Chapter One:
Pesky Humans In White Coats
Long, multiple jointed metallic arms extended to carefully pluck the crystal cocoon from space, carefully bringing the "sample" inside the robotic ship's hull.
A slight bump jerked the cat demon within violently awake. Sapphire eyes jerked open, then closed tightly once more as she winced in pain at the new bruise on her head. She growled lowly then looked about herself. It looked just the same as it did when she last awoke. All she could see beyond the crystal cocoon was darkness, with one source of light. Which, unknown to her, was the observation light used to take photographs of the debris found in space.
The images that were sent back to ground control were that of a pale blue crystalline form, with the occasional difference between the internal shadowing. On earth the images were fervently examined, the conformity and color of the shapes demanding that it be brought to earth and examined more thoroughly. It was no question as to whether the ship should be brought back only for a single object.
I'll spare you a jumble of technical babble that I, in reality, know nothing about, and boil it all down to the following...
She's back on the ground. Nothing went wrong with the re-entry. She's still asleep. The crystal casement has been completely analyzed and they're going to take it apart.
There. Consider yourselves enlightened.
Such a delicate operation, requiring constant and full recording and analysis, was not trusted to actual humans. Instead, the dismantling of the crystal was to be done by mechanics, the procedure previously engrained into their systems.
Layer by layer, the pale blue crystal was shaved off, some broken into fine dust, others left in large pieces, the resulting crystals variant enough to supply every type of test and experiment known to man.
Finally, the tiniest of holes opened in the crystal, leading into the hollow center. The sensors went haywire, every single monitor going to the max to take in any piece of information. The scientists were rapidly fogging up the glass of their monitors with how close they were to the screens. The dismantling was immediately halted, the sensors beginning an active examination once again. Various things moved across the surface, metal arms heading for the minute opening.
Thick, almost syrupy smoke spilled from inside the crystal, dropping instantly to the lowest point in the room. The miasma was meant to keep Satsuki asleep within, the toxins effectively keeping her in hibernation. Soon, the crystal had drained to the point that oxygen could reach Satsuki's senses. Immediately, her eyes jolted open, deep coppery colored irises examining the area around her. To her, the banishment had been no more than an instant and her mind was still alight with adrenaline and battle hype.
She refrained from sitting up, avoiding a sharp whack on the head that would result had she gone with her initial instinct. Instead she turned over, pushing herself up on her elbows. She looked down herself. Her armor had long since deteriorated, much to her dismay. 'Those took two weeks to get a hold of.' She grumbled mentally while taking note of the smoke, still inside the crystal, and began fanning the stuff out, guessing its purpose. Which was, ultimately, to keep her asleep and incapable of returning to earth.
She instantly spotted the sensors entering by the same means by which the smoke was exiting. Satsuki pulled herself around so she was oriented the other way, her head nearest to the opening. She delicately plucked a little sensor from the entrance, its cord stretching taught and shattering some of the thinnest material around the entrance.
Curiosity getting the better of her, the bit the metal object, her fang catching in the lens of the minute camera. Satsuki felt the glass shatter and spat the thing out in a hurry. She picked up the little cord that went to the camera, pulling sharply. A series of chinks sounded from the artificial entrance, fragments of the crystal falling from it.
Figuring that wherever she was, it was not a good place for her, Satsuki deftly punched the tiny hole, breaking it until it was wide enough for her to fit through. The cat demon received a few scratches, and in one or two places a, imbedded piece of crystal, but she squeezed out of the larger entrance she had made.
Meanwhile one of the scientists faints.
Sitting up, Satsuki delicately removed the glass like crystal fragments from her shoulder and side before her body healed over the fragments. She pulled at one of the shards that had caught in the skin of her hip, but it wouldn't come out. Growling under her breath, she left it alone, her skin sealing over the fragment and melting it seamlessly into her bloodstream.
She sat up, looking around at the almost painfully bright white of the walls and the stainless steel silvery-gray of the machinery. Looking back at the crystal she saw her halberd buried within a layer of the pale blue glass. Her expression lightened as she knelt next to the crystal, examining the crystal around it. She placed her hand over the spot she would if she were holding the halberd without the crystal in the way. A jerk of the muscles in her hands extended her claws into the crystal, curving around the sturdy handhold of the halberd's shaft. She pulled sharply at her weapon, wresting it from the crystal and sending fragments of the glassy substance flying.
