Zai did not get far before his path was blocked by Roweth Sinclair and Vanz Kerrigan along with several members of security.
“What do you want now Kerrigan?” said Zai getting increasingly agitated.
“We are going to show you alien,” said Roweth with a strange gleam in his eye.
“We are going to judge you now,” said Kerrigan triumphantly.
Zai was not in the mood for this, he did not feel like fighting especially if it was against an inferior opponent. But he had to deal with the situation so the liquid metal deployed from Zai’s battle suit and formed a sword in each hand.
“Get out of my way,” said Zai.
Roweth hit a button on the data pad he was holding. Zai’s sword reverted to their liquid form and splashed on the floor. The liquid smart metal that formed his helm also lost its solidness and flowed away. Zai’s mask fell to the ground.
Zai did not understand how this was possible. He flipped open the device on his right arm. It was offline. He tried to use voice commands. He said ‘full stealth’ and he did not disappear. He tried moving his hands and arms in various gestures to get his liquid smart metal weapons to redeploy. Nothing happened.
“How have you done this?” said Zai.
“We’re human,” said Roweth, “We are not fucking aliens.”
Roweth ran at Zai. He was going to show that alien what a real human soldier could do. Zai delivered on swift punch to Roweth’s gut and forced him to the ground. The security guards charged at Zai together. Zai weaved around their attacks easily. He knocked them all out and took apart their guns at the same time.
“Get up you bastards,” screamed Kerrigan.
Zai was angry. We wanted Kerrigan to stop talking. He wanted him to die. It was in that moment, when that violent murderous thought entered Zai’s mind that he broke free. This was not who he was. He may have been trained to kill but in all his life he had never truly desired the death of another.
“They are in our minds,” said Zai, “I should have realized it sooner. It all makes sense. We are under attack.”
Zai noticed Kerrigan trying to put one of the guns back together. They looked at each other. Zai with all of his calm and discipline picked up his mask and walked away from Kerrigan saying, “I will do my best to help you.”
Kerrigan screamed in anger, “I don’t need your help. I’ll show you.”
Junitha Findragon did not get far before alerts started going off. Lights began blinking on and off. She heard screams and shouts. Someone came walking toward her. Junitha asked what was going on. The person just screamed, “Fuck you fuck you all,” then ran off.
She got to the nearest communication panel and called the Command and Control center. The answers she got from there were not helpful.
“I can’t remember how to do things. I know I am supposed to press some buttons. I think I pressed the wrong ones. I think everyone is pressing the wrong buttons. When you do it wrong it makes sounds and flashing lights. Can you see them? They are hiding in the corner. They think I can’t see them but I can.”
Junitha tried to call other places on the ship. She tried to get in touch with anyone else. The medical center seemed to be the only place on the ship with anyone sane in it. Junitha warned Dr. Faction to stay there and that as soon as this was over he was going to be busy so get ready.
Junitha Findragon saw other people run up and down the corridors of the ship in the distance. She could still hear people screaming in rage and pain. The whites of her eyes turned bloodshot red. Her blood began to pump so hard the veins in her neck and forehead stuck out. Junitha Pandragon went to seek out the people she would need to help the crew survive this attack.
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