The best of both planets

Chapter Three

Egreg stood pounding on the door to the Ventures Bridge, thinking, 'What's the point killing people, and whatever the Exadith told him to.' Egreg waited. Nothing happened. Something should have happened. Egreg and the others are linked. Or at least they were linked. Some thing was wrong, something was messing with Egregs connection with the others. But this was a good thing if who ever or whatever did this, didn't do this Egreg would  be dead right now. Egreg took a step back. The others didn't notice Why would they, they had killed everyone on the ship that had not escaped in a life pod, but the captain, and they had telepathic connections to every Zombieman on the ship. Everyone but Egreg. Then suddenly, out of the blue, an airlock by the bridge door opened. Egreg splatted on the wall by the airlock.  Two of the others were sucked into space. After all the air was gone Egregs cells reformed, his half dead body not dying in the vacuum of space. The last Zombieman besides Egreg resumed his pounding, relentless, pounding. The door was about to break, the Captain was about to slam to the wall, as Egreg had. The Captains blood was about to boil, His lungs where about to explode, his skin was about to freeze, he was about to die, when a thought came into Egregs head "Save him" Egreg erupted towards the last Zombieman, throwing him out the air lock, watching him drift of into space.

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Gale is a pilot trainee and she has long black hair with pale skin and freckles.
Gale woke to bright lights. She sat up and swung her feet down and instantly regretted it. Cold water hit Gale's toes and fully woke her up. Gale realized where she was, she was not at the academy, and that noise of people were not her friends. She was in a life pod that was apparently sinking to the bottom of the ocean, and her best friend lay on the Venture, dead. Gale screamed. Almost instantly a voice sang, "It is not time to worry, it is time to get out of your tube, they neeeeed it." Sang Juditha. It was a weird song and a weird tune, but it calmed Gales neves, and it was kind of chatchy. Soon Gale joined in. And there they were, the computer, and Gale, singing, not caring who thought they were weird. It was too good too last and they enjoyed it. Moments later Stella yelled. "Be quiet and sit down!"
Gale ran to the front of the pod and sat in the pilot seat, and shut her mouth.
I'v been analyzing what you said Stella and I have found that I can't sit down." Juditha said.
"Do I look like I care! BE QUIET!" said Stella.
"You didn't say the magic words!" Juditha said.
"Pie!" Stella exclaimed.
"You know, I have been analyzing that too, and there is no pie on board.  No food at all, actually." stated Juditha.
"Ok, I was bluffing. Would you PLEASE  be quiet." said Stella, putting a little too much emphasis on, "please".
"Thank you! You are the only one that has..." started Juditha but was cut of by Stella, saying
"Juditha what did I just ask you?"
"Sorry." Juditha finished. Gale flipped her seat around, to  look out the window.  Gale expected to see nothing, but in the distance there was a... big fish, or was it a whale? Gale sat there looking at the thing for a moment, when a voice next to her said.
"Its a fish. You see the tail it's veritical like a fish, it has gills like a fish. and it ate a small animal a little while ago. What am I saying, blabbering on without properly introducing myself, the name is Jennifer Taylor, Jennifer Page Taylor. And I like fish." Jennifer said.
"I'm Gale just Gale. So do you study fish?" Gale asked.
"Well I'm more of a biologist. I study all plants and animals. Hey, I just had an idea! No one ever knew that this fish existed! Or even named it! And because I was the first one to see it, I get to name it! Let me see... humm... The Gale Fish!"
'My own fish,' Gale thought. 'I've never had a fish before. I probably won't have it for long, but if we somehow live, I have "My own fish!" Gale thought, saying the last three words aloud. Gale looked out the window. That is when it happened. Water boiling, The sound of a balloon inflating, The pod rising Up up up... No one breathed. Everyone thought.. 'Could this work?' Up, up, up, they broke to cold night air. Everyone cheered. George yelled, "Where is my Sugar!" Gale took the helm and they speed off to shore.

The best of both planets

Chapter Two

Captain Kordith sat at the helm station trying to crash the Venture on
the world below.  Exidam genetically modified super solders tried to
break down the door behind Kordith.  These super solders have been
modified with telepathic cells so that even if you managed to cut off
its head, its body would keep on coming for you.  It also allows them
to talk to each other, allowing them to think quick and unanimously, so
they never hesitate. For these reasons the humans incorrectly call
them undead.

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Areeona is a shape shifter that goes by the name Aubrey and her tube
has just now been released by Stella.

