November 1 2003
HELP FROM THE STARS
Chapter 3: A Bigger Problem Than We Thought
Eridus looked up from his console, realizing that the situation was hopeless. As he looked up he saw that the shuttle was only about a kilometer from the ground of the planet. Oh boy, he thought, this is gonna hurt. He barely finished that thought before his world went black.
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Beatrix and her soldiers came upon the crash site. A large, something, was embedded halfway in the ground. Its body was scorched with black and also was really crunched up. The group sprinted the remaining thirty meters and Beatrix gasped when she realized that the object was manmade. She saw what appeared to be a door sticking out of the ground and saw that it was gaped open (A/N the back door was accordioned out).
"Quickly! All of you, gather 'round and pull!" Beatrix ordered as six of her soldiers grabbed onto different parts of the shuttle's mangled door and pulled. After not succeeding for five minutes, one of the other soldiers found a piece of the craft lying on the ground. She walked over and wedged it in and the door started to move. Everybody who could fit helped with the lever and after half the door had been opened Beatrix noticed something odd. "Quiet! I hear breathing."
Quickly they finished opening the door enough for one person to get inside. The interior of this thing was like nothing Beatrix had seen before! Instruments beyond her imagination. At one of the chairs was a man, wearing a gray jacket and blue undershirt, unconsious, with a nasty-looking gash across his forehead. Funny, he looks human... Beatrix thought.
"Get that door open! We have wounded!" she ordered her soldiers standing outside. She heard metal screeching as the door was pried the rest of the way open and removed. "You," she said pointing to the first soldier to come inside, "go get something to move him with. The rest of you, help me move him."
It had taken them two hours to get the mysterious man back to their base camp. Upon arrival, the orders were given to start packing up camp so they could get the wounded man the medical attention that he needed. Meanwhile, they set him outside Beatrix's tent so she could heal him while camp was brought down.
"Full Life, Curaga!" Beatrix said to cast the spells while a blue and white light moved over the man. Afterwards, he seemed to be much better, his breathing not so labored. Just to be sure, she cast several more Curagas and a Sleep to allow the man to rest during their travel back to Alexandria. Hours later, after camp was brought down, the man was again packed up for travel and brought aboard the Invincible. The course was set and Beatrix went to her quarters and fell asleep.
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Early the next day the Invincible arrived back at Alexandria. Before the ship had even landed, Beatrix's soldiers, the very women who had discovered the craft with her, had the man ready to move to the healers at the castle. Upon docking, the soldiers used the teleporter and arrived with the man outside the castle.
"Move out of the way! Emergency! Open the castle doors and assemble the healers!" Beatrix could hear one of her seargents yelling at the castle guards. With all the commotion, Zidane had come out with Garnet to see what was going on. Beatrix approached them as her soldiers ran the man to the healer's quarters.
"Your Majesty, Zidane," Beatrix started, "my soldiers and I had just spotted the disturbances we had been sent to investigate when we saw his craft crash. At first I thought it was a meteor, but is wasn't like anything I had ever seen before!"
"Whoa, slow down General," said Zidane, "settle down and tell us about it. I wanna know but you're talking way to fast!"
"Zidane, we'll have to wait," started the Queen, "Beatrix, you look exhausted. Please go check on that man and help if needed and then get some sleep. Come see us and fill us in afterwards."
"Yes Your Majesty. I will see you at noon." And with that she ran into the castle to see what had become of that strange man.
"I really wanted to know, too." Zidane said pouting.
"I know, I really do too, but you saw General Beatrix! She was exhausted!"
"So, do you think it is anything serious? Maybe I'm reading too much into this..." said Zidane.
"We really can't know until we hear from Beatrix and maybe the man himself." replied Garnet.
The two stood together in silence taking everything in. Garnet then remembered the visit that Freya would be paying them today.
"Hey Zidane, why don't you go greet Freya in town. I'll go see how the man's doing." Garnet suggested.
"Right, I forgot about her! See you later, love you!" he said as he bounded towards the ferry into town.
Queen Garnet smiled and shook her head and went into the castle towards the healers' chambers.
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His head ached. It felt like he had crashed into a very solid object at high warp speed. He tried to open his eyes but that just made the pain worse. Plus he couldn't see anything but bright, bright, white. He tried to sit up to see where he was but immediately crashed back down unconsious.
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Enjoy. Please read and review.
