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Game Over, Man [Part 2]
In the complex, deeper into it near the core, several of the away team were all strung up near each other, around a clutch of disgusting looking eggs. Two appeared to have already been hatched. The rest were waiting. They were bound to the walls by slime and ick, some sort of substance spit up by the creatures that may as well have been quick-dry cement.
Outside the complex, the rest of the away team had made it to the ship--only to find it damaged. Acid spit up by one of the creature had burned through part of the hull and into important inner workings. They would need someone mechanically inclined, that understood electrical work, to fix it like Jamie--uh oh.
Well, that was a problem wasn't it.
It was time for the one group to try to survive, and the other group to figure out what to do about their missing comrades.
Outside the complex, the rest of the away team had made it to the ship--only to find it damaged. Acid spit up by one of the creature had burned through part of the hull and into important inner workings. They would need someone mechanically inclined, that understood electrical work, to fix it like Jamie--uh oh.
Well, that was a problem wasn't it.
It was time for the one group to try to survive, and the other group to figure out what to do about their missing comrades.
Re: In the ship...
Nevermind Elder Kang's snappish reprimand. They'd been Taken. Half their group had been snatched! He was supposed to protect them! That's why the Great Spirit had chosen him to go on this quest - chosen all of them. But they'd failed.
"Yud ehda..." He shook his head, and then shook himself all over for a second. Tossing down his half-melted spear with a clank, Kettch gripped the blaster rifle and hefted it up across his body. "The Great Spirit chose us to guard them! We cannot give up! We have to rescue them! The Night demons must die!"
[ooc: Yud ehda = alas]
Re: In the ship...
"Do we have time to contact the ship for help or do we need to go now, though? That's the real question."
Re: In the ship...
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||... gcksdc--Abort mission Abort Mission. ckcks Further intelligence indicates a possible flaw in my earlier intelligence. Situation is now an unknown--Electromagnetic storms---ing sensors and communications--can only hope the communications array of the dropship can receive my warnings before storm finishes rolling. I am under attack by a traitor among the crew--abort mission and wait in space around the planet until further orders. Abort mission. Abort mission. Abort mission.||
Thunder cracked overhead. It was easy to tell what had happened. One of those storms was rolling in, and Stacy had sent a message, last-ditch, hoping at least the stronger communications array would pick it up, even if their rings wouldn't.
She had tried to warn them.
||Scattered sensor readings, difficult to decipher, however, reactor core of the colony seems to be going critical. ckkcs thirty minutes. Abort mission. Abort mission.||
Oh, and the reactor was going critical in the colony.
The message cut out.
Their situation seemed to be as followed: They were stranded without a working ship, the engineer that could fix it was one of the captured, their pilot was also one of the captured, communications with the ship were down, though Stacy MIGHT send help eventually, but it was unlikely it'd be in sufficient time if a traitor was mucking about on board. They had a thirty minute deadline before the reactor went critical, and possibly even less time given that they didn't know what the aliens were doing with the captured...
They had thirty minutes to save the others. Possibly less.
They were on their own.
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"I will not abandon my son or the other engineers down there!"
His massive hands were clenched into fists in his agitation. "Hiccup and the other engineers need us now. If we know which direction they came from in the tunnel, then all we have to do is follow it back to its source."
If it worked with dragons, there was no reason it couldn't work with these creatures.
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"If we're the ones who take the initiative keep moving it will be harder for them to surround us again," Suriz told the others. She was trying to get them thinking proactively more than anything; their enemy appeared to have a significant advantage on them in a tunnel environment and there was no guarantee they could even find the others in such a short time, let alone make it back and repair the ship. 'Die trying' seemed the most likely outcome.
But she would rather try than not.
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"Agreed," she said aloud, after Suriz's suggestion. "We are at a disadvantage, moving into their territory, but at the same time we have an understanding of their capabilities now. If we strike hard and fast, they should not have the chance to surprise us again."
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"...going critical does not sound good." He shook his head and gripped his blaster rifle. "We need to move fast." He stepped forward. "I have hunted many times. I know how to track the beasts of the forest. ...I will ask if the spirits of this world will help us."
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No.
He refused. He'd gotten through the other times before, and gotten his men through, and by the lost gods, they were going to get through this one, too. Giving up was not an option, and not just because they needed Jamie and Reimi to get off of the planet.
At least these caves weren't likely to have fire dragons in them. He shoved that thought out of his head.
"Kettch and I have the best senses in the dark. I don't know if these things are visible on infrared, but I can still see more clearly than most of you in low-light conditions. Tobias, do you have any morphs with good eyes?" Kang asked, the tip of his tail moving absently in thought as he grabbed the map of the tunnels and looked over it. "There's a large chamber close to the power core. That's probably our best bet."
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If they could get better senses in the dark then that would help a lot. He stood up, anxious to get moving, though he said nothing.
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"If you wish, I can also send my construct in ahead of us to scout," Setsuna proposed, pulling out the little paper doll she'd shown off before everything had fallen apart. "It is not precisely suited to low-light, but it should suffice. Either way, I am ready to move out at any time." With that she gave a firm nod and waited for the order.
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Well, besides her weapons, of course. Hap Suriz hoisted her grenade launcher and moved to the shuttle entrance. With the engineers no longer close at hand she intended to get some good use out of it.
"Understood," she acknowledged Kang.
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"Thank you," he said softly. And then: "I think it would be best if we go now. The sooner we move out, the quicker we'll know what we need."
Not that he was against a good plan, but he'd prefer to be on move. After all, there was no telling what was happening to those who had been captured.
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He looked at Stoick and motioned towards the back of the ship, away from the others, "I need to speak with you briefly."
[Everyone else, continue here. :) ]
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But, he followed Kang to the back of the ship anyway, though it was obvious he wasn't pleased.
"What about?"
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"I won't let my personal feelings cloud my judgment for destroying those Odin-cursed creatures, but Hiccup...he's all I have." He paused briefly before adding. "I can promise you that I won't lose my head in battle. I never have. You have my word on that."
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