Everflame 2 (FINISHED)

[tangletail]

Leo's lips curled into a smile as he turned to the other. "Not to worry..." he said in a very doubtful yet cheery tone. He propped himself up and slipped on his helmet and spoke again "Uhm.. so one thing you should consider when facing a physicist is that we are willing to do the world's... most outrageous things for a goal. In this case it's to have both of us stay alive because I am really looking forward to that dinner." Now he reached up to the console above him and began shutting down various different systems "so... for the duration of our flight, to ensure your safety stay buckled in at all times, and keep your helmet on. We might suffer some major turbulence and various decompressions..."
The ship spoke after each switch had been flipped. "Warning Auxiliary power disabled. Weapon's systems offline, targeting systems offline, Life support offline,  Monitoring systems offline, lights offline, Aux power rerouted. Warning Manual Overdrive detected. System is now liable to overheating..." The feline pressed another switched and looked to his side as a panel clicked and opened up revealing a lever.

"So... worst case scenario... we die a much more quicker death... best case scenario we blast into freedom" he sighed as he grabbed hold of the lever and jammed it forward, and almost immediately the engines could be heard blaring even louder as the emission from outside of the ship grew gradually stronger.

[KittKat chunky~]

Annie dived towards Lantz, shoving a metal card into his hands before crouching behind her chair "Quick, insert that into your computer's disc drive. Its a Mechanicus trading license which should show your ship as registered to dock and land in the hangars, might help..." She settled into a slightly comfier position on the steel floor of the ship and leaned her head against the back of the seat. Worry nagged at the back of her mind as the communication panel crackled into life.


The screen was blank except for the Mechanicus company logo, twin cogs of dark red meshed together and slowly turning. A cheerful voice emanated from the speakers ~"You have reached the Mechanicus carrier 'Steel Pride', we are currently experiencing an unusual number of internal calls and are unable to respond. Please hold until such a time as one of our staff can-"~

The voice was cut off and another weary one took its place, accompanied by an equally tired vixen with long eyelashes on the screen "Good day my name is Jessica... Sorry for the delay but things are hectic here." She let out a breath which rattled through her mic as several people bustled past her, the sound of the mechanicus reception room audible across the communication. "If you two could just state your business and cargo I can see what I can do for you."





Tess remained silent as the guard called for his assistant, shooting a glance to the latter before taking the bag. She flinched when the guard threw the datapad and it was with an apprehensive expression that she stepped into the cell. One foot remained outside the door, as though she feared it closing behind her, as her usual grin flitted across her lips "Hey Reggie, I'm here to bust you out of this hell hole."

She walked over to him and knelt down to undo the clasps on the restraints, hands shaking as she glanced over her shoulder "That Annie better be grateful after all this, I got better things to be blowing a thousan' creds on..." The claps finally opened with a snap and the restraints loosened. Tess stood up and dropped the bag beside Reggie, turning away and only just concealing the fact that her hands were still shaking.





The shuttle shook and juddered as a loud screeching filled the cargo bay. An explorator, first class too, nudged Blaze and winked surreptitiously "Dont worry about that officer Grawn. Just stay close with me." She pressed a button on her armor and her helmet slid up in a series of interlocking plates that ended with an orange visor sliding closed. Her voice sounded in Blaze's own helmet as the bay door opened into swirling darkness "This is the best part of being an explorator after all. Guns out and a ship to salvage. That Grawn just takes it too seriously because he used to be in the marine core."

[Entaru]

Nero clenched his teeth as he tried to maintain a hold on the ship.  Then, as the engine blasted one last time, his grip slipped sending the ship hurtling through hyperspace at an unknown but dangerous speed.  The fabric of space tore slightly at the strain, but quickly healed itself back over.  Nero stood there, his hands still gripping the space that the ship had once occupied, dumbfounded.

TheY...TheY GoT...AwaY.................THEY GOT AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nero's psionic howl of rage could be felt for lightyears around him as he began slamming his black claws into the very fabric of reality, sending destructive ripples throughout the solar system and the space surrounding it.  The remaining planets in the system burst like balloons that had been poked with pins.  The sun faded with each ripple until it collapsed in on itself, creating a black hole which seemed to widen every time another ripple slammed into it.

ThaT DoeS IT!!!  We'rE GoinG TO TeaR AparT ThiS UniversE AtoM BY AtoM!!  ThE FlamE WilL BE RETURNED!!!

