Intergalactic Battles: Stuck

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The ship, almost destroyed, was coming crashing down on the surface of Moronia.

 

“Ivan, you’d better buckle up. This mess is about to get a whole lot wo-”, and just before Marie could finish her sentence, the ship hit the ground. Ivan’s head smashed into a chair and he fell unconscious.

 

“Ivan! He’s out cold.” Marie was confused. “Alex, stop the hyperdrives!”

 

“I can’t, they’re broken!” Alex yelled over the sound of the hull scraping against rocks.

 

“Critical damage detected, a breach in the hull.“ the alarms started to wail.

 

“If they’re not shutting down, we’re gonna have to stop them,” Marie calmly walked towards Ivan’s suit.

 

“Power levels AI?”

 

“Power at 50%, further charging recommended.”

 

“Now, Marie, think through this. If anything happens to that hyperdrive we’re stranded here!”

 

“Well, if you’re quite interested in dying, just let me chuck you out the ship.”

 

Marie got in the suit and after a cacophony of sounds from the suit, it came to life. The A-22 was fast, even still it was being pushed to its edge to keep up with the massive ship.

 

“Caution advised, suit at 15% operating capacity and rapidly dropping.”

 

“Rocket cannon! Now!” With that command, the suit’s right arm morphed into a rocket launcher. Marie steadied her aim, as much as one can steady their aim while trying to hit something moving at a few hundred kilometers per hour, and took the shot.

 

Mere moments later, everything was quite clear. The hyperdrive had been destroyed, and there was metal flying everywhere. Just as Marie was trying to get clear of the now-grounded ship, some debris lodged itself into the back of her suit.

 

“Flight systems offline,” said the AI as the suit plummeted towards the ground.

 

“Alex! The hyperdrives have stopped now! My flight systems have failed, it’s only a matter of time before I-” Marie’s voice was replaced by the sound of static.

 

“Marie’s... dead, Ivan’s out cold. We stopped the ship, but all the leadership is not there for now... which is why... I must take command, effective immediately.” Alex said. An air of melancholy surrounded the crew.

 

“So what do we do sir?”

 

“Scan the area, and kill anything that attacks you, soldiers. Take Ivan to medbay and check for Marie’s life signal.. If there’s even a chance that she’s alive, we cannot lose it. We camp here tonight.”

 

The people in the command center quickly dispersed. Soon enough, the area was cleared and Ivan was placed into the medbay. A saddened officer reported that Marie’s life signal was, in fact, offline. After that, the rest of the crew spent the rest of the time moaning and groaning.

 

“Charlie... I’m gonna go take a walk. While I’m gone, you’re in charge.” after saying so, Alex promptly walked off to the forests.

 

During his time on board the ship, Alex had started to take a liking towards Marie. At first, it was just striking up chit-chat every now and then. After that, it turned into remembering her birthday and it continued on from there. He hadn’t ever stopped to think about what would happen to him if she were dead, but now that she was, he didn’t know what to feel or what to do.

 

“The stars sure are pretty from here, when I’m not flying into them,” he said, still wishing Marie were with him.

 

“They sure are, aren’t they?” a voice echoed from behind.

 

“Hey! Didn’t I say I wanted to be left alone for some time?!” Alex scoffed, quite irritated that his solitude was no more.

 

“Why don’t you look for yourself?” the voice answered.

 

Alex turned around to get a clear look. He was hopeful, at least initially, that it was Marie, but it couldn’t be. The voice was much too deep to belong to Marie. What he saw only horrified him more. Alex reached for his gun. Before long, three shots were heard, and a howl.

 

Ivan had just woken up after getting smacked in the head, and almost instantly, he was overwhelmed by a flood of new information. Someone yelled that they were on Moronia, another sadly talked about how Marie sacrificed herself, and there were still more questions on what they were to do now. The commotion was interrupted when Alex quickly charged into the command center of the ship, covered in blood and bruises.

 

“HE’S... HE’S... HE’S HERE IVAN!  HE EVEN BROUGHT HIS SOLDIERS! WE HAVE TO GET OUT NOW!” The person Alex had found in the forest had stripped him of his calmness.

 

“Calm down Alex. Who’s “he”?”

 

“SIMON!”

 

“I’ll be damned... We can’t get out, the hyperdrives, Alex. David’s dead too, so they can’t be fixed either. We’re stuck here. Engage defense formation Omega A.” Ivan reached for his microphone, “EVERYBODY, TO YOUR STATIONS!”

 

 

[Hex 11,520]

Approved!

 

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Approved!

 

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• Slight grammar-related edits.

 

Mind If I ask what?

 

Sorry, I don't mean to bump the topic. If you could tell me what I can improve on, that would be great thanks hexed.

Edited January 14, 2018 by LOLKILLERTOTHEDEATH

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