New Depths to Reach New Dreams
A new piece i finally was able to come up with tonight. Tell me what you think.
Little drops of water slid ever slowly down a stalagmite. Condensation gathered along the bottom of a shimmering alluminum railway. A brushing of wings whispered down a side passage, small brown bats shuffling at the muffled sounds echoing from deep in the cavern. Mechanical whirring quickly filled the air followed by the crash of heavy metal feet. The sound of metal on metal drowned out the rapid tapping of boots. Flashes splattered the wall as gun fire ripped through the dim eternal night of the cave.
Seya ran as fast as she was capable. Her long coat flapped madly at her calves. A long slender tail flashed side to side as she sped along the aluminum walkway. The frilly skin at her neck rustled in irritation. Quickly darting her tongue out, Seya tasted the stale cavern air for any hint of an escape route. The large mechanical suit that aided her persuer clambored after her at an unnerving pace. Its black and silver painting sent splashes of light flickering over the cavern walls. The chaingun mounted on its shoulder ripped out a fresh bout of metal in an attempt to throw her into Death's waiting arms.
She cringed as the slugs plummeted around her. Rock and cave ice shattered under the hail of bullets. Her bluish green scales rippled with anticipation of being torn asunder by one of the white hot dart sized rounds. Leaping from the walkway, Seya slipped along a slick wall down into a small stream, just deep enough to cover her shoulders. Suddenly her body tightened up as the freezing temperature of the water seeped into her blood. Fumbling blindly in the dark she reached slowly for her collar and pressed a button hidden in the lining.
A microfillament hood slid along her neck and up the back of her head, forming into a recognizable shape. Out of it, bands of Narcron slid and formed a mask over her face. Taking a deep breath, Seya slid her whole body under the water as flashlight beams flicked over the rail of the walkway and searched the wall she had slid down. She could not stop the feeling of dread from spreading until the suits heating film finally activated. Warmth gradually returned to her whole body. Her muscles loosened and moving became easier.
"Damn being cold blooded...." she thought to herself. Sliding her fingers along the inner wall of her jacket, she counted down the handles of different darts hidden there. Each of its own function. Stopping midway down, she slid the dart out of its sheath and readied herself. Tapping a button in her mask with her chin, Seya activated a her suits movement assistance function. Then, squeezing the handle of the dart, she armed it and launched it with a swinging arc of her arm. The splash she caused instantly drew the attention of the the flashlights. The mech slowly got into position to fire into the water. Slowly its gun barrel took aim and began to spin up again.
KAAAAABLAAAAAAAAMMMM!!!!!!!
Seya lept from the water, carried twenty feet into the air by the suits assistance, she flew up and over the tumbling mech and its enterouge as they crashed into the water atop the obliterated section of the walkway that they had been on. Landing on a part of the walkway still intact, Seya fleed down the passage. She knew the explosion would draw the attention of other guards and soldiers. Shaking her head, the mask and hood withdrew, leaving only a band over her eyes. Tiny projectors sent images of her mission computer directly into her retinas.
"Nighteye!" she commanded, The view around her turning an eerie red, the computer automatically outlined every object in view. Ahead on the walkway, she could make out an elevator and trackway into an old mining shaft.
"Analyze."
The computer made a rapid scan of the mine shaft, that appeared in the bottom corner of the display. An easy fire box if she wasnt careful. Summoning the Will she needed, Seya concentrated and focused a psychic wave sharpened into a blade at the walls of the mine shaft. The shaft creaked and then collapsed in on itself.
By now the beams of flashlights and shouts could be heard flooding through the passage. Quickly Seya leapt onto the frame that held the elevator in line as it made its climb and descent. With amarous intent she began the arduous climb up. A quarter of the way up she wedged two explosive darts in the framework. Setting them to remote detonation, she continued climbing.
"As Shadow" she whispered. Her suit responded by wrapping her in a field of energy that made her invisible. Seya climbed onwards, placing more darts halfway up the framework. As she reached the top of the elevators shaft, she slid around to the inside and up to the grating into the building the elevator led to. Prying it open, she slid into a clear white hallway, the linoleum was polished to a perfect sheen. Looking back, Seya activated the darts she had left behind.
PUUUUUUURRRRRRCKKK!
The muffled sound of the explosion was quickly followed by the sound of the metal framework crashing to the cavern floor.
A flickering image told Seya that the cloaking field was about to fail and she would be vulnerable. Dashing down the hallway, she slid through a door into an empty room. The clattering of hard shoes tapped outside as the cloaking field disappeared. Walking to the window, she began looking for an escape route. Outside the window was a drop of about 45 feet. A concern until the suits reactor could cool down enough to power the movement assistance program again.
Seya checked how much time that would take on the display. 8 minutes. Seya planned to be gone in 4. Pushing the window open, she stabbed a dart into the wall and tested it with a foot. It held so she slid down the wall and grabbed the handle of the dart. Dangling from it, she stabbed another in at her waistline. Gingerly she let herself down onto the new dart. A few more darts had turned the drop into a mere 18 feet. Silently, Seya dropped to the roof below and ran to the slope the building was built into. Jumping from there, she landed on a goat path.
"Beam transport acquisition in progress..." The suit informed her. A deep whirring pulsed in the air overhead. Pressing the detonation button again, the side of the wall she had just scaled erupted.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!
"Acquisition achieved. Target received. Beam transport initiating."
Seya felt as though she were water flowing apart as the beam hit her. The aircraft firing it blasted overhead. Seya's body flickered then vanished. The aircraft arched upward and then vaulted away.
Seya's eyes opened slowly, the tear stains on the scales under her eyes shown. Slowly she tried moving her arms but realized she couldnt. She looked at her tail, strapped to her waist. The bite marks along it made her smile. She began to scream, her screams echoing off of the white cushioned walls surrounding her. A doctor and his assistance ran in to sedate Seya, causing her to flair her neck frill. She hissed at them and snapped her jaws at the nearest one. Finally they manage to inject her sedative. As it quickly begins to set in, Seya smiles happily and slumps against the wall again slowly falling back into her dreams.