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[STORY] The Grey Planet [Kill me]

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Tayasaurus: Snno stumbled a bit trying to stand up on her feet and took a step toward to where she heard Valca. Her vision was much clearer now if not a bit hazy. She heard nothing further from Valca's post. The short silence was broken by a loud yell and Valca flying out from the darkness, crashing hard into the ground at the center of the town with her spear stabbing into the ground next to her. Valca groaned and clutched her side. "Valca!" Snno yelled, running to her side. She cradled her in her arms and checked for breathing. She put her ear to her chest and heard a very faint heartbeat.  Snno quickly laid her down and looked off towards the post of which she was flung. Two figures in the shadows walked toward her carrying what she presumed to be strange weapons. Snno lept up and yanked Valca's spear out of the ground and steadied it towards the two threats. "Who are you?!" She shouted, her spear darting back and forth between them. The two figures heads turned to eachother before looking back at her, they kept their weapons trained on Snno but didn't say a word. Larger steps appeared behind them as a new figured appeared and dwarfed them. A dreaded realization washed over Snno as she observed it's burning read visor.

Tayasaurus: SOUNDTRACK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z28lwyQjuTY A disturbing silence washed over the entire town as Snno faced her nightmare and her nightmare stared right back at her. The long gaze was broken as the visage angrily looked around at the blemish that was the town upon his planet. The eyes pierced Snno's very mind and dug up unpleasant memories of her communion with the Black Star. The voice that emanated from the burning visor spoke softly but dripping with a demonic anger only the sharpest ears could pick up on. "SCOPE... what is this?" said MAXX; his words only lost in translation to Snno. SCOPE who had been hiding in the shadows as was his current reputation, stepped out from them and placed himself beside MAXX. "Commander, I'm afraid I do not know. But you speak with a familiarity... might you yourself already know?" said SCOPE, speaking cautiously. MAXX stepped towards Snno and her fallen friend, vibrating the ground beneath them with each heavy step. Snno grabbed Valca's arm and kept the spear pointed at MAXX, dragging her friend and herself away from him as quickly as possible. Snno bared her teeth and yelled. The commotion going on grabbed the attention of some of the other villagers who had grabbed torches and lit them casting light on the standoff taking place. A sharp stab of panic went through a handful of them when the large body of MAXX appeared in the light, sending many of the weaker Umbral back into their homes. MAXX stopped walking towards them and washed Snno and Valca in a red scanning light, his hands noticeably shaking. "No... it's impossible." MAXX said, this time speaking their language. "You're suppose to be gone. All of you. You're all suppose to be gone!" He shouted, making many of the residents cover their ears in pain. Electricity began to visibly jump in between his fingers as they bent and his wrists shook. Snno kept Valca's unconscious body behind her and kept a tight steady grip on her spear. Fear gnawed at her composure but she fought to maintain a fearless appearance. Snno dug her heels into the ground ready for combat. Snno could feel rain drops touch her shoulder and could smell a storm approaching, a heavy one, a sickly omen.

Tayasaurus: MAXX looked at Snno and Valca in their fear stricken state and wanted nothing more than to wring both their necks for his own amusement. His hatred knew no bounds for this species which he was already familiar with. SCOPE riskfully put a hand on MAXX's shoulder. "Commander, perhaps we should exercise restraint. Your abilities c-" MAXX brushed the hand off and clenched his fists. Grinding his metal palms harshly as he began to pace around Snno. The electricity disappeared but the feirce gaze did not leave. The strongest of the villagers had taken up whatever tools and spears they could grab nearby and poised themselves in an aggressive state, unsure of what to do. The Twins who observed this behavior fired their weapons into the air, sending a few more villagers scurrying back into their homes. MAXX seemed to appear more relaxed after his outburst upon finding the settlement as he allowed himself to pace more and blow off steam. MAXX turned to SCOPE. "Thanks for the reminder. SCOPE, were you aware of this places development?" SCOPE shook his head. "Commander, i was unaware of this places existence. I was sure all indigenous life here was accounted for." MAXX walked up to SCOPE and leaned forward over him, anger seeping in his voice. "These, things are not indigenous to this planet. Your incompetance at documenting all lifeforms could have cost us everything! This is the enemy! These creatures are the reason we have worked so hard up to this point!" MAXX shoved SCOPE to the ground and turned around, facing Snno again. MAXX began to actively translate his speech into the Umbrals. "Where is it?" he asked. Snno didn't let go of the spear and kept it pointed at MAXX confused by the questioning. Something she had never seen nor met before could just speak her language on command. A demon indeed. Snno bared her teeth and shouted in response. "Demon! Harming one of us will get you nowhere! If you come any closer i'll rip your eyes from your face!" MAXX, being irritated by the threat approached Snno and swatted the spear out of her hands, punching her in the gut. Snno doubled over unable to breath, her eyes wide and her mouth gasping for air. MAXX places his heavy foot on Snno's head. "Harming your kind will get me anywhere I want." MAXX mumbled, raising his foot to crush her delicate skull. Snno closed her eyes and prayed, gritting her teeth together. Instead of a crushing blow from a metal foot, Snno was met with a shrill scream from beyond, Mipa's cry. Mipa lept out from the darkness and crashed violently into MAXX forcing the mighty robot to fall over onto his side. The Twins aimed their rifles at the assailant but SCOPE quickly stopped them. "Don't shoot! You'll hit the Commander!" MAXX and Mipa twisted and turned on the ground as they grappled eachother, with Mipa clinging onto MAXX's back, prying at a panel near the back of his neck. Mipa yelled at her people to get inside, which most of them obliged to. A handful however chose to stay and charged the twins, being quickly dispatched by fire from their rifles. Snno, completely horrified scrambled to her feet and grabbed Valca, dragging her to cover behind one of the huts.

