Hello everybody,...I´l make it short. I´ve been quite sick these months and I´ve faced several problems. but here it is the next chapter... I Hope you like it and sorry If there are mistakes in the story
HERE I GO!
Chapter 9: Aussehen
Act One: Hidden Talents
In the sickbay of the White Lightning R.A.M.P and Tails were examining the little child that had been hugging Tails, the guards of the station did not manage to take her away from him so Tails let her go with them ...
"You found something about her R.A.M.P" - Tails asked while the little girl was cuddled next to him wrapped in his tails ...
"According to the records in the data core ... she belongs to a race called Squamollian. They were a fairly advanced race, their technology was one of the best on this side of the galaxy and they were known to be pacifists ... another of their features is although they appear to possess a soft skin ... they actually have hundreds and hundreds of small, microscopic scales that are soft to the touch but can harden like steel if the skin is subjected to high pressures or to severe blows or serious injuries. Other races used to meet with them to exchange knowledge or ask for advices"
"And ... what happened to them?" - Tails asked
"According to E.V.E`s database, they became involved with a branch of the Black Arms Race; they lost all of their planetary sistems in the war, but despite their defeat some of their people managed to escape, while the remanents of their army self-destructed taking most of the Black Arms with them ... "
"It's unfortunate, what's your name, little one?" - Tails asked the girl who looked at him shyly from amongst his tails with her huge and expressive violet eyes - "I am Coeruli"
"Coeruli ... What do you remember about the station or those thugs?"
"I don´t know ... I do not remember anything except my name"
"Well ... at least you can talk" - Tails thought - "I have to go, R.A.M.P will watch over you while you get checked ..." - But when he got up ... "Huh?"
"Do not go!" - Said the little girl something frightened - "I'm scared"
"But he's not going to harm you"
"I do not want to be alone with " That ", It has no face and it is ugly ..."
"UG UGLY!, What´s the point if I'm ugly ?!" - the butler said upset ...
"Okay, Isis ..." - said the fox by the communicator - "Come to the sickbay"
Moments later….
"AAAWWW !, What a CUUUUTIEEEEEEEE!"
"I need you be with her while R.A.M.P examines her body, it seems ... she is afraid of him" - Tails explained as Coeruli pulled her face out of the mass of fur from Tails´ tails ... - "Coeruli she is Isis, she will watch over you you in my absence"
"She has no nose" - The innocent comment of the girl caused Isis to stagger ... - "But she is pretty"
"So you'll stay with her for a while?"
"YEAP!" - The girl came out of the tangle of tails and hugged Isis as she looked at her with a small smile ... but it turned into a frightful expression when the tropical Seedrian lifted her and squeezed her in her arms as she rocked with her from side to side - "Tails ... HELP!"
"You look so cute and you're so soft!"
"Put her down Isis! You must make her feel comfortable, not frighten her or squeeze her stuffing out"
"I'm sorry Tails, but I always wanted a younger sister." Sorry Coeruli "- Isis said something sorry
"It isssss ok" - She said something dizzy ...
"Well ... I must go, do not shake her again Isis" - And while the girls stayed with R.A.M.P in the infirmary ...
"How do you breathe without a nose?"
In Tails´ room:
The fox arrived and laid down on his mattress while looking at the ceiling, at that moment Cosmo entered the room with a small basket of fruits and vegetables ...
"Tails I was practicing in making plants growing for the orchard , look what I ..." - Buts he saw that Tails was absentminded... - "Tails ... it is something wrong?"
"Nothing in particular ... is that ... I do not know what`s next on the list. I do not know where to go and we have another mouth to feed ..."
"You know that Coeruli is not your daughter ... right? And you can always look for more food, in the whole ship only eat 5 persons if we include her" - Cosmo explained something confused ...
"I know I should not worry about that ... but I keep thinking ... like if something very bad would happen" - Her boyfriend replied
"Tails ... you worry too much, you have overcome any obstacle you had in your path. Relax a little, would you?, Have a try ... I made it grow by myself" - Then she put an apple in front his face, Tails sat on the bed And bit it
"Hmm, delicious. What else do you have in that basket?"
