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Banana Bread Galore (Don't ask about the title.) John and Megan are watching The Bourne Identity when the phone rings. He ignores it. It continues ringing. John: Go away. Watching a movie. Still ringing. Ringing. Ringing. John: SHUT UP ALREADY! He picks up. John: Hello. Chris: Hey kids. Know what time it is? John: Tool time. Chris: Eeerrrnnt. Wrong. It's job time. John: Again? Chris: It gets us money, what are you upset about? John: I dunno, maybe the whole getting shot at every dadgum day thing. Chris: So, what? Quit. John: No way, man. Chris: Alright, then don't complain. Anyway, a group of explorers-slash-surveyors want us to go along with them to check out Taspin--the "kingdom" in the sky. They say nobody ever moves there or builds there and they want to go check it out. John: Money? Chris: A thousand up front and we'll figure out their final price when we're done. I told 'em I'd cap it at nine thousand. John: Bad move. Chris: Oh? John: It'll be worth way more than that once we almost die four or five times. Chris: I told you to stop complaining. John: Right. Chris: Anyway, we're going to meet with them tomorrow to talk about it. Five o' clock, be there. John: Will do. --Tomorrow.-- Megan, John, and Tom arrive at Chris's house. The Sky Wolf is already parked in the pasture out back. A red Acura RSX is parked out front. They go inside. They enter the living room. Jake, Jango, and Chris are sitting on the couch, while two women are sitting in chairs on the other side of the coffee table. One is 20-ish, wearing a dark blue hoodie and blue jeans, has shoulder-length brown hair and glasses, and the other early 30's, wearing a red, low-neck shirt, tight black jeans, and has blonde hair pulled back in a pony tail. John, Tom, and Megan sit on the other chairs around the room. Chris gestures to the brown-haired woman. Chris: This is Jennifer Grayson. He gestures to the blonde-haired woman. Chris: This is Theresa Perera. Chris points out and introduces the rest of the group. Chris: Now, down to business. This sounds pretty simple. For the sake of everybody else that didn't have the convenience of receiving the initial call, I'll quickly recap. You want us to accompany you to Taspin to explore it and see why nobody really likes it there. Presumably, you are worried about being in danger, so you bring the big guys with the big guns. Jennifer nods, Theresa laughs. Theresa: Yeah. We just want to take a look around, see what the problem is, and see if it's like a good place to get some people in and build it up and stuff. John: Sounds easy enough. Chris: We're pretty much open to go at any time. When are you planning this expedition? Jennifer: We were figuring Monday. Is that okay? Chris: Yeah. The last issue is transportation. Do you have your own transportation to Taspin? Jennifer: Yeah, we have an airship. Chris: Alright. I'll call you Sunday and arrange where we'll meet up. We'll let you go now. Theresa: Alrighty. Thanks a lot. They leave.	John Gibson 2nd In Command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 6/7/2005 11:20:40 PM Level: 19 Experience: 31580 Total Posts: 442
RE: Banana Bread Galore Jake yawns and gets up off the couch. Jake: Well, seeing as today is saturday and I've got time to kill, Jango and I might as well head out. John: Where to? Jake: Mesenia. I heard there's a good hole-in-the-wall weapons shop down near one of the auto dealers. John: Can you -ever- own enough weapons? Jake: Nope! Jake grins and heads twords the door. Jango follows behind, drinking a Dr. Pepper. Chris: Hey! Where'd you get that? Jango: Oh, this? Your fridge. Chris: THAT WAS MY LAST ONE! JangoL TOO BAD! Jango laughs evilly then runs out. Chris mumbles under his breath as Jake and Jango walk out. Jake and Jango head down to the Sky Wolf, and get inside. A few moments later they're airborn, and off twords Mesania. Back at the house, John grabs the X-Box. John: HALO TIME! John, Chris, Tom, and Megan start playing Halo 2. John: BWA HAHA! TAKE THAT! Chris punches John in the arm. Chris: I'M ON YOUR TEAM! They all continue bickering and arguing over it. Later that day, the Sky Wolf slowly lands down in a parking lot, taking up pretty much the whole thing. JAke and Jango get out and start walking down the block. Jango: Hmm, I'm heading down there, I'll meet up with you in a few. Jake: All right. Jake heads down, and turns down an ally, and into a small shop mid-way down the alley. It was windowless, and quiet. When he walked inside though, Jake's jaw dropped at the weapons lining the wall. Jake walked around, looking through all the racks of guns. Clerk: Can I help you? Jake: Hmm..