Date: Monday, 24-Feb-97 05:36 PM Subject: Re:E2- The airlock thread..... Previously... Oh forget it, too much is going on and the whole story's much too convoluted anyway. What's that? You *want* me to explain what's going on? Well... Nic has just 'accidentally' knocked out Tall Tin Babe and Erik was mysteriously released from the force field he was trapped in. Meanwhile, Becky (who is responsible for Erik's incredible Stealth Suit) visited a mysterious friend on G889, and then transported away from the planet to a place yet unknown. > Bettina wrote: > >"Oh good, he thinks I'm her friend. That could prove advantageous." Erik: > Did you hear that,Nic?She is not *really* on your side! Sides, who needs sides anymore? I'm beginning to think that it's every person for themselves! Or maybe we could all join hands and be friends? > Bettina made some "adjustments" to my story.Such a deceitful,unfair action > speaks for itself. That's because she holds the key to the relativity/time-travel/time warp facillitator (or whatever it was.) So we have been taken back in time, and many events which *did* happen are now never to be so. Which results in the fact that the French-speaking- thread never happened, so the alliances formed from such incidents do not exist. (You hear that, Becky?!) > Nic uses this lapse to grab a weapon hidden in a drawer > >and escapes into the corridors. At the same time Tall Tin Babe is > >activating a force field around the Mad Viking :: Erik: > *"I didn't expect this.This is not a standard holographic projector.It was way > too good for this.And where the hell did that force field come from?"* Nic is reading Erik's mind from afar again. She sends a psychic message... "Erik, don't you recognise Bettina yet? She is your long lost twin sister! That's why your minds work in such similar manners, and why the technology available to each is so powerful." Erik almost falls over at the startling news, but the force field holds him up. Could it be true? Or is Nic playing games with his mind... A tear threatens to fall from one eye as he remembers his sweet, darling sister who was abducted by aliens so many years ago. But then his determination kicks back in, and he resolves to stay strong. Erik: > But you have much more powerful tech than I,Bettina. Unless she has been using the twin-link to purge the information from your mind... Time passes in the war on the stations, in which Becky begins her evil work. .. Becky : > Is it possible that Tin Babe posseses some power that allows her >to prevent Nic from reading her mind?? There are three >reasonable possibilities: Nic's psychic voice, which suddenly seems to be permeating everywhere, cuts in... "You did not consider the 4th possibility...which is the truth..." >If forced to kill an Edenite.... I..... I'm not an assasin! I'm not >trained for *this*! I must withdraw.... Things are too dangerous for >me, here. But first, I must act to complete some recruiting of my >own......" I fear that Becky is attempting to cloud our vision to her true nature yet again. She plays the part of an innocent bystander, but why did she turn against me? I thought we were friends!!! > She stealthily enters a certain camp, where her new associates >greet her with open arms.:: >::She leaves with a smile of satisfaction on her face. She is pleased to have the support they will need to defeat the enemy. >Running with all of her might--unprotected and vulnerable--across >the planet's surface, she almost collapses from relief as she enters >the safety of her lab. However, Becky does not notice the sudden figure that appears behind her allies. One with flowing, long hair and evil Kermit-the-frog-eyes, one who hauntingly whispers "See you soon, Poppet..." > Then, the rumbling stopped, as Becky and the entire lab was > transported away from G889......:: > "Good,do that.It will be a great pleasure to personally take care of the > Viking."Nic says with an evil grin on her face. > Tall Tin Babe quickly leaves the room and heads for the elevator. Nic points a > weapon at Erik and deactivates the force field. "Erik," says Nic, smiling sweetly. "I don't want to kill you..." "Then don't!" Erik responds instantly. He is still a little shocked over the revelations regarding Tall Tin Babe. She has an apparant hostility towards Erik and he shudders, recalling the time from their childhood when he accidentally broke her toy truck... "Erik, you look sad," Nic says sympathetically, as the toll of the past few days begins to catch up with her. She initially believed that Erik was evil , but is beginning to see throught the web of lies and deceit. For the second time in as many days, she gives him a hug. *************************** And Nic and Erik's 'encounter' resulted in his sudden conversion towards the light, or Nic's way of thinking. Back to Bettina... > Then she rushes into the control room shooting 3 or 4 persons that happened to > be working there. Bettina initiates the launch control sequence, planning to leave without Nic, but... > 2...Launch aborted." > The shuttle door opens."Don't shoot,we need to talk."Erik enters the shuttle > with his hands up. > "I know what you want:The suit Becky has recently invented.But she is very > powerful,you will never get it without my help.She trusts me."Erik smiles > softly. > Bettina becomes interested "You have a point,I will.."Suddenly Nic > decloaks behind her and quickly knocks out Tall Tin Babe."Ooops.Sorry about > that."she says sarcastically. Erik turns to face Nic. "Great work," he says. She smiles in response. "But Erik, before we go any further with this, I need to know Becky's place in everything. Bettina and I were tracking her on G889 when she suddenly disappeared. Is it true that she has a suit which the likes of have never been seen before?" Erik nods with deadly seriousness. "With that suit, Becky could take over the universe." ::For some strange reason, eerie music begins to play in the background. Both Nic and Erik ignore it. :: "Do you know where she is now?" asks Nic. "RIGHT HERE!" shouts Becky, striding in from behind them. "I know what you are planning, I know that EVERYONE IS OUT TO GET ME! But that will never happen, you hear me? NEVER!" Becky shrieks. She is wearing the suit, and carrying an evil looking weapon. "I hate to do this, Erik, after our long association and everything, but all's fair when my life is threatened." And before anyone can protest, she sprays an evil green gas throughout the room. Nic and Erik collapse to the floor beside Tall Tin Babe, and soon all 3 are unconscious. Becky laughs, feeling victorious. Until she hears the whispered word in her ear.... "Poppet..." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nic,you said I could decide what to do next.You like it? :) Yup! Who's next?! -Nic (who can't help but write sappy stories) Hey, only 3 posts together in this one! Bettina : > And now some thoughts about events happening in a parallel >"storyverse": :) > Just imagine what could happen to them. They could end up as a >'Nicrik' creature. Granted, at first they (or it) would probably feel >good, but then some bristly hairs would grow on its back and later >it would start changing and various body parts would fall off. Guess >an ear of Nicrik would make a nice supplement to my collection." Ew! That does it, no more double transports for me! You hear that, Erik? Next time, we need TWO transporter beams.