I don’t know, did i?
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Well, you should’ve.
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ok here’s another
Chapter 12
Kekris blasted another Vacan into oblivion with her sonic cannon, though a few seconds later it got up and came right back at her again. She shook her head in defeat. Wardi and Suged weren’t having much of an effect on the black-clad invaders either, and the three were desperately rushing towards their breached base’s emergency exit.
“Over here!” Suged shouted as he located the tough door in front of the stairway that led to the surface. Wardi grunted.
“Finally.” he said, exhausted. Suged looked the door over, then produced a card from inside his tan work coat. The medic then plugged it into a slot on the door, and it rose up and out of sight. Suged waved the other two up the stairs.
“After you.” he said, though his voice betrayed the fear that he felt. The three rushed upwards, with Wardi having to heat-blast another Vacan near the base of the steps.
“Uh, what’s to stop them from just following us?” Kekris asked as they rushed up the stairs and toward the surface.
“You’ll see.” was Suged’s cryptic reply. After a few more minutes of scrambling up the many steps, the trio finally made it to the top, the ground a rocky, barren plain with little vegetation that stretched for miles until it rose into mountains and dipped into crevasses. Suged quickly turned right back around and jammed his card into a slot next to the stairway exit. A rumbling sound was heard as the stone ceiling of the tunnel caved in, blocking off entry or exit.
The Azurin grinned, pleased that his work had succeeded.
“There you go, Kekris.” he said. Wardi grinned and clapped him on his metal shoulder.
“Always knew you could do it.” he said as Kekris shared her cousin’s grin and let out a giant sigh of relief. Suged smiled.
“It was nothing.” he replied, “But we have other problems right now. For one, where do we go? And two, where do we get supplies?”
Wardi rubbed his chin with his hand as he considered these questions.
“Hmmm. Maybe we should head for the Taina Mountains.” He gestured to the far-off mountain range to the group’s left. “Maybe some of Trinos’ species survived the disruption.”
Suged glanced at the rocky ground all around them.
“Not like I’ve got anything better, either.” he said. “Kekris, what do you think?”
Kekris considered this, rubbing her chin similarly to Wardi.
“I do know some locations that are still active, but they’re too far away for us to reach before we die of lack of energy.” She shrugged. “Sure. Let’s just head for the mountains.”
Just then, Suged muttered, “Aha!” and started looking around some of the rocky mounds that were all over the area.
“What are you doing now?” Wardi sighed as the medic poked around the boulders. While he searched, Suged replied,
“I’ve just remembered that my Stonecrawler is hidden around here somewhere. We can travel, but let’s travel in style.”
Kekris laughed.
“Haven’t seen one of those since the disruption!” she said, “You really still have one?”
“Well, if I find the right rock, maybe you’ll find out. Aha!” Suged said again as he located a small button on one of the rocky crags. He pushed the button, and a rumbling sound was heard as the ground opened up. A shining, black and purple powerful-looking vehicle rose up out of the rocks, and Suged smiled as he laid his eyes once again upon his old, reliable Stonecrawler.
Kekris’ and Wardi’s eyes grew wide and their mouths dropped open as Suged’s grin grew.
“Well, there you go, Kekris.” the medic replied with satisfaction.
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desperately searches for OOC material
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How do you think the story’s coming along so far?
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Ah whatever here’s another one.
Chapter 13
Nardus groaned as he sat up. Well, attempted to sit up at least. He quickly found that his body was bound to where he lay by thick metal bands. He looked around. His friend Trinos was similarly bound to a table next to him. Nardus wondered why they were both held captive in this mysterious place. However, a sinister and familiar voice snapped him out of his stupor.
“Ah, so he awakens.” said Kanar.
“You!” Nardus spluttered as his memories returned to him. He struggled in vain against his bonds. Kanar chuckled.
“You won’t be able to break out of those, Nardus,” The scientist put particular venom into the name, “they are made out of focused erastum.” He grinned. Nardus grunted and swore, but stopped struggling.
“What do you want?” Nardus asked calmly. Kanar’s crazed grin grew wider.
