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Mike (the Paladin)
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Mar 15, 2013 10:22PM
*Knight's ears pick up Lacy and Mike gets it through the dog. he shifts his efforts to getting the weight off Lacy's diaphragm. *
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*glances upwards as the rocks shift, gasping for air then freezes when something skitters past her in the cave. She quickly looks down and swallows hard* Mike...there is something down here with me...(Oops I switched my tenses lol oh well)
['s okay you were scared because something was in the cave...you didn't see, I hope, the typeo I made above. I left the "f" out of "shifts" before I caught it and went back and corrected it, LOL]Knight, out! *Knight jumps clear and Mike intensifies his efforts to an amazing degree moving rocks inhumanly quickly.*
(Yea I missed that typo of yours darn lol)*i look back up, able to wiggle my arm loose, the rocks falling more away from my body from your efforts. I reach upwards once I see you, fear in my eyes, an image of the creatures that Riddick had to fight on the other planet burned into my mind so bright that I wouldn't be surprised if you saw it*
* I grasp Lacy's arm as soon as the heavier rocks are clear, then reach down and slide my other arm under her lifting her away from the slide and watching to see if I can spot what brushed against her *
*i cling toyon,both of my arms bloody and scraped as much of body was due to the rough rocks that had slid over me. I bury my head into your shoulder, gasping in pain, my left wing at an odd angle, obviously broken* Mike...I should have listened....I'm so sorry...I just couldn't stand the thought of you or Arthur, or Knight or Riddick coming down here and getting hurt. You mean so much to me. *my voice is barely a whisper now because of pain and shock. Behind me two glowing eyes peer up at you, two very big eyes, and a low whimper can be heard, a large two white with black stripes paw emerges to where you can see it and I smile slightly* We're safe...he's not going to harm us...he was trapped just like me and when I fell he wanted to help me....
I know...can you keep him right? Let's get you back to the plane and back to sickbay.... Man that ship's sick bay has gotten a workout. Now hang on.* secures Lacy safely to reclining seat (though getting her wing into a comfortable position is a challenge). Go to shuttle and set out 4 automated probes to roam the planet sending pictures and readings to the ship. secure all passengers. Leaving shuttle secured launch for ship.
unknown to us...we are being observed. *
*pats my leg and a young white tiger with deep blue eyes and raven black wings leaps out of the cave and almost in my lap. i smile and stroke his head, the tiger purring at her touch* Mike remember the dream i had about the white tiger named Tor? well this is Tor. and again i am sorry that I tried to leave you behind. My nightmare last night scared me. We found life, but not Riddick's people, some sort of species. And they made you, Arthur, and Riddick their slave and whenever they wanted they would chajn you three to the wall and force you to watch them rape me. It was horrible. i woke up crying and screaming. *shudders*
Lacy I need to talk to you about being so cheerful all the time....I can feel Tor but not as clearly as other animals I've met. There are some out there by the way and not all are as unusual as your friend there. But we need to get you back to sick bay. The probes will hopefully get us a look at what's going on down there.
* Plane rockets upward and we head for the ship's landing bay.*
*cuddles Tor's massive head to mine* You can't because he doesn't trust you..he's actually been with me in quite a few dreams. Last night he would have came but the other two cats on board, Sasha and Shadow, they woke me up because I was thrashing in my sleep. He's my protector, my dream protector and now my wake protector. *smiles as I look down into his deep blue eyes* Isn't he handsome? *lays my head back against the seat, suddenly very exhausted* Mike, do you think that planet has other life forms beside the animal ones we feel so strongly?
Oooohhhh yeah. Some of the other animals I touched are confused by the...non-natural ones. there's a pack of wolves that seem pretty much to be Earth wolves, but they're avoiding something they call the man-wolf...and I get the feeling that's just the tip of the iceberg.
*blinks and sits up suddenly, very scared* man-wolf? Something that resembles half man half wolf that can stand on their hind legs, and can talk in either their minds, by howling, or like humans? Those kind of man-wolf creatures?
