Millennia ago two children of the Slomon-KHara passed by the ancient systems of the later called Omicrons. They were sent out in order to discover old relics of their long gone masters, the Daam-KVosh. As they were very young, they flew around like playing children. Every rock and every particle floating by was attracting their interest. They forced deeper into the galaxy and reached the later called system Omicron Kappa. Strange spiked rocks filled the whole space. Full of excitement they started flying deeper into the system. They found a large block of ice, as they searched for signs of the Daam-KVosh Yoma felt a strange feeling it never felt before.
**feelingsunknown? **
Yomadansen felt it as well. It felt cold and appeared to get stronger each second. Both young nomads looked around them but couldnt see the reason for this strange feeling.
Suddenly a light appeared inside the ice block, it was deep blue and sent out a strange coldness. The nomads felt the cold on their skin but they approached nearer.
** old masters relic must connect to mindshare **
The young nomads tried to establish a connection the mindshare far away. It was very difficult for the untrained ones. Just before they reached their brothers the light inside the frozen rock flashed up. Surprised and scared both nomads lost the connection and stared towards the ice. The small light was now grown to a raging firestorm inside the block.
It expanded more and more. The icy flames reached the surface and expanded even further. Yoma and Yomadansen where scared and tried to run, but the flames expanded rapidly and the young nomads disappeared in a large ice blast.
More power to the cruise engine Miles, I want to reach Crete before I die! You hear me?
Cromwell, captain of the junker ship called Twisted Metal barked into the ships com.
A few seconds there was silence, and then a crackling voice answered. Yes captain I will try my best
Miles walked away from the companel towards the shield generator. I hate this godforsaken jerk He sighed as he turned down the shield power to offer more capacities to the engine. This will kill us someday As he was done with the recalibration of the engines, he left the engine room and headed back to the cockpit. He walked through the cargo bay, it was mostly empty except of some boxes with food rations. The corsairs are always in a better mood if you bring them something to eat. Miles entered the cockpit and set down on the seat of the co-pilot.
Miles, what took you so long? We nearly reached the jumphole to Omicron Kappa.
Miles fixed his belt and watched through the front window of the pirate transport. A beautiful sphere of glowing light appeared not far from the ship. Miles made some entries to the navigation computer. Captain we are ready for the jump And good luck to us, I hope the engines dont blow us to stardust, he thought to himself.
Here we go Captain Cromwell initiated the jump sequence. A heavy shock hit the ship as it jumped through the portal.
The Twisted Metal raced trough the purple tunnel that connected the Delta to the Kappa system. Another shockwave hit the ship as they reached Kappa. Captain Cromwell speeded up the engines to pulse speed.
Miles, set coordinates to the Gammahole. And then check our cargo. Cromwell leant back in his seat and watched the rocks floating by. As you wish you majesty Miles rolled his eyes and entered the coordinates into the navcom. After that he stood up and left the cockpit without saying a word.
Cromwell steered the ship towards the coordinates of the jump hole to omicron gamma. Suddenly all instruments turned black.
**** what happened Cromwell tried to reach Miles on the com but it didnt work. Damn, this bastard just destroyed my ship! He punched against the control panels, surprisingly they still didnt work. Cromwell stud up and marched into the cargo bay. He grabbed a flashlight from the emergency box, it flashed up and he walked on to the engine room. Miles, what tha hack is goin on? Miles was standing next to the engine console, I dont have a clue Cromwell maybe some dumbass blew the whole energy core by overheating the engines?! Miles couldnt hold it back any longer. This greedy junker had no clue about what he was doing. Cromwells head pulses red from anger, he threatened Miles with the flashlight. Before he could hit Miles a shockwave shook the ship and both men felt to the ground. Wh.. What was.. that? Cromwell got on his feet again, Miles still lay on the floor. He was unconscious.
Cromwell left him behind and ran back to the cockpit. He opened the door and watched out the window. His eyes grew big, he saw a gigantic ice block.
We must have rammed it, damn But he noticed that there was something wrong with this block. He took a closer look, yes.. there seemed to be something in it. He felt his blood pulsing in his head damn, whats that headache now!?. Suddenly the energy came back online, the control panels flashed back on and the cockpit was filled with the beeping of the monitors again. Ah, finally! Cromwell smiled, now he was able to scan this thing. Wait, shouldnt I scan for damages first? he asked himself. No.. NO, I must scan this thing first. Something was wrong with him, but all that counts now was to scan this block. He hacked some commands into the computer.
Organic? Out here? Must be more than just unknown spores! ARRRH
Cromwell screamed out because of a hammering pain in his head... He felt on his knees holding his head. M..MM.. Must bring it.. IN! The pain weakened and left his head. He stood up again, his eyes looked dreamy. Cromwell was gone and another being took control of his body. The person once known as captain Cromwell owner of the pirate freighter Twisted Metal hacked some commands into the console. His eyes stared towards the icy block in front of the ship.
Awww, what happened? Miles came back to consciousness . The energy broke down, I tried to fix it and then Cromwell CROMWELL he watched around but could not see him. Damn, I got to find another job He stood up rubbing his head. Just as he wanted to enter the cargo bay sirens where howling. The warning signal if the bay doors where opened! Miles smashed the airlock button, the engine room door was sealed.
That was close! What is going on here!? He ran to the small comconsole and established a connection to the cockpit.
Cromwell what is going on here! What the hell are you doing, are you totally mad? No response. CROMWELL! Miles fist hit the steal plating. He was about to panic. He hacked some commands into the keyboard This should work.
He watched the small green monitor, the cargo bay appeared on the screen. The doors were wide open and the tractor beams pulled in some ice rock. What the hell?
The ship was shaken as the cargo bay closed and the gravity was turned on again. The ice block stood on the steel floor like some ancient altar, was there a light inside? No.. there are two lights! Miles watched the monitor, he didnt know what to do now. Where was Cromwell? Why did he tractor this strange rock?
**warmth**
What? Miles turned around Who is there? Man I go mad! What is this nightmare? Who was speaking to him or was someone thinking to him? He shook his head. Suddenly he saw Cromwell entering the cargo bay. He went to a console which was used for controlling the loading robots. He made some commands and the robotic arms were filled with life. They began to break out large pieces of the frozen object. The lights seem to get stronger. Miles decided to sneak into the cargo bay. I must stop this, whatever is going on here. Slightly the door to the engine room opened. Miles heard the sound of the robots crushing the ice, he hided himself behind some crates. Now he saw where the lights came from. Some kind of organic ships where stored inside the ice! Bloody hell he whispered, could it be? He reminded rumours of alien ships, blue of colour and with organic skin. So its true!
**truth**
It hammered in his head. Argh!
**light... return to mindshare**
Now the two ships where completely freed from the ice. The air was pulsing form power. Miles lay on the ground, his nose began bleeding. He saw Cromwell heading towards the console again.
N..NO! DONT DO THIS!
Miles screamed as the mental shockwaves blasted his eyes. His screams disappeared in the howling sirens of the cargo doors witch opened stubbornly.
Then there was silence, the energy broke down again and the ship drifted dead through omicron kappa.
**freedom again**
Yoma and Yomadansen slipped through the metal doors out to space.