"I have carrots, potatoes, and this thing I do not know what it is ... but it is endible ..." - the last things he took out was a kind of orange fruit with lots of bumps around it
"You know ... I think I'll take your advice." - Then he leaned back on the headboard while still eating the apple, Cosmo set the basket on the floor and cuddle beside him with her head resting on his left shoulder, with her left arm resting on his chest and her right arm under his torso and hugging his waist ... - "Tails? ... when you were talking about Coeruli ...I felt like she were really our daughter and like You and I were ... husband and wife "- Saying that seedrian blushed but Tails had another reaction, he blushed HORRIBLY with an unknown thought in his head as he sat again and coughed violently spitting out pieces of apple - "TAILS! "
Meanwhile With R.A.M.P and company:
"What have you found R.A.M.P ?" - Isis asked as she held Coeruli's hand, she was lying on a table while a droid ran a scanner over her body ...
"Her vital signs are stable, it seems that her body was subjected to some stress, but nothing more, and her organism is something I have never seen before: 2 pairs of lungs, 2 hearts and the rest of her organs ...I do not even identify them, I would have to do a long-term study but I think we can do it in future sessions "
"What was the last thing he said?" - the little girl asked to Isis - "You'll have to let him check you"
"Will you or Tails be with me? I do not like to be alone with ... that. It looks strange and it scares me ..." - The girl made a disgusted expression while Isis laughed and at the same time RAMP get upset and went back to the monitors ... - "He he, of course, we will not leave you alone with the ugly bad robot"
"I'm here, do you know that Isis?"
Test Room, Gym:
"Remember me ... why ... I'm ... HERE!" - Fenrir was panting because since he had learned to fly successfully he was getting a bit idle, so Tails ordered him to submit to a training program, very similar to his. The wolf was dodging rubber bullets of the size of his head, they would not kill him ... but they would leave bruises
"Orders from the Master!" He doesn´t not want Mr. Uther yell at him because you returned looking as a unformed sausage"- one of the droids shouted before another ball was thrown to his face ...
"OW!" - Then the wolf collapsed
"I think you went to far"
"Nah, He'll be fine" - But by seeing he did not move ... - "... But I think we should see if he's breathing ..."
Meanwhile many light years away from the location of the White Lightning, a garbage ship was approaching to an old cluster of asteroids in search of pieces of minerals for the foundry ...
"After this cumulus we´ll return to the foundry for lunch, my stomach begins to digest itself" - said one of the workers, he wore a protective suit just like all his companions, and inside you would see the hairless version of an owl ... but without peak ...
"You're always hungry kol'klav, tell me how many times did you say you were hungry since we left the station?" - replied ser'kav ,his companion
"It is not my fault, we have worked without rest for the last days and when I get tired I feel hungry" - As they both spoke their ship entered the asteroid cluster, the mechanical arms collected the rocks carried them inside to be crushed, the Metal was kept in the ship while the leftovers were expelled by a conduit to the space ... but then the mechanism held something that could not fit inside the insertion hole ...
"Warning, Unknown object stuck!"
"WHAT THE ... Now what ?!" - Ser'kav saw a huge metal object, a silver dodecahedron with strange purple marks - "Kol'Klav !, WE HAVE SOMETHING GOOD!"
"Incredible! It is made of a very rare metal and appears to be in very good condition ... and has a opening." - The moment they tried to open it, the marks glowed violently as currents of violet energy ran through the mechanical arms … "What's going on!"
Then small metal tentacles emerged from the dodecahedron and pierced the armor of the mechanical arms causing the ship's systems to fail ...
Returning to the White Lightning:
R.A.M.P, Isis, Coeruli, and Fenrir had gathered in the common room of the ship, the little Squamollian saw the Wolf with curiosity ...
"What´s up ?" - He saluted, making her tilted her head to the left in a sign of confusion ...
"Where are the Master and the Mistress?" - Asked the butler to Fenrir - "They must be coming"
And in fact, Tails and Cosmo arrived together, the fox looked a little suffocated and with red eyes ...
"What happened to you Tails?"
"I almost choke up Isis, I was eating an apple in my bed and ..." - But Fenrir interrupted - "What you were thinking? You are supposed to be the smart one here"
"It was not because I was lying down Fenrir"
"Then ... why was it?" Then Tails and Cosmo looked at each other and blushed a little and while the seedrian lowered her eyes a little Tails saw Fenrir and - "It is... complicated ..." - he said something nervous ...
"She does not have a nose either" - Coeruli said, pointing to Cosmo, the seedrian chuckled a little, but Fenrir - "Girl ... you do not have a nose either, how do you breathe?"
"Billiard Ball Head told me that my fins allow me to breathe ..." - she said touching those appendages behind her head and ... - "... Just as she breathes with her hair"
"HAHAHA BILLIARD BALL HEAD, I LOVE this girl already" - the wolf laughed while R.A.M.P grumbled upset ...