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HELP FROM THE STARS
Chapter 3: A Bigger Problem Than We Thought
Eridus looked up from his console, realizing that the situation was hopeless. As he looked up he saw that the shuttle was only about a kilometer from the ground of the planet. Oh boy, he thought, this is gonna hurt. He barely finished that thought before his world went black.
****************************************************
Beatrix and her soldiers came upon the crash site. A large, something, was embedded halfway in the ground. Its body was scorched with black and also was really crunched up. The group sprinted the remaining thirty meters and Beatrix gasped when she realized that the object was manmade. She saw what appeared to be a door sticking out of the ground and saw that it was gaped open (A/N the back door was accordioned out).
"Quickly! All of you, gather 'round and pull!" Beatrix ordered as six of her soldiers grabbed onto different parts of the shuttle's mangled door and pulled. After not succeeding for five minutes, one of the other soldiers found a piece of the craft lying on the ground. She walked over and wedged it in and the door started to move. Everybody who could fit helped with the lever and after half the door had been opened Beatrix noticed something odd. "Quiet! I hear breathing."
Quickly they finished opening the door enough for one person to get inside. The interior of this thing was like nothing Beatrix had seen before! Instruments beyond her imagination. At one of the chairs was a man, wearing a gray jacket and blue undershirt, unconsious, with a nasty-looking gash across his forehead. Funny, he looks human... Beatrix thought.
"Get that door open! We have wounded!" she ordered her soldiers standing outside. She heard metal screeching as the door was pried the rest of the way open and removed. "You," she said pointing to the first soldier to come inside, "go get something to move him with. The rest of you, help me move him."
It had taken them two hours to get the mysterious man back to their base camp. Upon arrival, the orders were given to start packing up camp so they could get the wounded man the medical attention that he needed. Meanwhile, they set him outside Beatrix's tent so she could heal him while camp was brought down.
"Full Life, Curaga!" Beatrix said to cast the spells while a blue and white light moved over the man. Afterwards, he seemed to be much better, his breathing not so labored. Just to be sure, she cast several more Curagas and a Sleep to allow the man to rest during their travel back to Alexandria. Hours later, after camp was brought down, the man was again packed up for travel and brought aboard the Invincible. The course was set and Beatrix went to her quarters and fell asleep.
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Early the next day the Invincible arrived back at Alexandria. Before the ship had even landed, Beatrix's soldiers, the very women who had discovered the craft with her, had the man ready to move to the healers at the castle. Upon docking, the soldiers used the teleporter and arrived with the man outside the castle.
"Move out of the way! Emergency! Open the castle doors and assemble the healers!" Beatrix could hear one of her seargents yelling at the castle guards. With all the commotion, Zidane had come out with Garnet to see what was going on. Beatrix approached them as her soldiers ran the man to the healer's quarters.
"Your Majesty, Zidane," Beatrix started, "my soldiers and I had just spotted the disturbances we had been sent to investigate when we saw his craft crash. At first I thought it was a meteor, but is wasn't like anything I had ever seen before!"
"Whoa, slow down General," said Zidane, "settle down and tell us about it. I wanna know but you're talking way to fast!"
"Zidane, we'll have to wait," started the Queen, "Beatrix, you look exhausted. Please go check on that man and help if needed and then get some sleep. Come see us and fill us in afterwards."
"Yes Your Majesty. I will see you at noon." And with that she ran into the castle to see what had become of that strange man.
"I really wanted to know, too." Zidane said pouting.
"I know, I really do too, but you saw General Beatrix! She was exhausted!"
"So, do you think it is anything serious? Maybe I'm reading too much into this..." said Zidane.
"We really can't know until we hear from Beatrix and maybe the man himself." replied Garnet.
The two stood together in silence taking everything in. Garnet then remembered the visit that Freya would be paying them today.
"Hey Zidane, why don't you go greet Freya in town. I'll go see how the man's doing." Garnet suggested.
"Right, I forgot about her! See you later, love you!" he said as he bounded towards the ferry into town.
Queen Garnet smiled and shook her head and went into the castle towards the healers' chambers.
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His head ached. It felt like he had crashed into a very solid object at high warp speed. He tried to open his eyes but that just made the pain worse. Plus he couldn't see anything but bright, bright, white. He tried to sit up to see where he was but immediately crashed back down unconsious.
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Enjoy. Please read and review.
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