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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[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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[fieldpromoted]

That crashing sound Lowe hears from across the hangar would be Trudy kicking her toolbox with enough force to send everything flying. Followed by some extremely creative cursing.

"I am going to punch that stupid motherfucker in the head!"

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[kitbashurgundam.livejournal.com]

Lowe winced hearing the crashing sounds and the strings of cursing. Yep, someone else is angry.

[Things keep getting better...] 8 chirped.

"Easy, there..." Lowe said, having his AI friend stand down as he went towards Trudy. "Sounds like we're on the same wavelength. S#!t, how long had this been happening?"

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[fieldpromoted]

"I don't even know, but man, he's one of us." Lowe would understand - he was one of their mechanics, and if Trudy recalled correctly, he'd worked on all of their ships at least once.

She took a deep breath, fists clenching as she tried to calm herself down.

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[kitbashurgundam.livejournal.com]

"I know... and that makes things so much harder." Lowe said, running a hand through his hair. "We're not done yet, though - that thing doesn't know who he's dealing with."

A grim look formed on his face, laying a hand on Trudy's shoulder. "We've made it through worse - we can handle this. Right?"

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[fieldpromoted]

Trudy grinned at that - the kind of grin that the recruits had seen in Basic and had learned to hate very quickly. "Yeah, you're right. He has no idea who he's dealing with."

She clapped him on the back and began gathering her scattered tools. "Thanks, man."