R.U.B.Y Episode 4: The Alte Arc

[strikerhunter]

Back in for the first two chapters of the 4 chapters for this week!

Short and somewhat humorous chapters. The next two chapter will be posted on Friday which will end the rather short Episode 3 and the very long Episode 4 chapters starts next Sunday which will be posted a few hours earlier than normal. Starting next Sunday, I'll start posting new chapters sometimes around the afternoon rather than in the evening (Pacific Time).

Enjoy the read and enjoy yourself.

R.U.B.Y. Episode 3
Chapter 2: Monkey Says Monkey Do XD

Spoiler!

“Stand back, I’ll handle this.” Yama winked at Blake as he readies himself to punch the door open, “HHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!” Yama punched the door and made soft thud. “Hey would you stop that! I thought I told you to stop doing that!” the guard yelled from outside. Yama was shaking his hand, “What in the world is that door made of?” Blake giggled. “What’s so funny?” Yama asked. “Nothing, you punching that door remind me of how you always jump the gun on things.” Blake responded with a smile, “Let me and Bale handle this one.” Yama shrugged and stood clear from Blake’s way. Hunching over Blake, Bale flung itself over from the back of Blake’s head and towards the door smashing it open and crushing the guard in front of it. Blake smiled at Yama and Bale slithers at him. Yama frowned, “Five more punches and I would had gotten that door opened.” Blake smiled, “Hey you’re supposed to save those punches for whoever you are going to punch, I thought I make it easier for you. Yama seemed amused, “I was going to punch that guard and then ditch this facility, but now that he’s probably dead I might just have to settle with punching some answers out of that guy in white from earlier.”

Yama peer out the door, “So you know where he is?” “No?” Blake answered. “What?!” Yama yelled, “What do you mean No? I thought you were in this facility for some time now!” “No shit that I’ve been here for some years!” Blake yelled back, “but you think they be politely enough to give me a tour of the place?!” Yama and Blake facepalmed. “How are we suppose to…….!!!!!!!!!” Yama slipped on the dead guard’s body as he walked outside. Blake hunched over Yama’s face, “Suppose to what? Fall?” “Real funny.” Yama replied.

“Freeze!” a patrol yelled. Blake stared at the patrol, “Not like you have any sort of freeze ray to freeze us.” “Freeze or I’ll………..!!!!!!!” Bale extends himself and struck the patrol down before can finish talking. Yama stood up, “First the guard and now a patrol, no wonder they locked you in that room. Why don’t we just kill everyone until we find the man we’re looking for?” he said sarcastically. Blake blinked, “Okay.” And without a word Blake ran off. Yama nodded his head, “Monkey says Monkey literally does.”

As Yama walked down the hall Blake ran through, bodies were thrown left-n-right non-stop. Yama stopped at the hallway door and Blake was just sitting down, grooming Bale. “Was there a reason why I first met you?” Yama asked. “I saved your butt in a forest from a creature, you then invited me to dinner for saving you, and you pretty much been asking me to coming around with you since then like a girlfriend.” Blake replied almost instantly without looking at Yama. Yama dropped to the ground, “Not even an hour after meeting you ‘again’ and I’m already regretting my decision coming this way.” “I can’t help it if you were the one doing all the loving stuff way back then.” Blake teased. Yama was turning red and yelled, “Let’s go find the guy we’re looking for so I can blast my memory to hell after all of this is done with!” “You’re the boss,” Blake teased again, “Oh and he’s in that locker to your right.”

Yama frowned and tear the locker open. Blake burst out laughing, “You really thought he be in there?! Bwahaha! I can’t believe you fell for it!” Yama was looked stoned-white and was grinding his teeth. Blake stopped laughing, “Hey brick wall, at least be happy that I got rid of the guards and patrol.” Bale was pointing at a map on the wall. “But at this rate that guy would had left the facility by now!” Yama yelled. Blake smiled and shrugged, “Then I guess we find a way to track him down?” “And how are we supposed to even do that!” Yama asked. Blake happily answered, “I’ve got no clue!” Yama dropped to the ground dead. “It’s like she’s toying with him.” Yama said to himself. “Ugh you know you’re saying that out loud right?” Blake remarked.

