bye bye love - bye bye sweet caress - hello emptiness...

[thespaceopera]

[It’s been nice and peaceful for a few days, hasn’t it? Everyone in their little cages with their creature comforts, learning all about each other through the strange rooms that have opened up at night… It’s been a wonderful experience, wouldn’t you agree? For some, that blood-curdling scream from the first day has not been forgotten.

A few days into calibrations, the main screen that has been conspicuously silent (aside from passenger use) flickers to life. Anything already playing on the screen is overwritten by a video feed of plain metallic walls not unlike those housing the Passengers. It’s difficult to tell what is going on offscreen. Shadows are uncertain, dancing everywhere; nothing can be gleaned from the shapes no matter how much they are analyzed.

The audio, however, is loud and clear.]

—can’t do this to us, [a woman pleads, her usual saccharine tone absolutely dripping with fear. Some may recognize the voice as belonging to Diamond.] You can’t! We followed orders exactly. It was in the terms! I don’t underst… oh no. No, no, please no don’t do this no no NO NO NO!

[Her voice increases in pitch and tremor until it’s drowned out in a garbled shriek of pain. The shadows dancing on the wall grow frantic and violent. The show is accompanied by sounds of heavy things slamming and the unmistakable whirring of a drill.]

I DON’T WANT TO DIE!! NO NO NO NO NO N—

[The woman’s shrieking cuts off immediately. In the newfound silence, something else drags itself weakly across the floor, getting closer and closer to the camera. SLAM. Until that stops, too.

A man’s voice comes through this time, thready and weak like a dying heartbeat. It's Beau, though he hasn't been heard by Passengers for quite some time.]

A-and now… you come for me. [The speaker makes a choked sound like a laugh or a sob.] All we ever did... was try to... make you happy.

[The whir of the drill begins again, but the feed ends.]

Comments

[takingkarabusiness]

[ soon he'll have a tail chasing after him. he has a head start and is (arguably) faster than her, but she'll still do her best to catch up ]

Barry!

[supertardiness]

[When he hears her voice he skids to a stop at the end of a hallway, glancing around wildly before looking back to her.]

Your hearing is better than mine. Can you hear them? Are they on this ship?

[takingkarabusiness]

I've been trying but...

[ she stops to listen again, but shakes her head ]

I can't find anything.

We need a plan of action.

[supertardiness]

[Barry nods, because she has a point. He can't just keep running aimlessly through the ship. He swallows and glances around.]

I can probably phase through the wall or door if we figure out where they are. That's going to be the tricky part though.

[takingkarabusiness]

I've been scanning with x-ray, too, but I'm just not sure they're on the ship. Maybe we can go section by section.

[supertardiness]

[Barry considers for a moment before nodding.]

Yeah. Yeah, okay. Which corner do you want to start with first?

[takingkarabusiness]

How about... that end—[ she points up ahead ]—and work back?

[supertardiness]

[He nods.]

Let's do it.

[And with that they will zoom off to try and do some day saving?]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ SURE YES probably to not much avail ]

[supertardiness]

[Nope, because they are not at that point in the series/season yet. They're still in the fruitless fighting against shadowy enemy phase.]