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Chapter Five: Retribution
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Andaluza threw barrels at the force gate, having the sticky fuel inside attach to the force-gate, trapping the OGA soldiers inside their ship. “On the count of three, we ignite it. One, Two, THREE!”
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The soldiers line up and open fire on the pair, hitting Pandora in the knee and fracturing the joint in several places, while hitting Andaluza in the arm. They then, having received new orders, seal the primary and secondary door, and begin to pull away, tearing off the docking tube in the process and opening Pandora and Andaluza up to the vacuum of space as a moderately gaping hole is left in the side of Apollo’s base. The ship then, within the circumference of the force field, fires a torpedo at the central shield generator.
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The Gunslinger, hearing the blast stops and hesitates, considering his next move. “Any way to salvage this…? Dead or alive… Hmm. Dead. Except…” The Gunslinger, having reached the Central Power System, tugs out a few wires. He then continues on, reaching the ship which Apollo had originally used to get aboard the base. He steps into the cockpit.
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“ffffffffffffffffff eeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit”, Pandora yelled as she was sucked out the hole, she slammed against the doors of the ship, Pandora griped her sword and thrashed on the door desperately, she couldn’t use her fire or electrotenesis in space, she eventually brock the door down with brut strength and dived in gasping for breath, but the air was getting sucked out of their as well, she thrashed around kicking and slashing the soldiers violently, she was lop sided though since her knee was capped, her dark self actually started to take advantage again and crept her way into Pandora, before she could push her back down it was to late, Pandora limited heat that melted the metal around her and the armor of the soldiers near her, she grew quiet when Dark Pandora had almost taken over, Pandora fought her self but to no avail. “the outer shell of the box has cracked and shattered once more, and their is nothing it can do until the darkness within has had its fill”, the words echoed in her head.”N-No way”, Pandora said grunting. she slashed the soldiers, that seemed endless, one slammed her back making her tumble back through the door she had come through. She tumbled back slowly to the ship, limp, faintly holding on to reality fighting back her dark self desperately as she was slowly sucked back to Apollo’s Facility.
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Faye’s eyes start to flutter, a sharp pain in her head being felt immediately as she awoke… “AAhhh… Oww…” She looks around at her surroundings, seeing the metal walls and the sealed door. She couldn’t remember what had happened. One moment she was with Cartographer and a masterful processing unit… And now here…
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An OGA officer smiles at Faye through a small hole in the side of the spherical holding cell. “Hello. You are getting quite the special treatment, my dear. Being taken straight to Ozymandias himself. But don’t worry, I’ve heard that he’s quite pleasant to his prisoners, before he kills them.” The soldier backs away, closing the panel, as he goes to the others to help seal the hole in the ship, closing the tertiary and auxiliary door. Once he’s gone, an apparition of Odysseus appears next to her, sitting on a nearby bench. “Well, this is awkward…”
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Faye gives a nod at the OGA trooper, shaking her head and looking around the room.
Faye looks up at Ozy and waves her hand, “Awkward is a bit of an understatement…” She clenches her hand into a fist, trying to restrain herself from trying to tackle him, despite him possibly being a holographic projection. “Did you kill them off?”
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Odysseus looks unsettled. “Kill who off? I hope that I don’t need to remind you that I’m not Ozymandias.” Odysseus gestures to his bow tie. “I have a superior sense of style to him, as you can see.”
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Faye nods a few times, scooting towards the projection of O. “Are you actually here, or is this a projection?” She holds out her hand, attempting to poke him…
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“To be precise, I am in your head. Only you (and powerful telepaths who know what they’re looking for) can see me. I’m a projection from myself onto you. Get it?” Odysseus looks around the cell. “They really make these uncomfortable, don’t they?”
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*when Pandora reach the ship she is incredibly light headed, she grabs one side of the hole and melts in dragging it over to the other side, making a thin metal seal over the hole, she sits gasping and fighting her self internally in the ship, her dark self was trying to take over*
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Faye scratches her head, “Wait, so you’re a figment of my imagination!?” She hops back, “HOLY SHIT I’M GOING INSANE!”
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“No, no. I’m real. Your insanity is still an open question, but we should take this one problem at a time. I’m Odysseus. I’m just not really here. Currently, I’m buried deep in Ozymandias’ mental synapses, as he has mutinied my brain. However, I am still able to form strong telepathic bonds. And I have forged such a bond with you. That is how I am here.”
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((Pandora, are you back on Apollo’s base or the Gunslinger’s ship?))
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Faye sits down and looks at him. “Was that how you communicated with me last time too?” She looks at the soldier who spoke to her earlier, wondering what his reaction to her current talking to ’empty space’ would be.
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