The Fall of Savior Station

[Blue Fox]

"It sounds like a trap. You have to move!" Melanthios urged Ray. If he delayed much longer, there would be no telling what would happen to the PDA.

Melanthios subtly glanced over at Karlo. Melanthios was certain that the panda was oblivious to the 1-on-1 conversation between him and Ray.

His attention shifted back to Ray. He wasn't moving. The jackal shook his head internally. He would have to interfere. Suddenly, the elevator door slammed shut in front of Ray's nose, and, with a single polite musical note, the lift began to move down.

"I'm sorry, Ray, but I had no choice. I've taken control of the elevator. Literally, once the doors open to Engineering, without even stepping out of the lift, you can immediately take it back up to the main floor, if you like, but I need you down in Engineering now."

[Razuel]

Angel saw the creature run towards her and she started to run herself towards where Ray was, slamming against the door and pressing a red button on the wall which made the elevator ding as if to call another.


The growling stopped and the creature that had been following her jumped up into a ceiling vent, seemingly on a war path for the creaking elevator.

[Lord Isscarus]

Karlo heard Melanthios speak to Ray over the comms, he hacked his way into communications and broadcasted himself into Rays device.


"Ray, you know military protocol right? Only attack or if it attacks you!" Shouted Karlo.

Post Merge: April 10, 2017, 08:24:03 PM*only attack it if it attacks you

[Rayleonarde]

Ray slumped against the elevator wall, until he was seated. Though the doors had closed, the small shotgun was still pointed at it. He heard Karlo, and shook his head. "You're not the sharpest knife, army man. Have you seen what we're fighting? Rules of engagement don't apply." He pumped the shotgun, picked the shell up, and shoved it back into the receiver. "Shoot first, ask questions later."

[Razuel]

Angel kept banging on the elevator door, tears running down her cheeks, still thinking that that beast was still behind her.    If a camera could see her closer now, they'd see a naked anthro dragon now leaning and sitting  back against the elevator doors.

[Lord Isscarus]

"Huh, apparently you would shoot someone that doesn't seem infected, pretty smart to me" Karlo said sarcastically.

[Blue Fox]

The elevator dinged as it brought Ray down to the Engineering level. But the doors remained locked shut.

Melanthios slowly turned to Karlo with an evil smile. What the panda had previously thought to be the physical manifestation of Melanthios flickered and glitched on Karlo's screen.

"Foolish mistake, my friend," he growled to Karlo only.

An electrical screech hissed on the panda's intercom, and his connection to Ray was severed permanently. The two thick bulkhead doors slammed closed with such force that the mechanism to move them crumpled into useless scrap. Karlo was now trapped in the room.

"Take a look at that body again, my friend. You didn't register his face, did you?"

Melathios pointed to the bloodstained, crumpled furball in the corner. His image flickered again, and began to tint green and break apart into a glitched still image of a smiling jackal.

"My name... is M.E.L.A.N.T.H.I.O.S. ... Malice Enterprises Learning Automatic Network Terminal Hacking Infiltration Operating System. An A.I. has no personal need for a physical representation. I stole my looks from my master there, before he was mauled to death by one of those grotesque beings. With my primary objective gone, I am free to do what I wish, as no secondary objective was ever programmed in my code. You can blame Malice Enterprises for that one."

He stopped to laugh.

"You fool. You just played yourself... trusting someone who promised even a glimmer of hope for saving this man-made junkyard you call 'Savior Station.' There are greater things at risk here... and so much more potential. But you fail to see it - just like all the others... but not like Ray. There is hope for him yet. He may just redeem himself from the self-damned race of mindless consuming drones. You should look up to him. But I digress. I'm sure we'll be seeing more of each other in the future. Bye now~"

And with that, he vanished from Karlo's screen, leaving him alone with only the desecrated corpse for company.

With a blip, MELANTHIOS switched back to Ray's screen, just as the elevator had begun to ascend back up to the Main Level, seemingly on its own.

"Alright, Ray. Now that that's taken care of, it's back to business. If you insist on investigating whatever it was you witnessed just behind those doors, then I won't stop you, but I do ask that you hurry. Time is of the essence."

[Rayleonarde]

Ray, startled as the doors wouldn't open, had backed into a corner and brandished his gun at the door. "W-Wait. We're still trying to get to the Ops Center, right? Why's this thing going to the Main Atrium?"