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chronin watched the officer as he spoke, keeping some focus on any hostile movements. So, he was able to simply side-step the blade as it came out. "The Sphere was annihilated a few days ago. I am very sure that they are more concerned with their own survival, than on a rock that doesn't belong here." He held out his hand, letting out a minor fraction of his energy as he yanked the officer off his feet and send him flying chest first into his palm. He tugged on the suit with the same palm, and snapped his arm back to quickly tear off some of the suit. He then delivered a front kick to the same area, keeping his talons from digging into the muscle. Shortly after the captain recovered from the kick, Chronin still held the suit-piece in his claws. "You have one more chance to get out of my way, before I start lopping off your arms and legs."

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The general clung to her seat and the ship screamed as it stretched and tore before being flung into the void of hyperspace, burning through beyond sound and light. Stars whirled and blurred, spewing colour and the sound of the universe roared. Every frequency increased, every sound from every star and planet shrieked past as the ship blasted among them. Across every molecule of the galaxy the ship sliced. The hull cracked, the air escaped, and the engines screamed their last spurt of energy. They dropped out of hyperspace and drifted for a moment until gravity took hold. A planet peered up and pulled them toward it, down into a field of white stems and purple flowers. They were dragged toward it, hurtling to the ground. It raced to meet them, the flowers waving until the ship slammed into the ground. Dirt tore and the glass screen snapped. The hull crushed and burst, spilling its innards across the meadow. Chunks of metal bounced and tore while the ship scraped into the dirt until it eventually stopped.

An eastern pygmy possum girl with black diamond patches over her eyes rode across the field on the back of a great feral lizard. She wore a short red tunic and a her pocket was crammed with flowers. The large lizard strode through the flowers and its long tail stretched out behind it, swinging over the blooming heads. They approached the craft, weaving past the chunks of wreckage, eyes wide at it all. The girl looked around at everything, seeing them new and strange. The lizard kept its distance until the girl leaned forward and whispered into its ear. It looked around, then with a resigning sigh it crept forward. It nosed through the wreckage, past hull plating and pushed through the pierced hull. The girl climbed forward to its head and peered through inside the ship, finding two unmoving humanoids with alien suits.





Lantz pushed the metal card into the computer just as the screen burst into life. He smiled to the tired mechanicus receptionist while Tiz buzzed with cutesy energy. She leaned forward to the screen, staring at the activity in the background.
"Tara, sit down," Lantz said, and pulled her back onto his lap before apologising to the vixen. "Sorry about that. Anyway, we're just here to pick up some of our friends. We've got no cargo except food for the trip." Distractions raced around behind the receptionist, with the loudest shout getting caught by the communications. "I hope everything's okay over there. We're on a bit of a deadline, you see."




Reggie's growls died down as she stepped through, and an almost appreciative look came across him. He looked into her eyes and the look faded. She could barely look at him, so he turned away. Once the clasps were undone, he shrugged the restraints off his large body and got to his feet with the bag at his side. He searched through his clothes and pulled them on, finding them crumpled. They also stank of his sweat. He gave a sigh and a growl crept out. It grew as he pulled clothes on, and watched Tess keep her distance. He could see her shake. He gritted his teeth.
"A thousand credits?" he managed to say while he suppressed himself. "Thanks." He picked the datapad from the floor and looked through the messages, there were none. He shook his head then prodded Tess in the back. "So what happens now?"





The beast spread and grew across the stars, reaching and consuming rocks and dirt far beyond the solar system, out to other stars, even clusters as it stretched, burned and consumed. Its body moved toward Nero, its energy all encompassing. The beast had no voice as it threatened to engulf him.