*He would point* Two M1911A1's...Uhh..an ARWEN 37..Hmm..I guess that'll be it. Clerk: All right then. After a few moments of checking Jake's background and all that jazz, the Clerk rings it up. Jake loads the M1911A1's and places them in his shoulder holsters, and sets the ARWEN 37 into a steel case, and begins heading out. He walks up the block back to the Sky Wolf. There he saw a short-haired man, dressed in khaki shorts and a white t-shirt running his hand along the Sky Wolf's hull. Jake rests his hand on his Desert Eagle. Jake: Hello...? The man turns around. Jones: Heeeeeeey, buddy! Long time no see, eh? Jake: Jones. Good to see you. Jones: So, you been thinkin' about my offer? Jake looks dumbfounded. Jones: You know, you giving me back my ship... He smiles. Jake: Your ship? I didn't know we ever talked about that. Jones: ...It was a joke. He turns around, takes another look at the Sky Wolf, and whistles. Jones: I saw you gave her some missiles and a T14 booster system. Mighty fine piece of work, but she's old. Why don't you get something new and I'll take her off your hands? Jake: Never gonna happen. Jones forces a chuckle and grits his teeth. Jones: Well, it was nice seeing my baby again. See you around. Jake: Yeah. He entered the Sky Wolf and they went back to Chris's house.	Jake Conner 3rd in command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 6/8/2005 3:36:17 PM Level: 19 Experience: 31340 Total Posts: 1088
RE: Banana Bread Galore --Sunday.-- Chris: Taspin is floating above western Nookiya Forest today, and it'll probably be about half mile off shore tomorrow. We should meet at the Nookiya Coast Bluffs and you can follow us. Theresa: Sounds good. --Approx. 6:00 AM, Monday morning.-- Chris bursts into John's house, uninvited. Everybody is still asleep. Chris: MOOove your DONKEYS! It's MAIL CALL! Three groans are emitted from upstairs. Chris: GET YOUR CANDY BUTTS OUT OF BED! MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT, MARINES! Three groans are emitted from upstairs. Chris: DON'T MAKE ME GET THE HOSE! There's a loud racket. Within seconds, John, Tom, and Megan run downstairs, still getting dressed. They line up in front of Chris and salute. John: I thought we were leaving at five... Chris: WE ARE, MAGG--AHEM. We are. We just have to prepare. John: For eleven hours? John, Tom, and Megan simultaneously slump to the floor, snoring. Chris: YOU MAGGOTS ARE HOPELESS EXCUSES FOR HUMAN BEINGS! He marches out of the house. His tires squeal as he tears a layer off of them and goes home. --Approx. 2:00 PM, Monday afternoon.-- The Sky Wolf lands in the field behind John's house. John, Tom carry guns while Megan carries ammo cans. After a good portion of the cargo bay is filled with firearm-related items, they take off, heading east for Nookiya Forest. Chris: It's about a three hour flight to Nookiya Coast Bluffs. We'll be lucky to make it on time. John: Oh well. I'll be in the back, sleeping, since Chris broke into my house and woke me up at an entirely indecent hour. Chris: I didn't break in. I had a key. John shrugs and goes into the back. Megan follows. --5:15 PM, Monday afternoon.-- The Sky Wolf lands on the beach. A small passenger VTOL jet is already there. The team exits the Sky Wolf, carrying guns. Eight casually-dressed people, including Jennifer and Theresa, exit the jet. Chris: Sorry we're late. My colleagues are a bunch of lazy butts. John: If not getting up at five in the morning constitutes lazy-- Chris: It was six. John: Whatever. Megan: Don't mind them. Do you want to follow us or do we follow you? Jennifer: Well, we weren't exactly sure how to get there, so we'd like to follow you if that's okay. Jango: That is ABSOLUTELY fine. Whatever you want to do. By the way, you're quite lovely today. What did you do with your hair? It's magnificent. Megan pushes Jango away before he can embarrass himself any more. Chris: Do you need to prepare anything, or are we good to go? Jennifer: I think we're all ready. She looks around at everybody. They all nod. Chris: Alright. Let's go. The team piles into the Sky Wolf. The explorers get back in their jet. They take off for Taspin. --5:45 PM, Monday afternoon.