"I see." He pauses, thinking of what to say. "Well, I trust you, OK. I hope you feel the same about me...whether it be now, or some time down the line."
"Um...hearing that now, it sounded like a better response in my head." He says, scratching his head.
Old habits die hard, especially when no one else lets them die either.Alinivar gets back in the front. He looks at Loki.
"Not really... but whatever it is, it's something important for sure..."
(commence flashback)
"AAAAARGH!", Niiue yells. Alinivar, Col. Saturn, Larice and Zarbol enter the room.
"Um... what's wrong, Niiue?"
"It's gone! It's completely gone!"
"The Apple is gone!?"
"What? No, not that!"
"Lucas is gone?"
"Huh? No, he's somewhere in the ship."
"IS IT-"
"No, it's not that either."
"...He didn't even finish."
Niiue turns around, glaring. The four flinch.
"I'm trying to find it, and you four are only messing up my concentration! Out! OUT!"
"...You... mean your room, or-"
"THE SHIP! NOW!"
They flinch again, then immediately run, going for the exit. Niiue closes the door behind him with telepathy.
(end flashback)
"I've never seen Niiue like that before."
"It was like he was a whole different person. He didn't even clarify what this 'it' was. Zoom."
"I EXPERIENCED THE EMOTION CALLED FEAR ONLY TWICE IN MY LIFE, THE SECOND TIME BEING TODAY."
"Honestly, it was creepy. His glare's looked just like Giegue's."
Zarbol then looks at Lilith.
"Oh, you're done? ...You didn't fiddle with it, right?"
Col. Saturn looks at Elizabeth, while Larice notices the Reaper in the distance. Alinivar keeps looking at Loki.
edited 25th Jun '15 11:48:03 AM by DevilPsyco
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."I really, sincerely hope that happens. As for the second reason, I'm unusually powerful even as an enhanced soldier. Over the years, I, and several other people like me, were trained and developed to essentially become living weapons. At my most powerful, I can use things like miniature nukes and rearrange matter at the subatomic level. Supported by my squad, I was virtually invincible. Now, put that kind of power in the hands of someone who would easily sacrifice hundreds of civilians and commit war crimes if it was legal for the sake of results. The saying 'power corrupts' would be very true for me, if I didn't have friends to hold me back. That's the reason a lot of people feared me."
edited 25th Jun '15 11:56:28 AM by AqueousBunnies
"Lilith, are you a cyborg, by any chance?" Loki asks Lilith. "Because that might explain your love for machines."
"Oh, I hope Eldren can handle this woman when they meet," he thinks to himself.
He looks at Elizabeth. "Is something bothering you, miss?"
Then he looks at the aliens. "Well, if it wasn't the Apple, then what do you think it was? A powerful weapon of some sorts? Important data?"
The Reaper will find that Larice's soul seems to be bound to his armor. However, the soul doesn't seem to mind it at all.
Zarbol laughs.
"Well, I'm a bug, and you're a human.", he says. He gets back in the UFO, closing the hatch behind him.
"Yeah, like that guy said.", he says, gesturing to the Reaper.
"Larice is a cyborg, as an example."
Col. Saturn raises an eyebrow.
"Kidnap you? Boing? We don't do that kind of stuff. ...What's a cow?"
Larice shrugs.
"Whatever it is, none of us know about it. And Lucas doesn't either. We asked him after we all left. But knowing Niiue, he wouldn't be keeping a weapon from us."
edited 25th Jun '15 11:54:26 AM by DevilPsyco
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay."Who knows. Niiue doesn't like to talk about Giegue, so that might be it.", Alinivar says to Loki.
"IT'S NOT THAT BAD.", Larice says to Lilith. "JUST SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EASY TO GET USED TO AT FIRST."
Col. Saturn snickers a bit when he sees the photo. Zarbol looks as well, and he laughs too. He knows what a cow is, but Elizabeth's expression was just priceless to him.
For the usually always serious Colonel Saturn to laugh at something, he must really find it funny.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.

Lilith finishes her inspection of the UFO.
"Well, that was certainly enlightening."