Falling back onto her rear, Satsuki hugged her weapon. ((A.N. WHAT?? If I had a halberd I'd hug it too!!)) Her tail twitching lightly about her waist, she heard a small door open to her left. She darted to her feet, her reflexes still as sharp as they were when she was frozen. She got a glimpse of a man in a white coat before she crumpled to the floor.
Shaking her head in surprise, she lifted her head to look at the other men coming in. Although her reflexes and mindset remained sharp, her muscles had atrophied horribly. Panicking slightly, Satsuki scooted backwards using her arms, pointing her halberd blade at the oncoming people.
The blade glowed, it's link to its mistress bringing something along the lines of battle magic into the weapon. It began to seek its old enemies, back in the era from which she came. The gentle glow of battle aura changed to a frothing mass of burningly bright light.
The light seemed to be wrenched from her blade and zooming into the fragment of crystal within her side. The cat demon's eyes widened in a combination of shock and slight fear as the light spread through her entire body, almost flickering as though it tugged at her existence. Satsuki closed her eyes, clutching her halberd to her body as she began vanish.
Author's Corner
Yes, the ending was cliché. I apologize. I wrote it early in the morning so I could update it and my friend wouldn't bug me anymore. Don't ask. Long and boring story.
Sorry about the little excerpt. I'm lazy, so sue me. I'm sure you'd get bored with it anyway. Please forgive!! TT
Misu: You'd better or I'll come after you with my rubber chicken!!!
Oh gods, it's back!!! Akira runs under her desk to hide You're fired! Gone! Away! No more! NOOOOOO!!!!!
Misu: Peeks under the desk You wouldn't happen to have any clue as to who drugged me, tied me up with medical tape, electric tape, jewelry chain, and bondage leather and threw me into an active volcano just prior to an eruption on one of Jupiter's moons called Io? (That's i-o)
Ummm... No?
Review Responses
Chaos Jade: Ehehe... Sorry. --;; Paces about grumbling about typos and the stupid spell check not working
Pesky Humans In White Coats
Long, multiple jointed metallic arms extended to carefully pluck the crystal cocoon from space, carefully bringing the "sample" inside the robotic ship's hull.
A slight bump jerked the cat demon within violently awake. Sapphire eyes jerked open, then closed tightly once more as she winced in pain at the new bruise on her head. She growled lowly then looked about herself. It looked just the same as it did when she last awoke. All she could see beyond the crystal cocoon was darkness, with one source of light. Which, unknown to her, was the observation light used to take photographs of the debris found in space.
The images that were sent back to ground control were that of a pale blue crystalline form, with the occasional difference between the internal shadowing. On earth the images were fervently examined, the conformity and color of the shapes demanding that it be brought to earth and examined more thoroughly. It was no question as to whether the ship should be brought back only for a single object.
I'll spare you a jumble of technical babble that I, in reality, know nothing about, and boil it all down to the following...
She's back on the ground. Nothing went wrong with the re-entry. She's still asleep. The crystal casement has been completely analyzed and they're going to take it apart.
There. Consider yourselves enlightened.
Such a delicate operation, requiring constant and full recording and analysis, was not trusted to actual humans. Instead, the dismantling of the crystal was to be done by mechanics, the procedure previously engrained into their systems.
Layer by layer, the pale blue crystal was shaved off, some broken into fine dust, others left in large pieces, the resulting crystals variant enough to supply every type of test and experiment known to man.
Finally, the tiniest of holes opened in the crystal, leading into the hollow center. The sensors went haywire, every single monitor going to the max to take in any piece of information. The scientists were rapidly fogging up the glass of their monitors with how close they were to the screens. The dismantling was immediately halted, the sensors beginning an active examination once again. Various things moved across the surface, metal arms heading for the minute opening.
Thick, almost syrupy smoke spilled from inside the crystal, dropping instantly to the lowest point in the room. The miasma was meant to keep Satsuki asleep within, the toxins effectively keeping her in hibernation. Soon, the crystal had drained to the point that oxygen could reach Satsuki's senses. Immediately, her eyes jolted open, deep coppery colored irises examining the area around her. To her, the banishment had been no more than an instant and her mind was still alight with adrenaline and battle hype.
