callisto, an alien from a far away planet, is trapped in a museum of alien artefacts. a man with no name and only a job title finds her and invites her to join him and his companion through space and time.
invasions happen, strange visits and many m...
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"OPEN FIRE!" JEFFERSON shouted as the ood continued to slowly step closer to the four. he and the woman held up their guns and began to shoot the ood repeatedly.
"we're stabilising. we've got orbit." zach informed everyone when the base stopped shaking so violently.
once the ood ahead of them were dead, callisto pushed past jefferson and ran back to the monitor, locking up the com, "doc? doc? doctor, can you hear me? ida, can you hear me? are either of you there?"
the door opened and jefferson and the woman aimed their weapons at the door, but it turned out to be danny, who held his hands up, "it's me!" he turned back to spin the lock on the door. "but they're coming. it's the ood. they've gone mad."
"how many of 'em?" jefferson asked.
"all of them!" danny exclaimed, his voice raising an pitch. "all 50!"
"danny, out of the way. out of the way!" jefferson ordered, shoving danny to the side.
danny gripped his arm desperately, "but they're armed!" jefferson began to unwind the lock. "it's the interface device. i don't know how, but they're using it as a weapon."
jefferson pulled open the yellow door, a large number of ood standing the other side of it, eyes glowing red. the woman gasped at the sight of them as the ood at the front reaches out with their interface device and pressed it to her forehead. she screamed, bolts of electricity shooting around her head, making her drop to the floor, dead. backing up slightly, jefferson began to shoot at them, danny yelping in fear.
once they were dead, danny began to press buttons on the keypad beside the door, telling the a.i. to keep it on lockdown. callisto and rose were still waiting by the com, worried sick and also not sure how much they could do to help. jefferson had lowered his weapon, which was running out of ammunition.
"jefferson, what's happening there?" zach asked, able to hear danny's demands for the a.i. to close all the doors possible.
"i've got very little ammunition, sir. how about you?" jefferson replied, lifting his wrist-com to answer zach.
there was a moment of silence and some shuffling, "all i've got is a bolt gun. with, uh... all of one bolt. i could take out a grand total of 1 ood, fat lot of food that is."
"given the emergency, i recommend strategy 9." jefferson suggested.
"strategy 9 agreed." zach replied, although his hesitation and reluctance was clear in his voice. "right, we need to get everyone together. callisto, what about ida and the doctor? any word?"
callisto sighed as rose bit her lip nervously, "i haven't had a reply. not for lack of trying, though. there's just been nothing."
a distant static sounded and then a voice that brought callisto and rose great relief, "nope, sorry, i'm fine. still here."
