Chapter 5: The Behemoths Cometh
Deep in space, a spaceship soared forward. Not a large one, but not entirely small, it was a police cruiser that had apparently seen better days due to a large scar that ran along its port side, most likely caused by a laser beam. Onboard could be seen the two pilots, apparently chatting about something, and behind, a third passenger chained behind an energy wall.
"So I says to the guy 'What do ya take me for?', and ya know what he says?" said the one of the two pilots, a young man of average build and size, with dark hair and a silver uniform on. The other man, possible twenty or thirty years older, said "I don't give a damn about what he said...you've been saying that same story for more than two weeks, give it a break already. If ya want to be useful, go check on the prisoner."
The young man shook his head and sighed before heading towards the back of the ship. He soon approached the prisoner, and raising his fingers, began to tap the force field in order to get his attention. The old man, without even looking, said "Its an energy field." A loud crackle, followed by a string of curses, caused a grin to appear on his face. The young man shook his hand while saying "Ya could've told me sooner, Angus!" after which the old man chuckled and said "You idiot, I've been telling you...this has got to be the fifth time this has happened...you must be dumber than a dog, cause they can figure that out in half the time."
While this happened, the chained figure began to stir, his eyes opening from behind his goggles. Still groggy, he attempted to move forward, but was instantly held back by the chains holding him in place. As he looked about, the last thing he could remember was an explosion rocking his ship, and then the oxygen tanks imploding.
Angus, upon seeing this, said "Looks like Mr. Sunshine is waking up. Edward, stop fooling around and check up on him." Edward headed over to the man, and said "You don't know how much trouble your in...illegal weapons...unregistered starship...what do you have to say for yourself...your lucky we even bothered to save you."
The man looked up, and then grinned. He said "You don't know who your messing with." Edward laughed and then said "Who do you think you are?" The man smiled once more, and then said "The names...Riddick."
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A sharp blow from the Borhek sent Beta skidding across the floor. The Borheks gaze then fell upon Epsilon, which it grabbed with its first pair of arms and raised to its clicking mandibles. Just as it was about to bite down on the soldier's skull, twin streams of plasma tore into its left limb, tearing through it, causing its left arm to fall to the ground as blood bled profusely from the wound.
As Epsilon hit the ground, the Borhek screeched in anger, and then faced the culprits, Alpha and Delta. It charged forth, its gaze square upon them, saliva dripping from its maw like that of some rabid beast. It leaped into the air, its right arm extended as it prepared to slam it downwards, when a massive maw came out of nowhere and bit down on it. As the once mighty beast began to squeal, it was lifted into the air as a loud, crunching sound was heard as its exoskeleton was shattered and the followed squelching sound as its internal organs were wrecked beyond repair.
Alpha and the others watched as the massive serpentine beast, still slithering from around the corner, shook the Borhek from side to side, pieces of exoskeleton and blood sent flying about. After a moment, the great beast threw back its head, chomping down on the Borhek, swallowing it whole. As blood dripped from its mouth, it faced the marines. With a roar, it raised its four scythe like claws and dragged itself forward.
The soldiers primed their guns and then aimed at the Trygon's head, opening fire in an attempt to hold it off.
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Daniel, Anderson, and Jonathan were racing down a hallway, knowing something was following them. As they turned a corner, they saw two creatures up ahead, a pair of Arachnid Warrior Bugs fighting over a human corpse. As they pulled it between themselves, a third one appeared and bit into the dead guard, causing it to snap in two. As the original two began to tear apart their halves, the third one looked up and saw the three humans. With a screech, it charged forward as the other two began to look up themselves.
Just as the trio prepared to open fire, something massive broke through the wall. For a moment, the Arachnid looked upwards before one of the beasts four feet came smashing down upon it, crushing it into oblivion.
The other two Arachnids screeched in anger, raising their sickle-like claws in defiance of the newcomer before charging it. The behemoth, however, simple raised its four scythe-like arms and swung one downwards, stabbing one deep into the floor while slicing the left legs off the other. As its innards began to pool onto the floor beside, it was swept aside and smashed into the adjacent wall.
The slaughter over, the giant creature turned its head, and upon seeing the puny humans before it, roared and charged.
All three quickly ran in the opposite direction as they both heard and felt the thundering footsteps behind them. Up ahead they saw a sliding door, halfway open, most likely due to a malfunction during the power outage. As they slid under it and then continued onwards, the Ultralisk smashed through the wall, only slightly slowed down by it.
As they rounded a corner, they heard yelling, and quickly saw a group of heavily armored soldiers fighting off another escaped creature. Alpha could be seen leaping backwards, causing the Trygon to smash its head into the floor instead of crushing the soldier.
The sudden rumbling behind them reestablished the other threat. With a roar, the Ultralisk came around the corner, taking a chunk of the wall with it. As it burst into the area, it stopped as its eyes caught those of the Trygon. Snarling, it reared backwards and displayed its claws, attempting to intimidate it, but it was of no avail, as the Trygon itself bared its fangs and raised its claws. Both creatures began to encircle one another, no longer paying attention to the humans who were currently escaping toward the back.
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Edward and Angus stared for a moment at Riddick, and then burst out laughing. Angus cried out "Now thats a good one. Riddick...ya right, your Riddick, than that must make me Mr. Butterscotch and the boy Tiny Tim." and then continued to laugh as Riddick growled and said under his breath "You don't know how much trouble your in now."
Turning to Edward, Angus said "Now lets get back to the station. Get the map boy while I drive." As he took hold of the controls, Edward activated a star map, and after a few moments, said "Okay, were here in the Medusa Cascade, so the station...is 20 light years that away." Angus just stared a moment, then shouted "YOU IDIOT! THE MAP IS UPSIDE DOWN! Thats why the sectors are upside down...I can't believe that you became an officer...and even less that they made you my partner...if I didn't know your father, I could just strangle you...hold that thought, I would still strangle you even if your father was in this very ship. Thats it, I'm reading the map, you steer...you can't possible mess that up any more than this."
Angus then mumbled for a few more moments before his radar went off. Spinning about, he saw that the sensors were showing a ship up ahead. As they drifted closer, they picked up a distress beacon. Edward said "Looks like trouble...we better ha--" but stopped mid sentence as the ship suddenly rocked back and forth. Angus yelled out "You nitwit, what did you hit?" but even he could see that their was nothing near the ship on the radar. If they had looked out the window, they would have momentarily seen something decloak before vanishing from sight.