Beyond Space & Time

"thats what the other people said. Before they came and started taking parts of us." Zula , the one in the water, said as she emerged from the water and they could see the horrible condition of her body. It looked like half her body was diseased, almost crystalized, and then broken apart. Even looking at the girl of rocks, she also had parts broken off of her. "Visitors are scary and bad news. It's because of you that reina and others cant swim anymore." Zula said, still on guard.

"What my companion said is true. We have no intention of harming you. My name is Wolf, and this is Atlas." Wolfie said in the sweetest nicest voice he could muster. "I get a good feeling from them Zula. Maybe if we ask D we can hear them out?" Reina said as she walked over to Zula. Zula sunk down in the murky water, considering it. "Mmmm....I guess." She said.

Even Wolfie knew tact, especially towards people with trust issues. "Could you tell us more about your situation?" Wolfie asked. "You should ask D! She's been our protector and knows lots more than we do." Reina said. "Go get her. Ill watch over them." Zula said. Reina nodded as she dashed off into the ruins. Looking at her more closely, Zula was rather big. "When D comes out...do not stare." Zula warned the both of them. "So we have some friendly visitors huh?" A gruff voice said as from behind the ruins along with Reina came a woman built like an amazon. She was twice the size of Wolfie, possibly around 12 feet. The worse thing though was that more than half her body was covered in scars.

D walked over and sat down, groaning a bit when she did. "Hmmm...well you certainly don't look like poachers. Why are you here?" D asked. "We are simply wanderers. We heard of your plight and came to assist in whatever way we can." Wolfie told D. "Hmmm... well that's awfully nice of ya." D said, not sure how to react. "See? I told you I had a good feeling about them." Reina said happily.

Once they were all sat down, Wolfie asked D to explain. First, D was part of a race of people who were meant to protect Reina and Zula's people. Apparently, people off planet learned that if they subject the people here to a certain type of gas, it crystalize's their bodies and makes their bodies frail. The poachers then smash them, and use the crystals for drugs that sell for a high price on the black market. D was the last of the protectors, but she suffered from an attack a couple of weeks back that left her body with so many scars and burns. Since then they had been running and moving constantly to stay away from the poachers. "I don't know how much more we can run though. It gets harder for Reina to move every day, and Zula's crystallization is getting worse." D said.

“If there was, we wouldnt know how to do it. I dont have much in the way of smarts.” D said. “Hmm....once we deal with the poachers perhaps we could find someway to reverse it.” Wolfie said.

(Gotcha) “That...would be very helpful. But there are so many of them. And Im the only one here who can fight. The rest are hidden deep under water, but they are so scared of the gas that they couldnt fight with us. I dont know how strong you two are, but I couldnt ask you to take on an army of poachers.” D said.

D looked concerned but also tired. She could use any help she could get. “Ok. I will place some trust in you. If you can help me Ill be very grateful.” D said as she strained and stood up.

“Good idea. I did not detect any ships in the atmosphere so they must be camped out somewhere on planet. Once we find them, we will take them out.” Wolfie agreed. Zula looked at Reina and D. “Who are you people?” She asked, confused by their behavior.

well they had traveled underwater, so they had to swim and then make their way out. " Atlas once we secure a sample of the gas, you should work towards finding an antidote while I take of whatever poachers are remaining." Wolfie told her as they flew around, searching for the base.

"Hmmm...I suppose we could do it that way as well. I trust in your ability to handle a few poachers. Once we locate them, then we will proceed with that plan." Wolfie said as they continued to search. It didnt take long for Wolfie to pick up on where they were. "A boat. I suppose that's fitting." Wolfie said. They found a massive boat and from what they could tell, it was filled to the brim with poachers.

""I agree. Lets get in closer and see if we can see any survivors." Wolfie said.

Once they got in close, Wolfie got them over to a window. He effortlessly tore it off and they both got inside. Wolfie had made sure there werent any poachers as they looked around for captives. "If their are any natives, they'd probably keep them in the furthest depths." Wolfie said.