Chat room adventures

Well done, you dork. I've lost track of Jay again.
"It wasn't my bleedin' fault!" Mattster shouts inwardly. "That jackass entered my mind, if you'd forgotten! The same way you have!"
Not quite. He linked to your mind in order to control you. I'm actually physically in here and I'm not forcing you into anything. Well, not directly.
"What does that mean?"
Nothing, nothing. Now can you take out those headphones? You've been listening to that same song on repeat for at least four hours!

Mattster sighs, pulls out the earphones with a swift tug and flicks the "off" switch on his PDA. This whole thing with Jay escaping and losing Adam has drained his energy.

You might want to eat.
"I'm not hungry."
You been "not hungry" for the last twenty-eight hours, which was also the last time you left this room. Go and eat.

Despite himself, Mattster gets up to go to the kitchen. He's at the door when the ship suddenly moves, causing him to stumble over and roll onto the bridge.

"...ow."
Klutz.

Alice walked into the control room and shut the door. No wonder Adam loved this room so much, nobody ever came in here, they were always afraid that they'd push a button and screw something up.

She really missed Adam now, she could tell that everyone else was getting a little annoyed with her, and she couldn't blame them. She was starting to get a little annoyed with herself.

She leaned back in the chair and pulled up the internet screne. If they were gonig to get Adam back, she'd have to know alot about Atlantis. And staying in that room gave her time to be alone, and not annoy everyone else.

Nate had understood, he was the captian of the entire YWS. But he was captian first, his friends came as crew, her friends came as friends, then crew.

"Oy to the vey," she murmered as she printed off the Atlantis info. Promise or no promise Adam was coming back.

The shuttle dove into the ocean. It's shields prevented the water from reaching the hull. Adam sat in a luxorius little cell made of a chair, three walls, and a forcefield.

With a final sigh the shuttle came to a stop. the Atlantian policemen came to the cell and ushered Adam through the hall to the landing Bay.

Nothing had changed. Atlantis was still the hightech crap shack it was when Adam left those many years ago.

"Hurry up. the Council is waiting for you."

"Blah blah..." Adam said as he walked. They pushed him along. The halls were drab and the same as well. "Ya know you could remodel this place once ever ten thousand years or so."

"Shut up, Difler." another push followed. Adam focued. they had sealed his powers but he knew they weren't strong enough to hold. They shattered along with the binds holding his hands.

The policemen were sent flying into the walls and knocked unconcious. "I can find my own way, thanks." He walked down the hall to the council chambers. "Puriest Bastard...."

Adam walked in, unbound, unsealed, and unguarded.

"Where are the police!?" said one of the councilmen.

"Oh, I'm sorry. They needed a little nap first. I didn't want to wait and came along." Murmers and disapproving faces followed.

**I'm a cat! hmm... I can shapeshift into a panther... anyway...

Nutty yawned. "Are we-"
Alice cut in. "Shut up, you've been asking that for the last day!"
Nutty frowned. "I'm sorry, I just want our captain back. Not that I don't like our new captian, it's just..." Nutty shrugged. "It's not the full gang anymore."
She sighed, and sat back in her chair. "Thank goodness for MP3 players." Nutty closed her eyes, listening to metallica for the forth time in the last day.

Alice went back into the control room to excape from the evil glares of the others. Nutty had been saying that a lot, but everyone was making her out to be the bad guy. She'd probably do the same to whoever Adam woulda picked if he had more time. Why would he pick her to begin with?

She took the tractor chip out of her neck, twas only an impulse move but would probably serve more pourpose later.

"We might as well get started iwth this trial then." The councilmen unfurled a scroll. "You Adam, are on trial for a breech of section 1 article 3 of the releasement Contract. How do you plea?"

"Guilty, duh." The councilman scowled.

"Then why are we having a trial. You know you commited a crime. We should punish you accordingly."

"But that's not up to you is it?" said the Judge. Adam's eyes became wide. It was...Jay

"You!"

"Indeed." Jay laughed, "Don't worry I'm not the real Judge. I'm just having some fun." Jay vanished and the real Judge was there. he looked at Adam, puzzled.

"The contract is specially written by the lord and master King Atlantia the 325th" the true judge said, "As such, we will be examining the contract to verify that it has been breeched."

