Chat room adventures

Scipio nodded and pulled away, storming off to the store room to rummage through the weapons.

"Sharp... sharp... I need something sharp," he mumbled, moving aside a baseball bat to reveal a curved scimitar with a smooth blade. He picked it up and examined the weapon, still staring at it when Alice walked in.

"What are you doing?" Alice asked gently.

"I need a weapon," Scipio replied. "Something sharp."

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Matt woke up.

"Hey, you guys! I had the weirdest dream! There was this big flashy weird thing and I got sent to the Smiley Planet and then I went to sleep!"

There was a pause.

"Matt," Nutty muttered.
"Yo!"
"You're an idiot."
"What! I dare you to say that again! Only this time say 'Matt, I love you'!"
"... no."

Bella wandered the ship aimlessly, unsure of what to do. Eventually, she had a brilliant moment (yes, that does happen occasionally).

*Heather! Heather!!!* Bella tried to use telepathy on the person-person. (holds fingers to her temples in a strange, thinking way, as to give empasis.)

"Scipio," Alice said and backed up against the wall, "Scip you're scaring me!"

He ignored her, muttering to himself and digging through his closet. She wanted to give him her Claymore, but something warded her off that. Kneeling down next to him he put her arm around him, a simple and comforting gesture.

Heather

*Heather, Heather!* The voice resounded in my head just as I was dropping to sleep.

"Leave me alone," I mumbled aloud, frustrated tears building in my eyes. These creatures didn't seem to understand the notion of food though they had generously allowed me a drink some time ago.

*Heather! Where are you?* Bella? I have no idea where I am but it's cold if that helps. And cramped.

*Ummm. Maybe the freezer?* I smiled faintly. Yes, the freezer. Why didn't I think of that.

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Scipio allowed her to leave her arm there a moment but then he ran out of objects in reach and had to move to search another pile; scimitar still in hand.

"What's wrong with the one you're holding?" Alice asked cautiously.

"I need something sharper. Something like... this!" Scipio tossed the scimitar aside and snatched a double bladed battle axe from a corner of the room. Turning it over once or twice, he admired the wicked curve of the blade and the grooves cut carefully into the handle for a better grip.

Adam looked over the screen. The shematics were nearly complete. The tine lines weren't moving anymore, they had to figure out how to get to Heather some other way.

"A wormhole!" He clicked away on the control panel, forming calculations, energy transformers. Creating a stable time portal was difficult, especially when considering the amount of space to travel through.

"Whatcha doing?" Matt asked, sipping on a drink, while hovering behind Adam's shoulder.

"Working."

"Looks complicated. Makes my head hurt. Oh no, it's just a brain freeze."

"Shouldn't you be writting a mission report or something?" Adam said, attepmting to concentrate.

"I dont know. Ohh, look at that." Matt spilled some drink on the panel, sending small electrical shocks into the computer.

"Matt!"

"Opps. sorry." the screen flashed green, displaying a stable temporal gate.

"Oh my gosh! It worked! Get everyone together, We're going after Heather."

Bella fell into her bed, feeling thoroughly exhausted. She closed her eyes, falling into a deep sleep.

"Bella, get up!" Chris had came in was shaking her violently.

"What is it?"

"Love, we're going to save Heather!" Bella jumped up, pulled on the nearest pair of pants she could find and ran out the door (after making sure her sword was securely placed in her bra {she really needs to get a chain for that})

Alice needed to calm Scipio down, and fast. There was only one thing she could think to do. She went over in front of him and kneeled down next to him so their faces were level.

"Scipio," she said softly, drawing his gaze up from the blade to her, and as soon as their gazes met she kissed him. He tensed at first but then quickly relaxed and Alice was able to slip the blade out of his grip and into her own.

"Where am I?" a familiarly evil voice said from the doorway. They both turned and saw Lionel standing there.

"What the hell?!" Alice shouted, her turn to lose control of her temper.

