Deep Space Artifacts

[EvanEvan]

Deep Space Artifacts

Prologue

The Branthrax's ship came out of a worm hole close to a small blue planet in the Solar System. The ship that at one time was strong and durable, well armored and seemingly opposing now showed signs of battle. In side the ship the Branthax leader along with his worn crew recovered from an attack be the malicious and infamous galactic space pirate know only as 'The Thief'. “Crew...” The captain said in his own language breathing heavily trying to recover from the attack. The captain was shocked, not many people who are attacked by The Thief live to tell the tale. “Where are we?” The crew member assigned to navigation who was just prier to the captain's command was laying on the controls wondering how the hell he was alive started to work the controls.

"We're in the Solar System." He said curiously not knowing about this system.

“Where!? Is there life!?” The captain asked frantically. “Do they have souls?”

“Where at the third planet in the system Earth. Scanning now for life” The crew member said. “Yes there's life! They have souls!” The crew member said excitedly. “Should I prepare the transfer.”

“Yes now before he comes. The artifacts can not fall into his hands. I know he tracked it. Make sure who gets it is worthy” The captain sat back in his chair. He had been standing until that point. The crew all went to work pressing buttons, pulling levers, running around replacing dead crew members.

“Captain!” A crew member said on a screen that popped up. “The... the aiming system for the transfer system got damaged during the attack. I think I can do it manually but I can't be sure that who we chose will get it.”

“Do your best.” The captain said with a weak smile trying to raise the moral of the crew, even if it's just a little. The crew member gave a slight smile back and the screen that had been covering the “wind shield” for lack of better word now showed the blue ball of water and land called earth.

“Captain we're ready.” A button on the captains chair blinked. It was an important button. Not one that not only decided there fate but really the fate of the galaxy, maybe even the whole universe. The captain pressed the button but just then a fierce ship burst the out of a worm whole blasting at the Branthrax's ship throwing it around. “Target lost!” A member said just seeing on his control panel that the people that there scans deemed worthy for the artifacts would never get them. The ship clearly not Branthrax stopped blasting seeing laser's fly from the ship towards the planet leaveing the ship. From the ship a huge spike attached to a tube flew at the Branthrax ship. Spike did relatively no harm except ripping a huge hole in the ships hall. It was made for force docking. What the leader of the ship the outlaw The Thief used it for. The Thief walked on the bridge. The captain jumped up and quickly attack the The Thief. The Thief who was a head taller then the captain who was easily 6'6” just grabbed him by the throat.

“Great Captain Hearthan.” He said to the captain addressing him by name. “I only saw four lights. Where is the other one.” The Thief asked in the Branthrax language though he was clearly not a Branthrax. Hearthan didn't say a word. The Thief started the squeeze tighter. Hearthan squirmed by the pain.

“It's in the hold at the back of the ship.” A crew member said. “Release the captain please.”

“You have loyal crew members.” The Thief said. “Though by opening his mouth he condemned many more to death. Let's make him the first on the ground.” The Thief pulled a gun and blasted him. He dropped the captain and walked to claim the artifact, one of the most power items in the universe.

When The thief got their members of his crew were already working on opening... well most of them, the rest were torturing Brathraxs. The huge metal blast door opened showing the most powerful of the artifacts the helmet. The Thief grabbed it and put it on. The Thief tested it the people around him flew away. Ones standing out side of The Thief's range just looked at him like a god. “MEN! TODAY THE SHIP! TOMORROW THE WORLD!” The men cheered. The Thief got back on his ship and sat in his chair. “Blast them down.” His crew followed the order without hesitating. As the blasts bombarded the ship it sank towards the planet. The Branthrax ship let out one shot loosing nearly all their power in doing so. The blast was perfectly aimed or just really lucky. The ship hit the fuel cells on the ship. They lost all there power. “You idiots! Damage report.”

“No power sir we're stuck.”

“Fix it!” The Thief hollered.

“We can't sir. We don't have the resources.” The crew member said perspiring. For good reason, he knew new what was coming. The Thief shot him died in the back.

