Jack's stomach wound was deep and blood was flowing all over the boat, making a relatively big puddle of blood inside. He was trembling from the blood loss, had high fever and coughing blood. He had no consciousness of his surroundings and everything that occured. His mind was in a limbo state, flashbacking to past events of his life. Nights with women, gambling games he won, TV interviews, nightlife, hangovers and many other happy events in his life. Then he went back even further, to an event similar to what happened now. He was still a kid, trying to find some food in the slums. To his bad luck, he was caught by a gang of mobsters from whom he tried to steal some money to get some food. Due to the ruthlessness of the slums, he ended up with a knife in his stomach, just like now. Everything was pitch black. The only thing he distinguished was a casino table and a figure, dressed in black, shuffling cards. He approached the table and the man said in a creepy tone:
"The stakes are set, let's play kid..."
He couldn't remember the flow of that game, but he remembered that he won. It was a memory that he had forgotten a long time ago. And now the same thing happened. The same black figure appeared before him, once again claiming that the stakes have been set and preparing for a game of Black Jack. He could now underestand the nature of the figure before him and the stakes.
"Let's play then..." Jack said and sat on the table.
(I may have exaggerated a bit, but I always wanted to cheat death like this...I hope there is no problem!!)
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"Preposterous! Absolutely preposterous! A human? Destroying the omnipotent Vitus race? Never!"
The Vitus scientist struggled to escape from Allen, but to no avail. Allen was clrearly too strong right now to be budged from the Vitus.
"Even if you destroy me, there are other Vitus scientists that will find a way to kill you...Then we will dissect you, find the source of your power and make it ours. Then you will regret ever opposing our race. You are going to die! Just like that friend of yours, over there!" the alien said, pointing at Jack.
Then the alien pressed a button that sealed all the exits and a siren started to beep.
"This is my final stand. In 10 minutes, the whole room will be destroyed, along with you and your friend over there! And even if it doesn't kill you, it will do enough damage to sink the ship immediately, killing all the humans that are still of the ship! Perish, human! Perish, along with your companions!"
The Vitus scientist struggled to escape from Allen, but to no avail. Allen was clrearly too strong right now to be budged from the Vitus.
"Even if you destroy me, there are other Vitus scientists that will find a way to kill you...Then we will dissect you, find the source of your power and make it ours. Then you will regret ever opposing our race. You are going to die! Just like that friend of yours, over there!" the alien said, pointing at Jack.
Then the alien pressed a button that sealed all the exits and a siren started to beep.
"This is my final stand. In 10 minutes, the whole room will be destroyed, along with you and your friend over there! And even if it doesn't kill you, it will do enough damage to sink the ship immediately, killing all the humans that are still of the ship! Perish, human! Perish, along with your companions!"
(Cool, since Jack is out cold, I will take the helm!)
The Vitus scientist couldn't coprehend the being in front of him. Just like Allen said, he was a creation of infinite possibilities. He was taken aback from that ascertainment.
"This body...These powers...They have no finite element! I created it! I CREATED THE ULTIMATUM OF SCIENCE!"
He was delirious from the sight before him.
"I created you...You belong to me! You could never reach this level yourself! You are mine, human! Mine and mine alone!" he said, his mouth drooling.
The Vitus scientist couldn't coprehend the being in front of him. Just like Allen said, he was a creation of infinite possibilities. He was taken aback from that ascertainment.
"This body...These powers...They have no finite element! I created it! I CREATED THE ULTIMATUM OF SCIENCE!"
He was delirious from the sight before him.
"I created you...You belong to me! You could never reach this level yourself! You are mine, human! Mine and mine alone!" he said, his mouth drooling.
Jack nodded to Allen's name, because he couldn't do otherwise. He could barely move with the both of them, so he had to keep as much power as he could. Sometime later, Jack encountered a door, which he blasted open. However, a shock awaited him in the inside of the room. Hundreds of tubes, just like the ones Jack and the others were trapped, were in the room, all of them keeping inside the same monsters that attacked him and Allen. There was also another Vitus inside, albeit different from the others. This one appeared to be a scientist. It was undisturbed from the blast and didn't seem to notice Jack and Allen at all. Instead it seemed to be mumbling something in Vitus. Jack calmly let Allen on the floor.
"Hey you! What are you doing here? Answer me!" Jack said as loud as he was able to.
The Vitus noticed them for the first time and said calmly:
"Oh, humans! You seem to be part of the escapees that did all this damage to the ship!"
