Zero was in his room on the Namekian Class shuttle. It was large, not as large as he had liked but the warship of their people was coming in due time. His brother had been on about these fast little ships, and after he ran into that Namkian Tabu and had a peek inside, he could see the true appeal of it. While the craft itself was not large it did have enough room for both of them and another and even had room to fit the gravity chamber which he was truly eager to test out. They had fitted to the ship not too long ago but had yet to fire it up beside a test run. Everything had worked as it was supposed to then so he was sure it was ready for them. While within his room Zero was messing with some ship diagrams looking at thruster output readings. The craft moved well, but he could see room for improvement and wanted to have all the data available before pitching the idea to Ryme. he then heard his brother's voice booming from down the hallway. At first, he thought he was about to go into one of his rants about something he just discovered about the lifestyle here on earth which Zero did not mind because typically it was shocking and good information and if nothing else a good laugh for the both of them. When he heard a ship had crashed and there was loot to be had, Zero dropped his datapad and ran straight for the cockpit with a grin. His tail swayed side to side as he cleared his typical pace of speed with ease.

"Well what are you waiting for, strap in I am taking us there at full speeds!"

Zero slid into the doorway to the cockpit area and stumbled into his chair. He grabbed the toggles and flips a switch with his tail as he spoke. "Start flight protocols. " The ship began beeping as the low hum of the ship turning on could be heard throughout the ship. When he saw the Namkian sign for all systems go, he pulled up on the toggle sticks and pressed a floor pedal as the ship roared to life and rocketed off the ground. Those language lessons his father made them take as kids really were paying off, and as much as he hated to admit it Chiller, their father, had been right to do so. After all, without the knowledge from that, piloting this craft would have been harder and more expensive if they would have had to reprogram the thing. Soon enough they had reached the beach where the crafted had crashed. Zero lowered the ship down and shut their shuttle off. He then joined his brother on top as he listened to what Ryme had learned.

Well, when in Rome. " he said smiling and then laughed softly as he used the saying they had come accustomed to using. With that said Zero flew off the ship and landed near the craft. His brother was right, it did appear like something either broke out in space or had been attempting to do so. But what the hell was it doing out near earth? Alien letters marked part of the hull but it had been scraped off during the crash. The ship's body was ruined and would likely never fly again, but its parts? Well, that had yet to be seen. Zero made a knife hand as he extended his arm out and stabbed his hand through the metal of the frame. He then repeated the action with his other hand and used all his strength to rip it open. It was not as easy as it had looked in the action movies his brother had watched. Still, it opened up with a hole big enough for the two small changelings to enter. Perhaps they would have the super cooler he needed to help regulate the temperature of their engines to get more out of them.

As he stepped through the self-made door, he heard the sounds of something scurrying in the distance. Zero held up two fingers, made a fist, then showed 5 fingers. This was the signal for them to walk side by side and be cautious of their surroundings. Zero lifted his tail in preparations for an attack. As they made their way down the ship's hallway the emergency lights were flashing on and off with a red light. This was more annoying than helpful, but at last, there was nothing sort of blasting them that could fix that now. Panels lay on the floor and sparks arced out every few seconds from wiring that hung out from the ceiling. He had never felt so happy to be so short.

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The pair traverse through the ship together until they had to take a different route. When they had come to the T intersection and Ryme was the lucky one to find the beast. As much as Zero wish to look over his shoulder and check on his brother as he waited for the clear signal all he heard was running from behind him, then his brother yelling out as he chased a monster. Sighing, Zero lifted off the ground hovering into the air but making sure he would not touch any of the wires, he held this position for about 2 more seconds then turned around and flew towards his brother and the beast. Pretty soon Zero had reached the cross-shaped intersection. He closed his eyes and listened for a second, he heard his brother moving in the same direction but something off to his left. He remembered what Ryme had told him, the beast had survived one of Ryme's blasts at full strength. Well if that was the case then it was just time to use his full strength in this form he supposed. Turning the corner to the left, Zero landed back on the ground. He had caught the sound of something but was not sure if it was just the ship's weight settling or if something was coming around towards him or not. He had to be careful as he and his brother had split up. He still did not have a scouter or an ability to allow him to sense ki, so he did not know if it might be his brother coming or not. If it was his brother he would just have to trust that they would be able to react in time and Ryme could either move out the way or Zero could pull his punch.

When Zero followed what he assumed was the beast heading back towards him, he saw a panel fly across the shit, it seemed something or someone was trying to break free throughout the ship. Zero had to stop them so he could get all the parts he wanted from this thing.
When he traveled down the direction the panel had come flying he saw the large beast pounding away at another part of the panel trying to breach through as if it had failed to learn that that was not going to help it. Since It was distracted Zero flew towards it with all his speed and then turned and flung his tail at it, gaining extra power from the added motion, his tail slammed into the beast and caused it to stutter step. His brother was right this thing was strong, but recently Zero had been drawing in more of his natural power into this form which was a sign that he had been getting close and closer to unlocking full control over his true form. He knew Ryme was achieving this too though and soon the brothers would be well on their way to becoming the strongest in the galaxy.

After his tail whip and while the beast was still off-balance, Zero flew up towards it and rapidly licked at the beast with his legs in a stomping motion as he hovered in the air. The Beast reached out and grabbed Zero by his left leg before hurling him to the ground. Zero's body bounced off the ground with the added force the beast had put into him. Zero growled as he held out a single finger and fired a blast from it. The blast caught the beast in its head where Ryme had hit it earlier and still it had taken it with no problem, or at least that was what it had felt like, but upon closer inspection, one could see the creature had a sort of bug-like exoskeleton, this was what was protecting it and it had looked like the added attacks were indeed doing damage. Well if it was a bug then it was time to get the zapper, Zero rolled out the way on another incoming attack and he rushed to where the beast ripped the paneling off before he struck it. Reaching in he pulled out the cable that should be carrying the power for this craft. Ripping it apart sparks flew as the lights dimmed and back up ower began to run this section of the ship too. A blue arc of electricity extended from the alien metal.


Zero flew up to the beast as he narrowly dodged a claw attack from it, the placed both ends of the line onto the beast shocking it and firing it until it stopped moving. There was a smell, and sound that would be forever attached to Zero now when he looked at another creature that looked this way. But when he thought of them and the hideous actions he committed to this beast, he would reflect on them with a smile as he knew he was doing what he truly wanted and enjoying every single second of it. Part of him was happy that there were indeed the monster's roars that filled the air because they hide his lite chuckling and laughter that came with each volt of electricity. When it was done Zero looked around and noted only the charred husk of the bug creature left.

"Oh no looks like I have gone and let myself slip. It was a good thing we are alone, friend. Time to go find my brother and secure all the cargo this ship was carrying."

Zero tossed the wires to the side and fired a blast into the panel where the beast had ripped it open attempting to blast the power off in this area. He then returned to track down his brother as he could hear sounds of talking? Maybe his brother? Was it ki blast? It was hard to say for sure what was going on but Zero headed there calling out as he did. Ryme dear brother, I have dealt with the issue, we should be hurrying along now. "

WC: 1009
TWC: 1809