-- They land on the edge of Taspin Island. A thick cloud of dust is blown up by the jets of the airships. They land and turn off their engines. Everybody, minus Jango, exits their respective airships. Jennifer: This is right where we want to be. We're going to check this place first. It's the earliest establishment in Taspin, and even here only a few buildings were completed. There was an eery feeling about the whole place. Everybody felt it. Apparently the complete lack of anything living. Having had this feeling many times before, John and Chris don't brush it aside. They unsafe their weapons and rest their hands on them. Jake, Tom, and Megan follow suit. A few of the explorers look at them. Harrison: Did you see something? Chris: No... Just being safe. They walk down the main, unpaved street in the small establishment. Chris stops. Chris: Hold up. He points at a door. It wide open and has fresh handprints on it. He enters, AR15 shouldered. Chris: ...Holy... John: What? ...Whoa. On the floor is a man laying in his own blood. To not be vomit-inducingly disgusting, let's just say his head isn't whole. John: That's not good. One of the explorers, Sarah, enters. She screams, leaves, and promptly empties her stomach. Chris: Go make sure everybody stays outside, John. Chris pulls out his Surefire G2 and holds it against his AR15's handguard. He looks around the room. Dusty. No more dead guys, though. He finds the light switch and turns it on. He sees a slowly moving blue light out of the corner of his eye. He turns and sees a flash on the wall. A circular spot of dust is missing, but there's nothing there.	John Gibson 2nd In Command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 6/8/2005 6:23:35 PM Level: 19 Experience: 31580 Total Posts: 442
RE: Banana Bread Galore Chris: -What- was that? Outside John comes out and tells everyone to stay outside, of course this doesn't stop Jake and Tom from becoming curious. Jake runs in past John, Cx4 shouldered, Tom coming in behind with his XM15 shouldered. Jake: What happened? Chris: I thought I told John to tell you guys to stay ou-- Chris jerks his head to the side, seeing a shadow move past a hole in the wall. Chris turns, approaching the hole. Tom turns, watching Chris' back, while Jake creeps up a few feet behind Chris. Chris peers his head out the hole, and glances around. Chris: ..Nothing. Jake: What did you see? Chris: I don't know.. Outside, one of the women is heard shrieking, and a few rounds go off. Tom is the first one out the door, followed by Jake and Chris. Tom: What happened?! Jennifer: T-the side of the building! Jake and Tom run around, and see one of the explorers. His torso on the ground, covered in blood. His arms, legs, and head were completely torn off the body, and scattered around the side of the building. Jake turns his head and gags a bit, but quickly regains his composure. Tom too looks away for a moment at the sight of blood and flesh splattered everyware. Off in the near distance, a scraping sound is heard coming from one of the buildings which is falling apart. Jake: Megan, John, stay and watch out for the other explorers. John: No--I'm coming. Chris: I'll stay back. Jake nods. John grabs his G36 and follows alongside Tom and Jake.	Jake Conner 3rd in command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 6/8/2005 8:47:56 PM Level: 19 Experience: 31340 Total Posts: 1088
RE: Banana Bread Galore John kicks open the door. There's another dead man. Again, he sees the blue like out the corner of his eye. He looks and sees it disappear up the stairs. John: If we were intelligent, we'd just get the heck out of here. Tom: But apparently we're not. I'm going back to the Sky Wolf. Bye. I'm guessing if you guys want to live, you'll follow me. He promptly leaves. John: Blue lights... He runs upstairs and gets a good look at one. It's a glowing orb floating around, leaving an afterimage behind itself. It darts toward John. He dives. It skims by his arm, gouging it. It blows a hole in the wall. John: Jake, we're leaving. NOW. He runs downstairs. They both leave and go find the explorers. Theresa: WHAT HAPPENED TO CLINT?! John: He got ripped apart. We are leaving and we are never coming back. If you're wise, you're coming with