"Ok? ... well R.A.M.P what are the resulst of the studies on Coeruli ?"
"she is as healthy as someone of her kind could be, and putting aside the unique structure of her organism ... well ... I do not detect any anomaly, surely her mind has some kind of amnesia caused by a shock or a traumatic event" - the Butler explained to its creator; Cosmo approached and knelt to see the little one more closely ...
"I'm Cosmo ... I´m pleased to see you at last" - she said with the tenderness that is own of her, Coeruli was delighted to see her and she innocently said ... "You're pretty, are you a princess?"
"He he, no, but thank you ..."
"You did not tell me I looked like a princess"
"It's just ... she's prettier, Isis"
"Cosmo this girl is going to make me jealous of you"
Shortly after Tails went to the little girl ...
"Coeruli ... obviously you're a special child because I've never seen anyone like you before , but I have no idea where your parents might be or where do you live. So ... Would you like to come with us? I will take care of you while we travel "
"And can I cuddle up with you?" - the little girl asked
"Well ... Cosmo, will not you be jealous of her?" - Tails Bluffed
"Not at all, she and I have the same good taste" - Said the seedrian in a playful tone
"Yes!" - Then the little squamollian jumped out of the chair and wrapped herself in the tails of Tails as if they were a huge, fluffy blanket, as she peered out from the hairy spiral, Isis let out a squeal of delight ...
"Definitely Tails attracts only strange or crazy females, OW! What's wrong with you Isis ?!"
"Watch your tongue Fenrir language! Just look at it ... IT'S SO CUUUUUTEEEEE!"
"She looks very comfortable there Tails, I think I'm going to get along with her. She has very good ideas" - Cosmo said unconsciously in a provocative tone, causing Tails to laugh nervously
"Well, Coeruli go with Isis to get you some nice clothes and not that ugly hospital gown" - Then the girl obediently left with Isis
Shortly after a browser droid came in, it looked a little worried ...
"Boss ... we have a problem"
"What's happening this time?"
White Lightning, Bridge:
"A few minutes ago our long-range sensors detected a distress signal, about 3 light years from our location ..." - the droid explained to Tails ...
"Did you identify what or who emitted it? Or do you know if it's some kind of trap from the Creeps?"
"No sir, the signal is very weak and seems to come from a small ship"
"Let's get it then" - Then the ship entered the hyper space, when they found the small ship, was quite damaged ...
"Scan it" - A ray of light from the WL covered the damaged shuttle ... - "Result?"
"Just one lifeform, the energy of the shuttle is running out, severe damage to its outer shell, its life support system will collapse in approximately 15 minutes ..."
"Take the ship to the dock"
Once inside the droids opened the door of the ship, and they found Kol'Klav unconscious and with burns on his body ...
White Lightning, Sickbay:
"Look is opening his eyes" - And when the Lwolian recover his consciousness ... "Hi"
Isis's greeting seems to have confused him ...
"Where I am?!"
"It's in my ship, sir ..." Tails began, waiting for him to say his name
"Kol'Klav"
"... Kol'Klav, we found you badly wounded and your shuttle was almost in ruins. What happened?" - The fox asked
"I did not even know what happened ..." - Then he began to narrate - "We were overseeing a mining operation in an asteroid cluster, we found a strange metallic object ... we ... we wanted to open it but, I took control of our ship, captured my comrades , I managed to escape before I took control of the shuttles. "- Despair was evident in his voice, he was terrified by what he saw ... -" Then ... I went through a small plasma storm hoping to escape from that thing, the last thing I remember is waking up … here"
Cosmo looked at him with great sorrow,she approached Tails and ...
"Tails ... I'm feeling his fear, his heart is intoxicated with panic"
"Mr. Kol'Klav I need you lead us to where your ferry was"
On the bridge the Lwolian entered the coordinates in the auxiliary board, in matter of seconds the ship arrived but they did not find anything more than the cluster of asteroids ...
"Excecute a scan of the area ..." - Then the locust probes came out and swept the whole place and its surroundings while the data they collected were viewed on the main screen ...
"We detect residues of several kinds metals and also ... there is a trail of unknown energy that is directed to ... a planetary system called Lorwin Prime" - One of the navigator droids said ...
"THAT'S MY HOME!"
"Set a course for Lorwin Prime, transwarp jump right now!"
