Passenger Liner Exquisite en
route to Corneria from Macbeth, 12 years after the destruction of Sector
Z.: On the liner, people were having
fun and enjoying their lives. However,
not everyone was enjoying the good life.
One passenger encompassed by a covered robe makes his away across the
observation deck. His face was hidden
by the robe's shadow as the figure made his way across the deck, which drew
some attention. The figure takes no
notice of this as he continued his way across the deck. Halfway through, the figure started hacking
terribly. One of the crewmen walked up
to the passenger.
"Are you okay?" asked the
crewman.
"I will be fine," said the figure
walking off. The crewman walked off to
his group of friends.
"What a weirdo," said one of
them.
"That's for sure," said the
crewman who had helped the passenger.
"I'm sure he's got an interesting
story," said one of the passengers nearby.
The crewmen just nodded.
Cabin level 12: The passenger
elevator opened and the robed passenger trundled out headed towards his
cabin. Around a nearby corner came a
group of drunken passengers. They
walked up to the robed figure.
"Hey buddy, give me your money or
else," said the passenger while his friends laughed.
"No," said the robed figure. The passenger pulled out a large pipe and
held it like a baseball bat.
"Now!" yelled the passenger. The robed figure reached down, as if to get
his money, and then swung his fist out hitting the passenger in the face
knocking him out cold.
"Let's get him!" yelled one of
the drunks. The robed figure pulled
back a piece of his cloak and yanked out a blaster and pointed it at the
passengers.
"You were saying?" asked the
robed figure.
"We said that we were just
leaving," said one of the passengers.
"That's what I thought," said the
robed figure. The passengers collected
their buddy and walked off. The robed
figure entered his cabin and pulled back the hood of his robe. He sat down and pulled out a large box
underneath his bed. He set the box on
his bed and opened it up. Inside were
several containers marked: Viral Weapon X-7.
The figure laughed as he picked up one of the containers.
"It begins," said the figure.
Corneria: In a large government
owned field there were dead and dying crops instead of healthy ones, Jake crouched
over the crops with a handheld scanner.
Jake ran it over the crops a few times and then walked over to a mobile
scanning unit. He plugged the handheld
unit into the larger unit and waited for a few minutes.
"What do you think is causing
this?" asked the secretary of the environment who had hired Jake because a
local contractor might leak what was happening and cause chaos.
"Unknown," said Jake. The scanner then started beeping as the scan
was finished. Jake hit a button and a
printout emerged from the unit. Jake
tore it off and read the information.
"Most peculiar," said Jake.
"What?" the secretary asked.
"This whole field is covered with
neutrinos," said Jake.
"Neutrinos? Are you sure?" the secretary asked.
"My equipment doesn't lie," said
Jake.
"Where do you think it came
from?" the secretary asked.
"My guess, the nebula inside
Sector Z," said Jake.
"You sure," said the secretary.
"That is, I mean was, the only
place that neutrinos existed in the solar system," said Jake.
"How'd they get here," the
secretary asked.
"I'm thinking that the
destruction of Sector Z and the resulting shockwave caused more harm than
good," said Jake.
"Hmmm," said the secretary. Jake then walked over to the mobile unit and
pressed a few buttons.
"What are you doing?" asked the
secretary.
"I'm ordering my freighter to
scan for any other discrepancies," said Jake.
Above Corneria, Jake's freighter began scanning for a few minutes before
sending down the information. Jake then
observed the info from the mobile unit.
"Anything," said the secretary.
"It appears that Corneria's orbit
has been altered very slightly and that the planet has been covered by a very
faint layer of neutrinos," said Jake.
"Any problems that might arise?"
asked the secretary.
"Not now, but in a few years, I
don't know," admitted Jake.
"Thanks for your help. I'll go and inform the new president," said
the secretary. The secretary walked
towards her hovercar and then zoomed off.
Jake pushed the mobile unit into his landing craft and then blasted off
towards his freighter.
The Exquisite: The robed figure
took one of the X-7 canisters, put on his hood, and walked out of his
cabin. The robed figure then walked
down the hallway and towards the elevator.
The elevator opened and the figure walked inside along with a mess of people.
"Levels?" asked the elevator
operator.
"The pool," said the mess of
people.
"The casino," said the robed
figure. The elevator first stopped at
the pool and the people left leaving the robed figure and the elevator
operator.
"Doing some gambling?" asked the
operator as the elevator opened at an upper level overlooking the casino.
"No. I want to see people loose," began the robed figure. The elevator doors closed. "Their lives,"
The robed figure walked off and then sat at a table overlooking the casino.
"Can I get you something?" asked
a waiter. The robed figure looked at
him.
"A glass of water," was all that
the robed figure said. As the waiter
walked off, the robed figure took out the X-7 canister and set it on the
table. The robed figure popped open the
top of the canister and started pouring the contents of it over the edge of the
balcony. The dust that came out of the
canister, were blown all over the casino by the air conditioning unit located
underneath the robed figure's position on the balcony. A few seconds later, the can was empty and
the robed figure put it back in his robe pocket. The waiter came up to the robed figure and gave him the water.
"Have a nice day," said the
waiter. The robed figure nodded.
"I already have," said the
figure. The waiter shrugged and walked
off. The figure drank the water and
looked down at the casino. Everyone was
laughing, having fun, and just enjoying their lives.
"Laugh while you can. It'll be your last as I'm going to be the
only one left whose laughing," said the figure. Then the robed figure started laughing maniacally.
