Let's Take a Trip to Nowhere (Invite/Ask)

[Tanith Alde]

Lizzy blinked at the ship looming in space before her, looking it over she made a thorough, detalied statement about it "That, is a floating hunk of junk. I'm going to need two weeks and several runs of spare parts to get it running again, but I can do it" She said, sitting up on the cask, peering intent at the leviathanical ship before them

"Cheers, ye?"

[member="Gavin XIII"]

 

[Gavin XIII]

Gavin beamed at Lizzy, squeezing her one more time before letting go and excitedly grabbing his gear from the various places he'd tossed it earlier. Home! He could almost taste it. Never having to be stuck anywhere again, never having to wander those boring streets on Axxila in between jobs. He grabbed his kitty captain's hands, clearly just short of jumping up and down like a little kid.

"Two weeks? I could wait forever! I'm home!"

[member="Elizabeth Verdan"]

 

[Tanith Alde]

"Well, lets get to work. oooh" Her eyes lit up "Theres going to be rats, and mice" She purred, doing a happy litlte dance as she skipped toward the air lock, collecting her toolbox and sling bag on the way

"Lets go get a sna...I mean a look, at what were working on'


[member="Gavin XIII"]

 

[Gavin XIII]

Regardless of Lizzy's reasons for wanting to rush into the derelict Port, Gavin was more than happy to let her do whatever she wanted. That was the point, after all... unless it led her to run into places where there was no air. Then it wasn't the point. He very carefully guided the freighter into the dreadnought's docking bay.

"Hey, let me check if there's air onboard before you go running after mice. Seeing my favorite kitty cat choke is not something I want to see."

[member="Elizabeth Verdan"]

 

[Tanith Alde]

Lizzy pouted "I can take care of myself but...Maybe you should go on ahead, like, if you absolutely have to" Tsundere-kitty said turning away from the airlock, planting herself down onto a nearby bench to wait, quite impatiently

"It's not like I wanted to go or anything" She murrmurred, more to herself than to anyone else

[member="Gavin XIII"]

 

[Gavin XIII]

Gavin rolled his eyes a little, dropping a light kiss on one of the kitty's ears as he walked out the airlock past her. It took about ten seconds for him to decide that there was more than vacuum for him to breathe. More than enough oxygen for him and Lizzy to be quite comfortable... and enough mice crawling around the hangar alone to feed them for a week. Nice life support system they had here.

[member="Elizabeth Verdan"]

 

[Tanith Alde]

Lizzy filed her nails as she waited. It was always good to keep them sharp and clean, one never knew when it was necessary to claw something. And she found herself getting quite irritated when her claws grew too long and snagged on her clothing. She still awaited the all clear from Gavin so she could go hun....fixing the engines, and not searching for tasty snacks

[member="Gavin XIII"]

 

[Gavin XIII]

Gavin gave as much of an all clear as he could give, walking back through the airlock with a rather large and slightly burned rat that he was tossing between his hands. Better he hand her the dead thing than the other way around, by his logic. Not that he minded dead things, but whatever.

"Brought a rat for the kitty cat!"

He tossed the dead rodent to her as he made his little rhyme, then gestured out the airlock with his thumb.

"C'mon out, the water's fine."

[member="Elizabeth Verdan"]

 

[Tanith Alde]

Kitty cought it in her mouth, chomping down on it, blood dripped lightly down her chin. The felacation nibbled on her snack lightly as she shoulder her pack and followed him back outside "Alllrighty! Well lets have a look see around, wheres the engines?" She asked, rubbing her hands together in gleeful anticipation

She walked through the hanger, toward the signs "You get set up, i'll take a look around allright?"

SHe asked, turning back to him with a smile

[member="Gavin XIII"]

 

[Gavin XIII]

"Sure thing. Hopefully there's a couple of nicer cabins to grab, somewhere, even if the beds need to be burned and replaced."

Gavin didn't bother with the turbolift that was there, especially since it fell straight down its shaft when he forced the door open. With a bit of a growl, he just leapt straight up the shaft, grabbing handholds as he went along. There were probably cabins everywhere on a ship this big. It was just a matter of going and finding them.

The engines were a very long walk away, almost an hour walk with all the transportation systems broken. It wasn't a particularly straight path, either. No shortage of side tunnels and crawl spaces to get from the hangar to engineering.

[member="Elizabeth Verdan"]

 

[Tanith Alde]

Kitty hummed to herself as she trecked toward the engines. She would likely make herself a little nest somewhere in, or near them, once she got them running. Luckily emergency power was still keeping life support running. SHe finished her rat and found another as she walked, happily munching down a second lunch.

Up ahead she spotted a light, The engines! Joyous day, Joyous day, now if only...

As she walked into the engine compartment, she stopped dead

[member="Gavin XIII"]

 

[Gavin XIII]

Gavin's search for sleeping arrangements didn't disappoint him. Not only did he find perfectly intact rooms, but he found clean bedding. Suspiciously clean. He was fairly sure that rats got into everything, no matter how much of a trip it was through the vents and bulkheads. He kept on wondering who had been onboard recently enough to clean like this... right up until he felt somebody push a knife into his back and fell to the floor.