Planetary System Lorwin Prime, Planet Kithios, outer edge:
The ship came out of the transwarp conduit, in the background you could see the red sun that gave life to the whole system ...
"We have arrived Master" - Kithios was close to them ... but in front of the planet was a sea of either destroyed ships or severely damaged ships, there were small ships exploring and navigating between them, possibly looking for survivors ...
"The ... horror ..." - Before the fox said something else they contacted by a Kithian, it had the appearance of a big nosed monkey ... but this one had 3 eyes and had a kind of mechanical implant in his nose ...
"Unidentified ship, state your intentions"
"Gókio ... you big nosed moron, did you see a crazed junk pile passing by here?" - The Lwolian said
"I thought you were dead Kol´Klav, and yes ... I saw your ship and caused great damage to our fleet, tear off pieces of our ships and took many of our crewmen"
"What path did it take?" - Asked Tails to Gókio - "It goes towards the center of the system, it is shattering everything in its wake."
"Mster according to our long range sensors the source of that strange energy is directed to the 4th planet from the center towards the outer edge" - explained the droid as a map of the planetary system appeared on the screen
"Then It goes to Lwolius" - explained the Kithian but Tails later ... - "Why is it heading there?"
"Because in my world we not only have a metallurgical industry but also we take care to get rid of the waste of the whole system, we use them for our energy converters"
"If that´s so Kol'Klav, this thing is looking for a source of food, we have to stop it before it get it"
"If you are going to chase that thing be careful, our weapons did not do anything to it and when it detects a ship too close that thing will try to eat it" - Gókio explained to Tails
"We shall be awar, Let´s go"
In the center of the system, a deformed mass of metal and pieces of ships covered in lines of purple energy and with metal tentacles coming out of it, glided threateningly towards Lwolius, the WL followed it at a safe distance ...
"Master our scans are erratic, that thing seems to have a kind of energy field that prevents us from getting a clear reading of its interior"
"What can you tell us about the missing people R.A.M.P?"
"We can detect bio signals within the internal structure but I can not establish with certainty how many are"
"Mr. Kol'Klav ... you said that thing went nuts when you tried to open it and Gókio said that if a ship came too close, gets attacked" - Tails declared while the Lwolian nodded - "Then we'll have to throw an irresistible, while Someone enters by the other side "
"Sir, that thing eats everything that is technological, would not it be a mistake to send droids or use the White Lightning as abait ?" - said one of the droids being a little distressed
"I know, but we're not going to send droids."
"Master... You are not thinking about going alone again, are you?" - R.A.M.P Asked
"Isis Tails has always been so ... fearless?" - Cosmo Asked to her distant relative, due that she has been longer on the ship - "Not always, but lately he has been a little crazier than usual, R.A.M.P spoke to me about something called ... The behavior of the Alpha male"
"The what?"
"It is more or less like this: imagine that the ship is a small hen house where there are many hens and only 2 roosters, one of them is the one with bright feathers and the red and beautiful cockscomb , the other ... it is a poor scrawny bird of dull plumage. If the dominant rooster ... the one with the beautiful colors disappears ... for any reason ... the rooster that is left will begin to gain confidence: his feathers will regain color, he will increase in size and his cockscomb will become redder. I did not understand " Isis explained
"I understand…"
"Really?"
"Yes. I know this because I traveled with Tails a long time ago:
With us was a very strong hedgehog named Sonic, he was something like the strongest warrior of our group back then. Tails was much more shy and was very different from what he is now and for him Sonic was his older brother. What R.A.M.P says is in the absence of Sonic Tails had to defend and grow stronger by himself, and now with his powers ... let's say he does things that he could not even dream of before"
"I understood, ... I think" - Isis Said
Coming back with Tails ...
"It is necessary, The White Lightning will attract that thing as I slip from behind. If it only focuses on the ships it will not see me arrive, hopefully I will find the core and destroy it before it can destroy the ship ..."
"It's a very risky plan, should not you go with someone else?"
"Kol'Klav is right ..." - Everyone saw Cosmo approaching, and while that happened ... behind ... at the door Coeruli peered curiously as she was accompanied by a navigator droid ... - "... I will go with you"
"But ... you are not ready yet ... we will go inside a ship there is no earth or plants you can manipulate" - Said Tails a little concerned ...
"Well, I think it's time to find out what I'm capable of, and more important, now that I'm here ... do... not... even ...think that... you'll ...do these... things... alone." she said each time she traced a line in Tails´ chest hair making him fell delicious shivers but being not only with his guests but also with the others present and with a problem to solve ... he must maintain his composure ...