“Stop stalling. You know what I want.” Nardus shook his head vehemently.
“Well, too bad for you because you’re never getting it.” he said resolutely. With that, he shut his mouth and refused to say anything more. Kanar’s grin turned into a frown.
“I guess I’ll just have to tear it out of you, then!” With that, he delved deep into Nardus’ mind with his mental powers. Well, attempted to at least. Nardus smiled as he felt Kanar poking around unsuccessfully in his mind, his memories blocked from the scientist’s probe.
“I thought you would remember that, old friend.” he commented sarcastically, “We’re the same species, of course I have the same powers as you.”
Kanar grunted as he withdrew his telepathy. Then, he turned his gaze to Nardus’ teammate, Trinos. The Tainian still did not stir.
An attack by Vacans can do that to you, Kanar thought as he began telepathically searching Trinos’ mind. Sensing the intrusion, Trinos abruptly awoke and began to grapple against the tough metal straps binding him to the metal table.
“AAAAAAAARRRGGHH!” he screamed, for Kanar’s mental searching was very painful as well as effective. As soon as it had started, Kanar’s quest for knowledge was over. Now that he had what he was seeking, the insane scientist’s grin returned, and he cackled maniacally to himself. Nardus looked, horrified at the treatment of his friend, unable to tell if Kanar had fractured his mind completely. He attempted his own scan of Trinos’ mind, but found that he was unable to do so.
Noticing this, Kanar chuckled.
“Focused erastum. A tricky substance. Have you already forgotten it blocks your powers, have you forgotten over the decades gone by?” He laughed crazily once again.
“Of course, I have no use for either of you now that I know the location of the disruption. In fact, I rather wish that I would never see your disgusting faces again.” Kanar called to his assistant, Verac. The multi-armed, twisted creature stepped out of the shadows, head bowed.
“Take care of these two.” the scientist said. “Make sure they don’t come back.” he continued ominously, severing the focused erastum straps with a small knife.
As soon as the bindings fell away, Verac nodded and seized the pair with all four of his arms. Nardus and Trinos attempted to struggle and break the servant’s fingers, but quickly found that his grip was solid as virasteel. Kanar grinned and cackled as he watched them being carried off, with Verac heading towards the high, rocky cliff that his facility rested on.
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I’ve found tons of out of context quotes in this one but they’re so suggestive that I fear they might not even be allowed on the site
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Can’t you just enjoy the story? 
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Look on the bright side, now I have to read it closely to find quotes.
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That’s true. Thank you for reading
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i agree
still good story tho
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ok here’s the next chapter
Chapter 14
“Alright, let’s look it over.” Suged said, moving next to his vehicle. The medic circled around it, his critical gaze assessing the Stonecrawler and making sure that all the components were still operational. He sighed in satisfaction.
“What is it?” Kekris asked him.
“Nothing.” he replied. “Everything appears to be in good condition, but then I guess I should have known that given it’s stayed sealed here for quite some time.”
“Alright then, let’s get going!” Kekris exclaimed, walking towards the vehicle. Her cousin, Wardi, held up a hand and said,
“Wait. Suged, does it have provisions? What’s the fuel level at?” Suged turned to the Yroi and replied,
“Oh, it has plenty of provisions. I’ve prepared the Stonecrawler for quite a long journey. Now as for fuel, it runs on icium batteries, and those won’t run out of energy for at least a century, if not more.” The medic sounded very self-assured about all this. “Since that’s out of the way, I say we should get moving as soon as possible. Who knows, the Vacans may show up again.” Wardi nodded, satisfied.
“Alright then.” was his response. Suged grinned and jumped into the driver’s seat, the cockpit opening to accommodate him. Then, he took out his activator card and inserted it into a port next to the steering controls, and the Stonecrawler hummed to life.
