Distress call!

by **Narrator** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:41 pm

All was peaceful aboard the Nova Corps cruiser as they traveled for days. So it wasn't without a little surprise that the ship suddenly made a hard course-change, veering off to one side and accelerating noticeably.

by **Valdis Hallsdottir** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:14 pm

Val certainly noticed the change in direction as she was walking down a corridor, briefly losing her balance.

"Where in Odin's name are we going now?!"

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:01 pm

"I don't know." Rachel said.

by **Calvin Strong** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:24 pm

Cal sighed as he listened to them. "Hang on," he said. Hal, interface with public announcement system. Get us a look at what's going on.

Code: Select all: Acknowledged. Patching announcement feed.

Even Cal was rather surprised when the projection of a Nova centurion head appeared in midair. The blue-skinned female (Kree?) was already speaking. "-turions, it is critical that you pay attention at this time. Priority 1 distress call has been receieved at the bearings patched into the navigational systems. Signal identification: Shi'ar, registering as the shuttle Illustrius Talon. Distress call registering two-point-six four galactic standard hours ago at top priority. Projected possibility of survivors will decrease to zero within point-three standard hours. Your vessel's structural integrity must be increased by four percent before initiating a gravometric warp point."

by **Bobby Bowen** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:08 pm

"Another emergency?" Bobby asked, looking about.

by **Narrator** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:10 pm

The blue head turned toward Bobby. "It is our job, after all, human."

by **Bobby Bowen** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:13 pm

"Hey, it's not like we are busy here, Mister Centurion. How can we help?" he replied, a little shocked the Nova would take notice of his quip.

by **Narrator** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:18 pm

"Aside from not assuming everything's a man? You should hold on. The Centurions will be opening a warp point in about three minutes, and as good as they are at their jobs they aren't exactly used to doing this. It's going to be a bumpy ride."

by **Kevin Gravis** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:47 pm

"Well then buckle up kids!" Kevin chimed in, "Wait... does this thing even have seatbelts?"

by **Melody Martens** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:38 pm

"Anything to occupy my mind," melody said quietly from the entrance of the room as she walked in to join the others.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:30 am

"The hell's going on now?" Daniel asked, coming through the door behind Melody.

by **ASHLIE** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:52 am

"We are answering a Shi'ar distress call." Ashlie informs him from off to the side where she had been sitting motionlessly for who knows how long.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:55 am

"Fuck the Shi'ar," Daniel muttered.

by **Bobby Bowen** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:09 pm

"More Shi'ar. Great."

Bobby was in an equally bad mood.

by **Narrator** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:28 am

They didn't have much time to consider the matter. There was a flash outside the ship, as three centurions converged on one point, channeling their energies between them. Space seemed to ripple, then explode into a huge tear that opened like a portal in front of them.

The ride was, indeed, bumpy, but was also brief. Soon they would find their ship drifting as it recovered from the transport and waited for the corpsmen that had opened the gate to return to it.

Ahead, though, there was a ship. A ship that, while it was obviously a drifting wreck now, seemed familiar.

by **Melody Martens** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:19 pm

Melody stumbled and fell into Daniel during the tumble of transport. "Awesome," she sighed. "We get to rescue the assholes who got us out here in the first place."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:21 pm

Daniel caught her, bracing them upright with one arm against the wall. "Oh, the hell we will," Daniel growled, glaring daggers out the viewport, "If those pricks are still alive, they're going to regret it pretty quick here."

by **Kevin Gravis** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:24 pm

Kevin furrowed his brow for a very brief moment as he looked out at the wreck before it clicked in his scruffy little head.

"No... Mira..." he said worriedly. She was, of course, the Phoenix and probably fine, but he looked about to rush for the bridge anyway.

by **Calvin Strong** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:30 pm

"Cool it," Cal said to Kevin. "Nothing we can do until they do their thing anyway, it's not like you can just run out in hard vaccuum. They'll be bringing anyone alive in... that way," Cal said, consulting the maps of the ship he'd downloaded and pointing up one corridor.

by **Kevin Gravis** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:03 pm

"But, but..." he argued futilely before sighing, "Right... that way then..."

by **Bobby Bowen** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:15 pm

"So, want to welcome them on board, the pissed off Earthen way?"

by **Melody Martens** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:34 pm

"I knew there was a reason I hung out with you," Melody smirked at Daniel, cracking her knuckles as he helped her steady herself.

by **Valdis Hallsdottir** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:20 pm

Bobby Bowen wrote:"So, want to welcome them on board, the pissed off Earthen way?"

