TRANQUILITY [ Part 10 ]
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MICHAEL: Young lady, you keep calling me Michael. It seems very likely that you have confused me with someone else, although I cannot imagine who. Granted, I am a bit confused myself, having woke up on the deck of this gao se freighter...
Captain walks in on Michael calling his ship gao se in a formal 'Alliance' accent, and reels a bit from the double shock.
CAPT: What the?
MICHAEL: Oh, my apologies. I shouldn't have used such foul language in front of the lady, nor in regards to your spaceworthy craft. I hope my poor physical state is sufficient reason for my bad behavior. My name is Dennis Cockrum and I....
Michael screams in pain, grabbing his head, and again plummeting face-first into the deck. There's a nasty crunching sound as he hits. He writhes and twists, and his eyes slid open as the scream abates.
MICHAEL: (looking at her upside down from the floor) Shiny, lass, that you Oi see hangin' from the ceilin'? Ta ma duh, moi 'ead is achin'. Why Oi'm on the floor?
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as the sun starts to set, the heavy mist rolls off the ocean and into the jungle, towards the derelict TRANQUILITY.
eerie sounds begin to echo in the distance.
SHADOW:
"let's get the ship sealed up for the night,
and find out what's wrong with MICHAELS brain pan. we go lookin' for OREO at sun-up."
SHADOW 'coms the crew:
"meeting in the galley in 10."
SHADOW contemplates telling the crew what he read
in THE BLACK LIGHTHOUSE JOURNALS.
*thinks*
could the MICHAEL in the journals be our MICHAEL?
then, more of that poem comes to mind.
'The Sun now rose upon the right:
Out of the sea came he,
Still hid in mist, and on the left
Went down into the sea.
And the good south wind still blew behind,
But no sweet bird did follow,
Nor any day for food or play
Came to the mariners' hollow!'
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Shiny helps Michael of the floor.
She steps a few steps back and looks at him.
Trying to figure out whats wrong with him.
Michael looks at Shiny,"whats wrong?You look like
you saw a ghost."
Shiny feeling uncomfortable and confused half smile's,"I think I did, Or still am.?
Shiny and Michael not realizing the Captain left the cargo bay until his com comes through.
Shiny, "Well I suppose we should head to the galley.
Shiny motions for Michael to go first.
"after you."
Shiny is eager to hear how they are going to go about finding Oreo. She misses the big guy.
Once she enters the galley she sits across from
Michael but stares at the table waiting for the meeting to start.
...Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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(night falls. oreo still sits captive within the confines of his cages. noise's from his stomach begin, signifying hunger.)
Oreo(oreo talking to himself)- i'd settle for a pinecone dipped in engine oil right about now.
(oreo stares off into the night.suddenly foots break the night silence. oreo shoots to his feet.)
jaykins- it's been a few days. i would say i'm surprised you're alive, but i'm not.
(oreo glares at jaykins as his he were trying to cut him in half with his eyes)
jaykins- i must say, i'm aittle surprised, you're friends haven't come looking for you. maybe they finally came to realize how dangerous you really are.
(oreo continues to glare)
jaykins- oh please, knock off the child behavior... in the morning, if hadn't recieved word of your crew looking for you, i may just have to send them a few bread crumbs to follow.
(oreo opens his mouth, ready to say something, but like a bolt o lightning, jaykins pulls and fires a military issued pistol and shoots oreo in the chest. oreo drops to the ground, blood spilling from his chest wound and mouth as he's gaspes for air. jaykins opens the door to the cage. step in and walks over to oreo. jaykins steps on oreos hand, pulls his pistol again and fires. as his reaches down, as screams out in agony.)
(back on tranquiliity shiny suddenly lifts her head. michael stares at her in confusion)
Michael- what is it? do you hear something?
shiny- I..I...I thought i heard....nothing. nevermind, it wasprobably just my imagination.
