Kneel before your god

[kawalskyeffect.livejournal.com]

Shiva spoke through the comms (not the omnicomms) directly into the minds of the crew.

«I am Shiva. I am the destroyer of all that you know and the creator of a grand new empire. For months you thought of me as my host, Charles Kawalsky, but now you shall see me in all my glory. I have positioned bombs throughout this vessel, including the pod caverns. I need but press the trigger and they will explode. I also have one hostage of my own, Sheryl. You will not be able to stop me. I am fully equipped with a power dampener, and a forcefield. I am untouchable. You have one hour to surrender yourselves to me and begin your new lives as my slaves.»

His eyes flashed gold and he held his hostage firmly. He did not wish to wait, but if he tired of this he would amend his demands. For now he stayed in one of the areas in the City hidden from Stacy’s view, in the middle of a pile of rubble, with not a landmark in sight.

Still, he knew they would come.

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[kawalskyeffect.livejournal.com]

For months the crew of the meatship had been interacting with who they thought was Charles Kawalsky. He was a member of Rogue Squadron, a team leader, a member of both Security and Command. They had trusted him with their lives.

Now they learned that the man some had thought had been their friend was a parasite bent on making them their personal slaves, and was threatening the safety of hundreds, if not thousands.

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[belongstoydna.livejournal.com]

Woody had a comm ring he'd stolen and tucked away in a corner of Komali's room. That was where he'd been left for the day, when the ring went off with Shiva's message.

"Well, that fella sounds a few do-si-dos short of a square dance."

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[silky-doll.livejournal.com]

That banging noise you hear in the media library is the sound of hundreds of data disks flying off the shelves and scattering across the floor. There are a few loud screams of profanity, then the sound of somebody sobbing in despair.

Sylia collapses against the machine she'd been working on, then starts slamming it with her fists. She hits it hard enough to break the screen, and blood starts dripping down her hand.

Why didn't she notice? Why did she feel so disgusted with herself she wanted to scrub her skin until it bled too?

Why did she trust so blindly in this godforsaken place?

OH MAN OH GOD OH MAN

[thewunderkind]

Lash was going to punch Shiva in its stupid face so hard, the real Charles Kawalsky (if he existed) was going to feel it.

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[itsaboutaction.livejournal.com]

There was a bit of a growl that left Superman's lips. It was less of anger and more of frustration. How did they let this get through? How did Stacy not know?

Right now? All he knew was that he wanted both the hostage safe AND "Kawalsky" captured.

"I hope no one's planning to go gung-ho here..." he mused.

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[is-the-ultimate.livejournal.com]

Despite the anger and frustrations of most of the crew, one wasn't particularly phased.

"Hmph. Not even a month. Congratulations, captain. Sure did a fine job here." Shadow mused, sitting on a rooftop in a relaxed position.

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[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you jerk."

This was exactly the kind of thing he needed after finding out the scarab's possible origins with the Ohm--parasites looking bad so symbiotes got a bad name, too.

Oh yeah, and that whole bomb and hostage thing sucked too, but he had faith the crew would be able to rally together and fix this, however dire it was.

Time to find Leon and figure out where they were needed most.

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[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

Nura is rushing through the halls, her returning migraine be damned, she's searching out and keeping an eye out for her kids. Some zorker is threatening enslavement -- ohdeargodsofnaltoritishappeningalloveragain!! -- and she'd been stupid enough to take her eyes off Ben, Maydril...and Devlin?

"Dear Captain, whoever you are..." she swings past a hallway and goes straight on. "...you better have a plan, sprock it!"

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[astridhofferson.livejournal.com]

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Well, this was serious.

She didn't know the hostage nor this traitor, but wasn't this guy a comrade of Kang's?

Astrid bit her lip sourly, hunched against the wall in her living quarters.

Now what should she do...

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[kitbashurgundam.livejournal.com]

"DAMMIT!" Lowe shouted, punching the side of Red Frame's leg in anger. Kawalsky was one of them - one of the Rogue Squadron and now this. How long had this happened? How did he get the stuff he needed to do this? The only time he dealt with something this bad was during Marlin - no, Juri's - attempt to steal the Red Frame, but that wasn't too bad.

This? Was as if someone decided to sell out Junk Guild to Blue Cosmos.

Right now, though, he was tempted to find this creep and give him a good punch in the face.

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[talks2stoplight.livejournal.com]

Bombs? The pod caverns?? Ratchet has no idea who this person is--former or current incarnations--but he can't imagine that anyone would pull a stunt like this unless they were serious. Or were pulling one hell of a bluff and in either case, the threat can't just be ignored.

