Chapter 13: A New World; a New Problem

When they exited the gate the first thing Katy noticed when she entered the new planet was the fact that it was dark and it was stuffy. Icarus also had a hard time breathing as he struggled to get air into Katy's lungs.

What in the name of the Gods! He complained

"Do not ask me I have no idea," Katy replied as she walked towards the nearest thing which happens to be the Stargate.

The gate itself had shut off when Katy and Icarus landed in this new world. Pulling out the device to activate the gate they found that it provided new light into the room.

Do you know what you are doing? Icarus asked

"No, but I would like some light into this room so I can find out," Katy replied.

The device had very dim light but it was enough for Katy to navigate the room.

Well that it until it turned off.

"What the fuck?" Katy said

I think it runs on solar light, we need to get to the surface to find some sunlight Icarus replied

"Sure but how do we find a way out genius?" Katy asked

Try using that trick that Ecco always used you know that clicking noise that he emits in dark places Icarus said

"Echolocation? How do I do that?" Katy asked

It was part of the singers language Katy think you stupid moron! Icarus replied

Katy closed her eyes and began to click her tongue in rapid succession.

Sure enough fast rapid clicking noises filled the air and she could get an image of the room that the Stargate was in.

It was a vast room filled with strange objects and high tech gear. The only thing though is that whatever lives on this planet was indeed vastly larger then the Stargate itself. Right next to the gate was a larger version built for something far larger to fit through.

What ever built that gate is far larger then the ones who built this one Icarus said

"Thank you captain obvious," Katy replied.

Katy then began to send more clicks around the room and Icarus determined the sound into a picture in Katy's mind.

There is a sort of opening on the far left side that has been caved in. Try see if you can find an opening Icarus stated

Katy quickly went to where the door to the room was and began to dig through but the boulders were too heavy.

Why do you have to be such a weakling?! Icarus demanded

"Ok asshole why don't you do it then?" Katy snapped back at him.

Icarus gladly did just that and found that indeed the rocks were too large and too heavy to move.

As soon as he gave up Icarus gave control back to Katy so that the human could once again do something useful.

Katy was not at all happy with the arrangements.

It seemed as if the tunnel was only shaking just a little and dust was falling down from the top. Icarus stopped making sounds as he looked around. The place they were hiding in was made of metal but as he noticed the debris that covered the entrance to where they were going suddenly shifted and they climbed up to where they were digging and began to dig again.

This time the pile moved out of the way in the next rumbling noise.

As soon as the pile moved Katy crawled through resuming control. As soon as they did they shifted the rock widening the hole as they did so. Katy then crawled back and grabbed her bag full of supplies. Climbing back she managed to look through the opening and shove the bag through. When she was done she crawled through herself and managed to get outside.

When she did she found that she was in some sort of chamber of sorts that had long ago been abandoned and destroyed. The thing that destroyed it was something of a lot of firepower. The walls were crumbled and destroyed in places that Katy had never been able to see with her eyes but her ears told her everything she knows.

"I feel like a blind man," she said

I know but I believe the term for this would be bat, Icarus made a smart comment.

Katy did not say another word as another explosive sound was heard and then the sounds of shooting.

"I think there is a war going on here," Katy said

I think we should leave Icarus said

"And then what? We can't use the stargate! The device needs to be charged!" Katy said remembering the way that Icarus spoke that the device indeed needs to be charged.

What ever that red blinking light was she guessed it was for the battery.

Katy walked further into the room clicking as she went and the echo's told her all the needed to know of her surroundings and how to avoid them.

It was then that the sounds of something exploding above her drove her attention.

Katy looked up just when the roof was about to crack again and she ran till she thought she could run no more and hid under a fallen beam.

When the rumbling once again stopped she looked out to see only darkness. Clicking and echolocating she managed to find a source of air somewhere on the far end of the vast hallway. Though the smell was something to be said.

Walking towards it Katy found another pile of rubble but off to the side was a crack in the wall big enough for her to fit through safely.

When she emerged she found herself in the middle of a huge battle.

It was not the size of the battle that got to Katy but the size of the beings fighting. Laser blasts filled the skies and bombs came down with astonishing accuracy. Heavy melee weapons hitting armor plating was something that Katy had not seen on beings such as these.

As she moved out of the way the air was suddenly filled with smoke. The thin atmosphere was something that Katy was not used to since it was so hard to breathe. Icarus tried to compensate it but failed miserably as he made Katy breathe deeper then she should.

The smell of smoke and something else bothered him Katy also could smell it and felt it hard to breathe at this time. As she moved the air was slick and sticky with oil and electricity. Katy felt the hairs on her neck rise at such. When she emerged from the hole that she hid in she found that the ground was littered with bodies.

Not just any bodies….

Metallic bodies

"Holy shit," was all Katy could say.

It was then that a dark shadow appeared over her and all she could do is scream.

TBC