I figured that I always had my Brand in my null space inventory so I
threw the Lockgun at their feet and put my hands behind my head. The
natives could speak my language, which was strange. Even though it wasn't
MY language it was one of the many languages that my hunter's pad knew and
translated for me it was still strange that my hunter's pad knew the
language.
I didn't have much time to ponder this however as I was dragged away to a hut that was a bit larger than the other ones. Also this hut had no windows and the walls were much thicker. I could tell that this was some sort of crude jail cell, but why they had one in a military base I didn't know. Yet when I was inside I could tell that this was going to be a rather comfortable imprisonment. There was two 'beds', two tables, and two chairs, all of them with a softer and thicker padding than what I had seen in the other huts.
They dumped us in this room and closed the door, which was made of stone with wooden framing, I noticed. "Should we use our sabers to cut our way out or should we play along with them and escape when we have to?" I whispered to Capricorn.
"However he wasn't listening he was staring at something. I followed his gaze and saw a crumpled heap in what resembled Forces cloths without the armor, of course. I looked closer at this heap and saw that it was definitely Zan! I looked around and saw a huge barrel of water. I tore off part of my sleeve, which was waterproof, and poured some water into it. I dumped this slowly over his head and he started to squirm about a bit, and groan. I dumped some more over his head and his eyes slowly opened. They had gone back to their usual steely gray opposed to the fiery red they had been when he had been possessed. "Wwaaattteerrrrr," he slurred out in a crackly voice.
I got some from the barrel nd gave it to him in my sleeve. He gulped it down and said a bit more normally, "Sorry, it wasn't me."
I nodded and explained to him what had happened to us. He said that almost the same thing had happened to him. A few minutes passed by in silence. "So, what are we going to do? Cut our way out or pretend we cant get out?"
We decided on the 'Cut our way out' plan and Capricorn tossed Zan a Brand as we took our weapons out and energized them. I switched my Brand's blade length to about a foot and saw Capricorn and Zan do the same. I went to work on the bottom left corner of the area we had designated to cut away. Zan started on the bottom right and Capricorn, being the tallest, though not that tall by android standards, set to work on the top.
In about seven minutes we had a triangle large enough to fit one of us at a time. However just as Zan, who was first, was about to climb through We heard footsteps approaching our hut. Zan, being a Force called up an illusion of an unscathed wall. While I sat down on the 'bed' and Zan sat down in one of the chairs, Capricorn, knowing that either of those would break if he sat in them remained standing. "Sir, we could not get the armor off of him." I heard a voice say. "Show me them then!" I heard another voice say. "Yes, Sir!" The first voice replied.
I heard the door open as I spun around to look, so I wouldn't be showing my back to them. 'Them' was two men, one of them looking very officious. The one who was obviously in command pointed at Capricorn, "You, remove your armor!" He ordered. "That would be impossible, as it is fused to my um, body." "Of course it is." The officer sneered, "And this rock is actually a planet! Ha!" He replied sarcastically.
I stood up, took my Brand from null space, and pointed the foot long blade at the officer's throat. "Tell us how this planet was formed or your going to have a brand-new mouth right there." I said as I twitched my blade at his throat. "Okay." He said in a panicked voice as he signaled to his underling to shoot at me.
I swept the blade away in a horizontal slash at the barrel of the Lockgun the man was holding. I stopped in mid-swing as I noticed that this was a Lockgun, this had to be my Lockgun since no one else in this outpost had any photon weapons. I twisted the gun out of the soldier's white- knuckled hand and put the brand back into null space as I pointed my Lockgun at the man's head. I twitched the gun menacingly as I nodded as if to say 'so.' "Okay. The legend we know went like this."
I didn't have much time to ponder this however as I was dragged away to a hut that was a bit larger than the other ones. Also this hut had no windows and the walls were much thicker. I could tell that this was some sort of crude jail cell, but why they had one in a military base I didn't know. Yet when I was inside I could tell that this was going to be a rather comfortable imprisonment. There was two 'beds', two tables, and two chairs, all of them with a softer and thicker padding than what I had seen in the other huts.
They dumped us in this room and closed the door, which was made of stone with wooden framing, I noticed. "Should we use our sabers to cut our way out or should we play along with them and escape when we have to?" I whispered to Capricorn.
"However he wasn't listening he was staring at something. I followed his gaze and saw a crumpled heap in what resembled Forces cloths without the armor, of course. I looked closer at this heap and saw that it was definitely Zan! I looked around and saw a huge barrel of water. I tore off part of my sleeve, which was waterproof, and poured some water into it. I dumped this slowly over his head and he started to squirm about a bit, and groan. I dumped some more over his head and his eyes slowly opened. They had gone back to their usual steely gray opposed to the fiery red they had been when he had been possessed. "Wwaaattteerrrrr," he slurred out in a crackly voice.
I got some from the barrel nd gave it to him in my sleeve. He gulped it down and said a bit more normally, "Sorry, it wasn't me."
I nodded and explained to him what had happened to us. He said that almost the same thing had happened to him. A few minutes passed by in silence. "So, what are we going to do? Cut our way out or pretend we cant get out?"
We decided on the 'Cut our way out' plan and Capricorn tossed Zan a Brand as we took our weapons out and energized them. I switched my Brand's blade length to about a foot and saw Capricorn and Zan do the same. I went to work on the bottom left corner of the area we had designated to cut away. Zan started on the bottom right and Capricorn, being the tallest, though not that tall by android standards, set to work on the top.
In about seven minutes we had a triangle large enough to fit one of us at a time. However just as Zan, who was first, was about to climb through We heard footsteps approaching our hut. Zan, being a Force called up an illusion of an unscathed wall. While I sat down on the 'bed' and Zan sat down in one of the chairs, Capricorn, knowing that either of those would break if he sat in them remained standing. "Sir, we could not get the armor off of him." I heard a voice say. "Show me them then!" I heard another voice say. "Yes, Sir!" The first voice replied.
I heard the door open as I spun around to look, so I wouldn't be showing my back to them. 'Them' was two men, one of them looking very officious. The one who was obviously in command pointed at Capricorn, "You, remove your armor!" He ordered. "That would be impossible, as it is fused to my um, body." "Of course it is." The officer sneered, "And this rock is actually a planet! Ha!" He replied sarcastically.
I stood up, took my Brand from null space, and pointed the foot long blade at the officer's throat. "Tell us how this planet was formed or your going to have a brand-new mouth right there." I said as I twitched my blade at his throat. "Okay." He said in a panicked voice as he signaled to his underling to shoot at me.
I swept the blade away in a horizontal slash at the barrel of the Lockgun the man was holding. I stopped in mid-swing as I noticed that this was a Lockgun, this had to be my Lockgun since no one else in this outpost had any photon weapons. I twisted the gun out of the soldier's white- knuckled hand and put the brand back into null space as I pointed my Lockgun at the man's head. I twitched the gun menacingly as I nodded as if to say 'so.' "Okay. The legend we know went like this."