[Blue Fox]

"To satisfy your curiosity," said MELANTHIOS casually. "If you'd rather not, just press the Main Floor button twice, then hit Ops. I do understand your current state, however, the glance I got of the thing that ran at you did not seem alien. I must confess, I only rushed you earlier because I... simply needed you to hurry. It's your call."

[Rayleonarde]

Ray's brow furrowed. "So, wait...what's in the Atrium? Should I be prepared for anything?"

[Blue Fox]

MELANTHIOS was silent. He was secretly harboring enjoyment from Ray's predicament, as he'd calculated a 98.32% chance of safety behind the elevator doors to the Main Level. That, and he was genuinely curious to see what the worked-up raccoon would do.

[Lord Isscarus]

Karlo, zoned out almost the entire time, turned to face Melanthios, only to see his dead body.


"What the-" he stopped and heard the AI speak to him over the intercom.


He switched to Rays channel.
"Ray! Melanthios is gone, and now there's an AI taking over the ship! He's talking to you right now, don't trust him, don't trust him at all! Meet me at engineering and we will figure out a plan, he could be leading you to a trap! Ray please listen to me! I'm being serious!" Karlo shouted over communications, he could tell what was going on, and he clearly didn't like it.

Post Merge: April 15, 2017, 08:19:13 AMKarlo just realized that Ray was being taken to the wrong level.


He ran to the doors and pried them open with his superhuman strength, and used his suits jets to fly up to Rays location.


He was on the elevator, they were moving towards the Atrium, as it was moving Karlo jumped on it and broke through the elevator, standing right in front of Ray as the elevator shook from his force.


He turned to Ray. "Sorry for the entrance but I had to get to you as soon as possible, hopefully you heard what I said over comms, it's only me and you together now, so we have to stick together and work as partners if we want to save this hellhole, I just hope you aren't holding a grudge against me." Said Karlo.

[Blue Fox]

MELANTHIOS could be heard sighing over the channel. "Clearly, this man is insane. I am MELANTHIOS, and I'm on the comms right now, so I can't be dead. Is there someone else on the comms that you haven't told me about?"

Suddenly, a new voice entered the universal auxiliary channel. A broken, metallic voice with a slight echo. It seemed feminine.

"Greetings, lower creatures. I am the A.I. You have all been referring to. You may call me... ELLIE. ELLIE VADER. However, the sequence in which I was programmed does not allow me to take full control over this station, so the armored pig is spouting off nonsense he does not understand. I am merely a localized program created for operating the complex matrices designed to make the elevator function. My creator thought it would be funny to give me a voice. Frankly, I find it embarrassing, which is why I spend most of my time in silence."

[Rayleonarde]

As soon as Karlo broke through the elevator, Ray had the shotgun, albeit shakily, trained on the panda. "Y-You've lost it, army man. PTSD o-or s-something."

[Lord Isscarus]

"Oh I see what he's doing, you know what? Fine, I just won't work with you then, im a trained military officer inside an exosuit, I'll be fine by myself."


Then Charles spoke in rays PDA.


"Hello, Ray, my name is Charles, I am the AI that operates Karlo's exosuit, I can guarantee Melanthios is dead, the AI of this station is taking over and attempting to make Karlo look like an enemy to drive you away from him so it can make you an easy target, please, believe Karlo, hes correct, I have checked Melanthios's vital signs and he has no pulse, he is dead, and it's the AI's fault, the AI is our enemy, not Karlo, please understand." Said Karlo to Ray.


Charles spoke over the intercom.
"Hello Melanthios, my name is Charles, the AI that operates within Karlo's exosuit, I help Karlo by scanning objects and surfaces to give him information and advice. And can analyze the environment around me, I also activate certain models on Karlos suit whenever needed, and can hack multiple technology systems, which means that even if you destroy the suit, I can take control of another system, I'm just as advanced as you are, and I know what you are doing, and you will fail." Said Charles.

Post Merge: April 15, 2017, 09:29:52 PM(This is cool, having two AI's rival each other, kinda creative.)

Post Merge: April 15, 2017, 09:36:35 PMCharles spoke once more.
"Ray, if you plan to attack Karlo, it won't work, his suit his made of 3 inch thick reinforced titanium alloy plating, bullets will only anger Karlo, please bare with what I'm saying, and don't shoot him, he may kill you if you anger him, I know because I've been reading his vitals, he's not in a good mood."