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Chapter IV – Disco (Not So Much) Inferno

Percy PoV - 35 Minutes Later

I fraking HATE air vents.

I swear they were created by some sadistic bastard who foresaw that I would be climbing through the damn vents; I ever meet the jackass who ever came up with the idea for the air vent, I'm gonna bob him so hard on the nose I'll make his great-grandkids feel it.

Even without the battle armor, I could hardly move through it; after going over a bunch of different scenarios, Pandora and me figured (much to my irritation) that the safest and most efficient way around the station without running into a bunch of gun-totting Centurions was the air vents.

"Did you hear about Csavales?"

I froze

The voice was a girl's coming from outside the hatch, I decided to listen in; I slowly and quietly slide open the shutters open. I peered through the opening and found a guy and a girl talking to each other.

The girl looked to be 19, about 5' 8", with golden brown skin, and her black hair was tied in twiny-twisty kind of way (A/N: Latina skin and a French Twist respectively). The guy was looked to be 20, 6', seemed to have a slim build, short glossy black hair, and a fair complexion. Both of them were wearing the standard uniform, but the patch was on their arms were blank meaning that they were interns; fresh from the Imperial Academy on Oathris*.

The dude spoke first, "I heard he got caught stealing supplies for the illegal markets."

The girl responded rather shocked, "I can't believe it, I worked with him in the Meds Center remember? I thought he could do that, he was the one who convinced me to apply for pediatrics!"

"I'm so sorry Lilah, I know how close you were" the guy said, "You need to be careful, cause everyone else knows too." He put a hand on her shoulder.

The girl, Lilah, must've looked confused because the guy continued, "If everyone knows that you two were close, they may start to think that maybe you were covering him."

"Ethan," Lilah hesitated, "I-I was the one who reported to the Medical Head about the discrepancy in the supply logs. Because of me, Jon is floating somewhere in space right now!"

Lilah began to cry, Ethan pulled her into a hug and patted her on the back, whispering that it was okay.

For about 5 minutes they stood like that, hugging each other. I got bored waiting (and felt I was intruding on a rather intimate moment) so slowly I slid closed the shutters and started to make my forward again.

After about 20 minutes I suddenly got the inclination to slam my head on the top of the vent, Pandora's voice suddenly calling my name helped a little.

"Percy!" Cue head-slamming.

I clumsily activated the communicator whispered/hissed an angry "What?"

"I got good news and bad news, what do you want to hear first?"

I rolled my eyes and said, "The bad first, this way I can get a pick me up."

"Okay, well after going over the schematics with a little more detail, I discover a slight design flaw. Looks like the ventilation system is separated into four sectors, one for the main station and one for each of the conversion plants."

I groaned that I spent nearly a hour in these damn vents and for nothing, "Are saying I crawled all over the damn place for nothing?"

"Easy Perce, the good news is that there is straight shot to the turbo lift that'll take you right on to the observation deck, Atlas is on."

Something suddenly didn't sit well with me, "Wait, he's still on the observation deck? Even after nearly an hour?"

Pandora shacked her head, " I don't get it either, I know a couple of Cents showed up; but nothing else."

I sighed, "Guess I'll see what Nightshade is up to, when I get there."

I crawled to the nearest hatch and pulled it up, and it slid out; I went out head first, slowly I slipped out, holding onto the edge of the opening, I slid completely out and for a few seconds I was hanging off the ground. I let go and landed lightly on the ground, I pressed a button on the communicator calling up on Pandora.

"Where to?"

Her voice called out, "There the double doors up ahead."

I looked around and there was a set of doors right there, I walked over and hit the button; the second I did though Pandora screamed "Not that door!"

Too Late

I froze, staring into the room in front of me.

The cafeteria. The cafeteria filled with about two hundred or so Gun. Totting. Centurions.

No one seemed to notice until one Centurion glanced over, took a double take, pointed at me and yelled "WE HAVE AN INTRUDER!"

Everyone turned at stared at me too.

At that moment I could have done allot of things, claim to be from the Presence, being a engineer tech, a fraking student on a fraking field trip from the Academy. But, all I could think to say was "How'd he get on board? Intruder window?"

Apparently they didn't get my sense of humor cause in a split second they for grabbing their guns. I quickly slammed the controls to close the doors, took out my saber, ignited it, and slashed through the controls.