She refrained from sitting up, avoiding a sharp whack on the head that would result had she gone with her initial instinct. Instead she turned over, pushing herself up on her elbows. She looked down herself. Her armor had long since deteriorated, much to her dismay. 'Those took two weeks to get a hold of.' She grumbled mentally while taking note of the smoke, still inside the crystal, and began fanning the stuff out, guessing its purpose. Which was, ultimately, to keep her asleep and incapable of returning to earth.
She instantly spotted the sensors entering by the same means by which the smoke was exiting. Satsuki pulled herself around so she was oriented the other way, her head nearest to the opening. She delicately plucked a little sensor from the entrance, its cord stretching taught and shattering some of the thinnest material around the entrance.
Curiosity getting the better of her, the bit the metal object, her fang catching in the lens of the minute camera. Satsuki felt the glass shatter and spat the thing out in a hurry. She picked up the little cord that went to the camera, pulling sharply. A series of chinks sounded from the artificial entrance, fragments of the crystal falling from it.
Figuring that wherever she was, it was not a good place for her, Satsuki deftly punched the tiny hole, breaking it until it was wide enough for her to fit through. The cat demon received a few scratches, and in one or two places a, imbedded piece of crystal, but she squeezed out of the larger entrance she had made.
Meanwhile one of the scientists faints.
Sitting up, Satsuki delicately removed the glass like crystal fragments from her shoulder and side before her body healed over the fragments. She pulled at one of the shards that had caught in the skin of her hip, but it wouldn't come out. Growling under her breath, she left it alone, her skin sealing over the fragment and melting it seamlessly into her bloodstream.
She sat up, looking around at the almost painfully bright white of the walls and the stainless steel silvery-gray of the machinery. Looking back at the crystal she saw her halberd buried within a layer of the pale blue glass. Her expression lightened as she knelt next to the crystal, examining the crystal around it. She placed her hand over the spot she would if she were holding the halberd without the crystal in the way. A jerk of the muscles in her hands extended her claws into the crystal, curving around the sturdy handhold of the halberd's shaft. She pulled sharply at her weapon, wresting it from the crystal and sending fragments of the glassy substance flying.
Falling back onto her rear, Satsuki hugged her weapon. ((A.N. WHAT?? If I had a halberd I'd hug it too!!)) Her tail twitching lightly about her waist, she heard a small door open to her left. She darted to her feet, her reflexes still as sharp as they were when she was frozen. She got a glimpse of a man in a white coat before she crumpled to the floor.
Shaking her head in surprise, she lifted her head to look at the other men coming in. Although her reflexes and mindset remained sharp, her muscles had atrophied horribly. Panicking slightly, Satsuki scooted backwards using her arms, pointing her halberd blade at the oncoming people.
The blade glowed, it's link to its mistress bringing something along the lines of battle magic into the weapon. It began to seek its old enemies, back in the era from which she came. The gentle glow of battle aura changed to a frothing mass of burningly bright light.
The light seemed to be wrenched from her blade and zooming into the fragment of crystal within her side. The cat demon's eyes widened in a combination of shock and slight fear as the light spread through her entire body, almost flickering as though it tugged at her existence. Satsuki closed her eyes, clutching her halberd to her body as she began vanish.
Author's Corner
Yes, the ending was cliché. I apologize. I wrote it early in the morning so I could update it and my friend wouldn't bug me anymore. Don't ask. Long and boring story.
Sorry about the little excerpt. I'm lazy, so sue me. I'm sure you'd get bored with it anyway. Please forgive!! TT
Misu: You'd better or I'll come after you with my rubber chicken!!!
Oh gods, it's back!!! Akira runs under her desk to hide You're fired! Gone! Away! No more! NOOOOOO!!!!!
Misu: Peeks under the desk You wouldn't happen to have any clue as to who drugged me, tied me up with medical tape, electric tape, jewelry chain, and bondage leather and threw me into an active volcano just prior to an eruption on one of Jupiter's moons called Io? (That's i-o)
Ummm... No?
Review Responses
Chaos Jade: Ehehe... Sorry. --;; Paces about grumbling about typos and the stupid spell check not working