---

In the engineering section were no less than twelve people trying to figure out how to put newer bits of tech on top of the three thousand year old stuff. It wasn't working out too well for that ragtag group. There was a shout as soon as Lizzy entered the compartment, and somebody pulled a blaster and shot at her.

[member="Elizabeth Verdan"]

 

[Tanith Alde]

The blast took the kitty square in the chest, throwing her back into a pile of barrels. Searing a hole clean through her clothing, it left quite the nasty hole in her stomach. "I can see...my insides" The kitty said, her head spinning, blood was everywhere. The dazed kitty's head spun slightly, dizzy, so dizzy, before it fell back, hitting the deck with a loud clanking sound.

Problem solved, or so it seemed, untill the barrel's were pushed aside. Where the kitty had layed now stood a monstrous feline...abomination. Ten feet tall, and and nearly that and a half times as long, with long , cruel looking claws, and a series of spikes fanning down it's back. The monstrous thing let out a blood chilling roar and pounced upon the scavengers. Work was done in short order. Blood was everywhere. Guts, gore and such adorned every inch of the engine compartment, as well as the entry way, and several bodies that had been launched into the air now hung suspended, caught on metal chains and hooks, left danging, blood dripping slowly onto the floor. THe kitty, it's business done, curled up on top of the engine and went to sleep

[member="Gavin XIII"]

 

[Gavin XIII]

Gavin's vision turned red as his face broke out into an almost evil grin, looking straight at the floor. He got up, almost looking like a possessed person, drew his guns, and started firing on every living thing in sight. Being the old fashioned kind of guy he was, there were actual bullets flying from the barrels, embedding themselves into walls and furniture and just generally wreaking havoc in the hallway. Not an inch of the metal and tiling was left without a red stain, and he thought his work was done until the red fog faded and he ran off, looking for Lizzy.

[member="Elizabeth Verdan"]

 

[Tanith Alde]

Lizzy would be found sleeping amidst the chaos and gore of the engine room, her body covered in blood the young Felacation was napping peacefully amidst the purring engine. She didn't register the footsteps of the approaching man at all, seeming quite content where she was.

The scenery around her though was stomach turning. even to a hardened soldier

[member="Gavin XIII"]

 

[Gavin XIII]

Gavin's stomach didn't turn so much as do an illegal u-turn and make him spit sugary-tasting blood all over one of the corpses. He very hurriedly looked through the bleeding and dead people for Lizzy, who he found making little kitty snores in the corner. He tried to blink his left eye, which was repairing itself from being fried by a blaster bolt, but he could only see out of his right. Damn. He plopped down on the ground near her, looking all over to see if the blood was actually hers or not. Most of it didn't seem to be, but there was a rather nasty hole that looked like she'd gotten shot. It made Gavin cringe a little, but he just pulled his medseals out and started covering the wound with the gauzy patches until it was disinfected and safe.

[member="Elizabeth Verdan"]

 

[Tanith Alde]

The little kitty did not stir as she was all medicined up, save for a pained little moan when her stomach received an accidental poke. This would hurt in the morning, and the next few mornings after that. She turned a little, snuggling toward the source of warmth in the cold engine room. Much sleep would be neaded untill the kitty could act again, much time indeed

[member="Gavin XIII"]

 

[Gavin XIII]

Gavin wasn't quite sure what to do now. Moving Lizzy was a bad idea. Possibly a fatally bad idea. At least her snuggling up to him and making noises meant she was mostly okay. There was an important-looking console on his left, with an even more important-looking button on it. He hit the button, and the big blast door to the hallway sealed itself. No more scavengers would be getting in there today. He took his coat off and spread it over the kitty like a blanket, then leaned his head back and stared at the ceiling through his slowly-regenerating eyes. Thank the Maker there were no mirrors.

[member="Elizabeth Verdan"]

 

[Tanith Alde]

"Hungry" Were the first words out of Lizzy's mouth, some hours later when the kitty finally stirred awake. A disproportionately loud growl could be heard from her stomach, despite the annoying blaster hole in it "You better feed me....or im eating you" Lizzy's cheerful mood was gone, replaced by a quite vicious sounding tone instead. She was quite....hissed off, so to speak

[member="Gavin XIII"]

 

[Gavin XIII]

"Yeah, me too."

Gavin groaned as he woke up. Despite the time he'd been sitting there, he still couldn't see out of his burned eye. Damn it. He'd probably run out of sugar or something, which would explain the fact that he suddenly felt like he hadn't eaten in a week. As he got up, he noticed a couple of missing fingers growing back, along with a hole in his shoulder. Amazing what adrenaline, rage, and sheer exhaustion could keep him from seeing. He looked at Lizzy out of his good eye.

"Can you, um... climb onto my back? You're not walking anywhere."

[member="Elizabeth Verdan"]