Love On A Comet

[Decker Willo]

Wrong character, whoops

 

[Mykes Vatak]

Mykes had given a suggestion to [member="Tom Taff"]. That they take a bit of a joyride, go on a journey. He knew how to work on ships, and over time learned how to fly. So there they were, aboard a ship through space. There was a spot he wanted to pull out of hyperspace on, a spot he thought was nice. By a star that was near Myrkr system. It was just him and Tom, and he had a plan to show him something, something for the both of them to enjoy.

He sat in the pilot seat, feet up on the console but out of the way of switches and buttons. Legs crossed over, and his hands up behind his head.

 

[Ravenfire]

[member="Mykes Vatak"] had asked him for a journey. He had said yes. He left his animals back on noverskaa. He had spent a few years hiding on ships, so he was fairly used to them. He was enjoying sitting in the co-pilot seat. Mykes had something for them he was sure but he was happy to just take a day off from the company and from the training again.

 

[Mykes Vatak]

Mykes watched as something bleeped on the screen, letting them know that they were getting close to their destination. "So you ready?" He put his hand on the lever for the hyperspace, ready to pull them out of hyperspace. Not only was there a star, but a scheduled comet storm. And if his coordinates were set right, then they would be close enough to see it, with the star behind the comets. "A surprise awaits you, and here it comes in three...two...one!" And out they pulled. And he looked to [member="Tom Taff"], smiling.

 

[Ravenfire]

He would smile "Always." He would watched as they would drop out of hyperspace three...two....one. He would watch as comet storm would fly past the sun. He would looked out watching with awe. He would turn and hug [member="Mykes Vatak"]. "Oh my thank you sooo much, this is amazing." He would just continue hugging mykes while watching comets.

 

[Mykes Vatak]

Mykes sat there, accepting the hug with a grin. Hearing a beeping, but it didn't come to mind. Nor did the screen, with something coming. Something-

He sat up, out of [member="Tom Taff"]'s hug. "Hold on!" his voice full of alert. But it was too late. Mykes had gotten them off the coordinates. He put a hand on Tom's as he tried to turn the ship, but it was too late as the rest of the comet storm came for them. Striking them in multiple places. He managed to maneuver most...but not enough. "Get into the cargo hold Tom, I'll get us out of this!"

 

[Ravenfire]

Tom was enjoying the hug and the time. Then there was some beeping. [member="Mykes Vatak"] sat up out of his hug. And was at full alert "What's going on?" He felt mykes hand touch his. He saw the comets pass them. Mykes was managing to manoeuvre around them. Then mykes told him to get into the cargo hold. Tom looked at him and shook his head "I am not leaving you. At all." The panic in his voice. As Mykes would feel through their bond that Tom was not going to surrender on this point and wouldn't move.

 

[Mykes Vatak]

Mykes didn't want [member="Tom Taff"] in danger. He could not do that. But he could sense that Tom would be going nowhere. So he held out for his hand. "Then stay...and hope we don't-" A comet hit. And hit hard as Mykes was thrown from his seat. He felt pain shoot up his back as he hit one of the ship walls. But that did not stop him from trying to reach out with the force, in an attempt to slow the ship down by correcting it's course out of spinning as well as trying to stop the engines. But with the force, he was not strong.

 

[Ravenfire]

Tom took [member="Mykes Vatak"] hand as he reached out. He was in the middle of saying something when they were struck by one of the comets. He was flung against the wall and felt some pain in one of he legs as he was. He felt Mykes reach out with the force trying to stop them. Tom would use the force-bond to pour his energy into it as well. Together they halted the ship but Tom felt exhausted because of it. He would call out "Mykes, are you okay? I think I hurt one of my legs." He would attempt to get up only to fall back down. "Kark."

 

[Mykes Vatak]

Mykes struggled to straighten up as the ship halted, he could feel something warm trickle down the side of his head. He didn't need to touch it to know exactly what it was, thanks to the pain in his head. However he still put a hand to the back of his head. "Tom...Tom" he struggled to get up, almost falling on his side. His robotic limb somehow was still in working order, but his back and head ached. He started to crawl, pushing his robotic limb up every now and then.

He crawled next to [member="Tom Taff"], he had to check on him first. "I'll help you...to the chair" he said, now standing but in a slightly hunched way. "This is my fault...the jump...it was off."

