I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead.
Calvin had held fast to the warm body of his tiger friend as the gas had destroyed them, mind, body, and soul. Now, though there was no way that he could have survived, he felt a little bit of that warmth left.
Is this afterdeath? Or have I been cloned again?
He tried to sit up, and felt a terrible ache in his spinal area.
"It's amazing," said a muffled voice.
Calvin remembered the voice. It was the voice of the monster whose actions had ended so many lives, including his own.
"Susie."
He saw that he was inside a sort of glass chamber, not unlike the kind that Earthling scientists had slept in during the earliest days of space travel. Susie had her face pressed against the glass, her face monstrously childish. Straining his vision, he saw another chamber like his own at the other side of whatever craft they were in. Hobbes lay in it, sterile, but definitely breathing.
"It seems," said Susie, somewhere between sadistic pleasure and absolute fury, "that residual energies from your recent cloning counteracted the effects of the bun gas. Though it saved you from that fate, it gave me the chance to construct an even worse demise for you."
Calvin stiffened as he realized what Susie was planning.
"You're going to launch us into space," he gasped.
Susie let out an evil cry of joy.
"Not just space, Calvan Emperor Calvin. Beyond all mapped territory. Out of all known worlds and towards the edges of our reality."
Calvin's heart was racing. If Susie indeed sent them as far as she claimed she would, the chances of them returning to claim control of their empires was approximately .01 out of 1,000,000. He tried to think of a decent comeback, but only found that he could make a cliched statement that would only satisfy Susie's cruelty even more.
"You'll never get away with this."
"Oh, but I will, former Emperor."
Susie pressed a button, and instantly the hatch of the craft opened and she exited. After about 30 minutes, he heard the sound of engines being fired, and, with a jolt, the ship had entered maximum warp.
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Susie watched with grim satisfaction as the ship disappeared into the void. An assistance droid approached her.
"May I help you, Empress?" it asked in a dull monotone.
Susie continued to stare at the void for a moment before answering.
"Yes, you can. Contact the Emperor of the Undecideds and inform him that the Alpha and Beta Quadrants are under Susican control."
Calvin had held fast to the warm body of his tiger friend as the gas had destroyed them, mind, body, and soul. Now, though there was no way that he could have survived, he felt a little bit of that warmth left.
Is this afterdeath? Or have I been cloned again?
He tried to sit up, and felt a terrible ache in his spinal area.
"It's amazing," said a muffled voice.
Calvin remembered the voice. It was the voice of the monster whose actions had ended so many lives, including his own.
"Susie."
He saw that he was inside a sort of glass chamber, not unlike the kind that Earthling scientists had slept in during the earliest days of space travel. Susie had her face pressed against the glass, her face monstrously childish. Straining his vision, he saw another chamber like his own at the other side of whatever craft they were in. Hobbes lay in it, sterile, but definitely breathing.
"It seems," said Susie, somewhere between sadistic pleasure and absolute fury, "that residual energies from your recent cloning counteracted the effects of the bun gas. Though it saved you from that fate, it gave me the chance to construct an even worse demise for you."
Calvin stiffened as he realized what Susie was planning.
"You're going to launch us into space," he gasped.
Susie let out an evil cry of joy.
"Not just space, Calvan Emperor Calvin. Beyond all mapped territory. Out of all known worlds and towards the edges of our reality."
Calvin's heart was racing. If Susie indeed sent them as far as she claimed she would, the chances of them returning to claim control of their empires was approximately .01 out of 1,000,000. He tried to think of a decent comeback, but only found that he could make a cliched statement that would only satisfy Susie's cruelty even more.
"You'll never get away with this."
"Oh, but I will, former Emperor."
Susie pressed a button, and instantly the hatch of the craft opened and she exited. After about 30 minutes, he heard the sound of engines being fired, and, with a jolt, the ship had entered maximum warp.
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Susie watched with grim satisfaction as the ship disappeared into the void. An assistance droid approached her.
"May I help you, Empress?" it asked in a dull monotone.
Susie continued to stare at the void for a moment before answering.
"Yes, you can. Contact the Emperor of the Undecideds and inform him that the Alpha and Beta Quadrants are under Susican control."
