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Post by Mega Raptor on Apr 28, 2004 3:38:52 GMT -5
Amid the chaos of the incident, a lone ship makes its way into the docking bay. It's occupant slips out quietly, body obscured by a cloak. The cloaked figure moves into the colony, using manual hatches to open the airlocks before finally getting into the colony proper and wandering around inside.
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Post by Aegis on Apr 28, 2004 10:43:43 GMT -5
Meanwhile, working furiously to keep the colony as stable as humanly possible, Aegis scrambled from one control panel to another, barking out orders to the rest of the engineers.
Why am I getting this feeling of deja vu?
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Post by Wind on Apr 28, 2004 17:11:49 GMT -5
Wind was able to hide in a parking garage while the pesticides were sprayed, and was now using his headlight to it's upmost ability.
I'm screwed, he thought, manuvering inbetween dead bodies, And for some reason, I'm thinking that this is just the beginning...
He sighed and kept cutting through the darkness.
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Post by Fireball on Apr 28, 2004 18:38:30 GMT -5
A young man, still a teenager, looked up from his book. It was the last time he read the Book of Revelations. He ran down the streets of the dock recreationial area, away from the cafe where he had left.
"Hello? Can anybody help me?" he yelled, adjusting his glasses as he ran.
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Post by Mikaru on Apr 28, 2004 20:31:36 GMT -5
Hmm, a ship in dock at the docking bar. Maybe I can get a ride from that Mikaru thought as he was in the spaceport
"Time to find out" said Mikaru while sprinting towards the ship
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Post by Mega Raptor on Apr 28, 2004 20:34:16 GMT -5
The ship was completely locked down, no way in. However, the engine was running, so obviously it had been used recently and whoever had left it was coming back.
Meanwhile, the cloaked figure made his way deeper into the colony, dodging through alleyways and sticking to the shadows, doing his best to remain unseen as he neared his goal.
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Post by Pkmatrix on Apr 28, 2004 20:43:53 GMT -5
Paul steps out his building's front door, a small backpack slung over his shoulder, into a grim and surreal landscape. Having been thrown off balance, the colony's mirror's are no longer reflecting their sunlight inside. What light that does remain is the dim glow of a billion distant stars...a dimness that reveals a field of corpses in the street.
"Good God..." Paul whispers, crossing himself. After a few more moments of solemn staring, the young man pushes a button his small flashlight and slowly makes his way towards the Spaceport. He wonders how much time he has left before his home is obliterated. I should have checked the time when the announcement was made...
He looks up. Through the glass ceiling above, on the opposite side of the cylinder, Paul can see the Moon slowly growing larger. He starts to run.
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Post by Neolordmaxwell on Apr 28, 2004 20:47:59 GMT -5
"So, then... it's here that the new story begins, is it? So shall it be. However... I simply cannot allow this chaos to continue any further." MAxwell said to nobody as he walked calmly through the crowd. Then, in a loud, booming commanding voice, he cried out "CEASE!". As if time itself had been stopped, the fleeing citizens the colony froze and relaxed, standing calmly looking at the man.
He silently lead them to the damaged sectors, restoring the collapsed bulkheads to allow them to procees to the escape pods they had previously been denied acess to.
"They'll live. This colony can't be saved. It's too important. Now, my interesting freind, to take care of you..."
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Post by dragonclaw15 on Apr 28, 2004 21:55:32 GMT -5
DC lifted a large chest of drawers, shook it once, and tossed it into a duffel bag. He grabbed a couple of books, and shook them, then picked up his bed with his free hand and gave it a shake as well. He tossed these last items into the duffel bag, then slung the bag over his shoulder easily. He looked around the completely bare apartment again. "About time I headed back to Earth anyway..." He stared blankly at - no, through - a nearby wall. "So. They're here too." He shrugged and left the apartment.
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The woman quietly manuevered her small cruiser nearer to the colony and smiled to herself. "Easy pickings," she said to herself. "The system's malfunctioning and everything...Those schematics will be mine..."
She docked the ship on the outside of the colony and flipped a switch. A tube on the bottom of the cruiser extended from the hull and cut its way through the colony hull, then stopped. The room that the tube had cut into instantly started depressurizing.
The woman slipped into her normal suit and grabbed her weapons, then jumped through the void into the colony, the door to her ship closing behind her. She opened the door and exited the room once she had reached the colony, closing the door quickly to prevent further atmosphere loss. Still in her normal suit and jump pack, she readied her assault rifle and began jogging to her target.
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Post by Mega Raptor on Apr 28, 2004 22:35:06 GMT -5
The cloaked figure stood on top of a building and checked his watch.
18 minutes to get in and back to my ship... cutting it close but...
He kicked open a trapdoor, and jumped down into the building, making his way to a lab in the center of it.
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Post by Aegis on Apr 28, 2004 23:23:26 GMT -5
"This is as good as it gets," Aegis muttered to himself, putting the final touches. He then turned to the rest of the crew, eyes furrowed in determination.
"Everybody, out!" he barked at the rest of the engineers.
Immediately, the rest of the crew ran to the doors, away from the engineering section, leaving Aegis the last one to leave. Turning back, he took one more look at the bulkheads before pressing the switch to seal the engineering room shut.
Now... for my stuff...
Looking around and making sure no one was looking, Aegis' hands immediately changed shape, grow claws on his hands and scales lined along his skin. With the now taloned hands, he grabbed one of the sealed doors, and, with inhuman strength, slid it open before running into the room.
Must do one more thing... he thought.
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Post by Wind on Apr 28, 2004 23:28:43 GMT -5
Wind kept riding towards escape, patiently looking to see if he could find anyone alive to help.
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Post by Aegis on Apr 28, 2004 23:34:04 GMT -5
Aegis searched through the rooms, punching through the doors and bulkheads, going from one room to another in a frantic search for... something.
"Come on, where are you..." he muttered under his breath, his hands now morphed back to its normal state.
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Post by Mega Raptor on Apr 29, 2004 2:41:53 GMT -5
With the power out, and the colony in mass panic, it was no trouble slipping into the now deserted facility. The cloaked figure was still a little cautious, however, he was sure he wasn't the only one around.
Finally he found what he was looking for, a small datadisc. He double checked the codes listed on it with the codes he'd been given by his informant.
It was a match, the schematics were on it. He put the disc in a small pouch under his cloak and turned to leave the building.
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Post by dragonclaw15 on Apr 29, 2004 3:01:24 GMT -5
"You wouldn't be planning on taking those, would you?" asked a female voice with a gun pointed at the other intruder. "Because this would be so much easier if you just gave those to me."
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