Some Lwolian ships attacked the mechanical abomination only to get attacked back, when the ship was ready to assimilate the enemy ships, it received a magnetic discharge and a barrage of magnet bombs and thenn ... the WL was in front of it ...
WL, Bridge:
"Well, we have the attention of that thing, NOW WHAT ?!" - Screamed Fenrir something scared ...
"The only thing left for us to do..." - And as the ship turned around - "RUUUUUUUUUN!" - R.A.M.P literally stepped on the accelerator as the WL escaped in the opposite direction and kept firing, the abomination followed them while unknowingly a couple of figures were attached to the outside of the ship ...
"Are you ready to enter Cosmo?" - Asked Tails displaying his flaming appearance, courtesy of the spectral fury, she wore her training suit, but coated with a very strong woven alloy, courtesy of R.A.M.P and Isis ... - "Of course"
The pair entered through one of the holes,in the outer zone of the shell was hollow and had no purpose other than to attach new material to it; On the whole surface of the interior shell there were bright purple lines and wires ...
"It's like entering into the entrails of a beast"
"You have no idea how right you are Cosmo, I´m speaking by my own experience ..." - As the spectral Fury faded, both began to explore ...
"Why do not we use the trackers ...Tails?" - Cosmo Asked
"Whatever has done this is able to detect active technology, we must try to perceive people trapped by ourselves. We can not activate the detonator until we have found the core of this thing, and we must do it fast. If the white Lightning is assimilated, there will be no way to stop it "
In the center of the abomination the core visualized the RB while it shot to him:
Objective Analysis
Identification Code: White Lightning
Level of threat: 5
Strength level: 90
Resistance level: 90
Possibilities of capture: 90%
... Multiple signs of artificial intelligence and other valuable targets for assimilation are detected ...
... 4 ways of life detected, useful objective for energy extraction or incorporation into the matrix ...
... Data center class 10 detected, target set for acquisition ...
... Assimilation ... IMMINENT!
White Lightning, Bridge:
"Status of the enemy!" - R.A.M.P shouted to the navigator droids ...
"We do not even scratch it, it has a kind of damping barrier similar to ours." - A simple outline appeared on the main screen, indeed the ship seemed to be covered with something that looked like an energy aura...
"How to pass a defense that absorbs all the damage we cause?"
"I do not know R.A.M.P BUT THINK FAST!" - Isis shouted as the enemy ship flung its limbs towards them, the WL's force field resisted the first attacks, but the enemy persisted ...
"THAT THING WANTS TO KILL US!"
"DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE IT ISIS ?!" - Fenrir shouted, as he held onto her chair, Coeruli was equally frightened as she held onto a navigator droid ... kol'Klav tried to leave the bridge but hit a pole and fainted ...
Coming back with Tails and Cosmo ...
The couple went deeper into the abomination, somehow they had not been detected yet, perhaps because they were either generating a field with their own energy or because the thing was busy catching the WL. Whatever the case as they advanced they found a lump on the wall, something wrapped in wires ... when they approached they saw something moving and heard a moan of exhaustion ...
"There's someone trapped here" - Cosmo whispered, Tails carefully used his powers to melt the wires and put the prisoner in the floor , when they began to remove what was wrapping him they saw Ser'Kav ,one of Kol'Klav's companions ...
"A Lwolian" - Hearing Tails Ser'Kav began to open his eyes ...
"Wht ... wha? What?"
"Do not waste your strength" - Tails placed his "Hand" on his forehead and closed his eyes, he began to see everything that had happened with the Lwolians:
After the capture of its ship, the nucleus was incorporated inside the reactor. He began to transform the systems and to corrupt the SW of the ship with his, taking control of everything. He captured the Lwolians and used them as living batteries ...
"I saw what happened, that thing is consuming them"
"Tails, he ... is dying.I can feel that most of his energy was drained, if we do not do something ..." - But ... there was no time ... he died in front of them ... - "No ..."
"I saw where the core is, we must hurry to prevent more people from dying ..." - And leaving the deceased one on the floor, they continued their mission ...
But in the core ...
Bio battery # 12 has stopped working ...
Accessing the security system ...
The videos showed the moment since when Tails and Cosmo entered the ship, but Cosmo appeared as a transparent silhouette , only identified as a mere shadow ... it did not pay attention to her , Tails looked like a heat silhouette but blue sparkly…
Organic life form detected, high energy levels detected, target designated for incorporation into the matrix ...