Aubrey woke to bright lights so she shifted into her usual human form.
Some one was standing over her with a gun strapped to her side.
Aubrey almost shifted into a more defaceable form, but then she recognized the person as Stella, the Ventures Chief Security Officer. Aubrey relaxed a little, but then she saw something out of the corner
of her eye, outside the pods window, - water. 'Those humans sure know
how to get them selves in a real mess don't they.' thought Aubrey.
"What is it this time?" said Aubrey, exasperated.
"Don't worry, I've got the water problem under control." said Stella.
"Sure you do," said Aubrey, doubtful. "Then why do you need me?"
"Well, I need some one intelligent to talk to."
'The humans know who is smarter, you can give them that much' Aubrey thought.
"Yes I'm listening." Said Aubrey.
"Well, I was thinking about the captain and his decision to go down with the ship." said Stella.
"The captain may have stayed with the ship, but I doubt that he
intends to go down with the ship. Knowing the Captain, he is going to use the Valiant as his life pod." said Aubrey.
"But what about those, Things?" asked Stella.
"That is for him to know and for us to find out. Now, I'm going to check on what you plan to do to get us out of this small pod." with that Aubrey left. She went and found George who was clearly the engineer.
"So, how are you planing to get us out of here?" asked Aubrey.
"My mom told me not to talk with strangers." said George.
"Ok, I'm out of here."said Aubrey thowing her hands up in the air. Aubrey then went back to Stella, to "have some one intelligent to talk to"
"What happened to him?" asked Aubrey, motioning to George.
"Oh, you mean George?" asked Stella. Aubrey nodded.
"Well, he did't get enough oxygen on the way down." Sella said.
"And you didn't wake up the doctor!" said Aubrey.
"Well you see the pod kinda didn't have one." said Stella.
"No doctor!" exclaimed Aubrey. 'I'm going to have to do this my way.'  she thought.  "He thinks your his mom right?" she asked.
"Yes" Stella said slowly.
"Good" and with that Aubrey was off to see George, shifting shape on the way.
"Mom, look what I'm doing to save us!" said George excitedly.
'That was easy' thought Aubrey as George led her to his tube.
"Look" he said pointing at his tube.  The tube was filled with water, and Aubrey saw a heavily patched hole at the back of the tube. That and the wall seamed to be cristoline and 75% elasticity. And there was a
gun on the floor. The kid, or man, what ever you call him must have shot the hole and half melted the wall with that gun on the floor.' Aubrey thought. 'But how is it going to work?'
"It's all cool and all but how is it going to work?" asked Aubrey.
"We'll use the heaters to boil the water, the pressure the and heat will raise the submarine!" George said giggling. But I will have to do this to all the tubes." finished George very quickly.

'This just might work, and not bad for a three year old.'  thought Aubrey.  'Just one problem, we are going to get crowded fast.'

The best of both planets

Chapter one

Stella woke to the computer singing again. The inside of the life pod was dark but she knew it from when they left the Venture. She was in a small padded tube in a small life pod, and she was claustrophobic. Well at least she is now, who would not be, with the only thing you could move was your index finger to press the release button. She could not even open her eye lids, this was of course because the impact of landing was so great that you would get mortally Injured if you were not in conditions like this.  Then she pressed the release button.  Soon the tube opened, she took off her air mask, and inhaled fresh air, but then again the air was still from shipboard oxygen generators. She opened her eyes to bright lights, but after she got used to it it was rather dim. Then she heard it louder now, and she asked in a tired voice. “What in this new worlds name are you singing about Juditha?” 
Juditha, the main computer replied, “Us sinking to our deaths on this beautiful new world! of course! Oh isn't it exciting this new place!”
Stella looked out the window and saw deep dark ocean, and did not think it was “beautiful” at all.
“Why didn't you wake and tell me we are sinking TO OUR DEATHS?!!" asked Stella yelling the last the words.
“I did, don't you like my lyrics?  We are all going to die at the bott..."  started Juditha, but was interrupted Stella saying “so that is what you were singing about!  And silence!”
“You did’nt say the magic words!”
“Not that again"
“Those aren't the  magic words.”
“Well be quiet or else”
“Or else what?”
“Or else I’ll get pie!”
After that the computer was quiet.  No one knows why the computer hates pie but it is suspected that pie got in its circuits when it was first created.
Now that Stella had peace and quiet she could think.  Every life pod had six people in them.  One was a security officer, for defense in case you landed in an unsafe area. On this pod that is Stella.  Another is a doctor in case some one was injured.  Then there was an engineer, if possible, to make sure you get out of stuff like sinking to the bottom of the ocean.
Stella decided to wake the engineer.  She found the appropriate tube and released George. Immediately Stella could  tell something was wrong, George was blue, like his blood  did’t get enough oxygen.  But then George said “Mommy, where did you put the cookie jar?”
This can’t be good thought Stella.
"There are no cookies in this pod George!" said Stella.
"What do you mean, there are no cookies, there are always cookies!  And what is pod?" asked George. 
Stella palmed her face, and said "I'll go look for the cookie jar, just stay here and stay quiet, ok?"
"OK."  said George.  However Stella did not go looking for a cookie jar she went and released the ships doctor.  The tube slid open to revel  it empty.  Empty! How can it be empty! thought Stella. "Every pod has a doctor why don't they!" but it was no use to cry over spilled milk so Stella went and sat next to George explaining in a soft voice,
 "There are no cookies in this room, and this room is sinking to the bottom of the ocean, but if you can get us to the to the top of the ocean then we can open that door" pointing to the back of the pod. "And go get cookies.  How does that sound?"
"Mom can I talk now?" asked George.
"Yes you can talk now." said Stella.
"Cool" George began excitedly. "So in this game we are in a submarine that is sinking to the bottom of the ocean and you need me to get us to the top, and if I do I get sugar!" finished George.
"I guess so" said Stella.  I hope that he has the intellectual age of 27 even if he has the mental age of 4' thought Stella. 'Ok now that I have objective one, surviving, getting taken care of it's time to work on objective two, what happened to Captain Kordith.'

The best of both planets

Prologue

The Life Pods streaked across the sky like giant metallic rain, hitting the ground causing large craters, on a unmanned world. One particular Life Pod fell off a nearby cliff plunging into the ocean.  In this particular Life Pod, the chief security officer of the Pods woke up to the main computers voice, singing "We are all going to die at the bottom of this beautiful ocean Yaaaa ya ya"