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A half forgotten song
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A half forgotten song
The alarms were going off again. Guillermo sprung from his spot at the helm and rushed towards the center of their ship. There were branches and tree trunks he had to vault along the way.
"Ren!" He yelled as he ran. "Dammit, Ren the engines are failing again!" He said, ducking a large branch, and skidding to s top at the doors to the engine room. He punched in a code to override the auto-lock feature, when he opened the door he moved out of the way just as more branches and greenery burst out of the room. It was the trunk of the tree. When they had warped it had somehow gotten tangled up in the anti0matter reactor.
"I knew we should have just secured it to the hull!" He said, going over and watching the trunk melt as it fell deeper into the anti-matter, causing the ship to start jumping around wildly.
"Ren!" He yelled as he ran. "Dammit, Ren the engines are failing again!" He said, ducking a large branch, and skidding to s top at the doors to the engine room. He punched in a code to override the auto-lock feature, when he opened the door he moved out of the way just as more branches and greenery burst out of the room. It was the trunk of the tree. When they had warped it had somehow gotten tangled up in the anti0matter reactor.
"I knew we should have just secured it to the hull!" He said, going over and watching the trunk melt as it fell deeper into the anti-matter, causing the ship to start jumping around wildly.
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The alarms sounded off and the lights were blinking again to signal a problem in the ship, but Ren wasn't too concerned with the ship's failing engines. Slowly he got up from his cabin bed and made is way over to the center of the ship where Guil was frantically trying to fix the ship. Ren was about as serious as the bright blonde wig and bright red footie pajamas he wore. Still half asleep he rubbed the sleep from his eyes and said calmly,
"Isn't this Paloma's job? Where is she? Paloma!" Paloma popped out from the branches of the trees with her hands in the air looking for help. A sigh escaped his lips and he begrudgingly helped the short girl out from the tangle of trees. "Paloma, what do we train you for?!" Paloma shook her raven hair in response and said, "You haven't trained me to to fix shit!" Ren rolled his eyes and pushed the almost midget into the engine room. "Perfect time to learn."
"There Guil, the girl will help you!" He yelled to his compadre and made his way through the trees to the control panels of the ship. His hands pulled away branch after branch, knocking the slim trees over, and wrestling with trunks until he saw the blinking buttons. Scanning the panels he made sure the engines were running at a lower capacity, the backup generator was set to be activated in case of power failure, and the thrusters were cut off to stop overheating. After fixing the controls to save time he pushed the intercom button to speak with Guil and Paloma, "Orale whey, you've got 2 minutes before I hit the generator. Don't fuck it up, Paloma."
"Isn't this Paloma's job? Where is she? Paloma!" Paloma popped out from the branches of the trees with her hands in the air looking for help. A sigh escaped his lips and he begrudgingly helped the short girl out from the tangle of trees. "Paloma, what do we train you for?!" Paloma shook her raven hair in response and said, "You haven't trained me to to fix shit!" Ren rolled his eyes and pushed the almost midget into the engine room. "Perfect time to learn."
"There Guil, the girl will help you!" He yelled to his compadre and made his way through the trees to the control panels of the ship. His hands pulled away branch after branch, knocking the slim trees over, and wrestling with trunks until he saw the blinking buttons. Scanning the panels he made sure the engines were running at a lower capacity, the backup generator was set to be activated in case of power failure, and the thrusters were cut off to stop overheating. After fixing the controls to save time he pushed the intercom button to speak with Guil and Paloma, "Orale whey, you've got 2 minutes before I hit the generator. Don't fuck it up, Paloma."
myvalentina
A half forgotten song
"Paloma! I need you to take the anti-matter disrupter out of the storage bin, the code is 933047230BITChEN."
"A little slower!" She yelled, running over to the storage unit and punching in numbers, as Guillermo repeated it.