“We do have enough power to send droids to this dirt ball and retrieve the artifacts.” The Thief's right hand man said.

“Do it then.” The Thief said. The right hand man nodded at a crew member and he pressed a button. About five lights from ship fell to the Earth to find and possibly kill the poor bastards who accidentally got the most powerful weapons in the galaxy possibly the whole universe.

(Kage I posted it here so you can read it along with other people and so you can make correction and you could message me about things you want to change or get rid of it. I also want to do chapter one too.)

[Kage Tenma]

Chapter 1: Discovery

Cillian sat in his room looking out at the stars. He had always felt that there was something else out there. Maybe not intelligent life on other planets, but something, and he belonged there more than here. He sighed he had a monuments decision to make. To tell his parents a deep dark secret. He was afraid of their shame, their disdain. He was afraid that they'd hate him. Only one person in the house knew, his older brother Aven. Cillian was grateful for his normally slightly teasing older brother's discretion. The one thing he thought he could never tell his parents was that he was totally and completely homosexual.

Cillian feared that no guy would like him though. He was thin and short for his age. He had the curly red hair of his Irish decent. That and not many non-emos were gay at his young age of fifteen. He wished he looked more like his seventeen year old brother. Aven was taller and more muscular in a lean kind of way. In fact if not for their familiar bond, Aven would be the kind of guy Cillian would go after, not that ever thought of Aven in a sexual way himself.

As Cillian watched the sky so did his brother. Aven lay on a hamock on the deck, looking up at the sky. He had had a long day, actually having just gotten back from a group date with a couple of friends. He wasn't there for himself though, he was just playing wing-man for a friend of his. Thinking about dating got him thinking about his brother, and his lack thereof. He felt bad for Cillian, not because Cillian was gay, but because being gay had such stigma attached to it. He shook his head and returned his thoughts to the sky above.

As the brothers unknowingly watched the sky together there was a shot of blazing light across the sky. Their eyes opened wide, Cillian's with wonder, Aven's with worry. Cillian saw his brother on the deck and he ran downstairs. He swung open the door and looked at Aven, a wide smile on his face. They both shouted, “Did you see that!?”

Cillian nodded, “We gotta go see what it is! I mean what if it's something cool!”

“No way Jose, what if it's military we could get in trouble the C-man.” He opened a can of soda and took a drink of it, watching his little brother.

Cillian did a little squirming dance, “Please Av? I never ask you for stuff and we don't even have to get to close. Pretty pretty please!?”

His little brother always did have a way of getting under Aven's skin. He got up and pulled out his keys. He smiled, “Alright little brother, we'll go.” Cillian ran back inside to get a light, stripped coat and and Aven called up to his parents that lay in their bed watching television together, at least that's what they were doing in Aven's mind, “Hey, Cillian and I are going to see a movie. We'll be back later.”

The parents called down their okays just as Cillian came bounding down the steps. He looked at Aven with a big smile on his face, “Thanks man.” Aven just shook his head and smiled. He really did like his little brother and it was true enough that Cillian rarely bothered him for stuff. He mussed his brothers hair lightly and said, “Come on let's go.”

They followed the still bright tail and soon the found the crash site. Cillian looked out of the window with wonder as they pulled up and Aven parked the car. Cillian couldn't get a very good view from where he was and he craned his neck this way and that. It was no use. He gave a guilty look back at Aven and smiled guitily.

Aven looked at Cillian and sighed, “No little brother. No way man.”

He shrugged at his older brother, “Sorry Av.” He unbuckled quickly and tumbled out of the car. He ran to the crash site and slid down the little crater.

A short line of swears left Aven's mouth as he turned off the car and got out himself. He ran after his younger brother just as Cillian had reached two high-tech looking containers, “Get away from those!”

The calls fell on deaf ears though. Cillian was fully engrossed in the containers. One looked cracked open, but the other was perfectly fine. Cillian pressed a button on the unbroken one and inside there were what looked like robotic shoes. They were thin, almost like converse but one let off a light red glow the other a light gray one. Cillian reached in and grabbed them without a second thought.