us. Theresa: I'm going to find what killed Clint and I'm going to destroy it. John shrugs. John: Like heck you are. If my guess was worth anything, it would just vaporize anything you sent at it. Either way, you do your thing. We're gone. Theresa: Fifteen thousand. John stops walking. After pausing for a moment, he rubs his forehead. John: The garbage I'll do for a little money... Chris: Maybe somebody's controlling them. John: Or maybe they're wild and we're intruding on their territory. Does it matter? Not really. This place has been dead for years. Does it really matter if it stays dead? Chris: But... there's money. John continues rubbing his forehead. John: We are stupid. John's radio crackles. Jango: Guys, I got a severe engine malfunction. John: What happened? Jango: Well... There's a hole straight through it. I didn't see it happen. John: We know what happened. Go take a look at the explorers' jet. I bet it-- There's an incredibly loud explosion over the radio and a minute's silence. Jango: Yeah, they've got problems too. One of the explorers shrieks. John looks. One of the lights is floating behind her. It bobs around slightly, but for the most part isn't moving. It begins floating off slowly. The woman that shrieked begins following it. John: DON'T do that. The woman stops. John: It'll do to you what it did to Clint. Do you want to be blown to pieces? Her eyes widen. Chris: Although... He rubs his chin. Chris: John, Jake, we should see where it goes. Megan, stay here. They lower their weapons and calmly follow the light, in hopes that not getting too close and being calm won't provoke them. It enters a clean, complete building by passing through the wall--without damaging it.	John Gibson 2nd In Command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 6/8/2005 10:30:54 PM Level: 19 Experience: 31580 Total Posts: 442
RE: Banana Bread Galore John, Jake and Chris continue walking up twords the building. The building looked to be fairly new, and in good condition. Jake went to turn the handl of the wooden-looking door, but it was locked. Chris: Move. Jake moved, and Chris ran forward, trying to kick the door down. Chris: GHGHGHH! OWW! John: ...? John walked forward, and knocked his hand on the door. It wasn't wooden, it was steel. Jake began knocking on the wall around it, it too was steel. Jake: Great. A steel fortress disguised as a wooden shack. Chris: My foot hurts. Jake: Oh shut up, you big baby. Chris: ... John continued to feel around the wall. There was a spot about 6 inches to the right of the door that sounded hollow. Beneath the hollow spot was a small piece of wood sticking out. John grabbed it, and pulled up. It was a small door that slid upwards, revealing a passcode panel. John: Yay for passwords. John began trying codes and the such. Jake: BAH, this is BORING. Jake unholstered one of his M1911's and shot the corner of the panel. He grabbed it, and pulled it out of the wall. John: What are you doing? Jake: Hush. Jake pulled the wires out of the back of the keypad, and began sticking random wires together. After a bit, the sound of air decompressing was heard. The steel door slid open to the left. A long hallway was behind the door, heading at a downward angle, probably underground. After a moments time, the lights lining the hallway began flickering on. Jake: Ta-da. Chris: I have a bad feeling about this. Down the tunnel, the sounds of machinery and electronics humming could be heard. An ominous light was shimmering at the end of the tunnel.	Jake Conner 3rd in command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 6/8/2005 10:48:40 PM Level: 19 Experience: 31340 Total Posts: 1088
RE: Banana Bread Galore At the end of the tunnel, it turns and leads into a small room. The lights are off, but there are several large tubes full of the glowing creatures, supplying a decent amount of light. Two computers are on desks on the opposite side of the room from the tubes. John moves the mouse on one and the screensaver turns off. He opens a text file on the desktop. Scientific gibberish, mostly, but it appears to be about the creatures... Chikarta, they call them. He opens another text file and another. He soon realizes that they're an offshoot of the chiknia from the Gardens. John: They're messed up chiknia. Jake: What? John: Chiknia. The little floating light guys from the Gardens. Chris: The Linhi created the chiknia. I get the feeling we have another corrupt Linhi on our hands. They hear several noises from behind them. They turn around. The chikarta are exiting the tubes rapidly. John: Leave? Chris: Very yes. They slowly edge toward the next hall, the one they didn't come from. The chikarta don't follow. They continue down the hall, deeper underground. They hear a humming. Jake turns around. Jake: Down! They get down. Hundreds of chikarta fly over their heads. Jake: They don't seem to want to kill us right now. That's a good sign. Chris: Indeed. Let's keep going. They descend deeper.	