Tails and Cosmo were in their way to the core, but at then ...
"WATCH OUT!" - The fox used his halberd to cut a huge mechanical arm that rushed towards them, after that ... they realized that they were not alone ... - "Look!"
They looked like mummies made out of wires and metal pieces , they get closer but ...
"Tails, those are ..."
"You mean "were" Cosmo, I can see their eyes, but I can not feel their minds, they're dead" - The fox was right and while the Seedrian with fear confirmed their suspicions with her own abilities ... those mummies were many of the poor people which were used as batteries ... - "Do not hold back anything Cosmo!, Remember that they no longer are alive!"
Tails turned on his spectral fire and lunged at their enemies while Cosmo followed him with his plasma spear, a new toy courtesy of RAMP, moving between them in an elegant way and cutting off their limbs ... within minutes they both finished with them ...
"I can not believe that my first battle is against corpses" - the frightened and disgusted Seedrian mourned...
"Do not feel any sorry or remorse Cosmo, remember that the dead do not feel anything, this monster does not feel anything either or it would not be sending the remains of the people which it feeds on, ... you will see worse things ..." - The warning Of her boyfriend was dark and serious, but she could feel his fear and his concern. As they went forward the coresaw what happened, but it seems that Cosmo was not seen due to the excess of brightness from part of Tails ...
While on the outside, the abomination continued its ruthless attack, and with every blow of its limbs, the barrier of the WL weakened until ...
White Lightning, Bridge:
"It just trespassed our defenses!" - A navigator droid shouted . Then they watched as the mechanical tentacles were embedded all over the structure of the ship, and then a warning signal was heard all over the ship ...
ALERT, ALERT. UNKNOWN SOFTWARE DETECTED WITHIN THE SYSTEMS, STARTING DEFENSE PROTOCOL ...
It looked like strange signs and letters began to appear on all the screens of the whole ship ...
"It is trying to assimilate our control systems, the protection program resists, but I do not know for how long"
"Damn it! This dialect is not found in the database that the Karvarians gave us" - R.A.M.P was furious and afraid. Coeruli was still clenched to the navigator droid that was with her ...
"I'm scared"
"Calm down, darling, we'll be okay, although this looks pretty complicated" - Then little Squamollian saw the screen next to R.A.M.P and ...
"What does Failed Malware Insert mean?"
R.A.M.P on hearing it turned
"What are you saying?"
"That ... is what it says there" - the little girl pointed to the screen, but there were only rare and unknown signs for R.A.M.P ...
"You say you can read those symbols ?!"
"Yes. Is it a bad thing?"
"R.A.M.P if Coeruli can read this means that that thing is ..."
"... Squamollian Technology!" - The butler completed the sentence of Isis, with much emotion and in turn with much hope, quickly approached the little girl who hid behind the navigator droid .. - "Coeruli I know that you are afraid and that you do not like me , But Tails and Cosmo are inside that thing risking their lives to help us, If want to see them again ... help me please "- The little girl was unsure but knowing what was at stake ...
Returning with Tails and Cosmo:
"It's around here! Judging by the frequency of the shaking, I do not think that R.A.M.P and the others have enough time, we must hurry!" - The fox and the Seedrian made their way, breaking through obstacle after obstacle, through reanimated bodies, wire and metal. Cosmo felt bad but she knew they should do this for the sake of others. They reached the bridge of the ship and what they found was a complete and utter disaster ...
"We are near the core" - but before Tails could said anything else, the floor opened and countless mechanical tentacles came out and dragged him down, before disappearing into the darkness he left his halberd to Cosmo who barely managed to hold herself on to avoid the fall…
"TAILS!"
Tails had been wrapped by the mass of metal limbs but with a plasma explosion he broke free ...
"Couldn´t you perform a fair fight?!, But what I say , this thing is a machine without a conscience"
In spite of his complaints, the core observed everything ...
Target energy levels, increased ...
Iniciate harvest ...
Then more and more limbs appeared and Tails destroyed them ... but the energy that was released was absorbed by the machines ...
White Lightning, Bridge:
"R.A.M.P you and the frog girl hurry up!"
"She is NOT a frog girl Fenrir and we do things as fast as we can!" - The droids had connected a thought reader to be able to directly have all the information that Coeruli read on the screens ...
"This helmet makes me itch and tightens" - the little girl complained
"Hold on, we're almost done! Keep reading!"
