Luke Skytrekker
In the Core Room
A totally random and slightly bizarre story. I hope it at least amuses some of you guys.
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Chris Peterson crept cautiously into the Core Room of the Blabber superweapon, his assistant Charlotte close behind.
Getting inside the Blabber had been one heck of a mission, even with his backpack Superdimensional Karate Assistant & Travel Evolver (SKATE) board, which generally allowed him to go just about anywhere. Unfortunately, the Blabber was equipped with wormhole disrupters, which made interdimensional travel rather difficult.
At any rate, they had managed to get inside, and now they were finally in the Core Room. A quick suck from his plunger-like Electromagnetic Extractor and the Phlebotium Core would be neutralized, he figured.
Unfortunately, life wasn't that simple.
As soon as he and Charlotte were inside, the door slid shut. Red robotic eyes shone out from the blackness, and then the lights came on, and they realized they were not alone.
Drones rose up from the floor, their red antigravity cores glowing through their eyes like balls of demonic fire.
"INTRUDER. INTRUDER. INTRUDER." The Drones blared with mindless but ruthless repetition.
"I think you mean 'Intruders'." corrected Chris, "There's two of us."
The Drones opened fire.
Bolts of light flew right and left, all more or less targeting Chris and Charlotte. Chris ducked and weaved, absorbing the first few shots with his Extractor. The Drones came closer, and one of the beams singed Charlotte's scalp. She sliced her assaulter in half with her katana, and then split another laser with the prismatic side of her blade, sending half of it shooting off into the eye of a Drone sneaking up behind Chris.
The Drones came in thicker and faster, and the pulsing lasers flew with reckless speed. The two heroes began to be overwhelmed, and both of them had now taken hits. Seeing one of the Drones come close, Chris seized his chance and smacked it in the eye with his Extractor, pulling out its antigravity core and flinging it at the surrounding ones. They spun into a gravitational vortex and smashed into the wall.
In the brief respite, Chris charged the Core and slammed his Extractor into its center, switching it to the highest setting. The whole device became electrified with energy, shaking and jerking madly. A pillar of lightning flew out of it as the energy was released.
The remaining Drones resumed their barrage, but Charlotte had his back, splitting the lasers as they came.
The Extractor shook like mad, and then simply flew out of Chris' hands, unable to bear the pressure. The strained Core trembled, but it did not explode.
"Oh come on!" cried Chris in frustration. He turned to Charlotte amidst the melee. "What do we do now?" he shouted in desperation. She dodged in front of him and split another beam inches from their faces.
"Let's try this!" she shouted in reply, flinging her blade into the bottom end of the Phlebotium Core.
There was a blinding flash, and the katana burst in a flurry of prismatic shards. The Core bent and stretched, reflecting in a thousand directions, and then it imploded in a cataclysmic blast, its balance having been lost.
Chris and Charlotte went hurtling backward, and then everything went black...
In the Core Room
A totally random and slightly bizarre story. I hope it at least amuses some of you guys.
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Chris Peterson crept cautiously into the Core Room of the Blabber superweapon, his assistant Charlotte close behind.
Getting inside the Blabber had been one heck of a mission, even with his backpack Superdimensional Karate Assistant & Travel Evolver (SKATE) board, which generally allowed him to go just about anywhere. Unfortunately, the Blabber was equipped with wormhole disrupters, which made interdimensional travel rather difficult.
At any rate, they had managed to get inside, and now they were finally in the Core Room. A quick suck from his plunger-like Electromagnetic Extractor and the Phlebotium Core would be neutralized, he figured.
Unfortunately, life wasn't that simple.
As soon as he and Charlotte were inside, the door slid shut. Red robotic eyes shone out from the blackness, and then the lights came on, and they realized they were not alone.
Drones rose up from the floor, their red antigravity cores glowing through their eyes like balls of demonic fire.
"INTRUDER. INTRUDER. INTRUDER." The Drones blared with mindless but ruthless repetition.
"I think you mean 'Intruders'." corrected Chris, "There's two of us."
The Drones opened fire.
Bolts of light flew right and left, all more or less targeting Chris and Charlotte. Chris ducked and weaved, absorbing the first few shots with his Extractor. The Drones came closer, and one of the beams singed Charlotte's scalp. She sliced her assaulter in half with her katana, and then split another laser with the prismatic side of her blade, sending half of it shooting off into the eye of a Drone sneaking up behind Chris.
The Drones came in thicker and faster, and the pulsing lasers flew with reckless speed. The two heroes began to be overwhelmed, and both of them had now taken hits. Seeing one of the Drones come close, Chris seized his chance and smacked it in the eye with his Extractor, pulling out its antigravity core and flinging it at the surrounding ones. They spun into a gravitational vortex and smashed into the wall.
In the brief respite, Chris charged the Core and slammed his Extractor into its center, switching it to the highest setting. The whole device became electrified with energy, shaking and jerking madly. A pillar of lightning flew out of it as the energy was released.
The remaining Drones resumed their barrage, but Charlotte had his back, splitting the lasers as they came.
The Extractor shook like mad, and then simply flew out of Chris' hands, unable to bear the pressure. The strained Core trembled, but it did not explode.
"Oh come on!" cried Chris in frustration. He turned to Charlotte amidst the melee. "What do we do now?" he shouted in desperation. She dodged in front of him and split another beam inches from their faces.
"Let's try this!" she shouted in reply, flinging her blade into the bottom end of the Phlebotium Core.
There was a blinding flash, and the katana burst in a flurry of prismatic shards. The Core bent and stretched, reflecting in a thousand directions, and then it imploded in a cataclysmic blast, its balance having been lost.
Chris and Charlotte went hurtling backward, and then everything went black...