John Gibson 2nd In Command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 6/8/2005 11:31:08 PM Level: 19 Experience: 31580 Total Posts: 442
RE: Banana Bread Galore As they descend deeper, they etner another room, this one much smaller. As soon as they set foot in the room, the room lights up. Mutilated bodies are hanging from chains along the walls. More of the large tubes are on the opposite side of the room, empty. One of the men on the wall seems to be breathing, slightly. ??: ..Get..out.. Jake: Uhh..leave? John: ..Yeah. The three turn, but as soon as they face the hallway ascending upwards, a steel door slams down, blocking that way. Chris: GREAT! Jake: Don't panic, yet. Chris: Don't panic? DON'T PANIC? WE'RE TRAPPED HALF WAY UNDER THIS PLACE, WITH NO WAY OUT! Jake: There's a way out..Down. Jake begins heading down the next hallway. Seeing no choice, Chris and John come after him, hesitantly. As they approach the end, there is a large set of double doors, reinforced steel. John: Looks like a dead e-- Before he finished his sentence, the doors began to open. The room was nearly pitch black, the only thing keeping it lit was some sort of glowing orb sitting on a center pedestal. Chris: What's the heck is that? Jake: Beats me. John slowly approaches it, his eyes darting around the room incase of anything. As he approaches it, the green orb begins to glow brighter. John slowly reaches his hand out, and places his hand on it. Instantly, the lights kick on, and the sound of engines roaring echos through the place. As Jake's eyes adjusted to the sudden light change, he glanced around the room, seeing many more of those tubes turning on. They began bubbling as their diagnostic screens lit up. Just then however, the doors they came in through closed shut, and the doorway ahead of them also shut. The sound of roaring engines became muffled to a silence as the second set of doors shut. The only thing making noise now was the humming of the large fan in the ceiling, and the churning of the tubes lining the room. John: ..Oops?	Jake Conner 3rd in command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 6/8/2005 11:57:30 PM Level: 19 Experience: 31340 Total Posts: 1088
RE: Banana Bread Galore Outside at the airships, what's left of the explorers and Tom, Megan, and Jango are hanging around the Sky Wolf. The remains of the explorers' ship is nearby, smoldering. Tom: This is nuts. Can you fix it? Jango: I don't think so. Tom: Excellent. Megan: I'll go call for help. Megan boards the Sky Wolf and grabs the satellite phone. She dials some number. Tom suddenly gets a bad feeling in his spine. ... He realizes he's lying on the rocky ground. He stands up and brushes himself off, but then notices a slight vibration in the ground at regular intervals. He shoulders his rifle and aims it toward the nearby woods. He backs up to the Sky Wolf. Tom: Everybody be quiet. Get in the Sky Wolf. Everybody gives him a funny look but, noting the look on his face, decide to do what he says. He backs up to the loading ramp and waits steadily and silently. The vibration is now a rumble. It suddenly stops. Inside, Megan shuts off the phone, puts it down, and turns to Jango. Megan: What's going on? Jango: Shhh. Tom was being weird. He told us to come inside and be quiet. I don't think he's kidding. Megan's facial expression turns serious. She opens up a hard case and pulls out an M136 rocket launcher. She creeps down the loading ramp and stops next to Tom. Megan (Whispering): What? Tom (Whispering): I'm not sure. I think it's right at the edge of the woods. I can feel it looking at us. Megan: I don't see anything. Tom: Me neither. The rumbling starts again at regular intervals but this time further apart. Tom: Uhm... Tom backs very slowly up