Ghost Signals, Episode 6: Part 3.3
RAIVEN Cheers. Buzz me when those results start popping up.
STEGGY (from the speakers) Will do...
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI (pause, curious; to Raiven) Did you feel you got enough information from those pink and brown wohminn?
RAIVEN Yes and no. I got some great stuff, no question. But there's...something about them that I'm intrigued to know more about.
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI If only you could track them throughout their collective history... (Raiven's eyes grow giddily wide) Wait, can you actually do it?
RAIVEN (shrugs) Not yet. But with a little time...
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI Do the bulk of your scientific discoveries have such similar... sporadic birthing?
Dr. O'Ozahl reattaches the console back to the empty part of the machine; the click preceding her response to the question.
RAIVEN (sly smile) Just about, yeah...!
A few seconds later, we see the Jahukagonis transform in front of our eyes and condense into a portable shape the size of a backpack. The good Doctor then picks the machine up and straps it over her back.
As she moves to her comm, examining an image of the map Steggy had put together, the AC Second Class turns her eyes skyward upon hearing a faint buzzing sound from the sky in the distance. Immediately, she starts to tense up in anticipation of the danger on the horizon.
The soldier grabs a chunk of metal from the ground and hurls it squarely at the drone, exploding and sending the aircraft to the ground in a fiery ball.
RAIVEN (notices a split second after) Whoa! What the...?
Before she's able to finish the rest of her question, she's pulled by Mz. de Caar forward another ten feet.
Finally, a few more steps later, Raiven jabs the soldier in the side. She lets go of her grip just enough for Dr. O'Ozahl is set free back to her feet.
RAIVEN (up to AC Second Class Dez-Lei's chest) What the hells was that about?!
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI (succinct and strong, to Raiven) I saw an aircraft coming at our position. I instinctively dispatched it in case it was another of those bug things.
RAIVEN That was clearly a rocket engine, Dez! Which meant it came from intelligent sentient life that..
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI That clearly could've blown us apart! It had a clean shot to take both of us out, if indeed it was an aircraft.
RAIVEN (points to Dez's hip) You've got that freaky looking shape changing Hova on your hip. In any type of one-to-one fight, we would've been fine...outside of charred skin, and some broken bones. Discharged organs, too.
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI It wouldn't have been that effective from that range. Just cause a big boom and probable interior gooifaction.
Raiven lets the statement settle for a beat and a half. Then, the two of them continue walking once more; the Doctor turning her attention down to her comm for a few moments, continuing the work she had done before.
CUT TO:
Another section of the street hours later. You can see the sun in the background just starting to set, and night following right on its tail. The two of them are walking in the center of the shot; Raiven engaging in the same action she was doing earlier.
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI You found the next location yet?
RAIVEN (shakes her head) Closer than I was a few minuyats ago. But still have a bit of distance before we hit the pocket, according to scans.
A few seconds later, we hear a "PING!" coming from the comm which surprises the good Doctor a litle bit.
RAIVEN (Cont.) Or I'm more brilliant than surmised and the gods smile well on us. Shiny!
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI Which direction?
RAIVEN 255 hametros to our left.
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI That's another...datum and a half excurring. We're going to have to find shelter and rest, scrounge for sustenance.
RAIVEN (nods) Agreed...
The pair continue walking for a time along the determined path; Raiven searching as far as she can in the distance. There's a few moments of silence before the good Doctor spots some type of smell in the distance.
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI You found something this quickly?
RAIVEN No. But I think I smell a potential food source. Not a terribly foul one at that.
AC SECOND CLASS DEZ-LEI (happy and surprised) Great! A bit surprising as well. From what I had seen of the Signals, they didn't strike me as skilled in food preservation.
RAIVEN Maybe it's from a nearby colony of huminns. (suddenly excited) The excellent opportunities this could open up...!