Chapter 7- continued



Copper and her friends had to run to keep up with Claw as he moved through the halls of

the Deep Spacer. Copper was beginning to wonder if Claw was lost when he paused

infront of a door and growled a password. The door hissed open and they were off

again. Kazooie took to the air so he could catch up, and Shinyso and Angel flew after

them. Copper still was annoyed with Shinyso for hiding his abilities but she couldn't

blame him. Abruptly Claw stopped and she nearly ran into him, then she saw why. A wall

of mean looking turts blocked their way, and were driving the friends back. "Oh, if

Ironheart was here," she muttered, and Claw looked at her questioningly, and she drew

her blaster. "Shinyso, take the rest and try to find another way out," she called.

Shinyso's reply startled her. "No. Ducky, Grath and I are staying HERE. Kaz, KRSplat and

Blackie can go." Claw nodded. Then they backed up and began firing.



"Lord Kroys, the prisoners have escaped! We are suffering heavy losses from the

intruders and we beg your permission to retreat!" The turt was trembling as he waited

for Kroys's answer. "No! I will not stand defeat! Kill them, ensnare them, capture them, I

don't care! You may NOT retreat now, do you hear me!" The turt gasped out a "yes

milord" before the transmission was cut, and Kroys was left trembling in rage. How dare

they! He should have expected it though; the traitor Claw had a quarrel with him

obviously and he had traced that Coppertop's origin to a small villiage on Carrotus; he

had just finished giving Devan orders to destroy the villiage when those infuriating

infedels had infiltrated his stronghold...

"Stand back," Ducky shouted. Angel had joined her and was pulling out a wand. Copper

blinked in surprise as Ducky's staff seemed to glow with a blueish light, which intensified

till the turts had to look away. Then Angel added her power to the staff's, and suddenly

the green stone in the top let loose a blinding streak of electricity, enveloping the turts.

Then with a brilliant flash the light and turts were gone. Ducky nearly collapsed, the

transportation spell had taken a lot out of her. Angel didn't seem to be affected, but

then, it hadn't been her who had been the original spell-caster. She had merely shaped

the power that Ducky had supplied and focussed it onto the turts. Within minutes

though Ducky's leaping electricity was back bright as ever, and she had recovered

enough that they could continue. "Can't do that again," Ducky sighed. "But there won't

be as many." Sure enough, the halls rang with the footsteps of approaching turts. Ducky

raised her staff again as the band rounded the corner and let loose a stream of power

again but this time it wasn't nearly as much. The turts went flying, and Copper drew

Shale. Shinyso readied himself, but Angel decided she would hover above and pick her

targets. Grath pulled his gun out and started shooting, but Ducky kicked him so he

decided to use something else. He pulled out a long staff from a pocket and began

shooting electricity, kind of like what Ducky was doing.Chapter 8- The Taste of Victory



"Yaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!! Death to the enemy!" Kazooie was bellowing as he joined into the

fray. Stabbing with his beak, shooting blindly, he was actually doing pretty good.

Claw flung himself into the fray, claws extended. In a fury he began slaying the

shellians, eyes aglow with battle light. The transformation in him shocked his friends,

than Copper joined him, Shale flashing through the air. Turts fell before them, as Shinyso

began wielding his sword. Together they forged ahead, and time seemed to stand still. It

became a type of rythem, slash, parry, duck and block, drive forward and then turn to

find a new foe. The turts were not prepared, they only had blasters that wouldn't work

short range. The friends were winning, but only until reinforcements came. And, as Claw

pivoted and slew a turt behind him, the foe swelled with fresh troops. Levin-fire from

Ducky and Grath's staffs flashed and more fell, and were trampled by the enemy who

pressed ahead to take the fallen ones positions. Claw seemed to be looking through a

haze as the battle-lust took over, and he fought for what seemed to be forever. Then

the red mist lifted, and he turned to find there were no more. He looked over to see

Copper carefully wiping blood from her sword on a fallen turt's tunic. She stood and

grimaced, then sheathed Shale and looked at the others. There was no need to speak.

They turned and left the battlefield with new determine, to somehow destroy the tyrant

who would so callously send his people to slaughter.