Tayasaurus: It had fully begun to rain now, with winds shaking the trees around them ominously. Snno peeked around the corner of the hut to see MAXX and Mipa struggling with eachother. Mipa's large size was the only contender for MAXX but in her old age she was weak, with her grip around him starting to slip. MAXX's metal elbow rammed repeatedly into her side as she clawed at the weak point in his neck. Detecting she was about to lose her grip, she used both arms to bear hug him and sunk her teeth into a protrusion on the panel. Mipa ripped the panel out with her powerful jaws and exposed the vulnerable circuitry beneath it. A pipe, fueling most of MAXX's functions was buried underneath the mess of wires, but to Mipa's surprise wasn't what she was use to. Instead of the usual blue glow of the flowing energy, she was met with a murky black energy, flowing out of the pipe which was already broken. By the stars, Mipa thought before becoming completely stunned by an electrical charge. MAXX had expended his reserve energy to shock Mipa off his shoulders, sending her flying backwards into the mud. MAXX bent down and grabbed Mipa by the neck, lifting the large Umbral off her feet and looked her in the eyes. "I hunted your species into extinction on this planet, and from ashes I'll end you beyond the stars!" MAXX shouted, throwing Mipa into the wooden hut with a loud crash. Mipa hit the wooden walls hard, with the sound of a few bones breaking as she crashed to the floor. Snno screamed and ran to her side, and cradled her. Mipa was still concious and looked at Snno, a dazed look in her eyes. Mipa put her hand on Snno's cheek and smiled, a bit of blood ran from the corner of her mouth. The damage done was extremely fatal and Mipa coughed, bleeding internally. MAXX wasted no time snatching Snno by the neck and held her in front of Mipa for her to see. Snno clawed and kicked fruitlessly at him. "Do you like this one? Me too. Let's strike a deal. I know where your kind comes from, and I know you have it. Give me the orb, and I don't crush her weak spine into dust." MAXX said in her language. Tightening and loosening his grip just enough to make Snno wince painfully. Snno spoke up. "Don't do it! He'll just kill me anyway after he gets what he wants!" A group of Umbral had begun to close in closer to MAXX and his group during the commotion and he took notice. MAXX stood up straight and held Snno in front of them. "Do i need to remind my soldiers what to do when you scum get too close? Perhaps your friends lying in the mud over there don't get the message across too well. So if you don't listen to action then you'll listen to me! I am a machine of my word! If I strike a deal with you, I follow through! This umbrals life for the orb! I will spare the rest of you worthless spawn and her life! If you double-cross me, however, then I even things out!" The whole group of Umbral yielded and stepped back to where they came from, swayed by MAXX's words, and looked at Mipa for a decision. SCOPE walked up to MAXX and attempted to get his attention. "Commander." "What?" MAXX said, irritation dripping from his tone. If he could roll his eyes he probably would have. "A report back from the city, sir. A ship has been detected in Jump Space. It is moving quickly. It will be here within a matter of hours. We should head back to the shuttle as soon as we can." SCOPE said urgently. MAXX grunted and looked back at Mipa. "Last chance. Orb, and I let her live." Mipa ground her teeth and closed her eyes. She raised a mostly broken arm and pointed towards the edge of the village where she had came from. MAXX looked at Vikki and nodded at her. Vikki nodded back and sprinted off towards the distance, quickly finding the sack tucked between a woven basket and some wood. Vikki stood up and held The Black Star in the air. "Item retrieved! Returning to you now Commander!" Vikki rushed over to MAXX and handed him the Black Star. The orb was dwarfed in his hand and he looked at it curiously. He released Snno from his death grip and she scrambled back to Mipa's side, cradling her once more. "SCOPE, In these seven-hundred years alone I thought we'd never see one of these ever again. And now here it is. This could change the entire operation." MAXX said, turning to him. SCOPE looked at the strange orb and reflected on his knowledge of what such a strange object could do, but his attention to the time overwrote his curiosities. "Commander, if I may, we need to go. Our window will be closing." MAXX tossed the orb back to Vikki who caught it without issue, stuffing it into her pack. MAXX turned to the Umbral one last time. "I now wish i had just killed you all and searched the village. But like I said, I'm a machine of my word. Promises to those that I loved really do get in the way of a good thing." MATT and Shimmer had arrived later than Mipa had, not knowing the forest layout as well as she did. When they showed up, the fight was already past it's climax and they watched MAXX bargain Snno's life for the Black Star. MATT recognized the black orb that Vikki had retrieved from fractured data, but was still unsure of MAXX's directive and overal goal. Shimmer shook with anger and turned to MATT. "We need to do something! YOU, need to do something!" She hissed in a vicious whisper. MATT looked at Shimmer and then back at the commotion going on off in the village. Shimmer wished she could tell what he was thinking. MATT ran multiple scenarios in his head while watching the exchange and listening to the situation. He knew MAXX was short on time and one of the strange human twins was just given the orb. MATT nudged Shimmer to gain her attention again. "It appears the MAXX unit has little to no time left. They are getting ready to leave. Interrupting the flow of the situation could get more of your people killed. I have one arm, and they have assault rifles. I'm sorry." Shimmer looked at MATT, taken aback by his refusal to help the situation. She frowned and bared her teeth. "Everything is at stake! If I don't do something then they'll get away with killing Mipa and taking our Star away!" MAXX and his troupe had already begun to exit the village, disappearing one by one out of view, with only the twins trailing behind. Shimmer could no longer keep still and snatched up a spear, charging from her cover but silently. MATT tried to grab her the moment he realized what she was doing but missed and scrambled out from cover after her, struggling to keep up do to damage. Shimmer neared the closest twin and let out a battle cry, closing the distance before Vikki realized what was happening. Shimmer's spear aimed true and marked Vikki in her side, cutting open a gaping wound. Vikki yelled and swung her weapons stock into Shimmers head, knocking her to the ground. MATT was not too far behind, having drawn his pistol with his good arm and took aim. Kabr had his gun trained on Shimmer and was only a hair away from pulling the trigger. Sensing this, MATT open fired, landing two heavy rounds into Kabr's chest armor, taking him out. Vikki looked at Kabr's body in shock and scrambled away from the lethally accurate fire from MATT's pistol. MAXX, short on time, motionned SCOPE to intervene. SCOPE appeared in front of her and fired back at MATT, but still retreating and leading Vikki away from the danger. The return fire forced MATT behind one of the village huts as he peeked in and out of cover still throwing lead down range to protect Shimmer. "No! Kabr h-" Vikki protested. SCOPE simply continued to drag her away. "No time. MAXX has none of it and we don't! Fall back!" MATT left his cover to pursue but the loud roar of a shuttles engine filled the small clearing. Overhead a massive ship hovered low to the ground, blowing anything that wasn't bolted down away from it's center of mass. MAXX had called the shuttle over to his position. "Elliot, Load up! We're leaving!" MAXX commanded. The Ship scanned all bodies on the ground and undocked two mechanical arms. The arms scooped up MAXX along with Vikki and SCOPE. "All passengers are not accounted for. Continue?" The shuttles automated computer inquired. "Continue." said MAXX. The shuttle with a loud blast, jumped up into the sky and flew off over the treeline, it's engines growing quieter and quieter as it gained distance. Eventually, the sound of the shuttle could no longer be heard, marking the end of the conflict. Silence once again fell on the village, leaving the Umbral who occupied it in shambles.