A sense of danger filled Aven and he slid downs into the crater as well, “C-man we gotta go!” He didn't know why but they had to leave. That's when Aven saw into the broken case and saw what looked like a pair of fingerless biker gloves, but metal and with a soft blue glow it. Just like his brother he couldn't stop himself as he opened the container and pulled out a glove. He looked back inside and saw the other one was missing. He pulled on the glove and felt it fit to his hand. He smiled and looked over at Cillian, who had already put on the shoes, “What is this? I feel so strong!”

Cillian smiled, “I don't know, but I do to!” Cillian went to jump out of the hole and found himself 20 feet in the air. He landed by the car, “Oh holy crap! Did you see that Av?”

Aven nodded astounded and lifted himself out of the hole, or at least that's what he meant to. He pulled to hard and found himself also 20 feet in the air, “What the hell!?” He landed next to Cillian with a shocked look.

“This is so baddass!” Cillian couldn't help but shout. He ran to his side of the car, but he did it so fast that Aven didn't see. “Oh no way! I'm super fast Av! Super fast!” He began running around the car.

Aven just shook his head and took the glove off, stowing it in his jean pocket, “No way man! Get in the car!” He got in himself and tried to come to terms on the items they had just found.

Finally after minutes of running around, wearing himself out some, Cillian slipped in a hug grin on his face, “Dude, we can be super heroes.”

Aven shook his head, “No way man, we gotta think about this. Let's just go home and sleep on it. We'll talk about it tomorrow okay? No super heroism tonight, got it!?”

He was slightly dissapointed, but Cillian nodded, “Alright Av, we'll talk about it tomorrow.” He smiled as they rode home.

[EvanEvan]

Deep Space Artifacts Chapter 2: Other Discoveries

Beth sat on the porch of the old farm house her grandparents owned out in the country. She had been staying with them for the summer but would be moving back in with her parents tomorrow to start school. She listened to the quiet creaking of the crickets and croaks of frogs from the pond near by. She loved the dark and the silences. She didn't really want to go back to the noise of the city. This peaceful image though was shattered when she saw a streak of light cross the sky and saw it fall somewhere near the lake. She took off running to see was it was, the lake not being all that far.

She arrived at the lake rather shortly after what ever it was landed. But she couldn't see anything, the wet ground far from the bank led her to believe that what ever it was landed in the lake. She approached the lake no longer hearing the croaking of the bull frogs. She was now standing on the shore and could now see a faint blue glow deep in the green murky water. Then to her amazement the water started to recede towards the object but not just that but part. She couldn't believe this she had to be dreaming, she wanted to run but was frozen to her spot. The water finally parted to the point were she could see what was giving off the blue glow. It looked like a ball. She started to walk slowly towards the object feeling compelled to do so despite a tiny voice inside her to stop and run the other way. She felt kind of dazed by the object almost in a trance. When she finally reached the object and leaned down to touch it, the voice yelling for her to leave it alone.

Her and sunk right into the blue glowing orb. Her and thought something thin and long. She rapped her hand around it and the orb melted away like water and in her and she held a pendent connected to a chain. The pendent was a stone that didn't really seem cut but was beautiful none the less with such a shade of blue that it gave off a metal picture that gods could have been cut from the sky or even the ocean. She put it around her neck and examined the stone. The there was another crash behind her. She spun around to see a mass darkened by smoke and the night. The mass started to rise and unfold to a more but still not entirely human shape. Two glowing read slits on what was presumably it's head gazed at her.

“The item.” He range out in a metallic robot voice. It extended a claw. When Beth did nothing the robot's arm shot forward. Beth mostly fell out of the way with a squeak stunned by the series of events waiting to wake up from at first was a relatively good dream. The robot pointed it's arm at her again and a gun shape flipped out from the top. A glow appeared and Beth had seen enough scifi movies to know that this was the part where she was blasted for not complying with the alien robots' demands.

“No!” She called out closing her eyes. She heard the rush of water and the crashing and bending of metal. She didn't feel the hot melting feeling she though would be accompanied from being shot with a laser gun. She opened her eyes and saw that her would be killer was now impaled on Spikes. She looked behind her and saw that these spikes were made out of the water from the lake. With nothing else to do and her brain on overload got up and ran. As soon as she left the lake bed she heard rushing water again she took a quick peek back and could see that the water was rushing back to normal and submerged the robot with it. She ran all the way back to her house and then into her room trying her best still in her panicked stated to not wake her eighty something year old grandparents. She could barely breath as she pressed her back to her door like something was coming for her and this was the best she could do to barricade herself in. She looked at the blue stone knowing that somehow it parted the water. It compelled her forward. It had saved her from that robot and it wasn't done yet. It was going to throw her into a new life.

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[EvanEvan]

Deep Space Artifacts Chapter 2: Other Discoveries

Beth sat on the porch of the old farm house her grandparents owned out in the country. She had been staying with them for the summer but would be moving back in with her parents tomorrow to start school. She listened to the quiet creaking of the crickets and croaks of frogs from the pond near by. She loved the dark and the silences. She didn't really want to go back to the noise of the city. This peaceful image though was shattered when she saw a streak of light cross the sky and saw it fall somewhere near the lake. She took off running to see was it was, the lake not being all that far.

She arrived at the lake rather shortly after what ever it was landed. But she couldn't see anything, the wet ground far from the bank led her to believe that what ever it was landed in the lake. She approached the lake no longer hearing the croaking of the bull frogs. She was now standing on the shore and could now see a faint blue glow deep in the green murky water. Then to her amazement the water started to recede towards the object but not just that but part. She couldn't believe this she had to be dreaming, she wanted to run but was frozen to her spot. The water finally parted to the point were she could see what was giving off the blue glow. It looked like a ball. She started to walk slowly towards the object feeling compelled to do so despite a tiny voice inside her to stop and run the other way. She felt kind of dazed by the object almost in a trance. When she finally reached the object and leaned down to touch it, the voice yelling for her to leave it alone.

Her and sunk right into the blue glowing orb. Her and thought something thin and long. She rapped her hand around it and the orb melted away like water and in her and she held a pendent connected to a chain. The pendent was a stone that didn't really seem cut but was beautiful none the less with such a shade of blue that it gave off a metal picture that gods could have been cut from the sky or even the ocean. She put it around her neck and examined the stone. The there was another crash behind her. She spun around to see a mass darkened by smoke and the night. The mass started to rise and unfold to a more but still not entirely human shape. Two glowing read slits on what was presumably it's head gazed at her.

“The item.” He range out in a metallic robot voice. It extended a claw. When Beth did nothing the robot's arm shot forward. Beth mostly fell out of the way with a squeak stunned by the series of events waiting to wake up from at first was a relatively good dream. The robot pointed it's arm at her again and a gun shape flipped out from the top. A glow appeared and Beth had seen enough scifi movies to know that this was the part where she was blasted for not complying with the alien robots' demands.

“No!” She called out closing her eyes. She heard the rush of water and the crashing and bending of metal. She didn't feel the hot melting feeling she though would be accompanied from being shot with a laser gun. She opened her eyes and saw that her would be killer was now impaled on Spikes. She looked behind her and saw that these spikes were made out of the water from the lake. With nothing else to do and her brain on overload got up and ran. As soon as she left the lake bed she heard rushing water again she took a quick peek back and could see that the water was rushing back to normal and submerged the robot with it. She ran all the way back to her house and then into her room trying her best still in her panicked stated to not wake her eighty something year old grandparents. She could barely breath as she pressed her back to her door like something was coming for her and this was the best she could do to barricade herself in. She looked at the blue stone knowing that somehow it parted the water. It compelled her forward. It had saved her from that robot and it wasn't done yet. It was going to throw her into a new life.

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(This is just a sample part one of a two part chapter. If you read it and enjoy it then tell me so or if you didn't like it or found something I could improve on I'm all for constructive criticism. Just know that all comments will be deleted when the next chapter goes up.)