Episode 2, Part 2: Into an Abyss of Horror [DONE]

1. Re: Episode 2, Part 2: Into an Abyss of Horror [RESUMED]

   #161

   Cormac, his back against a steel crate, fired burst after burst, the bullets strafing the chain, he even saw one of the thugs outside collapse and fall.
   
   Riv, putting his arms through the masks of the cargo net, calmly aimed at the chain and squeezed the trigger. As he did so the chain broke with a thwang, small pieces flying everywhere, and the hovercraft sped into the air. Helena tumbled down the passageway and did not stop before she hit the cargo ramp, now halfway closed. Meanwhile Cormac, sitting with his back to the steel crate, began sliding sideways after Helena, but he managed to grab hold before he got far. Riv had already entwined his arms, so he merely felt his legs begin to fly as the shuttle rocketed upwards into the sky.
   
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   Kiph noticed that the big stick between his legs seemed to dictate which way the ship went. Seconds passed, and he heard a lot of gunfire from somewhere far away. He had his right hand on the stick while the left hammered away at buttons on the console.
   
   It must have paid off, because suddenly the craft shot into the air and Kiph felt his body being pushed into the pilot chair, his head g-forced into the neck support.

2. Re: Episode 2, Part 2: Into an Abyss of Horror [DONE]

   #162

   Riv, calmly cleaning his gun, had noticed that the Ceres-thing's eyes were growing back. The holes in her body were growing as well, so he unceremoniously dragged her to the cargo ramp, opened it half way open and dumped her out. He could have sworn that she whispered as he did so: "I want my HORN back!"
   
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   Meanwhile Cormac was comforting Helena in the commander's bedroom. They had encountered the pilot on their way back there, he had turned into one of those things and Helena had pumped him full of 5.56 mm ammunition, from head to toe. That had brought Kiph out of the cockpit, shouting and screaming that he had done it, that he could fly. Problem was that the hovercraft tilted partially sideways, so the floor was sloping badly and they had to support against the wall to walk properly.
   
   No problem now, Cormac thought. His bare feet rested against the wall as he thrust into Helena, her nails digging into his back.
   
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   Sometime later a voice came from the dashboard of the cockpit. A cold, female voice. "Auto pilot engaged. Setting course for Rouge Tower". Kiph didn't know what an auto pilot was, or where this Rouge Tower was, but he lost control over the shuttle. Just as well, he thought, for there was a crack in the cockpit glass and the wind was biting cold at this altitude.

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