Yama had an idea, “Hold a sec!” “How do you hold onto one second?” Blake asked. “I didn’t mean literally!” Yama answered, “I just thought of something.” Blake and Bale stared at Yama quietly, “Go on.” “Running around this facility is a tad too risky to look for that guy from earlier, but we can cause just enough ruckus to make the alarms go off for him to leave the place.” “But weren’t you yelling about not knowing how to find him?” Blake asked. Yama cringed, “Technically I do not know how to find him, but the nearest city besides the besieged city of New Heights is Bergstadt which is located right inside the Enisam Mountain which I believe is a good place to hiding since I heard that city is friggin hug.” Blake seemed dumbfounded, “So you want to make our search even more complicated? ” Yama facepalmed and press the red alarm button next to him.

R.U.B.Y. Episode 3
Chapter 3: The Start of a Long Road Part 1

Spoiler!

The sounds of alarms going off as Yama and Blake ran from corridor-to-corridor, dodging gunfire from the pursuing guards. “We’ve been running in circles Yama!” Blake yelled, “They’re going to circle around us soon!” The two stopped running as twenty-six men lined up in the hallway in front of them. “You just had to say it didn’t you?” Yama remarked, “Hey guys can’t we just cool down……..” one of the guards fired a warning shot at Yama, “…..a bit…..” Bale instantly extended himself from Blake towards the guards and began swinging himself left-to-right from wall to wall crushing the guards on the sides. Yama watches Bale continually swinging from side-to-side crushing the current guards even though they are already dead. Bale finally stopped swinging himself, looked at Yama and Blake, and gave a prideful hiss. Yama was scared of the robotic snake, “I-I-I-I total-y-y planned that.” Blake checked the bodies for signs of life and looked back at Yama, “There’s going to be more reinforcements, we need to get out of here fast Yama.”

Yama folded his arms, “Well, after running in circles like a crippled duck I finally figured out this is an underground facility.” “Then how do we get out?” Blake asked. “Normally there will be an elevator or staircase, but we haven’t found either which doesn’t add up for all of these reinforcements.” Yama answered. Blake stretched, “There’s always that hole you fell down from when you first came here.” Yama facepalmed and shook his head in shame, “Why didn’t I thought of that before you killed all of these men. Oh right, there’s no way for us the climb out!” “Let’s see about that!” Blake said as she walked passed Yama. Bale bit onto Yama and dragged him with them.

Blake and Bale dragged Yama all the way back into the room they came from. “You know how long the fall was?” Blake asked. “I was falling for about 1 minute.” Yama answered. Blake smiled, “I can do that, but you might find it uncomfortable.” “Wait what?!” Yama yelled as Bale bit onto Yama’s jacket. Blake leaped into the ceiling’s hole like a monkey and began to ascend. Blake looked down at the disappointed Yama, “It’s going to be a very long while but I’ll get us out of here.” “If you were capable of doing all of this then why haven’t you escaped after all this time?” Yama asked. “Because I had no reason to escape,” Blake answered with her eyes closed, “but now that you are here I have a reason to escape.” “Isn’t freedom already a reason?” Yama questioned again. “I only gave the short story of our background. I’ll tell you more once we are out of this place.” Blake answered as she continues to climb upwards in the tunnel.

Yama thought to himself, “Sometimes I wonder if this is fate or some sort of destiny.”

Kudos to you all

[strikerhunter]

Back in for the third part of a the 4 chapter special.

To sum up what has been going on, the main character of the Episode, Yama, ironically fell into a hole that led him into a lab which ironically was holding a girl from Yama's past. Yama learns about his past and partially learns as to why he can't remember anything before he was 8. The girl from Yama's past is a girl named Blake, who has a robotic snake tail, named Bale, attached to her rear end. Blake stands like a human but moves around like a monkey, which explains the things she is capable of doing in the previous chapters and in the next chapters. Blake shares her mind and thoughts with Bale (similar to Dr. Oct from Spiderman). The two are currently escaping from the lab and heading for a city located under a mountain which was suggested since it is the largest city around which Yama believes the man they are looking for may hide in (the man that they met in the lab).

This chapter sets up the setting for "Chapter 4: That Carbuncle Girl" while also giving a small background about the location.

Chapter 4 is rather long so I'll post it tomorrow which will bring an End to Episode 3 and Sunday will be the start of the long awaited return of Ruby, Umberto, and Grants in Episode 4.

Have a good read

R.U.B.Y. Episode 3
Chapter 3: The Start of a Long Road Part 2

Spoiler!

