Back in space, but wich space?
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 75408
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Aslan roared and spoke one more time. “Anon I will have a request for you,
Daughters of Eve, but not yet. First you will return to your home.” And
then the meeting in those strange woods was apparently over. His breath
enveloped us all. “Remember I am with you whatever world you travel to,
although not in this shape and this name.”
Tate groggily enters the bridge, raises his eyes at his three passengers seated at the controls, one of them sporting wings. "Okay . . .what's the gag?" the increasingly befuddled captain blinks. They look at him as if in shock. They look at his abdomen. Ah yes, he remembers now, looking down at the oozing wound in his stomach. This isn’t how it happens. “I’m dead, aren’t I?” “It was Ndala“ (the ‘lover’, they think). “She betrayed me.” Captain Tate sat down on the floor and leaned back against the bulkhead. “Of course I knew all along she was on a payroll from someone less than honourable; just didn’t realize that you guys were her targets.” He interrupts himself with a few wet coughs, blood drippling down his chin. “Lucky for you guys she didn’t know that the captains suspension capsule is programmed to wake me up as soon as any of my crew or passengers leaves their capsule. Of course she did have time to move about while my sedation lifted. You’ve noticed that our route’s been reprogrammed I gather. Don’t know what else she had time to do, or what she was going to do. I found her about to lift you out of your capsule” he nods at Rei. “I apprehended her and was going to put her into lockdown. Embarrassingly I was sloppy enough not to pad her for any hidden weapons. I got her back though; oh yes I did.” Another burst of coughs. ”Guy giving her orders was one Tomas Akacia,” sharp glances between the sisters, “but he was just a middle hand. Real employer was some corporate, name of Dark Sun.” A gasp of surprise. What are they doing in this reality? “Don’t know much about them. No, scratch that; I know nothing about them, though I’ve had dealings with them before. I actually don’t think they’re even a real corporate; they’re more like a crime organisation. They certainly show a lot of interest in ventures with questionable legality. Don’t ask me what they want with you guys…” Three figures walked down the gigantic bridge. They pushed of and floated into weightlessness. The glowing spacebridge flickered and shone brighter for a moment before disappearing, leaving the three mechanoids floating in space. The one with a white red and blue paint scheme speaks “Sweep the system. They should be here already.” “Yes, Starscream.” The blue mechanoid answers. The one coloured purple speaks. “I still don’t see why we have to play babysitters for some flesh-lumps. I had an energon-spa scheduled.” “Because, you nimbwit, we are on a holy mission from our god.” The blue one scoffs. “You really believe Primus himself has ordered this mission?” “Yes, Thundercracker, I do. Prime might be a piece of scrap, but he’s never one be dishonest.” He laughs and spits a spray of chemical grease. “Autobot to the last bolt!” We’re back in our ship, strapped into the helms seats. Captain Tate is not here. He never was. Nevertheless we soon confirm that all three of us remember him giving us that little speech. Never mind; information is always useful, wherever it comes from. Question is: is it valid? And where are Fred, Crichton and ‘Einstein’? Our conversation interrupted by the instruments warning of three unknown vessels. Scanners indicate... three mechas. No; closer visual studies reveal that they are in fact cybertronians, or Transformers as they are often known. But something strange: the insignias on their wings shows both the Autobot and Decepticon icons! The communications sub routine, which apparently was on default, accepts a radio hail. A electronical yet strangely human voice emits from the rooms speakers. “Greetings, Earthling spacecraft! We are envoys from Unified Cybertron. Am I right to presume that you are the so called”, the voice takes on a sarcastic sneer, “Shield and Sword of mankind? We are sent here too escort you to your destination.”
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