"You're on a spaceship in the future on the way to battle some alien scum," Scipio replied, taking a smug satisfaction from the expression on Lionel's face.

"You jest surely," Lionel scoffed, taking a deep breath.

"He's completely serious," Alice replied, a little more confident with the realisation that they were now on her territory.

"Come on, we'll have Adam send you back once Heather's safe. Until then, we'll put you in one of the bedrooms so you're out of the way," Scipio suggested reasonably. Alice nodded and they headed out of the room. As she reached the door, Alice placed the battle axe against the wall and Scipio picked it up absently as he followed her.

"I don't think that's such..."

"It's fine Alice. I just need a weapon."

Alice gave him a wary look but started off anyways, completely ignoring the pair. She knew it was cruel to make Lionel stay here, but he deserved it. She walked all the way to the far end of the ship past everyone elses bedrooms and towards the command chamber where Adam was.

"Adam," she said, "we have another problem." She motioned at the door as Lionel and Scipio stepped though.

"Who's the guy?" Adam asked.

"Jerk-off from wherever we came from."

"Ah...wait...what?"

"I am Sir Lionel of-"

"Yeah we don't care," Alice said sharply. "So Adam, can I kill him?"

Adam put a hand on her shoulder, "no, we'll send him back after we get Heather. Until then, don't hurt him."

Alice sighed deflated. She really wanted to hurt him, but at the moment she just wanted a hug more.

Scipio groaned theatrically and waved the axe, slicing the air. Strangely enough, that didn't seem to cheer Alice up.

"So what's the plan?" he asked Adam.

"Well I think I have an idea where she is but when we get there, we'll just have to improvise."

"Sharp weapons and lots of noise then?" Scipio suggested.

"I like this guy's way of thinking," Mattster agreed. "Come on, I'll show you my special supplies."

"Don't you dare, Matt!" Alice objected.

Alice glared at Matt, "I know what your storeroom looks like, and if either of you go in there, you won't be coming out."

"So I take it you're not coming with us then?"

"If you two are going somebody'll have to watch," Adam said.

"Matt, I'll steal your soul again," Alice narrowed her eyes at him.

Matt leaned down to meet her eye level, "if you can catch me."

He took off running, and Alice had no choice but to follow, she chased him down the hall around a corner with Scipio right on her heels. At long last she managed to catch up to him, she tackled him just as he opened the door to his storeroom.

"Oh my god matt! You have my Claymore!"

He grinned, "yep."

"Look at this stuff!" Scipio exclaimed as he entered the store room, examining the potentially dangerous weaponry and bottles with labels such as 'Warning, highly flammable.'

"Great, isn't it?" Matt asked smugly.

"Perfect," Scipio replied.

"Don't touch anything. Look, we can save Heather without any of this," Alice said.

"Yeah but it would be so much more fun with the special supplies," Matt argued.

"Scipio, don't listen to him!"

"Just one or two items, that's all, I promise."

Alice sighed, if she was getting her claymore out it would seem hypcritical if she didn't let him get something. "Matt how many of my things have you stashed in here?"

Matt ignored her.

"Matt?" he looked at her, "how many things have you hidden in here?"

"How many do you have?"

"Matt!"

"Just your claymore and your daggers, and your old katanas!"

"You have katanas?" Scipio asked.

"YEah," Alice said slightly ashamedly. "But all my stuff got too heavy and I couldn't run with it. So I dropped everything but my crossbow, daggers and claymore."

"Okay, give me my claymore," Alice instructed. Matt picked it up and handed it over with a grin.

"I'm taking these then," Scipio decided, selecting several sharp knives and daggers that, Matt explained, had been dipped in poison.

"Alright, let's go see how Adam's doing before Matt gets carried away," Alice suggested.

"You two go ahead, I'll catch up in a bit." Matt grinned and waved as he disappeared into the depths of the store room. Alice and Scipio headed back to the others and on the way he placed a reassuring arm across her shoulders.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine," Scipio promised.