"Take the anti-matter disrupter and fire a round into the core, right as I pull the trunk out of it. If you do it too early or too late we're all pulled into the massive black hole it's going to create." He said, grasping onto the trunk and mentally activating the neural transmitters in his arm and leg bionics to shift to a higher gear to lift the ton of tree up. As the trunk moved within the core the ship shook again.
"No fucking pressure right?" She said, shouldering the giant disrupter gun. "Language, Paloma!" Guillermo said, he couldn't lose his concentration on keeping his bionics lifting just the right amount. "When you hear the disrupter gun go off, Ren I need you to warp us into the next sector! We should just be able to pull this off!" He yelled, as Paloma staggered into position. "Where am I aiming, the core looks like it's turning into a kaleidoscope!"
"Just shot it on the count of three. One, two, three!" He said pulling the trunk with massive strength.
"A little slower!" She yelled, running over to the storage unit and punching in numbers, as Guillermo repeated it.
"Take the anti-matter disrupter and fire a round into the core, right as I pull the trunk out of it. If you do it too early or too late we're all pulled into the massive black hole it's going to create." He said, grasping onto the trunk and mentally activating the neural transmitters in his arm and leg bionics to shift to a higher gear to lift the ton of tree up. As the trunk moved within the core the ship shook again.
"No fucking pressure right?" She said, shouldering the giant disrupter gun. "Language, Paloma!" Guillermo said, he couldn't lose his concentration on keeping his bionics lifting just the right amount. "When you hear the disrupter gun go off, Ren I need you to warp us into the next sector! We should just be able to pull this off!" He yelled, as Paloma staggered into position. "Where am I aiming, the core looks like it's turning into a kaleidoscope!"
"Just shot it on the count of three. One, two, three!" He said pulling the trunk with massive strength.
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"C'mon already, time is ticking!" Ren kept his eyes glued on the engine clock, watching the numbers like a microwave counting down and waiting to hit the button before zero. The intercom was still on and Ren could hear the conversation going on in the engine room, he couldn't believe Paloma was already having doubts in her abilities and that wasn't going to work if they're in constant danger.
"You got it!" Ren responded to Guil's command and quickly moved his fingers across the board. Everything was set to go off on his command, the thrusters were ready to go, engine at full power to go off, and ship was on the warp setting. The generator was off standby and warp was at the forefront of all controls right at the last moment before Paloma was going to shoot the disruptor. He heard, 'one, two, three' BAM the gun went off and Ren's finger slammed against a button.
Suddenly everything went dark for about two seconds before a huge shift would pull everyone forward. Ren's hands grasped the control panel and held on tight to hold him up,
"Stabilizing now!"
The short blonde wig fell off Ren's head to reveal his black hair underneath, once the ship was balanced he tossed the wig to the side. "We're clear into the next sector. Is Paloma still conscious?"
"You got it!" Ren responded to Guil's command and quickly moved his fingers across the board. Everything was set to go off on his command, the thrusters were ready to go, engine at full power to go off, and ship was on the warp setting. The generator was off standby and warp was at the forefront of all controls right at the last moment before Paloma was going to shoot the disruptor. He heard, 'one, two, three' BAM the gun went off and Ren's finger slammed against a button.
Suddenly everything went dark for about two seconds before a huge shift would pull everyone forward. Ren's hands grasped the control panel and held on tight to hold him up,
"Stabilizing now!"
The short blonde wig fell off Ren's head to reveal his black hair underneath, once the ship was balanced he tossed the wig to the side. "We're clear into the next sector. Is Paloma still conscious?"
myvalentina
A half forgotten song
There was a bright flash, and a pulse of energy that knocked his neural connection off, freezing his bionics in place, as a safety measure. When everything stabilized he looked around. The alarm had stopped blaring and it looked like his plan had worked, the trunk was a good five feet from the core, the top end now busting a hole through the wall and into his bedroom. He sighed.
Ren's voice came over the intercom.
"Uh, no se." He responded, not able to turn his body around to look for the short woman. "Paloma?" Her groaning from behind indicated she had been thrown across the room.