Jack was shocked that the alien could understand and speak the human language, although in a different, more creepy voice. The alien continued:
"Ah, I see you are surprised that I can communicate with you. While it is true that Vitus don't speak other languages, I am an exception. For the IQ of a Vitus' scientist, learning a language, is like you learning the alphabet. As to what I am doing here, I am harvesting. Harvesting new weapons! You see, you humans possessed untapped potential that has never been seen before in another race. Your genetic code enables you to acquire powers beyond normal limits. Yet still, the research is incomplete. I have yet to discover if the powers you acquire are random or not and I still haven't found a 100% effective way to bring out these powers, thus the failures you see all around us!"
Jack was full of rage and sick of listening to the alien's speech.
"FAILURES? YOU TALK ABOUT HUMANS LIKE THEY ARE A MASS-PRODUCTION ITEM?"
The alien approached a big construction and replied:
"A superior race can say whatever he want about an inferior one. Weren't humans doing the discriminations based on colour, country and nobility? Aren't you considering yourselves the top of the food chain? Then it is correct to say that we are the superior as well, not to mention obvious! Look at what we did with our technology. You have discovered nuclear fission more than 80 years ago, yet still haven't unlocked it's boundless potential. On the other hand, I can create super soldiers with just one nuclear reactor! The Vitus are supreme!"
Then the alien calmly went towards Jack, who replied:
"I swear you will regret what you said just now!"
But then, the Vitus stabbed Jack in the stomach with a lancet, while Jack reflexively threw a metal shard but it didn't hit the alien.
"Foolish race...I act all calm around you and you are not prepared for a sudden attack. How are you going to make me regret what I said like this? You can't even aim properly."
Jack laughed on the Alien's comment. He grabbed the Vitus' arm to not fall down, his pupils dilated.
"I never told you I was the one who was going to make you regret it, Allen will...Look behind you. I didn't miss my target."
The metal shard was heading to the nuclear reactor the Vitus demonstrated.
"You idiot! Everyone will die if this thing explodes! What have you done?"
"I couldn't possibly defeat you in my state and even if I did, I wouldn't be able to destroy this place and put the souls of those humans to rest. This guy can drain radioactive energy, so he will contain the explosion and he will have recovered enough to smack you one and destroy this place....for good."
As he said that, Jack fell on the ground, his eyes closed. Then the shard touched the reactor's exterior and exploded.
"Hey you! What are you doing here? Answer me!" Jack said as loud as he was able to.
The Vitus noticed them for the first time and said calmly:
"Oh, humans! You seem to be part of the escapees that did all this damage to the ship!"
Jack was shocked that the alien could understand and speak the human language, although in a different, more creepy voice. The alien continued:
"Ah, I see you are surprised that I can communicate with you. While it is true that Vitus don't speak other languages, I am an exception. For the IQ of a Vitus' scientist, learning a language, is like you learning the alphabet. As to what I am doing here, I am harvesting. Harvesting new weapons! You see, you humans possessed untapped potential that has never been seen before in another race. Your genetic code enables you to acquire powers beyond normal limits. Yet still, the research is incomplete. I have yet to discover if the powers you acquire are random or not and I still haven't found a 100% effective way to bring out these powers, thus the failures you see all around us!"
Jack was full of rage and sick of listening to the alien's speech.
"FAILURES? YOU TALK ABOUT HUMANS LIKE THEY ARE A MASS-PRODUCTION ITEM?"
The alien approached a big construction and replied:
"A superior race can say whatever he want about an inferior one. Weren't humans doing the discriminations based on colour, country and nobility? Aren't you considering yourselves the top of the food chain? Then it is correct to say that we are the superior as well, not to mention obvious! Look at what we did with our technology. You have discovered nuclear fission more than 80 years ago, yet still haven't unlocked it's boundless potential. On the other hand, I can create super soldiers with just one nuclear reactor! The Vitus are supreme!"
Then the alien calmly went towards Jack, who replied:
"I swear you will regret what you said just now!"
But then, the Vitus stabbed Jack in the stomach with a lancet, while Jack reflexively threw a metal shard but it didn't hit the alien.
"Foolish race...I act all calm around you and you are not prepared for a sudden attack. How are you going to make me regret what I said like this? You can't even aim properly."
Jack laughed on the Alien's comment. He grabbed the Vitus' arm to not fall down, his pupils dilated.
"I never told you I was the one who was going to make you regret it, Allen will...Look behind you. I didn't miss my target."
The metal shard was heading to the nuclear reactor the Vitus demonstrated.
"You idiot! Everyone will die if this thing explodes! What have you done?"
"I couldn't possibly defeat you in my state and even if I did, I wouldn't be able to destroy this place and put the souls of those humans to rest. This guy can drain radioactive energy, so he will contain the explosion and he will have recovered enough to smack you one and destroy this place....for good."
As he said that, Jack fell on the ground, his eyes closed. Then the shard touched the reactor's exterior and exploded.