From what I got through the wolves it seems to be a wolf with man-like qualities. I don't think we're talking werewolf here. I suspect it's either a mutated man or a mutated wolf. The wolves feel an almost...instinctive revulsion to it. Well, them. They seem to be one kind of...creature that lives down there.* Landing in bay as we speak*
*tries to stand but collapses back in the chair, closing my eyes against the pain that shot through my broken wing as it the chair, my face instantly white. Tor whimpers and looks back at Mike*
* Carry Lacy to sickbay...and meet surviving Ranger who helps sedate Lacy...and set her wing. Then we secure the wing to heal.*
*Tor follows behind them then once Mike was finished he nudged Mike's hand with his big wet cold nose as if to get his attention. I closed my eyes and let sleep take over while Riddick, who ran to sick bay after having seen Mike carry me on the ship, began to gently cleans my scrapes and bruises. Tor nudges Mike again.*
* Scratch Tor's ears and send comforting thoughts. Make sure there's room for him to stay on the bed with Lacy.*[Speaking of Tor, I'm typing one handed because Martha won't let me set her down. She insists on curling up in mt left hand with her paws on my shoulder.]
*Tor gently tugs on Mike's sleeve, pressing his big forehead against Mike's leg and showing you my nightmare from the but before, showing you that the creatures that had attacked us and took us prisoner were in fact half man half wolf. He went to move away before he showed Mike the scene of them raping me but hadn't moved fast enough. He turned his head away, cutting off the nightmare and jumped on the bed to curl up with me*
Well, I can see why she's freaked.... Still, I wish she hadn't taken off alone. * scratches Tor's ears again** Mike speaks with Ranger about Lacy. They begin working on a way to measure changes in Mike's and Lacy's brains. Meanwhile Riddick sets up screens so probes on the surface can send pictures and readings to Sickbay. *
*Tor rested his big head on my chest as he watched Mike,the ranger, and Riddick all work. He let out a sigh the shifted his gaze to me, lifting his head, and licking my cheek with his huge scratchy tongue. He settled down and went back to watching the others. I shifted in my sleep as I began to edge back into the nightmare I had last night. Tor instantly lifts his head and nudges me but I don't wake. He sends the image to Mike that I was going back into the nightmare*
* seeing that the choice was to send Lacy into a very deep sleep or wake her we give her a powerful local and allow the general anesthetic to fade waking her. Then we continue working to get reading to see if we can separate any precognition from stress caused dreams. It seems that Lacy is or may be picking up some fragmented thoughts from the planet.*Lacy...wake, calm, calm * Mike and Riddick try to ease Lacy's transition back to wakefulness* It's a dream....
* Just then Riddick calls everyone's attention to a transmission from one of the probes*
*i slowly wake up, whimpering and shaking as is open my eyes, Tor gently nudging my arm with his nose. I sit up quickly and scream*
It's okay...just a dream....* Riddick holds Lacy *
It looks like you may be picking up some secondary thoughts from the surface....now if we can just figure out hoe and from who, I mean whom...
* mike is trying to isolate date *
*clings to Riddick who is gently stroking my hair, kissing my forehead and muttering soothing things in my ear* They are to the north of where I fell in the cavern. They themselves stay hidden in caves that are all through the center of the planet.
Hummm...well we could just plaster the planet but that would make us no better than the others who killed this world. * Stops and looks at Lacy *
So, you're able to sense them directly now?
*wipes a few scared tears from my cheeks and nods* The leader...he keeps invading my thoughts, my dreams. It really scared me. I mean it's nice to be able to contact animals like you but to like this...I'm scared, Mike...really scared!
Humm, I don't sense these things at all. So, can you tell anything? For instance, do they live under ground?
Mostly...there is a cavern dander there that leads into a beautiful waterfall that feeds from one of the rivers above the ground. *looks down at Tor who seems to nod at me. Takes in a deep breath then extends my hand towards Mike* Mike, please hold my hand real fast.
*takes in a deep breath and closes my eyes. My fingers gently grab onto yours and I relax my body. Instantly images rush into your mind of the where the wolf men and women live*
* Tries to scan area for access points...spot numbers of creatures and get a good look at them...*
*the images move quickly to what Mike wants, access points appearing as if by the magic of his thoughts. I open my eyes, my cat eyes glowing a fierce forest green* These are the creatures that hunt us...they have somehow captured a good number of Riddick's people and have made them their slaves and they wish to do the same with us, of course they want me to be their bed mate. They frighten the other animals on the planet and wish for their existence to be wiped out.
* When Lacy releases my hand I'm overwhelmed by dizziness and struck by mild nausea, I have to grip a table edge to stay on my feet.... It takes a few seconds for it to pass *Wow...sorry. I guess we're a little different in what the mutations did to our brains... * takes a few seconds and then speaks *
Okay so they are hunters. I saw that there were maybe a dozen in that lair. Are there other lairs or do you know?
* A smile comes on Mike's face *
I think it's time WE became the hunters.
