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Pendari gave him a stiff nod, "then follow, but don't get in my way."

(Moved her to the lower levels section already, so just run and catch up.)

Myke takes his way slowly through the halls, looking for the bar. Cigarette still in his mouth as he glances down at passerbys who stare up at him. The only thing that could slow him at this point would be former fans. But Judging by his recent history, he doubted he had any. cool

Pendari walked down the hallway on her way to the bridge. There was still blood splattered on the hem of her skirt from the most recent victims. She made note to clean it off the moment she had a chance. As she walked her orb made a soft beeping noise. Pendari paled and leaned against the wall "Go ahead and connect with him." Within a few moments Lankin's voice rasped from the orb's speakers.

"Gautrine, I'm losing patience with you, child. You're supposed to be finding the eye, and instead you're mingling with the civilians?"

"It's research, Lankin, you can't find a civilian holding the eye, without asking the civilians." Pendari stared at the wall in front of her, her jaw held tight.

"There's something you're not telling me Gautrine. Why would you talk so much to one specific civilian? And tell me, why have four of my leiutenants failed to check in this last hour? As of now we seem to be completely cut off from any of the forces based in the engine room."

Pendari held back a smile. "I told you the gas could be too strong. Troops shouldn't have been posted there at all."

"And is it just coincidence four other prominent members of the squad have gone missing? All according to rank?"

Pen shrugged, "It's a violent ship, prisoners kill people you know, perhaps it's just coincidence."

"Gautrine, what are you doing?"

Pendari leaned against the wall and chuckled. She had no need to answer, Lankin knew well enough what she had done.

"Gautrine you can't stop us. I'm sending out Lux immediatley."

"To rip a hole in the ship, killing us all, I'm aware of his methods." Pendari continued to chuckle. Whatever her efforts, at least she had bought them all a few more days time, as she had planned.

"Why, Gautry?"

Pen chuckled, "I did it for a friend, Lankin."

There was a pause on the line, and Lankin spoke in a low voice. "I hate to do this, Pendari, you had shown so much promise in the past.But I have no choice."

As he finished speaking the glove on Pendari's hand made a clicking sound. Pendari paled as a spider hidden into the glove disattatched and made the high pitched whirring sound as its drill started up. "No!" She tried to shake it off, but cried out in pain as the creature drilled beneath the skin of her hand, and at high speed began crawling up her arm. The lump underneath her pale skin clearly visible as with a trail of fire drilled its way up towards her elbow, seeking vital organs.

Her face chilled to concentration, ignoring the pain. With a smooth motion she grabbed a knife from her belt and slid to the floor, stabbing at her arm, the lump in her skin moving to the left and then the right as she continued to stab at it. Pen gritted her teeth and took one final jab.

A popping explosion echoed through the hallway followed by the clatter of a knife as it fell to the floor.

Pendari started to chuckle, looking at the puddle of blood, meat and bone, that used to be her right arm. Her hand was scattered a few feet away, for some reason she seemed to find it hilarious, along with the steady flow of red pouring from the stump at her elbow. Her vision began darkening, but she smiled as she knew she had at least bought them a few more days...it was a hefty price, however it was a price she would have paid twice over.

Pendari by this time had fallen out of consciousness. A small stream of blood still trickled from the stump of her arm, but otherwise the flow was stopped.

The mechanical orb however was floating around in complete confusion. It floated after Pendari, then paused and turned back to the parts of her hand still on the floor, and then ran into the wall, bumping itself over and over again. By the time it realized Pendari and Lanita had left the orb let out a long low whistle-like sound, and began wandering the hallways in a slow manner, completely lost.

The orb floated calmly into his grasp, as it whistled up at him, still in a low sad tone. Sections of it broke apart and it looked up at him with a blue tinged light similar to an eye.

((its like R2D2 IN BALL FORM!))

Myke smiles a smile he hadnt in a long time, a smile of kindness. The little mechanical bugger was kinda cute lookin in a orb of metal and bolts sorta way. He wished he could talk to it, cause he had a feeling that although it seemed to be able to see him, it probably could only understand spoken words. But he would try anyway, holding it out in one hand he held his other hand up in a peace sign that was used many years ago.