(back in the jungle)
jaykins- Ah yes, this will do nicely.This will be the first litte crumb. i think your trigger finger will put them on the right path. what do you think?
(jaykins turns and leaves)
jaykinis- oh, i think i'll leave the door open on your cage. i really dont think you're in any shape to go anywhere anyways.
(oreo stares gasping for air as jaykins walks away. he was right, oreo wasn't going anywhere. again, hewould have to put fate in thehands of his crew or die.)
Go n-eírí an bóthar leat. - May the road rise with you.
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Shiny is waiting Patently for the Captain.
She knows she heard something but not sure what it was. her Intuition tells her Oreo is in trouble she can feel it.
Shiny starts feeling anxious she looks at Michael,"We need to go find Oreo".
Michael,"the Captain said he will tells us the plan at the meeting."
Shiny, "ya?! well were is he?!
The rest of the crew sits around the table waiting for the Captain.
Shiny looks at 02 and Smiles, "Michael, 02 here is the best pilot in the Verse. I bet you didn't know that?!"
Shiny gets up and starts pacing the galley waiting.....
...Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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SHADOW, walking down the hallway to the galley, hears a sound from outside the ship.
then he hears SHINY talking about hearing something outside the ship and asking were the captain is.
SHADOW:
"i'm right here, and i heard it too.
sounded like gunfire, and with OREO out there i'm guessin' it has somethin' to do with him.
guess we'll have to start our hunt sooner than i thought.
the sound sounded like it came from the northwest, so -
SHINY, MICHAEL, you 2 go north, 'long as your brainpan is ok for now MICHAEL?
O2 and i will go west. we've already mapped the east - the black lighthouse area, and a few hundred yards south is the southern shore.
KAT will stay here locked up with the TWINS.
O2:
"cap, i've got scanners back online and i picked up multiple ship signatures and transponder signals scattered all over this island.
look to be ships that crash landed maybe... seein's how there ain't no place to land proper.
one, the last one that crash-landed, even looks to be a small ALLIANCE shuttle."
SHADOW:
"O.K., let's make some torches and start huntin'."
*SHADOW worries about sending his crew out into the 'enchanted forest'*
~ And I had done an hellish thing,
And it would work 'em woe:
For all averred, I had killed the bird
That made the breeze to blow.
Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay,
That made the breeze to blow! ~
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Shiny gets up from the Table looks at Michael,
"lets go".
Once outside the ship shiny and Michael each grab a torch.
Michael pulls out a compass and points in a direction, "that's north."
Michael starts walking Shiny hesitates then follows
right before shiny is about to enter the forest she stops and turns looking back at 02 and the Captain, they don't notice.
Shiny takes a deep breath then exhales. she looks at her torch and steps into the forest.
Shiny whispers loudly, "Michael? You feeling ok?"
Shiny hoping all is right with his "brain pan"
...Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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Michael continues walking, scanning the ground for tracks. But he occasionally tilts his head so Shiny knows he's listening.
"No, Oi ain't awright. Oi've passed out twioce inside an 'our whilst stuck on a eery planet with a broke ship and missin' shipmates. Oi'd rummage thru moi memories for a comparable toim, but the thinkin' back's whot landed moi face on the deck lass time."
"Oi thought you an' crazy-Reaver-man were, ahem, close. Not too bright a fella ta wolk away from so shiny a gal-named-Shiny. 'Specially not in these trees."
"Satan's ruttin' toe-jam, whot Oi wouldn' do for moi PCR woikin again. If we've not wandered wrongly, we should be nearin' thot Allioance shuttle O2 showed us on the scanners."
Shiny keeps a few paces behind Michael, listening, glad of his returned accent, but wary. Though a twig cracks behind her, she's so intent on Michael she doesn't hear Jaykins approaching until he grabs her by the neck and crams a gun into her back. She manages a muffled cry before Jaykins gets his hand over her mouth.
Michael wheels, knife in hand to see some brute holding Shiny by the throat. He brandishes a gun at her temple.
