look to for comfort thought that she was fifteen years in the past.
Satyana, ship
She followed the younger man who said he´d get her something to eat. Aww he was a sweet boy but looked so sad, maybe he lost a family-member or so?
"Heey you" she said softly to Rann "Why do you look so sad? Has something bad happened to yo?"
She gently stroke his shoulder....
Rann, Ship
"I'm fine." he answered as he took a burrito and heated it up. "Here." he said, putting the food on the table.
She didn't believe that he was her brother, so why would she believe that her other brother was dead?
Rann, Ship
Rann sat down across from his oblivious sister, and after a long pause he looked her in they eye.
"So how old are you?" he asked, hoping that he could get some idea of how old he was supposed to be in her mind, and then he could try to convince her of his identity somehow...
OOC: I guess she would be around 15 ?
and sorry about the double post; just trying to direct attention this way
Satyana, ship
Oh she felt a lot better after eating a few burritos, this youngf man was indeed very kind and generous
"Old? me?!" Satyana was confused....she tried to focus.....ok so she clearly remembered her 15th birtday because that´s the birthday she got a baby-brother as a present..oh yes..the sweet lil´boy who never cried, just looked at the world with calm intelligent eyes....
"I must be nearly 16 now" she said vaguely, "but then.....where is my baby-brother?"
She looked at Rann.......looking very sad
Ed-Ship
Ed watched the events unfold with a worried look on his face. He wasn't sure how they could bring the woman out of the shock that she was in. When askd her age Ed had an idea and went looking for a mirror.
"Look," he said as he held the mirror at eye level, so that Satyana could see her own face. It probably wouldn't snap her out of her amnesia, but it might bring her one step closer to reality.
Satyana, ship
"EEEK, who´s that woman?" Satyana looked in the mirros with horror, she couldn´t grasp that it was herself she was looking at
Ed-Ship
"thats you my dear" he replid.
"see for yourself"
Satyana, ship
She jumped back in horror.....screamimg
"Nooooooooooooooooo!!!"
then she fell to the ground, head first, with a nasty sound....and laid motionless, a pool of blood emerging from under her head
OOC: hopefully this second hit will cure her...or ger her even worse!
OOC: talk about flair for the dramatic
Ed-Ship
"Damn it," he added slightly irrate, he scooped Satyana off the floor. things had not gone quite as expected, shock yes. but flinging oneself down at the ground.... not expected. grabbing some nearby paper towel(they do still have this right) he started cleaning up the wound. it wasn't to serious. but was a bit deep, eough to require some stiching.
"Rann could you go run and get me the first aid kit,"
Rann, Ship
Rann might have heard Ed, if he hadn't already been on his way to get that very thing. He returned seconds later and quickly pu the kit on the floor and opened it up.
"I don't know how to use this stuff." he admitted.
Ed-Ship
"Thanks" he proceeded to clean the wound, and see it's seriousness.
"well it's not to deep," he said as he examined the wound. He dressed the wound. When he was finished the looked at Rann,
"The wound is simple, but sh could have given herself a concussion with the fall. only way to tell right now is to wait and see if the swelling comes down some. So we should probably take her to a bed or something." as he prepared to lift Satyana up of the ground.
Rann, Ship
Rann helped Ed get Satyana to her bed and then they left her to rest.
"What do we do about this?" he asked. "How do you return someone's memories?"
Ed-Ship
"I'm not sure Rann, I don't think we can rush this process. the blow might have done it, but it could equally worsen the situation. " trying to sound optimistic.
Rann, Ship
"Well, let's let her sleep. We'll figure something out when she wakes up." he said, trying to change the subject as well as take his mind off of the situation.
"Where can we go now? We can't float in space forvever."
Satyana, in bed on the ship
She opened her eyes slowly....the memories came over her like a dark stream....Syke was dead....that fact struck her hard and she sobbed...just once, because she realised he gave his life so she and Rann would make it.
Rann.....he was ok, but where was he? she was obviously on a ship of some kind but didn´t exactly know where they were heading and if they were heading somewhere at all....
Her head hurt a bit and she did not feel all that well, but she had to find out what was going on.
"Rann?..where are you? could you come here please..tell me what´s going on"
Her voice was weak and hoarse....maybe he couldn´t hear her.....
Satyana waited...
"I don't know. I have been couped up in a university for the past 6 years."
Ed replied then thought about places to go. Lots of possible places popped up, but none that would be particularlry fond of marked convicts.
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