Tayasaurus: With the short skirmish finally behind the village, MATT immediately went over to where his knocked out friend layed. He hovered his hand over her neck and a soft glow appeared in his hand. MATT hovered the scanner over her head and checked for any severe damage. The knockout blow to her head was non-fatal thankfully, and was only a concussion that would subside quickly enough. MATT propped Shimmer's head on a sack and made her comfortable before heading over to a trembling Snno kneeling beside Mipa. Snno noticed MATT approaching and reeled back a little, clutching Mipa close to her but not leaving her side. MATT knelt down beside them and reached out, doing the same he did with Shimmer. Snno gave a low growl but did nothing to stop him. The report MATT received was unfortunetly not good news like it was with Shimmer. Multiple bones in Mipa's body were broken and internal organs were beginning to bleed due to a rupture in her rib cage. The light on MATTs palm flashed red and he withdrew it. He looked at Snno and shook his head. "I'm sorry to say, her wounds are fatal and beyond repair without a proper surgeon. The best we can do is ease the pain and make her comfortable." MATT's wrist opened up and ejected a capsule containing an anesthetic. A small needle portruded from it and he offered it to Mipa. Mipa coughed and simply waved it away. "No. No take. This pain is mine. Bring me Leaf." Mipa demanded, still waving her hand weakly. MATT looked at her confused. "I'm unfamiliar with the herbal attributes of your natural flora. This w-" Mipa waved again this time mustering a weak laugh. "No, robot. Leaf, little Umbral."

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