Endurance: The Next Chapter (IC)

"That'd be helpful." Samaki groaned to Ketryn. She was a Yarksonian, a race that Samaki had heard of back in his combat days. They were apparently made entirely of metal. She seemed kind enough, and Samaki was in such a poor shape that he figured he didn't have another option. He turned his head to Thray.

"I am Lieutenant Samaki Marais of the Icthian Military Tenth Reef Division. I was captured by The Kyrenians and imprisoned on Aguast 13, 7050 Aquaria years. I was under the assumption that you were sympathizers of the Kyrenian cause and so infiltrated your ship and attacked. I apologize for this misunderstanding." Samaki said this all in almost one breath and then collapsed against the deck, still laying on the ground. He hoped that Yarksonian had a first aid kit built in.

Coin lifted his head and looked around. Everyone was okay. That was a good sign. Slightly shaken, he got to his feet and recited a sigh. He cracked a few of his joints out of stressful positions, and corrected them. Everything to be in a suitable condition on Coin's body. The smile had only been absent from his face for about a minute.

"Ow" a single solitary word from Donfroste. He limped over to the medical kit stepping on and over several aliens very rudely he took out a bandage and placed it over his wound,and that was his medical experience if anything hurts strap a bandage on it. He walked over to the door to see where they freaked crash landed. He saw many aliens at the door this was clearly not good. "GO AWAY!" He shouted at them "NO LOITERING" you're lucky I'm to tired to deal with this,cuz if I wuzent I 'd kill all ya idiots" he then threw up all over the entrance
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Upon crash landing, Senn simply sat. Nearly responding. His hands were in his face, her teeth gritting in a angry fit of survival. He let his hands fall and looked up. He spoke loudly and clearly and it was obvious he wasn't enjoying this. "Where are we?!"

"I dunno," Strange responded to Senn's question, "But the hooded guy just got shot in the face! We're under attack... Again!"

Quickly, Strange sprinted out the door, and dived out of sight. He'd be mostly safe - he was bulletproof in some places - the others weren't. Wait a second, what if they were stun guns? That would be even worse. Strange hid behind the crashed ship, on the opposite side of the attackers.

Nyx had been knocked unconscious by the ceiling when they had made the jump to the new planet, and, luckily for everyone, had missed the pandemonium that followed.
If she had been awake, she would've already made several attempts to pickpocket them all, but instead, she spent the whole time dreaming of flying pink elephants.
The loud yell of "NO LOITERING" woke her up, as did the massive headache that came from a probable concussion.

Ketryn quickly fell to the ground when the five creatures came into the ship. She had heard them outside, and was prepared for their entrance. This being said, what she was not prepare for was stun blisters. One hit her arm, and she felt her mechanical fingers twitch from the electricity that had hit them. Ketryn could hear the captain outside but didn't pay attention. Instead she watched Kydi fall to the ground, and slowly stood up when she saw this.

The Kyrenian duo that had helped them weren't that bad. Ketryn stared at the five creatures that had opene fire. "I would like to ask that you stop firing, now. You have provoked the two Kyrenians that saved us already, so I suggest you stop while you're ahead or else attack will be guaranteed."

Senn's fearful mode immediately dropped. His eyes narrowed in a way that had no emotion, but spoke of a truly traumatized person. He came out of the ship with his hands held slightly up, his claws extended to reveal he was dangerous. But he surrendered. "Just don't shoot" he said, "and I'll do whatever you want. Anything." He said, his ears widening to soak in the fullness of the scene.

"AAAAAAA!" Shouted Donfroste he charged the large serpentine creatures his fists raised high to strike at them. They blasted furiously at him he managed to get pretty darn close. Until a stray shot hit his helmet and propelled him back a few feet smashing him back into the wooden crate rendering unconscious.

Somnus, due to his size, was one of the last to go down. He leapt at the attackers, snarling, and managed to get close enough to try to attack one. Unfortunately, by then he had already been shot more than once. And so, with a final low growl, he collapsed to the ground, a snarl still on his face.

No...

Strange watched from outside the ship, hidden behind a rock. He had heard them; they had said that they wouldn't shoot if they weren't hostile. However, them shooting the hooded Invader in the face seemed to contradict that.

Then again, Strange thought, they are Invaders. They're universally hated, and there's basically no Kyrenians that are.... Rebels.

Maybe I should run and abandon all of this. Or, perhaps I could surrender and demonstrate to them that I am not harmful. Unfortunately, the former seems to have little chance for success, so I have to surrender...

However, Strange didn't budge yet. He wanted to see how the rest of this skirmish turned out...