“Yama wait up!” Blake yelled. Yama was running for his life the instant they got out of the hole. “No time to talk! Just run!” Yama yelled back. “It’s not like we are running from anything you know!” Blake called out. Putting her arms on her waist Blake shook her head, “I really understand what’s with the running all of a sudden.” A large shadow appeared over Blake. “Ugh Bale, you mind checking that out?” Blake asked, “What do you mean no? You’re on the back side anyways. Fine but you owe me,” Blake turned around, “oh. It’s just a 25ft armored bear that looks very hungry. Yea, I think our best option is to run. Like right now.” Blake ran in Yama’s direction with the bear trailing behind her.

“Yama you idiotic bastard why didn’t tell me there was a giant bear!” Blake screamed as she closed in on Yama. “Wasn’t it obvious to start running when I’m running?” Yama remarked, “I mean if I could kill the thing I be standing on my ground and not running away like a wimp.” “Screw you! I’m not going to be a bear’s meal! Not after being frozen for 7 billion years!” Blake yelled. Blake hoped onto one of the trees and began climbing and jumping from tree-to-tree like a monkey. With the thundering footsteps of the bear coming from behind Yama tried as hard as he can to run faster.
“Crap!” Yama thought to himself, “Dead end cliff ahead!” Yama stopped at the cliff and stared down at the long fall. “I think I rather just fight for my life instead of jumping off.” Yama said to himself. “NOT HAPPENING!” Blake yelled from behind. Blake pushed Yama off the cliff and starts running down the cliff. Even with the rocks being crushed under Blake, she could still hear Yama screaming in his free fall. “How long is this friggin fall?!” he yelled. Bale pounced himself into the rock wall to launch Blake at Yama. “I got you Yama!” she called out, “Just grab me by the………” Blake fell way short off from Yama and fell into a free fall herself. Yama folded his arms, looking rather disappointed while in midair, “You know we could have just made the bear fell over instead of us falling over right?” “Hey! It’s not like you made our objectives any harder than it was supposed to be!” Blake yelled back. “Least I’m not the one trying play hero.” Yama said sarcastically.

“Get ready for impact!” Blake yelled as the trees below became more visible. Bale readies himself in front of Blake and Yama began to fire out shells from his gauntlets. Bale grabbed onto the first trunk he sees and lunged Blake from tree to tree, breaking her fall for her. “Phew,” Blake panted as she landed on the ground, “Now where is………” “Ahhhhhhh!!! *thud* “I’m okay!” Yama called. Blake facepalmed shook her head. Yama dusted himself, “At least that wasn’t as bad as my first free fall earlier this week.”

Blake pointed at a mountain visible from between the trees, “So is that the Einsam Mountain you were talking about Yama?” “Yep,” Yama answered, “that’s it, the largest mountain ever known to mankind. The mountain stands high into space at around 15,000 miles along with a base of around 9,000 feet with most of the base being underwater.” “What does Einsam means in the human language Yama?” Blake asked. “Humans have several different languages but Einsam translates to lonely in German.” Yama answered, “The Mountain was named that because there was no other mountain on the planet, therefore it was a lonely mountain. It also kind of explains why the peninsula is also one of the few deserts around the planet.” Blake looked at Yama with a sorrowful expression, “This Mountain……the last of the great Draconis Mountain Range,” Blake paused and looked at the trees around her, “was the homeland of my people.” “You know, I have been finding it kind of funny that I just keep running into something just so wines up to be a part from my past.” Yama joked, “It’s like I have some sort of wizard guiding me, making sure everything that is supposed to happen happens so that the one and only ending can be achieved.” Blake jumped on Yama, slamming him onto the ground as Bale opens a spear from his mouth. “My people lived and died here for ages before we came along! Before we came along there was a long conflict between our people but after we were found playing with each other the fighting was put into a stop.” Blake yelled, “It is not funny to make fun the place where we first met! Many di….” Yama silenced Blake. “I’m sorry.”

Blake got off of Yama and looked back at the mountain, “A part of me wants to go visit the inside of the mountain but another part of me is telling me to not because of the poisoning the humans could had brought to the mountain.” Yama stared at the setting sun, “It’s your choice. Whether you are going with me or not, I’m going. I need answers from that guy that was in the room with us. I’m not sure how I’ll start searching for him in that gigantic place but I’m sure there’s some sort of underground network of people that can help me.” Blake closed her eyes, “You go alone, I prefer to wander around the forest until you comeback.” “Judging by the distance from here, it probably be a 4 day walk.” Yama remarked. Blake pointed at a lake downhill, “Then why don’t we say we meet at the lake in open down there at the bottom of the hill in about 28 days from now?” “Dam that’s long, but I’m sure time will fly by very quickly so deal!” Yama answered.