Sparks shot out from the control panel. That should do it, the doors morphed slightly as someone shot (probably with a blaster), or not. The alarmed shrilled as the station was alerted,

INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! SET BLASTERS TO STUN AND CONTAIN, BE ON THE OUTLOOK FOR A YOUNG MAN ARMED WITH AN UNIDENTIFED WEAPON!

I started to sprint very very very fast away from the armed gunman, my arms swinging and being careful not to stab myself in the foot with my lightsaber.

Again

Look I had just built the damn thing and my teacher hadn't even told me how to use it, and well accidents happen. Anyway…

"Nice directions Pan!"

"You're the moron who just alerted the whole fraking station to your presence."

"Just tell where I'm going alrea-"

"You're looking for an assembly plant," she cut in, "the elevated catwalk leads to a turbolift that will take you right to Nightshade!" Obviously she was pissed, for an A.I. she acted all too real sometimes.

"Well where is-" I stopped when I saw a sign on the wall next to a set of double doors which said, Starship Power-supply Core Assembly Station B (Catwalk), "Oh, nevermind."

I activated the door panel opening the door, the sounds of machines working rushed over me; in the distance I heard the an small explosion. My new pals from the café seemed to be on their way. I quickly started in to the room, closed the door and destroyed the controls. I turned and took in the facility I had just walked into.

The facility was huge, I was about three stories in the air, the catwalk spanned the distance of one end of the room to the other, about 100 yards. The floor was lined with red diamond plating, and the railings were set at an angle.

Below me, a series of machines were feverishly at work assembling complicated devices. The devices were glass in the middle with metal casings on either side, in the middle were swirling energy. Engineers and techs were at their workstations operating and maintaining the machines, the cold air hanged in the air keeping the machines running without the risk of overheating. A massive came from the other side of the door, signaling the Centurions that were trying to get through.

A idea popped into my head.

I took my still ignited lightsaber and cut through the floor of the catwalk almost all of the way; stopping two inches short. I started my way down the catwalk, after 10 yards I stopped and cut the catwalk; this time from the other end. I repeated the process for another 30 yards before I noticed sparks coming from the door; I picked up the pace, bolted for the door.

Suddenly a load crash came from behind me, the doors were twisted slightly, a half dozen Centurions made their way in.

Now or never I guess.

I disengaged my saber, hooked it to my leg, and got into the proper stance. I put my hands out in front of me gathering energy into my hands, the Cents stopped when they started to wonder what I was doing. I counted;

Five

Four

Three

Two

One

I released the energy, placing pressure on the catwalk until snap! It was like watching plastic break; the catwalk shacked violently before the metal broke and shattered into about a thousand pieces. The Cents were thrown into the air before they fell to ground.

"Ha!" I bellowed, pumping my fist into the air. Then the metal crashed into the assembly line and there a series of explosions. Apparently, several tons of metal falling on to freshly built power cores is a bad idea.

I…may not have thought this one through

I ran like…some…winged…animal out of hell, for the door, the hairs on the back of my neck felt like they were being singed (and they probably were) as a fiery uber-inferno rose up behind me. I was coming to the door at an alarming rate, as I ran I stretch my hand out and used telekinesis to activate the door controls. The double doors opened, I was 20 yards away I gathered energy into the soles of my feet and made a jump for it.

I flew through the air, and landed…a few feet short, but I managed a barrel-roll into the hallway, I reached out and activated the panel. The doors hissed closed, but they glowed a slight orange as an intense heat pressed against it.

I collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily, and coughing.

Well that went well

{NS}

Ethan PoV – 21.56 Seconds Later…

"You didn't have to walk me,"

Lilah turned to me with a smirk and teased, "Hmm, and risk you getting into trouble?" she stepped in front of me and planted a finger on my chest, "I don't think so!"

She twirled around and started to stroll down, giving a little hum. I smiled and shook my head, two years of dating and she thinks I need looking after.

"Hey Ethan, do you hear that?"

I stooped and listened, I realized what she was talking about. There was some kind of loud booming noise, it was coming the next door; Lilah moved over to an observation window. I hit the door panel, just then Lilah screamed "Ethan!"

Time slowed.

The door opened to an inferno, rushing towards me, I turned towards Lilah.

I watched, the glass in the window bend and sweat before it shattered, in a moment my world ended as fire engulfed her. I turned back as a wall of red, orange, and yellow surrounded my vision.

Then the pain started.

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Welcome to chapter four, Enjoy!

*Oathris - Mount Othrys: Base of the Titans during the ten year war against the Olympians

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