Within the abomination:
Cosmo went blindly through the corridors of the ship, due to the simple fact that the core could not track her ... surely because she was a sentient plant ... she had not been attacked yet. But this time she was alone, and recent events were wreaking havoc on her head ...
"How am I going to find Tails in this dreadful place ?!" - Her heart was racing as she ran, but after a few moments, the anguish and fear in her mind won ... she stopped and fell to her knees on the ground while in terror she realized something ...
"I'm lost" - And standing in the fetal position leaving their weapons to one side, she began to cry - "Forgive me Tails, I ... I failed you"
"That's not true" - She heard a voice, it was a calm voice ...
"Who? Who's there?"
"You and Tails have a very solid bond, it is no coincidence that you are engaged or the fact that both are in this mess, you must see not with your eyes ... let your heart and your soul guide you... "- Those words, so strange but so tranquilizing ... She wiped her face and picking up the weapons stood up, and closing her eyes she isolated everything ... a few seconds later ...
"Tails!" - Then in the middle of the darkness, she went on her way but this time she was sure where she was going ...
Returning with the WL:
The abomination was literally upon the WL, its extremities had already shattered the outer hull and it was getting closer to the twin generators...
"If that thing eats of emeralds, IT WILL BE OUR END!" - Fenrir screamed in despair, but Isis gave him a zap in the head - "OW!"
"Thank you Isis, It's no use if we get mad" - Answered R.A.M.P who typed like a maniac, Coeruli was very stressed and tired, too much for a girl ...
"I want to take off this helmet!"
"Hold on for a couple of seconds!" - Then R.A.M.P finished placing some commands on the board and ...
"STARTING SYSTEM PURGE!"
A stream of supercharged energy emerged from the emeralds generator and ran through the machine's extremities, paralyzing it and interfering with some of the systems of abomination ...
Target assimilation failed ...
Remodulate weapons ...
New target, capture and retention of invasive organism ...
Secondary objective, capture the "White Lightning" ...
Tails continued to fight but that thing had managed to weaken him to the point that he could not even transform. At that moment he was caught again and the machines began to cover him while diodes and cables pierced his flesh ...
"AAAARGGG !, LET ME GO!"
Cosmo was running in the dark but by hearing the screams of her boyfriend she headed straight to the place, where she saw how Tails was held and stripped of his strength ...
"TAILS!"
"COSMO ... AAARGGH, THE ... DETONATOR" - he shouted as he with his only free tail pointed to the floor on which he was held, where the small and deactivated artifact was, when she wanted to take him an arm moved between her and the detonator before clenching in one of the ... hem ... one of Tails's Buttocks causing him to scream even more ...
"Disgusting piece of metal, THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN MAKE HIM SCREAM IT´S ME!" - And wielding Tails halberd she threw a green power blade at the mechanical members cutting several of them ... - "How?" - Remembering what had happened, she attacked them again, cutting them one by one until the poor, half-unconscious fox fell to the ground.
"Are you right?!"
"No. Thank you for rescuing me"
"What do we do now, Tails?"
"You have to hurry ... the core is in that direction ... If we have not been attacked yet, it's because RAMP must have found a way to stop it ... Run! Before the monster can move again" - And hurt because she had to leave him there but determined not to be defeated, Cosmo went to finish what this thing had started
Core room:
Weapon Systems paralyzed ...
Organic target, incapacitated ...
Recapturing target ... capture failed ...
Danger, reactor overheating ...
The marks and lights of the dodecahedron blinked furiously , R.A.M.P´s counterattack had worked but ...
New life form detected inside the ship ...
In effect, Cosmo was entering the core room ...
"That must be..." - Cosmo was in front of a huge conglomerate of computer parts , wires and other ... upon which was the core ...
Accessing energy reserves, activating thermal sensors ...
The cameras saw Cosmo inside the room, but only her heat trail, and immediately began to attack her with the machines that were there ...
"He already saw me!" - immediately she began to dodge the attacks of the creature, using Tails halberd she destroyed several of the limbs and machines that pounced on her, but did not see the metal tentacles that caught her from behind ... "I HAVE BOYFRIEND , LET ME GO!"
When I was about to suffer the same fate as Tails ... The limbs that held her were shaken, because of the hacking made by R.A.M.P and Coeruli ..., but because of that she and the detonator fell to the ground activating the device ...
"This is not good"
Al Alert Expl explosi sive De device Detected ...