*smiles* Tor has been teaching me more about my mind mutation. I once I gain more control over my dreams, he'll teach me how to control those too..so I could either enter yours or pull you into mine.And as for the hunters, thy are the only ones on this planet. So...are we going to come up with a plan to take them out, free the slaves, and give the animals and the others their planet back? *an evil grin spreads across my face as my eyes soo glowing and my cat eyes flash dangerously*
So there are what 12, 14? * Flexes muscles and stretches material of shirt...checks guns and then pulls Montana Toothpick with one hand and huge Bowie with the other. then goes on to check other weapons. *
I think I have a pretty good idea how to go about it. You and Tor have your gifts and I have mine. There are several wolf packs who hate these things very close by and with my....influence there are a couple of prides of Africa type lions who'll help to.
And I could use the...exercise.
*quickly stands up and leans back against the table* Can I help? I can't just lay here and do nothing....broken wing or not. I don't want you to go down there by yourself, Mike. You mean too much to me and if they caught you....
No...not till that wing heals. Let's give it 24 hours and see if your new mutated body heals as well as mine does. We still need to get the readings from those probes. With what they'll send we can decide where to land and where to go into that cavern...I'm directing the probes to roll down the cavern's entrance so we can see if there's a straight way in or if there are branching corridors.
* There's a bright flash on the screen and the picture angle changes slightly.*
Okay...3 probes left. One of those things got too close to the lead one and the proximity fuse I set took it out.
*sits back down on the bed, looking defeated as I eye my broken wing then looks over your shoulder at the probes and the images that they were sending back to us. Reaches up and presses my hand against my head* He's trying to get into my head again...
Okay.....try to hang on.....* Mike attaches an odd looking device to Lacy's head. It's sort of like a head set but touches the temples instead of the ears.* Here now we'll try to isolate the invading brain from yours... Try to but up a wall or a block. Picture a wall between your mind and the invading one... Mike speaking slowly as if concentrating on something else Now look at this.* Mike turns a screen toward Lacy. and points to two wavy lines one in red the other green that seem to be interweaving and then separating*
The green line are your thoughts the red is a separate mind. See if you can use this to block it...then we'll work on helping you invade it's mind.
*nods my head and watches the lines, squeezing Riddick's hand, who had come over and grabbed it once Mike had hooked me up to the device. I let out a slow breath then close my eyes, a brick wall instantly forming in my mind* I think I've got it...*I whisper, breathing hard from the effort.*
Good, good...that's it.....* the two lines are now completely apart...the red bouncing "off" the green wherever it gets close. *
Great! How do you feel? Are you alright? Any weakness?
*wrinkles my forehead in concentration* A little...I don't think I'm strong enough...*opens my eyes and looks into yours* Promise me that no matter what happens to me you stop him, okay? *my voice shakes with emotion and strain*
I think as long as he's attacking you and we're hooked up....now stay strong just a few more seconds...hold it off...* Mike adjusts controls and then presses a button. The red line becomes a conglomeration of sharp peaks, then goes flat.*
That should do it. he should be unconscious...if not dead. At the very least he'll have a whale of a headache.
*lets out a sigh of relief, collapsing in Riddick's arms once I feel the beasts mind pull from my own* Thanks Mike...I guess I need to practice more...*Riddick picks me up and cradles me close, my head falling against his shoulder. Riddick glances at the screen then Mike for conformation that I would be okay*
It's cool for now. Get some food into her Riddick, as much as she can get down. Sugars, calcium for the wing bone. I'm giving her supplements. Get her strength back up and I think we can accelerate her healing.
*Riddick nodded his head and carried me out of the sick bay after taking out the IV and headed to the mess bay to feed me. Tor jumped down from the table and pressed his forehead against your leg * Thank you, Mike. I can see that she means a lot to you. She is your friend?
Yes...and friends are important. * I smile and scratch Tor's ears* Now, you go with them and tell Lacy you want something to eat to. What do you like? Steak? I'm sure that the food reconstituters can get what you'd like to eat to. after all a growing tiger needs to eat.
*Tor purrs then pads off to follow Riddick. In the mess hall, Riddick put me down and begins to bring me plates of food and several Dr. Pepper cans since he knows that is my favorite. I nibble on the food while he then gets Tor something to eat.*
*Mike walks in...shakes his head and smiles, walks over and hugs Lacy *Lacy, you need to learn to stop nibbling. We need you to build up an excess of strength...I'd like to try something, after you eat.
*sticks my tongue at you and giggles, throwing one of my French fries and hitting you in the shoulder. Nibbles again on another French frie, giggling at you then taking a sip of my Dr. Pepper * I am nervous eating in front of people.
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