Senn chuckled a bit. "Rope? How primitive are you, honesty? With my claws, I could easily cut my way lose. Sure, you have projectiles, but if I slashed at the right point with enough for, with enough angle, I'll render the gun unusable. But I digress. I too am in hatred of the Kyrenians. The chance to kill every remaining one would be quite an honor, a great privilege to me. We share a common enemy, that is, if my assumptions that you're here to target those forsaken green-skins are correct. All in all, alone, you're no match for my claws, fangs, venom, and my reflexes. But, I am not as foolish as all the others. I am not going to side with Kyrenians. I want them all to burn. And anyone who supports said Kyrenians should also be put to death." He awaited the response of the alien, eyeing him and studying him closely.

Strange heard Senn's statement and sighed. What an idiot, he thought. Death, death, death, that's all you think about!

Strand looked to the side and noticed the alien soldiers looking around. If he didn't move, Strange knew, he'd be caught. There was no reason to hide anymore.

"Well! Hello!" Strange called out, flagging down the nearest soldier fearlessly. Why should he be afraid? They clearly weren't going to kill them. But then, Strange was still disoriented from his panic attack. Perhaps he wasn't thinking clearly. Nonetheless, Strange continued.

"I see you've shot our guide in the face, friend," Strange said sarcastically. "Now, I can see that you don't intend to, well, hurt us, so I'm gonna take the bait and cooperate." He leaned against the rock, facing the soldiers. Semingly unafraid, but on the inside very nervous. He may as well could have shot himself in the head right there.

Senn snarled. "Get out of here Strange! The time to support those revolting green-skins is done! If you didn't have that bullet-proof exoskeleton, I'd advise them to shoot you right now!" He growled, looking and the creature with a horrible face. His hatred for those that supported his foes was bright and burning.

Strange walked up to Senn and backhanded him in the face lightly, in an almost playful manner. Of course, it didn't hurt Senn at all. "I'm not supporting them," he pointed out. "I'm cooperating with them. They saved our lives, you know."

Slowly, Strange backed away from Senn, to avoid getting in a fight. However, to his realization, he might have already provoked one. "Stay still," Strange threatened, "Or they'll see you as a threat!"

Ketryn just stared ahead at the five attackers. She was quiet for several moments. She could retreat. She could fight back. She could let herself get captured. Fighting back wasn't very logical- one attack alone sent her hand into a fit of shaking and twitching spasms. If she let herself get hi by so many of those electrical blast, then she would be hit with too much electricity and more than likely short-circuit. Even if that didnt happen, a hit in the chest or was would send too much energy to her mind or heart, and such an attack would be fatal. Retreat would mean leaving everyone here. And also still risking getting shot. She heard Strang and Senn outside, and felt like smiling a bit. Scratch that. She felt furious with these guys currently.

Ketryn sighed. "Fine. You cannot tell, but I am scowling now."

Senn simply glared at Strange. "Just wait, you strange little creature," he whispered. "When this is over, I'll kill you."

He turned to the guards, his ears lowered a bit angrily. "Fair enough" he said. The guards might have noticed a bit of amusement in Senn's eyes. It was strange. Though it wasn't obvious. He hid it well, but Senn had obviously noticed the captain's annoyed feeling towards him. Senn craned his neck, stretching it. Then he looked at them. "I hope you plan on telling me, exactly where I am being taken, and what is to happen to me." He was more than capable of ripping the binds off, and if he was shot, well... He'd love that.

Ketryn glanced at the two life forms that were escorting her out and then at the other ex-prisoners that had been turned prisoners again. She looked at one of the aliens that were tying them up and just continued to stare at him. And stare. And stare. She remained doing so for several moments. It was the only thing she could do to show her discontent for the current situation. She stopped suddenly and began to just look ahead. Her anger and fear that was present from the current situation was making her think illogically. Staring at her captors was going to do nothing. Se was just going to have to see how the situation played out. There was nothing more that she could do.

Donfroste was bound up with a single coed he was.Then slung much like a hunter's kill over the shoulder of the creature and brought outside he was then dumped on the ground where he wriggle like a caught fish and through the groans of pain he managed to shout a few obscenities at the creatures.

Ketryn stared at the new arrival of the snake-like creatures. She listened to them speak, wanting to scowl again when she heard them referred to as a "catch." She was one of the few that weren't passed out, and took an opportunity to speak up.

"We are not a mere catch," she said, looking at the officer strait in the eye as she spoke. "You are dealing with me, you arrogant life form. Your stun guns didnt even have an effect on me. I only surrendered for the other prisoners' sakes. Know that if you harm any of us, your deaths will be absolute."

Most of what came out of her mouth was a lie. The stun guns. The death part. The "other prisoners" part. She had surrendered for their sake, partially. But mostly her own. However, Ketryn was not being illogical in speaking these words. No. She was waiting for a reaction. Trying to see what the strategies and planning a for these officers were and how they reacted to such threats. Already she was plotting survival and still escape. At least, that's what she told herself.

Deep in her mind, Ketryn knew the statement was led by fear more than logic, an she was currently terrified.