And if it is true... all those people in the pods... they can't do a fragging thing to defend themselves. This was beyond contempt! Something had to be done! Determined to at least make an effort, Ratchet transforms and takes off for the caverns.

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[bonnypiperlad]

It took Jamie up to 'bombs' before the vague look of confusion on his face went away, but it's replaced quickly enough with one of determination.

"Aye. We'll just see about that."

Dropping the project he was working on, he bolts out of the room before the rest of the message even finishes. Fortunately for the rest of the crew, he's intent on finding one of the Doctors first.

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[novembersghost.livejournal.com]

Nova had heard that announcement in her head. She could have blocked it out if she wanted to, sure. But she wanted to hear it. So Kawalsky was a traitor, huh? Well, that happened. He'd seemed alright enough, but then, they always did. Strange though, how she hadn't picked it up. Probably because she'd hardly bothered to be around him long enough to scan.

With an annoyed sound, she slid off her bunk, pulling open the locker she kept at the foot of her bed. Reaching in, she yanked out her 'uniform'. It took only moments for her so suit up, pulling her hair back into a ponytail, she slid her goggles onto her head, shouldered her rifle, and stepped out of the room, shimmering for a moment, before vanishing from sight.

She'd need to speak to Kennedy about this. He was the captain after all, wasn't he?

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[re-engineer.livejournal.com]

Angie listened to the communication, then made a show of checking her watch. (A watch that wasn't there, but then, nobody was watching her, either.)

"Bombs? Life and death situation? Megalomaniac with delusions of grandeur?" She snorted. "Must be Wednesday."

Damn it. Midnighter and Apollo would have been so damned useful here.

Shaking her head, she took off and headed for the Obs Deck, splitting off a couple of copies of herself to start looking for the bombs.

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[sanguineroyal.livejournal.com]

Nanashi called out over the comms to those she considered her children, Fletcher, Ed, Al, Katara, and Negi, "I want you to to all be careful. I know I am not going to be able to stop you from trying to help, but do not go after this man yourselves."

She spoke specifically to Fletcher, "Where are you? I want you close to me."

Leon had been in charge, what was it? A month? And already such a traitor was found among his ranks. And he wanted her to submit to him? No, she would not be doing something so base with no chance of ripping the power from beneath his feet like she had with Greed.

He was some sort of parasite it seemed, since he spoke of a host. With all the chatter on the omnicomms about getting rid of GLaDOS, she would think that perhaps at least someone might be concerned with getting bugs out of the crew.

At least he was not an Ohm.

He might have some defences, but there was no such thing as untouchable. Even stone corroded over the years.

She re-adjusted the swords in her belt, before making her way to search for Leon. He was getting her help on this whether he wanted it or not. There was not a creature alive that could threaten her children and not have her do all in her power to see them torn down.

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[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex had been finishing the last bits of the programming for John's secure communication equipment in one of the computer rooms of the media library.

It was a good thing he had done some research into figuring out what the odd ring thing was back when he had first gotten on the ship, since his mind had decided to check out for the explanation before the meet and greet. If he hadn't he would have been a lot more scared upon hearing the strange voice interrupting his quiet singing.

Instead, he was freaked out by what was said. He did not like either option presented.

He was surprised by his own next thought, There is no way I can let someone crush a free spirit like Luna into something like slavery, and there is no way I'll let him kill her either. Since when did he feel so strongly about the girl? If he had to guess, he would say that he would think of the Doctor first, but apparently Luna's charm had gotten further under his skin then he thought, not that it really mattered. Either way, he wanted to do something to help out somehow.

He pushed himself from the computer after saving the file with two taps of the keyboard and pulled out his omnicomm, quickly posting a message (http://community.livejournal.com/trans_channel/222932.html) to the crew. He wondered how many people would be checking their omnicomms, but he really didn't want to risk anything he said on the comm ring somehow getting intercepted.

He saw now why the comm system John had wanted would be so useful. A few commands, and this Shiva guy's host would be locked out of the system. That meant that he ought to make his way over the Engeneering, or the Obs Deck, or some place where someone could give him something to do.

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[badassfreakingoverlord]

Zetta had no idea who this dude was, or what his story was.

He did, however, appreciate the challenge.

"Finally! Some excitement!" he gloated, in the middle of his plaza refuge. Then he paused to consider the actual message.