the boarding ramp. Megan does so as well. They can feel something not ten feet away from them. Megan gets into the cockpit and opens a footlocker. She pulls out Tom's AN/PAS-13 thermal sight and switches it on. She aims it outside and peers into it. She sees the white-hot silhouette of a fifteen-foot-tall four-legged creature standing right next to the Sky Wolf. Tom steps into the cockpit and stops next to Megan. Tom: Anything? Megan almost looks terrified. She just hands the sight to Tom. He looks into it. He lowers it, his expression blank. Jango: What? Tom turns ominously toward Jango. Tom: Whatever you do--do not look outside through this scope. Same goes for all of you. Everybody just stay in here. Megan, were you able to get anybody on the phone? Megan: Yeah. My friend Jill is coming up with her airship. Jennifer: I can't take it not knowing. Let me look. Tom and Megan exchange glances. Tom reluctantly hands over the thermal sight. Jennifer nervously brings it up and looks through it. All she sees is white. Jennifer: It's just white-- There is a loud crash and the Sky Wolf lurches. Everybody falls to the floor. Megan: Ugh. Anybody seen that movie Jurassic Park? Tom: *Getting back up* Yes. He grabs his scope off the floor and switches it off. He picks up an empty duffle bag and slings that as well as his XM15. Tom: Everybody grab a gun and ammo. We're going outside. Megan and Jango, grab two rocket launchers a piece. The Sky Wolf rocks again with the accompanying loud crash. Stuff is knocked all over the place. Tom: Everybody but Megan and Jango, run for the building the rest of our team went in. He turns to Megan and Jango. Tom: We're gonna see if we can blow this thing up. We'll run outside and get ample distance. Megan: We're going to miss it. The blasted thing is completely invisible. Tom: You're probably right, but we'll try anyway. The Sky Wolf is slammed again but harder this time. Tom: Okay, run! They all dash down the boarding ramp. The remaining explorers, rifles in hands, run toward the building John, Jake, and Chris entered. Tom, Megan, and Jango go half way, stop, and turn to the creature. Tom quickly finds it through the thermal sight. Tom: HOT TUNA! It's fast and COMING RIGHT AT US!! RUN!!! They forget shooting it and run like crazy to the building. The creature lets out an ear-piercing, high-pitched, gurgling scream. They get through the doorway and listen as the creature slams into the side of the steel structure. It starts beating on it to no avail. They all breathe a sigh of relief. Tom turns to the rest. Tom: Okay, who ticked it off? Everybody shrugs. Tom switches his thermal sight off again and stows it in the empty duffle bag. He pulls his walkie-talkie off his tactical vest and pushes PTT. Tom: Guys, are you still alive? He releases the button and waits for a response. Jake's voice answers. Jake: Yes. Tom: Where are you? Jake: Underneath a building. Two heavy steel doors have us locked in. Tom: Great. Hang on. Tom turns to the group. Tom: Anybody got some breaching charges? Megan points at her backpack and nods. Tom: Okay, we've got something that might be able to blow the doors. Where is it? Jake: Go down the hall toward the ominous light. Watch out for chikarta. Tom: What are "chikarta"? Jake: Those glowy flying things. I think they all might've moved on past us anyway, so you might be okay. Tom: Until that huge creature breaks in. Jake: What huge creature? Tom: Some fifteen-foot-tall invisible creature with four stumpy legs and two huge blades for arms attacked the Sky Wolf and us. Jake: MY BABY!! Tom: It's not interested in that right now. It's trying to break into this building. Jake: Shew... Tom: Your priorities are messed up, man. Jake: Anyway, if you see any chikarta, stay calm. It seems that they get excited easily and that's when they blow stuff up. Tom: Sounds like a dog I once had... The creature is still hammering away at the building. It's making an awful racket. Tom: Okay, we're coming. Jake: Roger. Tom holsters the radio. Tom: Everybody hear that? They all nod in affirmation. They start cautiously moving down the hallway toward the ominous light. They get to the first room filled with tubes. There are no chikarta in sight. They move past and get to the room filled with mutilated bodies. Jennifer: Oh my gosh... She suppresses vomit and tries not to focus on the corpses. Tom