Kudos to you all

[strikerhunter]

Something was wrong with my connection last week and I kept getting error 404 every time I tried to post a chapter so I took the time and waited until this weekend to see if my luck worked out.

Chapter 4 will be bringing an end to Episode 3.

I have mid-term essays due within a few weeks so Episode 4 will not be up until the end of November.

Kick back and have a good read. Enjoy

Episode 3
Chapter 4: That Carbuncle Girl

Spoiler!

Four days had passed since Yama and Blake departed after their fateful encounter. Yama now stares at the base of the lonely mountain of Einsam. “Great,” Yama said, “four days being in a hellish forest heat and now I don’t even know where the entrance into the mountain is.” “You lost kid?” said a random voice from above. Yama looked at the mountain side above him and sees a red-hair girl. “You look familiar,” Yama said, “had we met before?” The girl laughed, “Answer my question first and I’ll answer yours.” “I’m standing in front of the mountain looking like an idiot,” Yama said, “Do you think I’m not lost?” The girl jumped off from the mountain side and landed in front of Yama, “Only why into the mountain is through via mining carts which aren’t far from here and I never met you before.” “But she does look a lot like her,” Yama thought to himself, “I mean besides those shorts and that tight jacket, she look much like Ruby.”

“So what’s your name kid?” the girl asked as they were walking. Yama answered, “Name’s Yama.” “Nothing else?” The girl asked, “No last name of any sorts?” Yama scratched his head nervously, “Well it would have been Yasminkov, but I learned that my dad wasn’t my real dad so yea I dropped his surname.” The girl squinted her eyes and looked closely at Yama, “Then what brings you here?” she said suspiciously. “Well….see…I’m looking for someone,” Yama muttered, “and I thought Einsam would had been the most logical place to be.” “You do release how big the place is right?” the girl remarked, “It be like finding a needle in a haystack.” “The trick to finding a needle in a haystack is to be persistent,” Yama answered. The girl smiled, “Know what, I like you kid and there is our ride.” The girl pointed towards some mining carts nearby a cave.

Yama stared into the dark cave, “Hey you never gave me your name.” Yama felt a sudden jerk on his coat and was lifted into a cart. “Wait! What’s going on?!” Yama yelled frantically, “What are you doing?!” “Something that I do every week!” The girl replied. The cart began to slide down into the dark cave. “Brace yourself kid!” said the girl as she straps on a pair of goggles. Yama held firmly onto the girl’s chest. “Hey! I said brace yourself! Not hold on to me like a………” the cart suddenly went down a steep slope.

Yama continued to hold onto the girl tightly, squishing her breast onto his face. The girl punched Yama on the head, “Let go of me you pervert!” “I can’t!” Yama yelled. “Yes you can!” the girl yelled back. Yama turned her head at the direction he was looking. The railroad ahead of was missing and there was a large hole at the end of the tracks. The girl wraps her arms around Yama and screamed, “I don’t remember that tack being missing!” “There’s not enough room to jump out!” Yama cried out. As the cart nears the hole and the broken track Yama held onto the girl even more tightly and closed his eyes. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!” Yama takes a deep breath, “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!” “Geesh who the heck takes a breath in between screams?” the girl asked. Yama opened his eyes and looked around noticing they weren’t falling. “Huh? What’s going on?” Yama asked. Yama looked down and notices a bright blue flame from the girl’s boots. “Jet boots,” she said, “everyone one residing in the mountain must have one. You’re just lucky I decided to bring these boots today or we be goners by now, not to mention me being here also prevented you from falling should you had gone in here alone.” “Ehehehe,” Yama smiled nervously, “Thank you?” “Wipe off that perverted face!” the girl yelled. “What I do this time?!” Yama begged.