"Hey, wait! He can't destroy the ship!" Zetta lifted his voice, as if Shiva could hear him. (Hey, he's in the City, and very loud.) "Nice try, whoever you are! But this ship is MINE! You wanna fight with the most badass freakin' Overlord in the cosmos? Then bring it on! Hyaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

One of the minions, acting on an unvoiced command, ran forward to scoop up the tome and take off with it. The rest simply disappeared.

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[in-venting.livejournal.com]

Sherry looked down at her ring and sighed. No doubt people were going to mob her father like a pack of wolves in an attempt to help, if not thoroughly blame him for something he couldn't possibly have known. That was the way the ship worked after all; everyone blamed someone else.

She'd only met Kawalsky a few times, and only ever in passing, back when they lived in the Precinct. In her own quarters, she motioned for Boon to join her on her bed and laid down. The likelihood that they'd all get blown to smithereens was much higher if they spent most of the time fighting. As Sherry had very little desire to be awake if they were all killed, she elected to fall asleep.

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[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

The message was chilling, and bells went off in Katara's head already: words like hostage, slaves, surrender, bombs danced around, and that feeling of fear seemed to freeze her there. All of those people, all of the friends she'd met: they were all now in the clutches of some evil being that wanted to hurt all of them.

Not on her watch. No way.

"Gotta find the others," Katara said, recalling who exactly WOULD be others: for instance, she had to know if Sokka and the others were all right. Where was Aang? That stabbing worry was starting to form, but more than anything, she was determined NOT to give up, no matter what.

"It's the Fire Nation military all over again," Katara muttered to herself.

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[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

Well, someone certainly had some gumption to try and kidnap up the whole ship. And really, the assumption that everyone on the ship cared about others was pretty foolish too: hostage indeed. She didn't even know this Sheryl person, what should she care about someone she'd never met before?

Still, he was threatening to take over the ship, which was not something that would help her goals, and worse, he mentioned them all being his slaves. That thought alone confirmed the need to defeat him thoroughly, if not outright kill him.

Well, she thought, good time as any to see if that gung-ho human can organize these group of misfits.

[morphitudinous]

Billy cursed. All this time...he'd allowed Kawalsky near him, near them, into sensitive areas. And now they were about to die or become enslaved.

Slavery, he knew, wasn't an option. They would never defeat the Ohm that way, and who was to say what would happen as the universe died? He was imagining a truly gruesome fate.

Then we stop you or die trying.

Morphing wasn't an option with a power dampener in effect, with the key part of that thought being the last bit. Devices can be assembled, but they can be dismantled too. Maybe...

[starbolts]

No!

Starfire gasped. She had not known this man before his traitorous turn, but she would now commit him to memory. He was making himself responsible for their options: enslavement or death. Neither was acceptable. She had just narrowly escaped becoming a slave at the whims of her sister, and death would mean the end of the universe's hopes. From her perspective, anyway.

She would fight that fate until her last breath.

"You will NOT destroy us today!"

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[runnerwithagun.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky was someone Ronon had seen out and about on Stacy for months on end. He had trusted him. He was also someone from his universe even though he might have been from 12 years earlier... if his earlier words were to be believed. What had happened when Kawalsky 'died'?

He had a bad feeling that this Shiva was possibly someone from his universe too. Had he have seen the eyes flash gold, he definitely would have known.

Ronon couldn't sit still with this threat upon them.

[godbydefinition.livejournal.com]

Ba'al of course was not surprised at all. He had worked with this imbecile, but no more. Ba'al had a backup plan, and now it was just a delicate balance of trust. No matter who won - unlikely as one side seemed - he would come out on the winning side. That was precisely how he wanted it.

For once, he let his anger show on his face. Dropping his mask would work in his favour.

The Hostage

[kawalskyeffect.livejournal.com]

It had been far too long and still Shiva had heard nothing. He did not like it. They should at least acknowledge his demands, or make some pitiful attempt to persuade him to release the hostage. Perhaps he had underestimated them. Perhaps they truly did not care for others' well being. Perhaps they were not a complete loss after all.

[galacticfairy.livejournal.com]

At first, she thought it was a dream. She wasn't hearing the words, she just knew them, except that she couldn't be downloading information without an implant --

That sleepy concern faded away as the message continued. She blinked herself awake as it progressed, and was sitting dazedly by the end of it. She wasn't in her bed, or a bunk, or even under a dumpster. She was being manhandled by someone who thought she would be a hostage! Like hell! She hadn't fought through the Vajra for this! She let out an ear-piercing scream, drawing on years of vocal training to hit the shrillest and most painful note she could.