Chat room adventures

Scipio dashed to the weapons room and grabbed a belt which he hurriedly stacked with numerous daggers and knives before settling a sword and scabbard at the side. Then he collected his axe, grabbed a small flail and nearly tripped as he ran back.

"Think I have enough?" Scipio asked.

"Plenty," Adam replied, taking the flail and passing it to a very eager Rick who seemed to be lacking in the weapons area.

"This is Captain Ferishmo. Am I speaking with the captain on the approaching vessel?" A loud, booming voice demanded.

"Affirmative," Adam responded.

Everyone listened intently while Adam spoke to the captian of the other ship. He motioned to them once to prepair to go aboard and search for Heather, but hadn't ordered since.

*We need adam!*

**Oh my goodness, CRA is dying!!! NOOOOO!!!***

*Sorry, Been rather busy*

"We know you have our crew member and I am willing to let you leave with your ship intact if you return her to me at once." Silence echoed against the cool steel walls of the Highwind. No one breathed, listening for a response.

"Enemy ship is charging weapons," Chimed the deathly calm computer.

"Idiots. Aim for the engines and weapons system and fire a full volley. Everyone get ready to board. The computer can handle them from here." Everyone climbed onto the small transport, as cramped as it was no one said a word. It was time to save Heather.

Adam piloted the small craft from the hanger, maneuvering around the enemy fire. The Highwind responded in kind with a much more powerful display of technology. Green and red flashes zipped through space, only to be halted by energy barriers on either side.

The enemy ship was growing larger the closer they came. It shot small bursts at them, but was much more concerned with the Highwind.

"Everyone get ready." with a few clicks the transport sank past the enemy shields and shot into their hanger bay. "They're right outside. This is going to be rough, are you all ready?"

**I feel like I missed something...A lot of somethings, to be specific**

Bella realized that they were going to fight, and ran for a weapon of some sort.



**There, that ought to work...kind of...**

The transport door slide open, Magic exploded from Bella's sword, sending the enemy backwards. Scipio was the first out of the transport, scouting for more enemies fast approaching from the other side of the hanger.

"Alright, I'm detecting Heather's locater from the port side compartment." Adam dashed forward, pole in hand, "Everyone stick together." Lasers pelted across the hanger, aiming for the crew. The pole spun before them, humming gently as it emitted a defensive barrier.

The enemies grew closer, the crew sprang into action, as if reading each other all at once, they forced the enemy into submission in seconds, Scipio Alice and Bella all struck with such precision it was like watching a single person fight.

Alice loved fighting like this, her and Bella always knew what the other was thinking, even without opening a telapathic mental way. But her and Scipio was different. She just knew what he was about to do, that scared her.

But she didn't pay much attention to that at the moment. She was just doing her best to stay alive. As they ran down the halls she tripped once, not falling strangely or anything and was able to get back up and start running again, keeping in close stride with Bella and Scipio, Adam was in the lead.

Bella was smart, and kept her sword out before they reached the enemy (twas a first).

The fighting was amazing. I was used to having the link with Alice, so when we fought, we rarely lost. But fighting with her AND Scipio was...wow. I'd read Alice's mind to figure out waht she was doing, and at teh same time find out what Scipio was doing. It was strange, yet amazing.


**Is a little slow now**

Scipio did not pause to wonder how the other two fought in perfect harmony with him. Instead, he concentrated on knocking the enemy back and keeping Adam in sight.

"This way," Adam decided, turning the corner. Bella, Alice and Scipio followed to find themselves staring at a long corridor with tiny cells lining each side. Peering through the bars, Scipio could see an assortment of different creatures and then...

"Fourth on the left," Alice said almost as if she had plucked the thought from his mind. Scipio hurried past Adam and reached the cell.

"Scipio?" Heather mumbled sleepily, blinking slowly.

"How do we open the cells?" Bella wondered.

"Adam," Alice asked quietly, "how loud can we be?"

"I don't think it really matters," Adam said nervously, "just don't hurt anybody."

"You know me."

"Thats why I'm worried."

Alice grabbed her claymore off the ground from where she dropped it and used the hilt to smash the window.

"Theres a start."

Bella sighed, watching Alice smash the window.

"My turn!" she exclaimed, reaching in her newly aquired pocket. She pulled out an awesome, purple grenade.

"Where the bloody hell did you get that?" Scipio exclaimed.

"And why aren't you sharing?!" Alice added. Adam eyed them all warily.

"Alice, if I shared these with you, we wouldn't have a ship...again!" Bella replied, grinning. "Heather, get away from the door!" Bella ran back into a side hallway, the othersn ot far behind. She pulled the pin and chucked the grenade at the door, blowing it open.

Heather

I waited for the smoke cloud to clear before venturing out, climbing through the hole quickly and throwing my arms around each of them in turn.

"I'm so glad to see you guys!" I exclaimed as I went to hug the last person - Adam. He endured it for a moment and then gently shrugged me off.

"There will be time for that later, come on, we need to plan a route back to the ship."

"Okay, one second," I replied. "May I?" Bella made a sound of protest as I slipped my hand into her pocket and took one of the grenades.

"What are you going to do with that?" Alice asked excitedly.

"Create a distraction," I replied as I walked down to the end of the corridor. "They controlled the opening and closing of my cell door from here so if I blow up this mechanism..." I crammed the grenade into a gap between two of the gears and then hurried back. I watched with satisfaction as the machine blew up and then with a loud groan all the bars of the cage doors retracted.

"Now I've just got to retrieve my weapon and then we're out of here..."

Guards filed into the end of the hall, rifles in hand. Lasers zipped across the hall scorching the walls as they missed their targets.

"Crap!" Adam shuffled the crew into the open cells, unable to spin his staff there was no way to deflect the shots. A rorar echoed from the the hall, followed by screams and gurgles of death. Bella peered from the corner, shocked at the site.

"The creatures are attacking the guards!"

"This is the best distraction yet, Heather," Scipio commented.

"Well, I try."

"Let's go." Adam led the way down the hall, opposite the way they came. Taking a left he could see the hanger coming into view.

Nutty ran out from a corridor to join the group.
"What the hell is going on? what are all the explosions?"
"Never mind! Just run!"
Nutty followed the others, wondering why they were going to the hanger.
*sorry haven't posted in a while... I've read it, but I'm not exactly certain what's happening...so yeah*

"Nutty how did you get here?!" Alice shouted as she ran.

"ARen't we still on the highwind?"

Alice laughed, "no dear we're not."

"Oh...." She looked worried.