"That sounds like an excellent idea."

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:44 pm

Close to the airlock, the X-Men would hear quiet arguing.

"I don't care what it looks like, I'm telling you, this isn't right. Skrulls can't DO this!"

"That's not what it looks like, Philo."

"Are you ultrastupid? You know the briefings. I- oh sprock it. Worldmind, confirm?"

"Confirmed, skrulls cannot hold a shape like this after death. Something is off here."

"see?"

Entering the area, the X-Men would see what looked like a giant rock. On closer inspection, though, the outcroppings on it weren't just chunks of rock, but stumps of arms, legs, and a Skrull head bearing an agonized expression.

by **Kevin Gravis** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:52 pm

"Sweet tap-dancing monkey Christ... What. The fuck. Is that?" Kevin said right after entering, recoiling at the sight.

by **Bobby Bowen** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:37 pm

"Now that is one really dead skrull."

Bobby whistled at the sight, moving to get closer for an up close examination.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:44 pm

That was when a frantic pounding came from inside the volkswagon-sized rock that might have once been a Skrull.

by **Bobby Bowen** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:55 pm

"Woah.. It's apparently a giant kinder egg.." Bobby uged everyone to back up, as he reformed his arms into an axe and crowbar.

After a few moments to ensure everyone was clear, he attempted to crack the rock.

by **Melody Martens** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:16 pm

"Are...we sure we want to open it?" Melody asked hesitantly.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:08 pm

"It'd be a good idea." Rachel put in.

by **Bobby Bowen** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:16 pm

Bobby began poking and prying.

by **Narrator** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:01 pm

The poking and prying didn't accomplish a hell of a lot on a rock that had withstood space for a while, but the Nova Corpsmen assisted and helped crack it open enough that Bobby could pry it the rest of the way.

Inside, suffering from exposure that even their shapeshifting couldn't cope with completely, were two skrulls, now gasping for air as they spilled out into the room. "This is the weirdest patrol we've ever been on," one of the Centurions muttered.

by **Bobby Bowen** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:19 pm

"Can we stuff them back in the rock, and toss them out the airlock?" Bobby suggested, only joking a little.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:21 pm

"No," Daniel growled, pushing past them and grabbing one of the Skrulls by the throat, lifting him off the ground. "WHERE IS SHE!" he snarled, his body faintly glowing orange as he held the Skrull up in the air.

by **Bobby Bowen** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:25 pm

"You better tell him. Fire is a bad way to go, after being in space for so long."

Bobby smirked, shifting his form to look more Skrull-like, with the distinctive chin ridges.

by **Narrator** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:25 pm

The Nova Centurions, on the other hand, had other ideas. Two of them rushed Daniel, and while he tried to fight them off, Philo focused a gravometric beam on him that pinned him to the deck, letting the skrull fall to the ground. "All right, does anyone else have any ultra-funny ideas?" he snapped at the X-Men.

The Skrull, meanwhile, clutched his throat while his companion managed to croak out words. "Attacked," he rasped. "Enormous... golden ship. Took... Phoenix... took... our hope..."

With that, the skrull lost consciousness.

by **Kevin Gravis** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:19 pm

"Their hope? Oh fuck them," Kevin said, glaring at the Skrulls.

by **Bobby Bowen** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:26 pm

"not much hope left, then."

Bobby went to check on Daniel, before turning to the Nova Corpsmen.

"So, we' re going after her, right?"

by **Narrator** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:11 am

"Kid, we don't know who they are, what direction they went, or what they were doing here. Until we have more to work with, we've got our patrol to keep up with," Fractur rumbled.

by **Bobby Bowen** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:57 pm

"Oh, come on! You Nova Corps badasses must have some sort of psychic interrogator on this junker somewhere! Let's use it on these guys. This is the Phoenix, after all! And she's a friend, to boot!"

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