The captain yelled as the chest piece tore and the talons dug into his flesh. Then there was a sound and a light that glowed from his arm. A small shine and a harmonious hum. It twirled with his screams and soothed the very air it touched. The sound became music and the captain calmed. A smile came upon him as he got to his feet, and the muscles that were exposed reached and grew into the suit, pulling it together. The suit grew and stretched across his front until he was healed and armoured once more. The sound didn't stop, it grew with his body as the dog built and thickened with a stronger, faster and larger self. He stood seven foot tall with a smile on his face.
"This everflame thing. It's great. And with decades of research on it, we've made something even you can't beat."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chronin's face never showed any negative expression as the captain changed shape and got taller. In fact, it looked like he finally had something to smile about. "I guess I can spend some time with you, not every day an interesting person comes along..." The panels and walls warped once again as Chronin's body also changed shape. His hair became several layers of crystalline spikes while his eyes had a bright yellow glow. The glove on his right talon fused with the scales and gave off a flow of its own. His clothes were also hardened, but segmented to allow freedom of movement. Chronin deftly raised his right arm and fired five explosive spheres in rapid succession, while giving off an aura that would make anyone within two meters of him feel like their weight almost doubled.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The captain dove under the bombs, hit the floor and launched himself up, firing off blades of light at Chronin that cut through the walls and floor with a blinding gleam. He gripped the ceiling and threw himself into the dragon's aura, teeth bared and fists clenched. The bombs exploded behind him in the small corridor, bursting through to the outside, and tearing a chunk from the inner wall that protected the central chamber.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chronin had set up the aura for two different reasons, the first was to slow or push down any projectiles coming at him, the second was to make it easy for him to find someone near the reach of his arms. So it was easy for him to focus his power on the airborne super-wolf, and suspend him in the air with just one hand. With a methodical slowness, Chronin raised his left arm and had it point towards the wolf's right bicep. In a single twist-pull motion, the wolf's arm was completely dislocated and removed from the shoulder before flopping to the floor and draining the blood it had inside. "One arm, two legs..."

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The wolf eyes rolled up into his head and his jaw fell open with his tongue lolling. His body followed suit and hung against Chronin's hand while the dismembered arm fell to the floor. The severed limb covered the floor in a pool of blood until the vessels stopped the flow. That same glow that arm beat and grew. The sound returned and the arm stretched. The fingers clawed and the arm leapt off the floor. It grabbed Chronin's leg, squeezed tight while the severed end spread and expanded. Its muscles and bones stretched and formed growing into a twisted form. Another arm and reached and pulled.

[KittKat chunky~]

A bright smile flashed through the weariness in Jessica's expression as Lantz pulled Tiz away from the screen "No worries sir, cute kid... Non-trade business? I see you're ship is Mechanicus registered as well. That should-" She paused, and it was clear from the way her eyes flicked back and forth that she was reading something on her computer monitor. The grin slowly sank beneath a fresh wave of fatigue as she glanced over her shoulder and then back to the screen.

Jessica flicked her fringe out of her eyes and the smile returned once again "If you could just list the passengers aboard you're ship, everything else seems in order. This carrier is currently unavailable for trade but if your just here for pickup I can clear you through quickly."





Tess flinched and her tail flicked twice. She turned to face Reggie and, now that he was fully clothed, her usual grin returned "Well, if I was in your place I would be dying for a shower..." She glanced up at him from under his fringe, at his massive frame looming over her in the small cell, and wrinkled her nose "And some clean clothes."

In the corridor RUST-E watched the reptilian guard with his unblinking blue lens, motors whirring as the little droid waited for his mistress.




The corridors of the space station lay silent, darkness shrouding every corner. A thick black fog clung to the steel flooring which swirled in the wake of the explorators. Beams of white light sliced through the shadows and the dull clank of armored boots on steel filled the corridors. "Lita, Jaeka... Slice that door, everyone else form up, weapons out." Grawn jabbed a finger at the bulkhead doorway and pulled two bulky pistols from their holsters on his belt as he growled into the helmet mic "This place is too quiet..."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chronin ignored the lone arm, believing the arm alone lacked the leverage and the power to throw off his balance. However, he did acknowledge that the limb was still working despite being torn from the body. So in hoping that the head was the reason behind the madness, Chronin moved his left arm back up to the super-wolf and twisted the head off. He made sure to remove the spine as well, then ripped the spine off the skull before tossing the head down the stairs that he came from. If the body still moves, then I could just say he was unnaturally augmented to begin with.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Lantz nodded with an apparently genuine smile. "Well there's three of us. There's me, this girl here," he said, gesturing to Tiz who waved to the woman. "And her mother's in her room having a nap." He looked into the camera with his best, most honest expression.



Reggie puffed a breath of laughter, and sniffed at himself. "Yeah okay and where do I go for that." He walked past Tess to the door. The guard gave a nod as he passed and Reggie replied with a snarl. When Tess followed behind, the guard pulled her aside and whispered into her ear.
"Remember tomorrow, eight o' clock." He grinned and pushed her away to Reggie, who had pulled up his datapad and flicked to his finances. The fox groaned in frustration at the miniscule number and turned to the girl.
"You might have to help me out with money for a bit until I get some of my own."