Nutty chewed on her spork. "I think I'm going stir crazy." Nutty mused. "Alice...?"
Alice sighed. "Yes Nutty?"
"How much longer?"
"Soon, Nutty."
"Yay!"
Silence fell.
"Alice?"
"Yes Nutty?"
"How soon?"

Hey!... How strange.
"... what is it? I'm trying to sleep."
Apparently Jay was just in Atlantis for no more than a few seconds. Right near Adam, if I'm not mistaken.
"Wha-wha?" Mattster climbs out of bed.
Calm down. He's gone and Adam is fine... I might be able to monitor the trial though... Let me know if you hear it.

Mattster sits there, eyes sagging.
"If you like Crelm toothpaste, you'll LOVE... prices have been falling as of... examining the contract to verify that it has been breached."

"That sounds trial-ly." Mattster commented; next thing he heard Adam's voice. "That's Adam! Keep it there."
Mattster and Ned listen closely to the trial...

"So what's the plan for arriving at Atlantis?" Heather asks Rick.
"We break Adam out," He replies simply.
"That's it?" Scipio asks.
"Yeah. We tend to act on impulse," Bella explains.
"Okay well we'll help wherever we can," Heather decides, her hands running along various weapons.
"Wait. Aren't we going to try to negotiate with them first?" Scipio asks.
"I don't think that's necessary," Replies Rick.

The very next morning, Atlantis could be seen from the ship. The travellers stared out, all plans momentarily forgotten.
"Yeah! Let's go get Adam!" Alice exclaims.
"Are we there yet?" Nutty, half asleep in the corner, murmurs.
"Just about," Bella replied.

"We are?" Nutty leaps out of her seat, and rushes to the window. "Earth... what a dump."
"That's where we all came from, Nutty!" heather explains.
"No, I came from my mother." Nutty patiently explains back.
"Anyway, can we go get adam now?" Nutty drew her spork.

The Judge read the contract over a few times before looking back at Adam.

"It says that during times of crisis you are to be exempt from all criminal charges. So please tell us what happened."

"Well. We had captured a man named Jay. We're not sure what he is planning but we've had dealings with him before. He tricked us. One of my crew....One of my friends was going to take care of him and he killed her."

"I see. So your reaction was of anger as is to be expected. What has ahppened to this Jay?"

"He escaped. He revived Alice on terms he be released."

"Well. I see no reason to keep you here. I know that under differnet circumstances this would not have happened and it is my judgement you have no breeched the contract."

Alice set the ship down next to the gate just as it opened and Adam walked out. "Oh thank god," she breathed and lowered the gate.

"Hey adam!" she shouts.

"I thought I told you to continue on the mission?"

"I'm not much of a captian, we needed you back. Plus if I didn't at least try to go get you, I'm positive there woulda been a full scale mutiny."

When Adam got up to her she gave him a hug. "I now have a new respect for your job."

"Couldn't have been that bad could it?"

"I think they still hate me."

Nutty ran to the door of the ship. "Adam! you're back!"
Nutty grins happily. "We're a full crew again!" Nutty jumps around in excitement. Or maybe she just ate too much jelly on the way.
"So, Adam, where are we going? Can we go somewhere fun? I mean, we all wanted to come break you out, but the trip itself was... long."

"Hey everyone!" Mattster shouts, running out of the ship. "Guess what! Adam's free and he - oh... Well... I knew first!"
No, I did.
"Shut up, you."
Not yet. I have to chat to Adam first.

Adam looked puzzled. "Where's that voice coming from?"
Adam, my name is Ned. We've met before, at about the time you first met Jay, but you probably don't remember me.

Adam still looked puzzled.
"Adam," Mattster said, "it's Mr Knight." Adam's eyes opened wide.
"Your imaginary friend is real?"
I'm not imaginary! I'm inside Mattster's head. Anyway. Mattster, touch your hand to Adam's forehead.
"Why?"
Just do it, you dip.

Mattster poked Adam's forehead.
Good boy. Now, let me check this out... Aha!
"What are you doing up there?" Mattster asked suspiciously.
Check this out. One of the abilities I can still use is to find out what a person's ultimate goal is, and that's how I tracked Jay the first time - he was the only one wanting to kill a half-vampire who associated with a shapeshifter, a psychic Atlantian and an idiot.
"Screw you." Mattster growled.
His goal now... is to be like Adam.
"Be like me?" Adam asked, confused.
Be like you. When you took on that Deamos state.
"... uh-oh."