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Please R+R, I LOVE FEEDBACK (good and bad).
Shades of Grey
The musty smell of the planet was overpowering. Trance-the only colourful thing around-held her breath as Harper, the ultra brain super genius mechanic and she made their way through another back street.
'Harper, are you sure this is the right way?'
'Of course, how could I Seamus Zelazny Harper get us lost?' Harper proudly proclaimed.
'It's just I think we've been down here before, I'm sure I remember seeing that tree earlier.'
'Trance, all the trees look the same here-brown, shrivelled and dying, pretty much like the whole planet,' Trance looked sadly at the lone tree surrounded by grey buildings towering above it. 'The rendezvous point is right around..'
'Harper hide.' Trance squeaked before Harper could finish his sentence.
'What? Why?' Harper said confused, but Trance didn't answer she pushed him behind a pile of oil drums and trash, as a group of three Nietzscheans stepped out into the street.
'Oh.' Harper whispered.
They stopped inches from their hiding place, in the mist of them, struggling with all her strength was a young girl. They threw her down and circled around her, half sneering, half laughing at her crumpled form.
'Now to make an example of you.' the leader of the trio said as he bent down grabbing the girl's hair and pressing his bone blades into her throat.
'No.' Trance shouted causing the Nietzschean to lose his grip; she jumped up revealing herself and Harper and in that split second the girl scrambled to her feet and fled as fast as her legs would carry her.
'Run.' Harper yelled at Trance as the Nietzscheans advanced on them. They turned and sped back down the alley way not pausing to look behind until they had reached the Eureka Maru.
'We have to find her.' Trance said as they entered the cock pit.
'What?' Harper said confused. 'Trance, we have to get out of here, those Nietzscheans could be right on our tail, and I really don't want to end up as a Nietzschean toy.'
'They went after the girl, Harper we can't just leave her.'
'Sure we can, we take off now leave this ball of dying rock to whoever calls it home and get back to our nice cosy beautiful ship.' But Trance was already heading for the airlock. 'Trance, Trance.' he called 'oh boy' he thought and followed her out.
Something inside Trance was pulling her to the girl, she knew the danger she could be putting Harper and herself in but that didn't matter. Harper was only a few paces behind her when out of the corner of her eye she saw a movement off one of the side streets in the distance.
'There.' At once they picked up their pace until they could make out a figure cowering in the shadows. Harper kept watch for any upcoming Nietzscheans while Trance carefully approached the girl. She was huddled up in a ball trying to shut the world out, the last thing Trance wanted to do was scare her even more.
'Hello,' Trance whispered tentatively, the girl didn't move. 'We're here to help you.' still the girl remained silent.
'Um Trance, we've got company.' Harper piped up as the three Nietzscheans came into view.
Please R+R, I LOVE FEEDBACK (good and bad).
Shades of Grey
The musty smell of the planet was overpowering. Trance-the only colourful thing around-held her breath as Harper, the ultra brain super genius mechanic and she made their way through another back street.
'Harper, are you sure this is the right way?'
'Of course, how could I Seamus Zelazny Harper get us lost?' Harper proudly proclaimed.
'It's just I think we've been down here before, I'm sure I remember seeing that tree earlier.'
'Trance, all the trees look the same here-brown, shrivelled and dying, pretty much like the whole planet,' Trance looked sadly at the lone tree surrounded by grey buildings towering above it. 'The rendezvous point is right around..'
'Harper hide.' Trance squeaked before Harper could finish his sentence.
'What? Why?' Harper said confused, but Trance didn't answer she pushed him behind a pile of oil drums and trash, as a group of three Nietzscheans stepped out into the street.
'Oh.' Harper whispered.
They stopped inches from their hiding place, in the mist of them, struggling with all her strength was a young girl. They threw her down and circled around her, half sneering, half laughing at her crumpled form.
'Now to make an example of you.' the leader of the trio said as he bent down grabbing the girl's hair and pressing his bone blades into her throat.
'No.' Trance shouted causing the Nietzschean to lose his grip; she jumped up revealing herself and Harper and in that split second the girl scrambled to her feet and fled as fast as her legs would carry her.
'Run.' Harper yelled at Trance as the Nietzscheans advanced on them. They turned and sped back down the alley way not pausing to look behind until they had reached the Eureka Maru.
'We have to find her.' Trance said as they entered the cock pit.
'What?' Harper said confused. 'Trance, we have to get out of here, those Nietzscheans could be right on our tail, and I really don't want to end up as a Nietzschean toy.'
'They went after the girl, Harper we can't just leave her.'
'Sure we can, we take off now leave this ball of dying rock to whoever calls it home and get back to our nice cosy beautiful ship.' But Trance was already heading for the airlock. 'Trance, Trance.' he called 'oh boy' he thought and followed her out.
Something inside Trance was pulling her to the girl, she knew the danger she could be putting Harper and herself in but that didn't matter. Harper was only a few paces behind her when out of the corner of her eye she saw a movement off one of the side streets in the distance.
'There.' At once they picked up their pace until they could make out a figure cowering in the shadows. Harper kept watch for any upcoming Nietzscheans while Trance carefully approached the girl. She was huddled up in a ball trying to shut the world out, the last thing Trance wanted to do was scare her even more.
'Hello,' Trance whispered tentatively, the girl didn't move. 'We're here to help you.' still the girl remained silent.
'Um Trance, we've got company.' Harper piped up as the three Nietzscheans came into view.