I look over to my wife and say, "We swore to protect Eddie. We can't save them all, but we can get him out of here". Life points to the CNC entrance and I notice that countless men in black suits are nearing the security door to the bridge. These men are so stereotypically movie show-like, that I unconsciously smirk. Dressed in black suits, with black hats, shiny black shoes and even the black Ray-Ban glasses...I swear Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are going to pop up as their leaders and ask us what planet we are from.
I look over to my wife who is already showing signs of battle lust and say, "We need a theme song. Obviously you would have the Xena Battle music.
Maybe I could have the original Star Trek battle music".
Life smiles as she draws her katanas and says, "I was thinking I might like to smite these guys to the sound of some Zumba music".
"I can walk over to one of the workstations and see if we can get some Zumba, but my guess is we are going to find a lot of Star Wars mp5's". I offer.
The men in black access the top notch security scanner as if they are meant to be here causing both of us to pause and look at each other with mouths agape. The group spreads out throughout the room, armed with M-4 Carbine Assault rifles. As the group parts we recognize one of the men in black as my friend Joe.
Joe notices us and says as he walks toward us, "This is not what it seems dude. We are the good guys come to save your sorry butts. That breeder reactor is going to blow in less than ten minutes and we've got to get the entire compliment of the Michigan militia out of here to safety, save as much of their equipment as possible, and wipe all trace of this place off the map so the government doesn't get it".
I see the look on my dear Xena's face and know that Joe is about to lose his "life" along with any men in black who are not wise enough to leave this instant.
Life shouts, "Joe you fucking traitor, you gassed these people and now they are all going to die. The price for your deceit will be the blood of hundreds, including your precious new friends".
Joe stops in his tracks and says, "Now hold on. When this base was compromised The Society had precious little time to argue or explain who we are. The only way to effectively save as many lives as possible and clear all evidence of what they were doing here was to gas them. They will wake in a few hours and we will all be fast friends".
I try to stay Life's hand but she is far faster than I anticipated. As the falcon descends from a cliff on an unsuspecting sparrow, Life lunges with equal speed at Joe. Four men in black witness their bodies hitting the floor as the revolution of each head comes around to face their bodies, before said heads also land with a hollow thump next to them. In that split second Joe fires a strange looking gun he had concealed in his vest at Life. A split second later a wave of energy disrupts my very core giving me a sensation of pain I have not felt since Cooper shot me with the 50 caliber machine gun when I was alive. Before my senses dull and everything goes black I hear Joe's voice say, "It's better this way dude. Someday you'll thank me".