Jaykins: "Easy there, slick. I don't know you and you don't know me. This ain't your fight. Why don't you put the knife down, and the girly won't get hurt, much."
Michael sees no other option. He drops the knife in his hand to the ground about halfway between himself and Shiny. The man glances down as the knife falls, just long enough. With a flash, Michael kicks out his leg, flinging a hidden blade out of his boot sole and into the gun-weilding hand. The man drops the gun, tendon severed.
By the time the man reacts and begins to reach for something, three more blades come zipping in. Two strike just above either kneecap (meaning one passed between Shiny's struggling legs), the third strikes the man's other hand, nearly severing his middle finger. By this time, Michael has rushed the struggling pair, and scoops up Shiny in his arms. He runs into the darkness, back the way they came, not stopping until they are sealed inside Tranquility.
Michael: "You alright?"
Shiny's eyes are wide, even more shocked by Michael than before.
Shiny: "How? I mean, where did you... Wow, that was... We have to tell the Captain. I think I know that guy!"
She comms the captain, and double-checks the airlock security.
Shiny: "Hey, thanks for saving me back there. I didn't figure you for much of a fighter, since you didn't carry a gun."
******
Out in the woods, Jaykins pulls the throwing knives from his knees and hand. He won't be running right away, but he's certainly not out for the count.
"Fine, Mister Bowler Hat. You just got added to my list."
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(jaykins limps into the darkness of the jungle)
Jaykins- Damnit! Its time to wipe them out. this ends here. i'll not be humiliated by a bunch of space trash.
(jaykins reaches into his pocket and pulls out a cloth soaked with blood and drops it)
Jaykins- the mice are here and here is the cheese. time to come play with the cat.
(Jaykins disappears into the jungle. a few hours later The captain makes his way along the same path as jaykins following his blood trail straight to the bloodied cloth. the captain shines a light on it.)
captain- Oh this can't be good.
(the captain reaches down and picks it up. he inspects and realizes the content wrapped inside. the captain rushes back to the ship. he finds the crew huddled around the the galley table)
Kat- captain, what are you so outta breathe for?
(the captain looks at shiny)
Captain-when you hit that guy outta there in the dark, do you think you may have wounded him then cuts or stabs.
(Shiny looks at Michael)
shiny- i don't know. he kinda came from nowhere. but Michae threw knnifes at him. i figure they would have just stuck him.
(The captain lets out a deep sigh)
captain- then we have one hell of a problem.
(the captain pulls out the bloodied cloth and places it on the table. the crew stares at it in disbelief)
o2- what the hell is that?
(The captain pulls the cloth from the object inside)
The crew- Oh my god!
shiny- is that...
kat- tell me that isn't what i think it is...
Captain- we gotta find him, and we gotta find him now.
(Back in the jungle, jaykins plops down down next to the cage. oreo tilts his head so he's facing jaykins)
Oreo(taking deep wheezy breathes)- so...its not...going...to be ...so easy...is...it?
(jaykins pulls out the last knife from his hand.)
jaykins- jesus christ, aren't you dead yet?
Go n-eírí an bóthar leat. - May the road rise with you.
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Michael sits quietly at the table, listening to the others, a throwing knife clutched in his teeth and two tiny screwdrivers in his hands. He's working on his PCR with a look of intense frustration and concentration.
KAT: "What's with the new guy?"
SHINY: "You mean dispite being crazy in the head, scary dangerous with a knife, and impossible to understand?"
At this Michael looks up, with a 'what'd I do' look, and returns to his electronics.
SHINY: "It's cause your present, Kat. He swears in about 3 different languages, especially when he's trying to fix something like he's doing now. The knife keeps him from saying something to harm your ears."
Sparks spit from the PCR, and Michael mumbles something through his knife and clenched teeth. Kat turns and looks horrorstruck.
KAT: "You filthy-mouthed rogue!"
O2: "Ah, shouldn't we be looking for the other 93% of Oreo?"
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