"Where's the party?" She said dazed.
"Possible concussion." He said. "The king said we needed exactly eighty-three trees from different genera from twelve different planets, right? Will he take eighty-two?" He grumbled, just thinking they should throw it out the back. The roots had already been eaten by the core and the antimatter had already compromised the genetic makeup. It wouldn't be any use to them anymore.
"Also, I'm jammed." Guillermo said, talking about his bionics. No matter how much he tried to think them to work they were now off line. Dammit, maybe the transmitters were burned out. "Please bring me my rollie." He said, using his chin to press a button that brought out a manual overdrive panel. With his tongue he set the bionics to remain up right, but unlocked the back.
With a grunt he popped out the back, and he laid there on the cold ground, in his specialized onesie looking up at the arms and legs connected only by a narrow silicone metal that usually wrapped around his small human body. "Hurry, please, I always feel like a swaddled baby like this." He said, pouting.
Ren's voice came over the intercom.
"Uh, no se." He responded, not able to turn his body around to look for the short woman. "Paloma?" Her groaning from behind indicated she had been thrown across the room.
"Where's the party?" She said dazed.
"Possible concussion." He said. "The king said we needed exactly eighty-three trees from different genera from twelve different planets, right? Will he take eighty-two?" He grumbled, just thinking they should throw it out the back. The roots had already been eaten by the core and the antimatter had already compromised the genetic makeup. It wouldn't be any use to them anymore.
"Also, I'm jammed." Guillermo said, talking about his bionics. No matter how much he tried to think them to work they were now off line. Dammit, maybe the transmitters were burned out. "Please bring me my rollie." He said, using his chin to press a button that brought out a manual overdrive panel. With his tongue he set the bionics to remain up right, but unlocked the back.
With a grunt he popped out the back, and he laid there on the cold ground, in his specialized onesie looking up at the arms and legs connected only by a narrow silicone metal that usually wrapped around his small human body. "Hurry, please, I always feel like a swaddled baby like this." He said, pouting.
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Ren flipped switches to turn off the alert mode and set everything back to default settings. His brown eyes skimmed over the log of the thorough ship scan, left thruster partially damaged, energy down by twenty percent, and all the rest cleared. He could hear Guil calling from the engine room but he kept on making sure everything was okay first.
"I hear you! Just give me a minute."
In about two minutes he swiftly through the trees to a closet to pull out a bottle of pills. Maneuvering through the trees he made his way to the engine room and tossed the pill bottle over to Paloma.
"Take one then get to the kitchen and storage room." As Paloma opened the bottle she said, "You want me to cook after I just saved your asses?"
Ren sighed and didn't acknowledge her ignorance. "No niña. Check on the supplies and clean up any messes." Paloma mumbled something about not being a maid and made her way out the engine room. "She's already talking back, the pill must be working."
Stepping up to the bionics he started to access the drive and do a diagnostic, "Don't think I forgot about your rollie." As soon as he said rollie a thumping sound could be heard, it was the rolling chair stuck hitting against a tree. "Shit." Ren walked over to get the rollie out of the tree and into the engine room. Once the rollie was stationed, Ren scooped Guil off the ground and set him upright in it.
Getting back to the bionics, he looked over the diagnostic and sighed, "I'm going to have to restart it. Time to wait a few minutes." All Ren had to do was give it a quick touch and the bionics were set to the reset mode from his head. "I don't think El Rey is going to mind one less tree. Not like this mission was that important anyway, this was just busy work while the Trastamara's receive the King of Andalusia." They were told the trees were for Princess Lola, she was fond of the particular tree, and Prince Julian thought it'd be a kind gesture to show her later. Ren didn't understand why the trees couldn't be shipped by some sort of tree professionals instead of them.
"I hear you! Just give me a minute."
In about two minutes he swiftly through the trees to a closet to pull out a bottle of pills. Maneuvering through the trees he made his way to the engine room and tossed the pill bottle over to Paloma.