“Hop in.” Suged said, gesturing to the other two. “Let’s see if I still know how to operate this.” He unlocked the passenger doors, and the two Yroi complied, seating themselves in the passenger seats in the back. With that, Suged grasped the controls, the old way of driving coming back to him as he started it forward. The Stonecrawler had a purple and black paint job, with the black being the main color while the purple was an accent. The vehicle was formed in two segments, with one being the driver’s seat with all the controls to operate it, and the second being the passenger and cargo space, where Wardi and Kekris were at the time. Since both parts were connected, it was possible to go from one to the other. To move around, the Stonecrawler had a dozen mechanical legs on each segment, insectoid in appearance. Because of this, the vehicle resembled a giant mechanical centipede as it whirred and rumbled across the rocky ground.
“I’d almost forgotten how it felt to operate one of these!” Suged cried with glee from the driver’s section. Both Wardi and Kekris smiled, in spite of the situation.
“I almost forgot how it felt to be riding in one of these!” Kekris called to him, enjoying the rather jaunty movement of their transport. Meanwhile, Wardi was not so happy, as the bouncing made him feel sick.
“Suged?” he asked the driver, “do you have any, like, motion sickness bags on this thing?” Indignantly, Suged called back,
“Open the window, and don’t get it on the paint job!” With that, Wardi activated the moving window and it slid down and out of sight, unbuckling his seat belt as he did so. He leaned his head out of the gap and splattered a nearby boulder with bright orange goo, taking painstaking precision to make sure the stuff didn’t get on the Stonecrawler. He ducked his head back inside and then strapped himself back in, groaning and moving the window back up. Kekris chuckled.
“I’d also forgotten what a Yroi’s puke looked like.” She laughed again. “Well that should have you feeling better at least.” Kekris patted her cousin on the shoulder, his face still downcast.
“Yeah.” he agreed sullenly.
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The rest of the journey progressed smoothly enough, with Suged only having to steer around some particularly large formations of stone jutting up out of the ground. Other than that, the Stonecrawler made good time across the barren plain and the three hadn’t yet run out of energy. Soon enough, in a few days they could see the rocky peaks of the Taina Mountains fast approaching.
“Taina Mountains ahead!” called Suged to his passengers.
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hmmm? does atobe want to tell me something?
apparently not
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Should I continue this? Seems kinda lame to leave the story on a cliffhanger.
you should definitely continue it at all costs
how else are we going to get our out of context goodness
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Yes…
Give us more story…
And also what Mongolia said.
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Some slightly serious advice- give it a proof-read. Get someone else to read over it first(Your Grandma, Grandpa, dog, selfmoc, Sleep Paralysis demon) to prevent these awkward Innuendos.
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hold on don’t volunteer me
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ok so I used a lot of effort in this chapter. Also we get to see some native wildlife as well.
Chapter 15
“I don’t think we’ll be able to get out of this one.” Trinos said to Nardus. Having lost a fight with a group of enhanced Vacans, they had been captured by Kanar and while Nardus proved immune to the scientist’s mental probing, Trinos was not so resistant. After the mad scientist had concluded his search for knowledge, he decided to dispose of the two by having his servant Verac seize Nardus and Trinos and throw them off the cliff. Currently, the four-armed creature had made it to the edge. All the while, Nardus had been trying to use his mind powers to take control of Verac’s motor functions, but there was some sort of mental barrier which blocked his efforts. Meanwhile, his companion Trinos stared down at the base of the cliff, which appeared to be some type of lake, but it didn’t look like any liquid he had seen before. This lake had had a strange silvery sheen, and even from this height he could tell that it wasn’t a calm one, what with giant waves and other disturbances on its surface.
“Any last words?” Nardus said to the Tainian.
“Not really.” Trinos replied back. At that moment, Verac decided it was time to fulfill his master’s objective and relinquish himself of his captives, hefting the two high into the air with his arms, and then flinging them with great force towards the base of the cliff, where the silver lake lay.
Wind rushed past Trinos’ and Nardus’ faces as they fell through the air, both beings resigned to their fate. Nardus looked half-heartedly at his friend, the heavy weight of responsibility affecting him more than anything physical could. So this is how I die, he thought. Strangely, Nardus felt almost… apathetic about his death. But Trinos’ was another matter. He felt a tear form in his eye, but it was quickly blown away by the wind. How high is this cliff? Nardus asked himself, for they had been falling for almost an entire minute. He spared a glance at the ground, and found it was startingly close, the silvery liquid of the lake rushing up to meet him. Reaching out with his mental abilities, he tried to give Trinos a few more seconds of life, but instead found that he sensed an mysterious presence within the lake water.