 

[Ravenfire]

Tom watched as [member="Mykes Vatak"] crawled to him. As soon as Mykes got close Tom poured the force into him and healed the man. "Not until you heal" he said touching Mykes forehead finishing the healing. He looked very warn. "It is not your fault" Tom smiled weakly "It was beautiful as are you. The healing is finished but I need some rest before I can heal myself. Please just make sure we don't get into anymore trouble okay?" He would then close his eyes as his breathing slowed and he started sleeping.

 

[Mykes Vatak]

Mykes felt the force flow through. He felt stronger, but still a bit light headed. He laughed a little at how [member="Tom Taff"] could still be so light hearted, calm in this situation. Then Tom began to fall asleep, and Mykes picked him up to set him on a chair. With his renewed strength he began to survey the ship they were in. The damage was done. The console looked fine, with a few sparks. It was what the console read that was bad. Comms were out, engines were cold. They weren't getting out of this...not unless he got to work. So he got out, and went out of the cockpit where he would find some tools and set to work.

 

[Ravenfire]

Half a day later

Tom woke up in a chair, he felt a lot better but his leg still hurt. A little bit of healing and he was back on his feet. He didn't see [member="Mykes Vatak"] anywhere in the cockpit. "Mykes you there?" He called out as he walked the ship trying to find his lover boy. He could feel him from the force bond but it was always nice to call out for him. He found him in the engine compartment. "Mykes what's going on?"

 

[Mykes Vatak]

Mykes hands felt hot from the welding torch and ached from using the hydro spanner. He was kneeling in the engine room, trying to fix some connections to the engines. And yelped out in pain as one of his fingers were seared. He looked up, seeing [member="Tom Taff"] had found him in the room. "Fixing things. The comms went out, but that's gonna be tougher to fix" he said as he finished up sealing, then moved off to another part. "The engines are a bit fried, I'm sealing connections from the fuel to the engines. Had to cut the fuel lines so I could do this."

 

[Ravenfire]

Tom would run over. "Don't burn yourself." He would look [member="Mykes Vatak"] in the eye. "So we are stuck for a while then. Anyway I can help? I don't know ships but I could try." He would offer trying to make himself useful. "So no comms and no engines, how long will it take?" He was curious. He knew he could force call dad if needed but he wanted to take some time with mykes first.

 

[Mykes Vatak]

Mykes sighed at the question, setting the welder down. "A while. A long while...you might want to get comfortable." He had not meant to sound frustrated, at least not at [member="Tom Taff"]. He was frustrated at himself mostly. They needed a way out of this mess, and he was focused on that. "The engines will be the easiest. What we need is the comms. The engines first so I can move us, but the fuel was hit, so another reason I cut the line..." He sighed again. "The comms...require outside work."

 

[Ravenfire]

Tom would nod at [member="Mykes Vatak"]. The engine was not an option but the comm's were at least chance-able. "Okay you need outside. I have my armour on board like a good mando. It has mag boots and life support. While you do that I will make something to eat but promise me that you will come back in one piece okay?" Tom would look deep into Mykes eyes before hugging him. "I don't wanna lose you if I don't have to okay?"

 

[Mykes Vatak]

Mykes nodded and he stood up, sealing the last line. "You know how to fly?" he asked to [member="Tom Taff"] as he went to retrieve the armor. It took a bit to get into it, but once he did he stomped out in the armor. He never really enjoyed armor, it felt heavy on him. Then he stopped before the airlock, turning to Tom. "I'll go out after you fly us just a bit ahead. In case more comets come...no doubt my readings were still far off" he said, glancing down.

 

[Ravenfire]

Tom followed mykes. "I do know how to fly, I was shown by my dad [member="Rex Taff"] a few times." He would move them a bit further out of position. "You are all good to go. Sorry the armour is a bit heavy. I got uncle Kaine to make it for me. He isn't used to going in light." He would then wander to find the consumables and do up a meal for him and [member="Mykes Vatak"] when he got back inside.

 

[Mykes Vatak]

Mykes sighed again, taking a deep breath in before going through the airlock. The door closed behind him and he glanced through the window to [member="Tom Taff"], and he connected his comm link. "All right move us forward. Once we are moved, cut the fuel again." And there he waited till the ship was moved forward, and out he went. Attached by only a cable, he drifted out. The damage was bad. The hull was all scraped, a big gash across the back where one of the fuel lines had been cut. The communication dish was out of alignment, that would be an easy fix. So he got to it.