The arm continues to grow and spread, with more limps sprouting from that torn wound. They like a spider unfurling and gripped the floor for leverage. With every second, the arms multiplied and expanded with thick muscle and claws. As Chronin pulled out the limp head, the arms grabbed his tail and dug in through the armour. They clung to his leg, and gripped the floor ready to pull and tear. The dragged against the floor, wrenching the tail one way, the leg another, ripping at the thigh with a spray of blood.

[KittKat chunky~]

Jessica returned the smile and tapped away at her computer. Finally, after a minute of clamour from the reception behind her, the vixen turned back to the screen. "Very well, I've got you clearance to bay four. Mechanicus security there will take your names and details for our logs." She huffed a weary breath and pushed her fringe back out of her eyes with one finger, grinning and waving to Tiz "Nice seeing you kid, and we hope you have a good day sir."

The screen flashed back to the Mechanicus logo where a message scrolled below the emblem:

~Automated docking sequence initiated. Do not remove your registration card. Do not attempt to regain control of your ship Automated docking sequence initiated.~

The entire ship lurched for a moment, and then the carrier and space station before them started to grow in size as the ship accelerated through space. Annie sighed with relief and stood, relieving the cramp from her legs as she said "Well we're in."





Tess followed Reggie out, explaining as she walked "Those clothes can be washed for you while you shower in the communal baths-" She was cut off as the guard pulled her aside. Her lip curled and she hissed back at him "Fine..." Turning back to Reggie it took Tess a perceptible moment or two for what he said to register. She cringed and wrinkled her nose again "Mechanicus Engineer doesn't pay much, beside the stuff I get on contract... But don't worry, there are ways to live cheap round here."






Blaze's heavy breathing was the only sound he could hear inside his helmet. The orange tint of the visor cast everything in strange shades and shadows lay down every twisting corner of the corridors. Beside him the female explorator, name of Karla he figured from the nameplate on her armour, touched two fingers to the corridor wall.

Dark marks where plastered across the metal in a staggered fashion "Scorch marks... Possibly plasma burns." Karla turned her head to look at Blaze, her furrowed brow visible through the tinted visor "Plasma weaponry is illegal onboard ships, too much risk of penetrating the hull..."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

When Chronin saw his own blood, he had flashbacks to the war he was in a decade ago. He shrieked - at a volume and tone that could have rivaled the dragons of folk tales - as his 'power' spiked, pulling off every piece and limb of the captain's body off of him and smashed it all together in one heaping mass of flesh, bone, and blood. Chronin quickly regained self-control afterwards, not taking a minute to ponder how he accomplished it as he brandished his rifle again and set it for 'burn' before unloading shot after shot into the regenerating flesh. He finally stopped firing when the charring became visible and started to spread as a greenish flame. His head will probably take a few minutes to regenerate a full body, and by that time I'll have probably busted open the door to the dead Everflame. Then again, I can simply get the head and send it into deep space so it won't be a problem at all. Chronin smirked at the wound, shaking his leg before continuing once again. Whatever is your pleasure, mother.

During Chronin's power spike, his presence could be felt in a radius of several lightyears. But it was a short spike, masking his presence the moment he regained his senses.

[Entaru]

Nero turned to the beast, fuming.  The flames around him only seemed to anger him more.  AlL RighT!  NO MorE MR. NicE GuY!!!  I NeeD PoweR AnD YourS IS SufficienT.  I'lL BreaK DowN ThiS UniversE BY MY SelF!!!  Nero repulsed the flames around him and allowed is full girth to emerge.  He quickly dwarfed the beast as the darkness that made up his body expanded, the black of his body somehow contrasted against the deep of space.  Stars began to shimmer across his body as what seemed to be a whole other galaxy materialized in his vastness.  Planets lightyears away could see a dark humanoid figure growing across the sky.  A miniature black hole began to swirl where his empty eye socket once was.  Fully formed, a tendril of darkness shot out from his body like the stinger of a jellyfish and wrapped around the beast, dragging the burning creature towards the black hole.  YoU WiLl BeCoMe OnE WiTh US...ThE FlAmE MuSt BE ReTuRnEd!!!