Knowing that it could attack again Cosmo hurried and took the detonator, more mechanical limbs were thrown over her but in a maneuver that would make Rouge feel proud of her, she used one of the machines to jump and made a quick spin in flight while using The halberd throwing the explosive device that get stuck next to the core, and while she was wrapped in cable and metal for her imminent Final ...
BOOOM!
The whole generator exploded causing all the internal structure of the ship to disarm, she was fired away in a cocoon made with the cable from the core. From the outside could be seen how the whole structure of the abomination was beginning to twist because of the explosions ...
"Perfect The Master and the Mistress did it!" - Said R.A.M.P while the little Coeruli ran to see the screen but still had the helmet on and as the cables made her fall ...
"I hate this helmet!" - Said the little squamollian while throwing it away and pouting ...
Amid the remains of what was the core, Cosmo survived the explosion because she was wrapped in a cocoon of charred metal, so she slowly left her shelter ...
"Tails? TAILS WHERE ARE YOU ?!" - The seedrian floated in space upon the remains of the abomination looking for her boyfriend and then ... she saw a scorched tail move between the debris ...
"Are you alright?!" - she exclaimed with tears in her eyes seeing him badly wounded - "Apart from ... the gaps I have for all my fur and the blood and the fact that I can not move ... I'm fine" - he said laughing weakly, but ...
ASIMILAAAAATEEEEE!
The core rose all dented and with many arms and mechanical tentacles, ready to attack but then ...
BOOM!
A blast from Fenrir's ship blow away the core, then both saw the wolf greeting them as a cargo ship descended in front o them ...
Moments later Ships of the entire Lorwin system approached to know what had occurred R.A.M.P and some droids were doing the "Forensic" analysis ...
"Incredible, such a small artifact caused so much damage ..."
"Sir, the droids and the people of Lorwin made the count of the kidnapped, so far we have only found 15 people alive, they are extremely exhausted but they will survive" - explained the Sentinel droid ...
"And the others?"
"I'm afraid they were all dead, their bodies were drained at a molecular level ..."
"What a Pity" - Said a Lwoliano who was there
WL, Sickbay:
Tails and Cosmo were being aided by Isis, Fenrir and a few droids, Coeruli was assisting Isis with Cosmo ...
"The good thing is that you only have a few bruises and a few scratches and cuts. Coeruli please rub that ointment on her arm "- She said and the little one obeyed
"Smells good"
"Yes, the medicines she made smell good because she makes them with plants we grow here and we also get her things for her experiments ..." - Cosmo explained
"FENRIR THAT HURTS"
"They told me to tighten the bandages so that the antiseptic cloth did not get loose. You got a lot lovebites, did you two get super horny during the mission?" - The Wolf bothered getting a mortal look from his Captain
"You think if Cosmo had done this to me, would I be bleeding?"
Then Tails was contacted by R.A.M.P ...
"What is it? I´m being chocked here now, OW!"
"I'm almost done"
"Master that core is one of the technologies that are registered in the data core of E.V.E" - Said the Butler
"Explain yourself"
"The Squamollian War - Black Arms occurred many years before EVE existed. It turns out that this thing was a Squamollian assimilation mine: Designed to capture and assimilate enemy technology. Normally... mines in good condition only return to base when captured An enemy, but this was lost and its program became corrupted over time causing THIS to happen "- Clarified RAMP
"This technology is too dangerous to leave at the mercy of anyone ... ask the Khitians to donate a rocket, or a ship that does not serve much, bind the abomination to it with their own Tentacles and send it to the sun ... "
"Understood Master..." - Then R.A.M.P cut the transmission
"Coeruli"
"Yes?" - She said to Tails -" RAMP told me that you helped him to stop the monster, that should have been amazing.I know it's not a place for this but you could come here ,fenrir pass me that box "- And as she approached-" As you will be with us for a long time ... I suppose it does not matter I give you this "
Coeruli took the box in his hands, and when she opened it ...
"Tai Tails, Is this for me?" - Inside was a small uniform similar to his but with a feminine touch, the suit was purple with sky blue marks ...
"Yes, officially you are a member of the White Lightning´s crew " - At that hearing the little one did not stop, she dropped the box as she threw herself onto Tails to hold him tight ...
"Thank you" - she said with tears in her violet eyes
"No problem, but it hurts" - The little one had a certain level of strength, everyone laughed at the scene and as this happened ,RAMP from a cargo ship guided the remains of the creature direct to the star that was in the center of the system ...