“This doesn’t make any sense-” Nardus mumbled, but his musings were cut off by the impact. Oddly, it didn’t seem to hurt as much as he would’ve expected, the resulting thud much quieter as he slammed into the lake. His entire body in pain, Nardus remained conscious to see Trinos impacting next to him, but then he sank below the water and blacked out.
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Meanwhile, three of his friends were in a very different situation, as Suged, Wardi, and Kekris had finally reached the rocky range of the Taina Mountains.
“We’re almost there!” Suged called to his two companions over the whirring of the Stonecrawler’s many mechanical legs. Night had fallen across the landscape, and Suged had turned on his headlights so that he wouldn’t crash, as the Taina terrain was quite treacherous. Two of the planet’s three moons had risen, but the Azurin knew they and the stars didn’t reflect enough light to see by, so he kept the lights on anyway. One of his passengers, Kekris, had noticed the moons, and pointed out the window at the larger one to her cousin.
“Look Wardi! There’s Vetus!” she said, shaking Wardi’s shoulder to get him awake.
“Huh? Hmm? What?” the Yroi said as he emerged from the realm of sleep. “Oh, uh, nice.” he continued tiredly, and then went back to sleep. Kekris sighed fondly and let her cousin slumber on. She knew that the trip had been particularly hard on him, as he wasn’t used to traveling long distances like she was. Suged’s driving hadn’t particularly helped matters either. After so long without proper practice, the Azurin medic was a bit erratic, and Kekris also knew that Wardi’s stomach did not agree with fast-moving transports. She gazed out the window once more, the many legs of the Stonecrawler visible as the vehicle made good time across the jagged and rocky landscape.
Back in the driver’s seat, Suged sighed contentedly. The Stonecrawler was easy enough to control, with Suged only having to keep an eye on some gauges and toggle a few switches to keep it up and running. Seeing as the ground was beginning to increase in elevation, he flicked another lever, which activated the machine’s sonar scanning device. To his surprise, he found that there was a large mass due north ahead of them. Worse than that, Suged swiftly learned that it was moving. Suddenly, a large tremor shook the vehicle, and more rumblings of increased intensity gave the Azurin and his Yroi passengers reason to worry. The terrible shaking even awoke Wardi, and he grumbled about not being able to get a proper night’s sleep. However, his annoyance was swiftly replaced with fear.
“What’s that?” Kekris called to Suged worriedly. Even though she couldn’t see it, Suged gritted his teeth. He knew of only one creature native to these parts that big, and he didn’t like it one bit.
“Trouble.” the Azurin called over the Stonecrawler’s intercom. The quakes became worse, and then the vehicle’s headlights illuminated a massive body and a multitude of legs belonging to what looked to be some sort of great centipede creature erupting from a fissure in the ground.
“Left! LEFT!” Wardi screamed at Suged. The driver quickly swerved to the left of the monster, avoiding being crushed by its gargantuan bulk. The creature let out a loud roar as it finally surfaced, its distinctive bioluminescent markings revealing its identity to Wardi.
“MOUNTAIN CRAWLER!!!” the Yroi shrieked, his blue eyes widening as the Stonecrawler careened away from the massive centipede.
“Yes, that’s a mountain crawler alright.” Suged called back as he firmly gripped the controls. “Haven’t seen one of those in quite a while, but they’re rather hard to forget about.” Kekris stared at the creature, having never seen one until this moment. She started shaking, even though it was hard to see in the dark of the night. The mountain crawler roared again, its many, many legs a blur as it rapidly caught up to their vehicle.