"Take one then get to the kitchen and storage room." As Paloma opened the bottle she said, "You want me to cook after I just saved your asses?"
Ren sighed and didn't acknowledge her ignorance. "No niña. Check on the supplies and clean up any messes." Paloma mumbled something about not being a maid and made her way out the engine room. "She's already talking back, the pill must be working."
Stepping up to the bionics he started to access the drive and do a diagnostic, "Don't think I forgot about your rollie." As soon as he said rollie a thumping sound could be heard, it was the rolling chair stuck hitting against a tree. "Shit." Ren walked over to get the rollie out of the tree and into the engine room. Once the rollie was stationed, Ren scooped Guil off the ground and set him upright in it.
Getting back to the bionics, he looked over the diagnostic and sighed, "I'm going to have to restart it. Time to wait a few minutes." All Ren had to do was give it a quick touch and the bionics were set to the reset mode from his head. "I don't think El Rey is going to mind one less tree. Not like this mission was that important anyway, this was just busy work while the Trastamara's receive the King of Andalusia." They were told the trees were for Princess Lola, she was fond of the particular tree, and Prince Julian thought it'd be a kind gesture to show her later. Ren didn't understand why the trees couldn't be shipped by some sort of tree professionals instead of them.
myvalentina
A half forgotten song
Guillermo settled his butt into the specialized rollie chair. When he was in the right spot, he mashed a button with his nubbin that secured him with automatic straps, and brought the the controls up to the right place so he could maneuver them with his arm nubs.
"Not like it will be much use now that the halls are filled with all these trees, though I made a hole to my room, so I guess I can go in there and wait it out, huh." He said, angrily. He hated when he didn't have his binocs.
"Aguas!" He warned, when Ren mentioned restarting it. The bionics immediately went back to a resting position, letting go of the heavy trunk and having it crash into the floor beneath them. It dented the floor enough that his rollie slowly began rolling towards the dent. With a defeated sigh, he just sat there looking at Ren as he bumped into the tree trunk.
"Busy work, sure, but it was important enough to entrust to us because he wanted to make sure I'm still as loyal as I was when I was a child." He maneuvered the rollie chair over to his bionics which had been knocked over with the shaking of the ground.
"He wanted to make sure I picked a good team to bring back with me too. A team who wouldn't question why we were doing any of this in the first place. And I'm not counting Paloma's whining as questioning." He sighed, again, looking over at his friend, "I'll get to work on throwing this out, if you get me back in there." He said, unbuckling himself from his rollie.
"Not like it will be much use now that the halls are filled with all these trees, though I made a hole to my room, so I guess I can go in there and wait it out, huh." He said, angrily. He hated when he didn't have his binocs.
"Aguas!" He warned, when Ren mentioned restarting it. The bionics immediately went back to a resting position, letting go of the heavy trunk and having it crash into the floor beneath them. It dented the floor enough that his rollie slowly began rolling towards the dent. With a defeated sigh, he just sat there looking at Ren as he bumped into the tree trunk.
"Busy work, sure, but it was important enough to entrust to us because he wanted to make sure I'm still as loyal as I was when I was a child." He maneuvered the rollie chair over to his bionics which had been knocked over with the shaking of the ground.
"He wanted to make sure I picked a good team to bring back with me too. A team who wouldn't question why we were doing any of this in the first place. And I'm not counting Paloma's whining as questioning." He sighed, again, looking over at his friend, "I'll get to work on throwing this out, if you get me back in there." He said, unbuckling himself from his rollie.
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Ren didn't pay attention to Guil's warning and let the tree fall onto the floor. "Que? It's just a tree." The following silence was followed by Ren's eyes watching as Guil's chair rolled down to the tree that now left a dent in their floor. "Pues, you should've set your wheels on lock." Ren gave Guil a look of indifference and watched as Guil rolled back to the bionics.
