should be. Could probably
tear through most manmade walls or doors.”
“Your PSI strength has gone up tremendously.
I created a new scale just for you. The normal scale goes up to 20.
My new scale does up to 40. You are a 35 at least in this form. In
full dragon form, it will be higher than that, I bet,” the Doc
concludes.
“Wow, really. That is useful. I guess when
the Element Empire was trying to create a weapon, they had no idea
how I would turn out—and to think they thought they could control
me like some pet. Looks like the joke is on them. Those wankers…I
going to kill them all someday,” Eve assures herself.
“I am going to check on the crew,” Sean
declares.
Eve replies, “We should all go up there;
boring here.”
They all go into the corridor and head up to
the bridge. Eve can barely fit through the doors. They enter the
bridge as they crew turns around and sees Eve in her new state.
Python says in amazement, “What the
heck?”
“Woah...what happen to you?” Cogg
shrieks.
“She is a Morphic Space Dragon, only one of
her type,” Sean announces.
Meek looks at her and replies, “I have never
heard of a Morphic Space Dragon.”
Doc says, “They are extremely rare and can
change shape back and forth from a bi-pedal form to full Space
Dragon Form. She was created in a lab, so she is mutating into a
Space Dragon rather than being born one. She is unique, because
Space Dragons are born all one color and that color determines
their abilities. She is rainbow-colored because she is made up of
many different species of Space Dragons.”
“I think she looks very cool. The black
spikes are a nice touch. I guess you are not going to be playing
piano with those claws,” Che says with a true sense of awe.
Mcloud’s arm falls off and hits the
ground.
Meek frowns and mumbles some form of
obscenity.
“I’ve got it,” Chad says as he picks up the
arm and pops it back on.
Cogg remarks, “Man, people will never believe
when I tell them this story. We need to get photos or videos.”
Che snidely says, “What? Are your Big Fish
stories not believable any more? So switching to Space Dragons
stories would be more believable? I am ready taking pictures and
vids of her because I know no one will believe it.”
Eve says, “You guys are funny.”
***
A couple days pass as they cut through a
corner of Elemental Empire’s Space. Something shows up on
long-range scanners that has the crew operating their stations with
full attention.
“Yes, Captain, it is a distress signal coming
on long-range scanners. It is directly in our path,” Mcloud
informs.
“Activate the cloaking device,” Meek
commands.
“I could activate the cloaking device, but it
won’t do us any good since it is not hooked up to the ship,” Che
says in a sarcastic manner.
Meek mumbles some obscenities under his
breath.
“We are now in medium range,” Mcloud
updates.
“Approach with caution; put on vid screen as
soon as we are in range,” Meek instructs. “Also, be ready to jump
in case there is a problem.”
“By your command,” Che says, trying to
imitate a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica.
“I like those Star Trek movies better,” Chad
says.
Meek says with a sigh, “Focus people. And you
better not be stealing movies from my collection, as those are
priceless.”
“If you mean the five-finger discount you got
them for, then yeah, they were literally priceless,” Che says,
poking fun. The crew laughs as Meek frowns.
“We are in range, Captain. Coming up on
screen,” Mcloud says.
On the screen, there is a small merchant ship
drifting in space.
Mcloud says, “It is a small Elemental
Merchant ship about our size. Sensors indicate it is dead in space
with the auto distress signal repeating every 30 seconds.”
Meek says, “Life signs?”
Mcloud says, “None detected, and the ship has
no power on, except the distress signal.”
“Smells like a bait ship to me, Boss,” Python
asserts.
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