The ship crashed in the sea and water is filling the inside. You could say that you took a wrong turn when following the others, got lost and suddenly the water was suddenly pouring in the ship. Then you can find an exit to the top of the ship, where Sky (WeepingLiberty) is and RP with them. It seems we are reaching the climax of the spaceship arc, so soon we will all be together.
Jack was shocked to see Allen in that state. He has seen people on the verge of death in the slums, but they were never his comrades in arms, people he would look for like he did. The view of Allen floating motionless, barely alive and speaking to him so earnestly like these were his last words made left him speechless for some time. He quickly turned to his senses, realizing that he had to act fast and find a way to save his friend's life.
"Listen...I don't have a family to wait for me at home. If someone deserves to live and return, it is you. So, just forget what you said right now that seemed like your will and think of it as the next thing you are going to do after we get out of here! Besides, how am I supposed to let you die, without even hearing your name?" he said, with his words filled with passion.
He had dealt with wounds before, but never fatal ones. However, he had to act fast, or Allen would be dead. He mustered all of his strength to approach him, examining the wound. The spike was near Allen's heart and Jack wasn't a surgeon to know exactly what to do. He knew from experience that if he pulled the spike out, the blood would flow, but if he let it like this, it could possibly reach his heart. Jack used his powers to make another wall explode and used the heated up metal shards that were blasted to make a shallow cut in Allen's wound and open it. Then, he slowly removed the spike from Allen's chest and placed a big mettalic shard on top of the cut, which burnt into Allen's flesh, thus closing the wound.
"I know it hurts, but put up with it. We have been through worse..." Jack commented.
He knew that just this would not keep him alive, just give him a slightly more time. Then he took advantage of the water level to minimize Allen's weight, to take him on his back.
"You are getting out of here friend...Then we are going to find some help!" Jack said and steadily moved through the passageway, trying to find an exit for them to make their escape.
"Listen...I don't have a family to wait for me at home. If someone deserves to live and return, it is you. So, just forget what you said right now that seemed like your will and think of it as the next thing you are going to do after we get out of here! Besides, how am I supposed to let you die, without even hearing your name?" he said, with his words filled with passion.
He had dealt with wounds before, but never fatal ones. However, he had to act fast, or Allen would be dead. He mustered all of his strength to approach him, examining the wound. The spike was near Allen's heart and Jack wasn't a surgeon to know exactly what to do. He knew from experience that if he pulled the spike out, the blood would flow, but if he let it like this, it could possibly reach his heart. Jack used his powers to make another wall explode and used the heated up metal shards that were blasted to make a shallow cut in Allen's wound and open it. Then, he slowly removed the spike from Allen's chest and placed a big mettalic shard on top of the cut, which burnt into Allen's flesh, thus closing the wound.
"I know it hurts, but put up with it. We have been through worse..." Jack commented.
He knew that just this would not keep him alive, just give him a slightly more time. Then he took advantage of the water level to minimize Allen's weight, to take him on his back.
"You are getting out of here friend...Then we are going to find some help!" Jack said and steadily moved through the passageway, trying to find an exit for them to make their escape.
The two creatures were moving swiftly around the walls and ceiling of the passageway, making Jack miss his shots, resulting in opening holes around the spaceship. Luckily, the holes were still above the water level, so they didn't fill the ship with more water, at least not yet. The creatures stretched their arms, grabbing things to enable them to move fair distance in a short amount of time. Jack was already at his limit and had no idea as to how to attain victory in this battle, or at least come out of it alive. Then, one of the creatures stretched his arm around Jack, binding him, while the other used his arm like a whip, slamming him once again in a nearby wall. Jack's head wound opened even more, with Sky's cloth unable to keep all the blood.
"Damn creatures...If only you could stay still!" Jack thought.
His legs gave up sometime ago, rendering Jack unable to move at all. He desperately used the shards he had to maintain some distance with the creatures, but he didn't have many left and the monsters wouldn't allow him to get any even if he wanted to. Through the smoke an explosion of his caused, a spiked palm emerged and grabbed his whole head, once again banging him to a wall.The creature now at an arm's length from Jack, trying to crash his skull, while the spikes in their heads pierced through their heads. The creature then screamed in a monstrous, alienlike voice:
"PAIN...SO MUCH PAIIIIIN! MUST DEVOUR...FLESH!!"
Lingering between consciousness and unconsciousness, Jack heard the creature talk.
"Wait a moment...That was human language! Is that thing...a human?"
Jack's justification for his thought was that if the Vitus used technology to make these creatures understand and talk the human language, then they would be able to speak it too, but not a single Vitus speaked in that language. So the only possibility was that these things are-or were-human. This thought enraged Jack so much that he temporarily ignored his pain and quickly forced a piece of shard in the monster's belly, exploding it from the inside. He was full of the monster's blood, which was also washed by the water, now covering Jack's legs. His whole face was full of wounds from the monster's spikes that pierced it. He was panting heavily, but turned to the other creature.