The girl landed herself and Yama on the other side of the hole, “Well there goes my fun.” “Fun?!” Yama yelled, “We could have died there!” The girl turned her back on Yama, “Who’s we? As far as I’m concerned I’m the one who would have survived even if I went alone.” The girl walked back to the hole. “Hey what are you doing?” Yama asked. “What else?” the girl answered, “I’m going back into the city.” “You mean that hole leads to the city?!” Yama asked. “Duh,” the girl retorted. “But you where freaked about the missing tracks.” Yama remarked. “Because my fun ride was ending duh,” the girl retorted again, “I was just surprised that the tracks there went missing. I also didn’t take the fall because of your perverted grip on me.” “So how would I enter the city then?” Yama asked. “Long way around kid,” the girl remarked, “unless you want to die and jump in the hole then be my……..” Yama ran towards the hole. The girl grabbed Yama by the collar before he could had jumped, “You do know that you won’t survive that fall right?” “Oh I’ll survive it.” Yama answered. “No you won’t.” the girl retorted. “Yes I will.” Yama answered again. “No you won’t.” the girl retorted again. “Yes I will.” Yama answered once again. “No you won’t.” the girl retorted once more. “Yes I will.” Yama answered again with confidence. “God you’re persistent like my little sister.” the girl retorted. “Little sister?” Yama asked, “Hey that reminds me; you never gave me your name.” “Name’s Rosa Carbuncle,” the girl answered. “Hold on!” Yama yelled, “You mean you’re Ruby’s older sister?” Rosa rolled her eyes, “Great, another one of Ruby’s weird friends. Welp, down the hole you go.” Rosa tossed Yama into the hole and watch his fall.

Kudos to you all

[strikerhunter]

So after 2 months of Mid-terms, projects, and finals I'm finally on my break and finally back!

We are back and start off fresh with Episode 4 The Alte Arc.

Check back in the Fan Works forum section on the 25th because I've been doing a little project involving with a few others.
I also can't believe it's already been almost a year since I started this even though I went on several hiatus, so I'm having a little something planned for next month.

Prologue

Spoiler!

We return to the eyes of our friends Ruby, Umberto, and the Vita known as Grants who left the city of New Heights at the end of Episode 1. It has been only a week after random alien invasion and the trio had already reached to their destination in hopes of leaving the planet…..however things maybe unfortunate for them.
We have been gone for a very long while so to sum what has been happening so far:
In Episode 1, our friends Ruby, Matt (who’s true name is Yellow), Arch, and Brandon had a random encounter with the new student of their school right before he was getting picked on by the class bully. Yama was invited to stay with the four friends. The next day was no normal day, out of the blue came an alien invasion. The five friends and Matt and Yama’s mother sought for shelter at a local military base which was supervised by Matt’s father. However, the base fell shortly after their arrival. All, but one soldier survived to take them out of the base to seek refuge. Having to decide to take a shortcut through the city, the lone soldier Uziel Lackey swears to make sure they reach safety. However, they ran into trouble and all where split apart before reaching their final destination. Episode 1 ends with everyone heading down to their own paths.
In Episode 2 reveals Matt’s background and his possible origins. Only fragments of information where revealed and Matt still has many questions. Revealing his true name being Yellow, a girl named Barra appeared and attempted to kill him on several occasions. Matt had no intention to stop her after she revealed that she was the granddaughter of one of the 20 people Matt killed years ago in an incident. Although she never showed that she forgave him, she shows gratitude towards him after saving her life while she went into coma for 15 weeks after an incident. Having many questions after revealing both of their pasts to each other, they seek for the woman who calls herself Matt’s……..I mean Yellow’s mother.
Episode 3 reveals parts of Yama’s true past and his character. It also reveals the planet’s past before the humans and Vita’s terraformed the planet. Having some sort of connection with the civilization from the past Yama decides to seek out for answers on the questions that bugs him the most, especially the question on why he can’t remember anything before he was 8 years old. Yama ends up meeting with a girl from his ancient past after stumbling into his dead father’s lab. Girl’s name was Blake; she was able to answer some of Yama’s questions but not all of it. She was only able to remember and tell him about their origins and how the two met. Out to seek the professor that left the lab after their breakout, Yama heads for the gigantic and iconic mountain called Einsam. We left off from his story right after he met Ruby’s older sister and was kicked into a deep hole.

R.U.B.Y Episode 4: The Alte Arc
Chapter 1: Path to Alte Part 1

Spoiler!

