For the first time in his life, Geo was rendered speechles as Myk came aboard Starbug... Myk was covered in blood, much of it evidently not his own, and was carrying one of the Rock Band guitars... that had more substantial substances than blood on it.
"Geo, get ready for launch as soon as we've got either as many people on board as we can manage, or the hangar is within ten seconds of being overrun or destroyed." Then Myk went over to the futon and collapsed, shivering and curling into a fetal ball.
Geo took about half a second to think, then finished bringing the ship up to hot standby, while texting Nene.
Sis, Myk has gotten aboard... he looks hella shaken though. I think he killed some Boskies.
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In the control area, Nene was packing up her kit, while Jeph was quickly pulling on a pair of pants from a duffle bag of borrowed clothes. She paused for a second, digested the message, and looked at Jeph firmly.
"Myk's back at the ship... but he's in a bad way mentally."
"OK, got it." Jeph turned to Noah. "If we can stay, we'll stay as long as needed to pick you up. Starbug's over in Bay 12, get over as soon as you get that file copied. Nene, let Geo know that we're going to try to wait for Noah if we can." Jeph hefted a gun from the table, made a mildly clumsy show of setting it up for action, then regarded Nene's somewhat wide-eyed look. "They almost succeeded in killing me once. I'm not giving them anywhere near the chance this time if I can help it."
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
"Geo, get ready for launch as soon as we've got either as many people on board as we can manage, or the hangar is within ten seconds of being overrun or destroyed." Then Myk went over to the futon and collapsed, shivering and curling into a fetal ball.
Geo took about half a second to think, then finished bringing the ship up to hot standby, while texting Nene.
Sis, Myk has gotten aboard... he looks hella shaken though. I think he killed some Boskies.
*****
In the control area, Nene was packing up her kit, while Jeph was quickly pulling on a pair of pants from a duffle bag of borrowed clothes. She paused for a second, digested the message, and looked at Jeph firmly.
"Myk's back at the ship... but he's in a bad way mentally."
"OK, got it." Jeph turned to Noah. "If we can stay, we'll stay as long as needed to pick you up. Starbug's over in Bay 12, get over as soon as you get that file copied. Nene, let Geo know that we're going to try to wait for Noah if we can." Jeph hefted a gun from the table, made a mildly clumsy show of setting it up for action, then regarded Nene's somewhat wide-eyed look. "They almost succeeded in killing me once. I'm not giving them anywhere near the chance this time if I can help it."
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor