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"Capture just one?! Doc, we'll be lucky if we don't get half a dozen up our backsides!" *beat* "That's why you need me: I make my own luck!" Johnny proceeds to put the ship into ludicrous speed, but not before activating the sky trawl, as Dr. Prawning can't be disappointed.
The ship glows blue with intensity, before blasting forward through the line of barricading wasps, catching one of them in its windblown web while sending the others rolling away as more dash after the ship to give chase.
A high speed aerial pursuit ensues, with the
Decapoda heading straight for the steam buckets. Around and between the metallic colossi the ship bolts, shaking off a wasp or two after each daring twist, but the pack does not relent.
Johnny makes a thrust upwards into the sky, the pursuers quick to follow, as he then twists back down, diving straight towards the rim of one of the buckets.
"JOHNNY!! YOU'RE GONNA GET US KILLEDDDD!!!" Johnny then sharply turns at the last second right before hitting the rim, jerking the ship turbulently but without any damage.
"Interesting, that wasp we've caught in the sky trawl has a distinct marking on its mid-section. It seems to indicate a certain class that the individual belongs to within the wasp community. My curiosity is peaked about the depth of intelligence possessed by these creatures." "Dr. Prawning, did you perhaps consider that this isn't the best time for one of your scientific ponderings!?" "Right, apologies. Please continue with the high-speed chase." Johnny makes another sharp turn, heading for the intersection between several of the buckets as the remaining wasps continue their vicious hunt.
Reaching the intersection, Johnny begins looping around the buckets, making a variety of figure eights in quick succession and dropping floating depth charges while at it, triggering on several of the overeager pursuers.
"Johnny, do a barrel roll!!" Says Steppy Clawson out of nowhere, the ship's engineer who had apparently gotten quite excited about the chase.
Johnny shrugs and performs the maneuver, causing a few random wasps to crash into each other in confusion.
The remaining wasps soon become visibly disoriented and exhausted, giving Johnny the chance to zoom out of the area into a clearing a safe distance away.
"Johnny, that... that was insane!!" The captain says angrily, but not without a hint of relief.
Meanwhile, the captured wasp continues to buzz and struggle haplessly in the net. In the distance, one of the checkered ground beacons begins growing a stem, rising into the sky.
"That--that's incredible! I've never witnessed such a thing before!" Dr. Prawning says in awe at the growing stem in the distance, adjusting her glasses.
"Huh. That's somethin'. Anyway, it looks like our little brawl has made us go off course a bit. We should get back on route ASAP. As for our not-so-little prisoner... I'm not sure we even want that thing." "Please, captain, this is a most rare opportunity!" "Ehhh alright, put it in one of those reinforced oxygen tanks, I guess. This had better not go awry..." "Excellent! I will begin studying it immediately." "Alright, looks like everything's settled for the moment. Take us back on course Johnny. And let's all hope we don't run into another situation like that!" With the wasp brought onboard and moved to the ship's lab, the
Decapoda continues its course towards its destination, its crew looking at the towering stem in the distance with wonder.
Giant wasp [contained in lab]
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Topic: New Worlds (ISG) (Read 9189 times)