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Chapter Three: Three Dead Men
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“Oh, Ok”, she said shrugging and fluttered down from the ship.”How can I help?”.
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Apollo simply pointed to the cargo hold. “Whatever’s in there and whatever you want to use, I guess. Mind staying here alone for about five minutes? I need to get a bucket of lava for the fire. Trees that way.” Apollo walked down to the lava-filled ocean and filled a lead bucket with lava.
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Odysseus sends his ship into stealth mode, navigating it towards the large sphere above the pole which is collecting all of the planets’ energy. He analyzes it and then hails the others, glancing at the readings on his monitor. “Oh my god… Whatever you do, don’t destroy the Central Machine, the primary sphere! You’ll kill them all!”
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Andaluza growled at the door, as if it were the bane of his existence. “Apollo has caused me enough trouble in my life, so I’m going to take away his. Want to help me with that?”
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*Pandora nodded and started unloading the cargo hold of stuff they need*
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Apollo came back with the bucket and poured it into a hole in the ground. “Night-time temperatures drop to 200 below 0. Odysseus, care to help us set this up?”
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Rose laughed louder, “You want me- the one who is technically the weakest Ascendii- to kill a nice guy like Mr. Purebree?” She then paused and shrugged, “….maybe. But, can I just follow you, Ms. Free and I believe you would be a good ally, if given the opportunity. Also ignoring the fact you wish to kill one of the only people who has not wronged us and wishes well.”
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“Below…Ok”, Pandora said shrugging.
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Odysseus lands the ship next to Apollo and disembarks. “I’ll help, but we need to talk.” Odysseus pulls HiFly off to the side. “We cannot and must not destroy any more of the Central Energy Harvesters on the planets that have already been harvested. Do you understand? The OGA are pulling back their forces and the harvesters to some central position I can’t identify, but for now we do not have the time to go on a revenge mission or a rescue mission. We need to prepare every world that’s defensible for the oncoming incursion. No more offensive, because this is now purely a defensive game. And Jack and the others need to understand that. I need you on my side to convince them.”
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“Weakest Ascendii? You’re pretty smart. How do I reach Apollo, at this point?”
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Rose just smiled, “You are Ascendii, I am Asccendii, he is Ascendii, what do we do?” <i>Rose was not betraying Apollo, he was the first person to actually accept and still accept her in the group with everything that’s happened as well. But she didn’t want Andaluza to forcibly come to her, she’ll help him a bit, he seriously had to quit with that rivalry thing of his. Its gonna become his downfall.</i>
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Apollo nodded and headed back to camp. “Pandora, it’s getting late. We should get some rest. We’ll give you the bed, I’ll take first watch. Odysseus! You should sleep as well.” Apollo stood outside with a giant spear made from hardened lava he found on the ground.
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“Guess what I have now?” Andaluza drawled, not impressed by the growth. “Wings! Yes, wings. Real wings.” Andaluza unfolded the flap on his OGA suit and two green wings shot out, a little shorter than Apollo’s wings, but resembling them in every way. “Now, Apollo. We are even.”
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“Alright, but I call second watch!”, she said smiling before going into one of the tents, she laged down on the sleeping mat inside and covered herself with her one wing and slowly fell asleep.
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3:00 AM…Apollo walks back into the tent and thinks about waking Pandora for about an hour. “Hey, Pandora…are you still tired?”
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