Ren heard his speech about being a good team and all that, which only reinforced the idea that Guil was completely devoted to the royal family, while Ren was more questioning in their intentions. "Yes, yes, we are dutiful and bound to our jefes like a colony of bees to their queen. I sure there is a better simile but let's just worry about getting you back online."
Seeing Guil eagar to get back, he went over to the bionics and set the suit to be back online. "Alright, right now you've got about an hour to move around in-" He reached out to Guil and got him up back into the suit, "After you get the trees out make sure to take a break and recharge for a little while. The last thing we want is you exploding inside this thing, or maybe we do, so the prince can buy you a new one."
Ren heard his speech about being a good team and all that, which only reinforced the idea that Guil was completely devoted to the royal family, while Ren was more questioning in their intentions. "Yes, yes, we are dutiful and bound to our jefes like a colony of bees to their queen. I sure there is a better simile but let's just worry about getting you back online."
Seeing Guil eagar to get back, he went over to the bionics and set the suit to be back online. "Alright, right now you've got about an hour to move around in-" He reached out to Guil and got him up back into the suit, "After you get the trees out make sure to take a break and recharge for a little while. The last thing we want is you exploding inside this thing, or maybe we do, so the prince can buy you a new one."
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A half forgotten song
"I'm not worried about the tree. This ship is our home and I'd like to keep it one piece!" He snapped, a rabid attitude that tended to show itself whenever he was out of his bionics. He used what little bit of his arms he had to rub his face.
"I'm just too nervous to relax." He confessed, his mood improving greatly as he was secured safely in his bionics. "I haven't been in that castle since I was a teenager, Ren. I never thought I'd be back, if I'm being honest."
He let out a shaky breath as his neural pathways reconnected with the mesh of carbon silicon in the bionic sockets. It always felt like regrowing limbs when he had to reattach these things, and after nearly thirty-years he still hadn't gotten used to it.
He pushed himself up and flexed his mechanical fingers. They needed recalibration, but it would do for now while he got rid of tree.
"I'm sure they'll give me a whole new set once we arrive. Must be presentable in front of company." He said, looking at the battered arms of his bionics. "But I'll take it easy so I arrive to them in one piece. I'll finish writing the reports on the mission. When you get back to the controls just tell me how much longer was added to the ETA with that warp we had to do." He ordered as he started breaking the tree into manageable pieces. Saw dust was getting in his eyes, as he cut and splintered the wood, making them water. At least that's what he would tell his friends if they asked.
Paloma paused at the door taking in the scene and mouthing to Ren, 'is he crying again'? She shook her head.
"When they told me I'd be training with one of the best assassins in the galaxy, this isn't what I had imagine." She grumbled.
"I'm just too nervous to relax." He confessed, his mood improving greatly as he was secured safely in his bionics. "I haven't been in that castle since I was a teenager, Ren. I never thought I'd be back, if I'm being honest."
He let out a shaky breath as his neural pathways reconnected with the mesh of carbon silicon in the bionic sockets. It always felt like regrowing limbs when he had to reattach these things, and after nearly thirty-years he still hadn't gotten used to it.
He pushed himself up and flexed his mechanical fingers. They needed recalibration, but it would do for now while he got rid of tree.
"I'm sure they'll give me a whole new set once we arrive. Must be presentable in front of company." He said, looking at the battered arms of his bionics. "But I'll take it easy so I arrive to them in one piece. I'll finish writing the reports on the mission. When you get back to the controls just tell me how much longer was added to the ETA with that warp we had to do." He ordered as he started breaking the tree into manageable pieces. Saw dust was getting in his eyes, as he cut and splintered the wood, making them water. At least that's what he would tell his friends if they asked.
Paloma paused at the door taking in the scene and mouthing to Ren, 'is he crying again'? She shook her head.
"When they told me I'd be training with one of the best assassins in the galaxy, this isn't what I had imagine." She grumbled.
