Non-Compliance
Laura knew better than to trust Radinri, especially Radinri treacherous enough to use invisibility. If they wanted to take her prisoner, she decided, they'd have to come and get her. She grabbed her rifle and backed up against the wall next to the window, facing the door. The windows of the ranger station were too small for a Radinri to fit through, so their only entrance point would be the door. She had her gun, and they had theirs--she might die, but at least she'd make an honorable last stand. The voice spoke again: "We are speaking from a cloaked Radinri warship. You have no hope of fighting back. Please, just come out. They're going to kill you if you don't." Laura just waited, poised to meet her assailants. "I've been told to give you five seconds to comply. Five...four...three...two...one..."
Laura waited. At any moment they would burst through her door. They had probably sent more than one this time, but maybe she could take at least the first one down. Besides, the Radinri couldn't be as powerful as they said they were, otherwise they wouldn't be negoti--
A sudden blast from the warship's plasma cannon cut short Laura's thoughts. In a fraction of a second, Laura, her ranger station, and her trusty rifle, were all reduced to a smoldering crater in the otherwise pristine forest. The warship hovered for a moment to ensure that their quarry had, in fact, been killed, and then sped away. That human had been a nuisance, and perhaps the closest thing the Radinri would see to a worthy adversary among those pathetic primates, but if she was enough of a fool to try and fight a warship with a bullet-gun, she didn't deserve the chance they were giving her.
Written by Zodiac on 04 July 2008
The end (for now)