"I will put you out of your misery as well. Then I will avenge the one who did this to you. You have my word..." he said.
"Damn creatures...If only you could stay still!" Jack thought.
His legs gave up sometime ago, rendering Jack unable to move at all. He desperately used the shards he had to maintain some distance with the creatures, but he didn't have many left and the monsters wouldn't allow him to get any even if he wanted to. Through the smoke an explosion of his caused, a spiked palm emerged and grabbed his whole head, once again banging him to a wall.The creature now at an arm's length from Jack, trying to crash his skull, while the spikes in their heads pierced through their heads. The creature then screamed in a monstrous, alienlike voice:
"PAIN...SO MUCH PAIIIIIN! MUST DEVOUR...FLESH!!"
Lingering between consciousness and unconsciousness, Jack heard the creature talk.
"Wait a moment...That was human language! Is that thing...a human?"
Jack's justification for his thought was that if the Vitus used technology to make these creatures understand and talk the human language, then they would be able to speak it too, but not a single Vitus speaked in that language. So the only possibility was that these things are-or were-human. This thought enraged Jack so much that he temporarily ignored his pain and quickly forced a piece of shard in the monster's belly, exploding it from the inside. He was full of the monster's blood, which was also washed by the water, now covering Jack's legs. His whole face was full of wounds from the monster's spikes that pierced it. He was panting heavily, but turned to the other creature.
"I will put you out of your misery as well. Then I will avenge the one who did this to you. You have my word..." he said.
Why would you name your character exactly like mine? It is going to be confusing with two Jack Spade names :-/
Jack kept searching all over the ship for Allen, but to his dismay the gunfight and the loud voices had stopped, once again leaving him clueless as to where he is. To make matters worse, some leaks in the spaceship opened up more, steadily rising the water levels which were now at his knees, hindering his already slow movements. He let out a curse for the unfortunate turn of events.
"What could go worse now, except for me drowning?" he thought, trying to be sarcastic.
But he soon figured that he shouldn't count his chickens before they hatch. Still wandering the labyrinthine passageways, Jack suddenly heard something crawling around, but he couldn't spot anything around, all the more with his vision blurred from the blood that dropped in his eye. He approached carefully, not knowing what awaited him. Suddenly, something grabbed him and pushed him to the bottom of the water, trying to suffocate him.Inside the water, Jack could see a large arm holding him down. He tried to touch the hand so it could explode, something that didn't work, because of his ignorance that his powers work only on inorganic objects. With little time left to breathe, Jack quickly fetched a metal shard, ignited it and pierced the arm, causing it to explode afterwards. Quickly emerging from the water, Jack saw two humanoid creatures with streching arms with some kind of spikes on the inside of their palms quickly moving on the ceiling of the spaceship. He also noticed that his chest was pierced fronm those spikes, but it wasn't deep enough, probably thanks to the water's resistance.
"Crap, I am in no good condition to fight, much less with two opponents with much greater mobility, while I am hindered by water...Besides, why are they looking like humans, when the Vitus do not resemble the human race at a..."
His thought was interrupted by another long-ranged attack that slammed him in a nearby wall. Barely standing, Jack said:
"Vision blurry...water rising...fast...Have to...end this...quickly...and find...the other fellow..."
Then he picked metal shards from his pockets, ready to engage the creatures in combat.
"What could go worse now, except for me drowning?" he thought, trying to be sarcastic.
But he soon figured that he shouldn't count his chickens before they hatch. Still wandering the labyrinthine passageways, Jack suddenly heard something crawling around, but he couldn't spot anything around, all the more with his vision blurred from the blood that dropped in his eye. He approached carefully, not knowing what awaited him. Suddenly, something grabbed him and pushed him to the bottom of the water, trying to suffocate him.Inside the water, Jack could see a large arm holding him down. He tried to touch the hand so it could explode, something that didn't work, because of his ignorance that his powers work only on inorganic objects. With little time left to breathe, Jack quickly fetched a metal shard, ignited it and pierced the arm, causing it to explode afterwards. Quickly emerging from the water, Jack saw two humanoid creatures with streching arms with some kind of spikes on the inside of their palms quickly moving on the ceiling of the spaceship. He also noticed that his chest was pierced fronm those spikes, but it wasn't deep enough, probably thanks to the water's resistance.
"Crap, I am in no good condition to fight, much less with two opponents with much greater mobility, while I am hindered by water...Besides, why are they looking like humans, when the Vitus do not resemble the human race at a..."
His thought was interrupted by another long-ranged attack that slammed him in a nearby wall. Barely standing, Jack said:
"Vision blurry...water rising...fast...Have to...end this...quickly...and find...the other fellow..."
Then he picked metal shards from his pockets, ready to engage the creatures in combat.
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