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"This ship belongs to the royals, it is technically theirs. At any moment we can be cut off and told adios to the missions and hola to unemployment lines. After all, aren't we here only because we're on the good Prince's graces? His highness is devote to us, we are loyal to him, so simply any broken things can be fixed. No hay problema."
Ren wondered what went through Guil's mind when mentioning the royals. At least Ren knew that beyond this job there was always something else out there, he wasn't so sure what Guil had. "By the way, does the family own your bionics or are you setup on a payment plan?" He asked jokingly and began to leave the room until Paloma showed up, he often questioned her tact but remembered she was still just a weirdo like them. "Let him be."
Ren stepped out of the room and made his way through the trees back to the control room. Paloma followed behind and he responded to her comment, "He is the best. A bit emotional but at least we know he's human. The bionics haven't gone to his head...Yet." Ren stopped midway at the sight of boxes on the ground that Paloma should've cleared, "Again, why do we have you around if you cannot follow simple directions?!" Paloma shrugged and Ren dismissed her to get back to work. He made his way back to the control room and went straight to the screen to see how much they'd been delayed. Ren spoke over the intercom to Guil, "We're going to be about 4 hours late. I'll send word to the kingdom about our delay."
Ren wondered what went through Guil's mind when mentioning the royals. At least Ren knew that beyond this job there was always something else out there, he wasn't so sure what Guil had. "By the way, does the family own your bionics or are you setup on a payment plan?" He asked jokingly and began to leave the room until Paloma showed up, he often questioned her tact but remembered she was still just a weirdo like them. "Let him be."
Ren stepped out of the room and made his way through the trees back to the control room. Paloma followed behind and he responded to her comment, "He is the best. A bit emotional but at least we know he's human. The bionics haven't gone to his head...Yet." Ren stopped midway at the sight of boxes on the ground that Paloma should've cleared, "Again, why do we have you around if you cannot follow simple directions?!" Paloma shrugged and Ren dismissed her to get back to work. He made his way back to the control room and went straight to the screen to see how much they'd been delayed. Ren spoke over the intercom to Guil, "We're going to be about 4 hours late. I'll send word to the kingdom about our delay."
myvalentina
A half forgotten song
Guillermo sat in his bunk, his bionics nearby if another emergency where to take place. He was finishing their reports for Comandante Ibrahim, the computer registering both his brain waves, and arm movements, as he drafted the reports, but he was distracted. He knew his emotional outbursts were starting to be a problem, but what could he do?
The ship registered the docking message from Port Caldera. So Guil strapped himself in, and silently crossed himself, hoping the gods would grant him strength in the days to come.
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On arrival a royal messenger greeted them, taking them to a local inn, while a contingency of soldiers got about to actually emptying their cargo. They were told to wash up and rest, and that he would return in the morning to take them to a special audience at the castle. When Guil opened the door to their room, there in the corner was a brand new set of bionics. Walking over he noticed there was a card with a short message.
"We're happy to have you back." He swallowed thickly recognizing the handwriting as that of the Prince's.
"They're more like investments." He said, finally answering Ren's question from earlier. At the end of the day he and his bionics were property of the Royals, but he rarely thought of it that way. In his mind they were his family.
The ship registered the docking message from Port Caldera. So Guil strapped himself in, and silently crossed himself, hoping the gods would grant him strength in the days to come.
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On arrival a royal messenger greeted them, taking them to a local inn, while a contingency of soldiers got about to actually emptying their cargo. They were told to wash up and rest, and that he would return in the morning to take them to a special audience at the castle. When Guil opened the door to their room, there in the corner was a brand new set of bionics. Walking over he noticed there was a card with a short message.
"We're happy to have you back." He swallowed thickly recognizing the handwriting as that of the Prince's.
"They're more like investments." He said, finally answering Ren's question from earlier. At the end of the day he and his bionics were property of the Royals, but he rarely thought of it that way. In his mind they were his family.