unsheathes the walkie-talkie again as he steps toward the heavy-duty door. Tom: Hey, we're at a door. Is it safe to blast? Jake: Yeah. We're further down a hall. Tom: 'Kay. Hang tight. We're comin'. Hopefully. Megan produces several 3-pound blocks of C4 and plants them on the door. Everybody moves as far away from the door as possible. She smashes the button on the remote detonator control. The explosives do what they do best and explode, creating a deafening roar, amplified by the reverberating room. Everybody goes nearly deaf. Tom: BAD IDEA! Jango: WHAT?! Tom: HUH?! After the smoke and dust clears, they admire the 4-foot hole they just blasted in the door. They move further down the hall and come to the other locked door. Tom: Jake, we're at the second door. Jake: Okay, wait a sec while we get some cover. Several seconds pass. Megan sets up more charges on the door. Jake: Okay, blow it. Megan finishes setting up. Everybody moves back to the other end of the hall, and Megan smashes the detonation button again. It explodes, creating another suitable opening and making more people deaf. Tom: JAKE! CHRIS! JOHN! They step out from behind a pile of junk. Chris: WHAT?! Unknown to our deafened heroes, the low humming noise of the chikarta can be heard in the distance.	Tom Fender Member of SG&C Mercenary Not Banned (For conforming.) Immortal 6/9/2005 11:39:20 PM Level: 18 Experience: 26800 Total Posts: 323
RE: Banana Bread Galore John returns to the glowing orb and realizes it's only sitting on the pedestal, unattached. He removes it. The lights turn off, but there are dim lights inside the tubes that are still active. The orb is going crazy. It looks like the green light emanating from it is something inside, spinning. It gets brighter until finally it's nearly white. He shields his eyes. He soon realizes that it's doing this because about fifty chikarta are coming toward him from the next hall. John: GET DOWN! They all follow his orders... and so do the chikarta. He stares blankly and blinks a few times. John: Okay. Up! The chikarta fling to the ceiling. John: Sweet. Follow me. The chikarta fly toward him... quickly. John: SLOWLY. They slow down. He smiles like a kid on Christmas. The group behind him. John: Oh yeah, don't kill these people. The chikarta buzz around a little bit. John: I guess we don't have to worry about these guys anymore. Jake: That would have been helpful a HALF HOUR AGO. Megan: And I'd have some more breaching charges. Megan & Jake: Thanks, John. John: What?! They continue down the hall. After descending the winding tunnels for several minutes, chikarta humming cheerfully behind them, they enter a gigantic airship dock. The smell of jet fuel is overwhelming. They take a careful look around. Large, eight to ten feet tall humanoids with black skin that appears to be naturally armored, insect-like mandibles, long, pointed tails, and large, claw-like hands and feet are working. There are several of them with red markings watching over the workers. John: That's just a little freaky. Suddenly, the chikarta seem to be going crazy. They're buzzing around abnormally. That's when they notice one of the red-marked creatures walking ominously toward them. John looks into the green orb. John: Barricade the door! The chikarta disobey. They're moving back down the hall in the direction they came from. John: Now, I think, would be a good time to run. They do so. The creature moves with demonic speed. John stops, swings around, and mashes the P90's trigger. He was expecting it to do nothing to the carapace until he realized the creature was stopping... and he was using SS190. It falls to the floor. There's a terrible screeching from the dock. The rest of the creatures have heard the gunfire and apparently the creature's death. John: Hey Megan, got any more explosives? Megan: Nopers. John: Buttnuts. Everybody run! They once again listen to John. Tom: You know what? Chris: What? Tom: We’re in loads of poop! Chris: Why? Tom: We have left hands coming from behind us, and an invisible mini-Ultralisk ahead of us! Chris: A what?! Megan: We can see it with the thermal scope, but otherwise it’s completely invisible.	John Gibson 2nd In Command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 6/10/2005 10:51:54 AM Level: 19 Experience: 31580 Total Posts: 442

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