The Stonecrawler’s legs seemed pitifully slow in comparison, and Kekris let out a squeal as the colossal creature slithered right up to the transport’s side, allowing her to get a good look at its strange glowing markings, as well as its mandibles. Why the mandibles? Well that was because the monstrous centipede had decided it wanted to try and take a bite out of their vehicle. Thankfully, Suged noticed this maneuver just in time and quickly swerved out of the creature’s reach, though with noticeable difficulty as the rocky ground was still as dangerous as ever. Even in the limited light both Wardi and Kekris could tell that it was at least twice as long as the Stonecrawler, if not longer.
“Why is it attacking us?!” Wardi shouted over the chaos, “We’ve done nothing to it!”
“Mountain crawlers are fiercely territorial!” Suged hollered back. “They have limited eyesight and navigate primarily through echolocation, not to mention they can’t stand the presence of others of their species!”
“So it probably thinks we’re another mountain crawler. Great.” Wardi replied miserably as he sank back in his seat. “This trip just keeps getting better and better.” He didn’t have time to continue his complaints, however, as the crawler attempted another bite at their transport. Suged veered away again, but this time the creature managed to shear off a couple of the Stonecrawler’s rear legs. Alarms began to sound in the driver’s seat, warning of failing structural integrity, but Suged ignored them as he plowed on, adrenaline levels high. Kekris dared to glance out the rear window, and as the mountain crawler opened its mouth to let out another roar, she got a good look at its massive throat and rows upon rows of razor-sharp teeth.
“Suged! We need to get out of here NOW!” she shouted.
“What do you think I’m trying to do?!” the Azurin yelled back as he swerved again to avoid a swipe of the huge centipede’s bladed tail. “Does anyone recall any sort of vulnerabilities this thing is supposed to have?!”
“Not at the moment! Does this Stonecrawler have any weapons or something?!” Wardi shouted to Suged. The driver replied hastily,
“I don’t think it does! This is just a modified civilian model, not a military transport!”
Just then, another round of tremors and quakes vibrated throughout the landscape as a second mountain crawler forced its way to the surface, this one even larger.
“Well that’s just great! Now there are TWO!” Wardi shrieked over the deafening sound of the second centipede’s roar. Suged hastily careered to the side of the creature, his nervousness and adrenaline increasing by the second.
“Maybe it’ll attack the first one and not us.” Kekris replied hopefully, having remained mostly silent during the entire ordeal. Surprisingly, the second mountain crawler turned to do just that, its bioluminescent markings glowing bright as it roared a challenge at the first mountain crawler. It roared back, and it skittered forward to meet the challenge, slashing its razor sharp tail at the other crawler. Suged took this moment to escape, the Stonecrawler a bit slower than normal due to the loss of some of its legs.
After they had made significant distance from the enormous fighting centipedes, Suged slowed the Stonecrawler down to a stop. All three beings in the vehicle let out a huge sigh of relief, adrenaline levels lowering as they recovered. Suged opened the cockpit and hopped out of the vehicle, smoke rising from the engine.
“Uh oh. This isn’t good.” he remarked as Wardi went out as well.
“What isn’t good?” the Yroi replied in a dismal tone. Suged gestured at the engine.
“This Stonecrawler wasn’t designed to go this fast for prolonged periods.” An idea came to him, and he quickly checked the icium batteries. The Azurin sighed thankfully upon learning that they were not fried. Then he got back into the vehicle.
“Well, do you want the good news or the bad news?” he said to his two passengers.
“Do the bad news first.” Kekris replied, completely worn out from the chase.
“The bad news is that the engine has overheated. The good news is that I doubt we’ll find another mountain crawler for the duration of our trip. Territories of these kinds of creatures rarely overlap. The other good news is that we just witnessed a once in a lifetime event! Mountain crawlers only fight each other for dominance every 1,000 years or so!”
Both Kekris and Wardi sighed at that, and Wardi replied,
“Great. Can we get moving now?”
“Uh, sure.” Suged replied. “But we’ll have to take it a bit slower to lighten the load on the engine.”
“Sounds good to me.” Wardi replied sleepily, and the Yroi let out a yawn. Unfortunately, he wouldn’t get a chance to rest as a gruff voice called out from the darkness,
“Hey! Who goes there?”
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