“Dam,” Grants said to himself as he, Umberto, and Ruby looked at the burning city in front of them, “it looks like those foreign invaders got to the city before we did.” “What do we do now?” Ruby asked. “We get off this planet.” Grants answered. “But how?” Umberto asked. Grants pointed into the city, “The city is known for being a hotspot for transportation stops for all forms of travel.” Ruby looked dumbfounded, “So we’re going into a city that’s been obliterated for the small chances of finding a ride off of the planet?” Grants looked down at the red hair girl, “You got any other bright ideas?” Ruby sighed, “Why do I have a bad feeling about this?” Umberto laughed, “You always have a bad feeling about everything.” Ruby turned her attention towards Umberto, “Yea, and that’s why you had that bad stomach ache this morning.” “Can it you two!” yelled Grants, “If you want to live another day then you better stop fooling around and get serious. It doesn’t matter if there is a small chance of finding a ride off of the planet or not, if the chances are small we better take that chance.” “Fine.” Umberto and Ruby said together.

Upon entering the city there was a foul stench. “Uh what the heck is that smell?” Ruby questioned as she cover her nose with her coat. Umberto covered his nose as well, “Smells like a cemetery that just got lit on fire.” “That’s because it is one.” Grants remarked and pointed to the piles of glass shaped figures and objects. “That foul stench is coming from the glassing those invaders did.” “Glassing?” Ruby asked. “It’s an orbital bombardment that fires plasma onto a planet’s surface and burn it,” Grants answered, “ The heat from the attack burns the ground with intense heat from the plasma thus turning just about anything that got caught in the fire into glass. It’s the most common way to invade an unwary planet.” “You have to wonder why they would attack a planet with two races on it.” Umberto questioned. “That’s a good question kid,” Grants remarked, “not once since the attack started did I ever thought of that.” “I’m lost here,” Ruby question, “What exactly do you two mean?” Umberto looked dumbfounded, “Wait you mean that smart head of yours hadn’t figured it out yet?” “No?” Ruby questioned nervously. Grants touched the ground, “What he was trying to say is why attack a planet with little resources. You would think they attack the other planets with more plentiful resources.” Ruby placed her hands on her hips, “Well the planet is 95% land with all of the body of water being man-made. Heck now that you mention it, the planet is just a giant savannah.” Umberto scratched his head, “Okay now things don’t really add up now.” Grants stared down the street, “Nothing has ever added up since the beginning.”
“So what’s the plan now?” Ruby asked, “The city is glassed so I really doubt we will find any means of transportation.” Grants looked back, “We to get to somewhere safe, but I doubt this planet is even safe to be on anymore.” Ruby sighed, “So that means we have to deal with this stench even longer I guess.” Grants looked annoyed, “You can stay back on that cliff and let us ditch you.” Ruby rolled her eyes, “I have a bad feeling about this, but it looks like I have no choice.” Grants slapped the girl, “You always have a choice, no matter what there will always be two or more choices.” Ruby rubbed her cheek, “Was that supposed to be a motivational speech?” Grants slapped her again, “No, I’m just telling you to stop complaining and just deal with the reality that’s been happening.”

“Hey Grants.” Umberto asked. “Yes?” Grants replied. “Just how hot is a glassing bombardment?” Umberto questioned. “That would depend on the ship and a whole of other complicated factors.” Grants answered, “Why you ask?” “I think I know a way off of the planet.” Umber answered back. “Enlighten me.” Grants remarked. “Wait!” Ruby yelled, “You mean……” “Looks like we are on the same page here Ruby,” Umberto interrupted. “You’re talking about the Tectonic right?” Ruby asked. “That’s right,” Umberto answered, “the famous intergalactic transport ship.” “Never heard of that ship before.” Grants remarked. “Well it’s a prototype ship that I read off from one of the files Ruby and her pals hacked into from the military’s science department.” Umberto answered. “Hey!” Ruby complained. “Don’t hey me,” Umber retorted, “you were the one everyone knew as a hacker and with that idiot Brandon around you know he’s going to spill the beans right away. “Enough we the shenanigans already,” Grants yelled, “tell me more about this ship.” Umberto shrugged, “The name is a bit self-explanatory so no doubt it is for space travels.” “And the name being Tectonic comes from the fact that the ship can handle intense heat within tectonic plates.” Ruby continued. “If you knew this all along then why didn’t you tell me sooner?” Grants asked. “Well….you see……..I’m not even sure if the ship is real,” Umberto answered not sounding confident. “It was something I dug into a long time ago,” Ruby replied, “but if my memory serves me correctly there was something it being located at a place coded as Hipparchus, Ptolemy, Theon, and Hypatia. Other than that, I have no clear memory of what I hacked into.” “Let’s go.” Grants answered. “HUH?!” Umberto and Ruby where dumbfounded. Grants got up and dragged the two by their neck collars, “Play with a little bit of your own history and you’ll figure out what that code meant.”