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The Space Zoo: Act 6

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Goo and metal


Henna managed to get out of the vent to the next room. She placed her hands on her sore back, feeling the tight vent working against her body. She stretched out her body to the left and right, getting relief for her spin. She looked at Miles and Milkshake. They looked at her for guidance. She walked pass them and headed out of the small room. Her hand gripped the door knob and she pulled towards her body. Henna stuck her head to the left and right, nothing was there.

"It's all clear," she said.

The boys followed her to the right. She could feel their eyes peering into her back, like cold knifes cutting into her ribcage.

She glanced over her shoulder and said, "Is there something you want to say?"

"It's about your outfit," Milkshake spoke.

"What about it?" she asked, knowing a few things were on their minds.

"Why is it like that?"

"Why do you have a second mouth on your stomach?" she answered with a question.

He opened his mouth and then closed it. His face looked puzzled and then finally answered, "Well I was born into a human finally, but I'm not human. I might be an alien or I could be a horrible clone gone wrong."

"That makes two of us," she said, moving her gaze away from him.

"You're not human?"

"I'm far from being human."

"Then what are you?"

She fell silent. The hallway felt more intense from her cold shoulder. Henna continued to walk, trying to avoid the question.

"I don't want to talk about it," she said.

The silence filled the air once more. Milkshake looked around the metal hallway and started to hum. Shortly he began to sing.

"Quiet," she said softly.

"What is it? Why can't I sing-?"

She shoved Milkshake into Miles chest. They looked in shock as they fell to the ground. Miles looked up and saw her shadow covering their bodies. Her face was fierce, like her stance.

"What is wrong with you?" Miles asked.

She didn't answer. She looked to her right, her long hair whipping over her shoulders. Henna placed her arms over her head and neck. He knew then why she shoved them. A rumbling came from the wall and soon the wall gave way. The black goo monster was back.

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"This can't be good."

"No duh Dragoon!!" Tenjina said.

"Do you think you can drive it away?" Nayeli asked.

"Maybe, but I don't understand how to drive it," Dragoon said.

"What?!?! You just turned it on!!" Tenjina stated.

"Well I saw the collector turn it on a few times but driving requires more steps, and I didn't see how he drove it. Driving this ship is not like a car or a game controller, there's no steering wheel. He piloted the ship in a sequence of buttons and levers, I couldn't remember it all, plus I don't want break anything."

"So we have to wait for Henna and the others."

"Correct, I can go look for them in my ghost form while you girls wait here," Dragoon said.

She then got up and slowly her outline started to fade, then she was gone. Tenjina and Nayeli looked at each other; things were getting awkward between them.

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Henna stood her ground and applied her weight on to her feet, but it wasn't enough against the goo monster. The black mass spilled out the cracks of the metal, placing pressure on the wall. Shards of the metallic wall exploded everywhere. Miles and Milkshake ran down the hallway and took cover. Once the dust settled they looked down at where Henna once stood. She was gone. They looked at each other and then back at the hallway. The silence was broken by her screaming, something she hasn't done in a long time. The duo ran towards her screaming, running through the giant hole into a room filled with mechanisms and components or gears.

"This must be the engine room," Miles said, looking around.

"Henna!" Milkshake shouted, his voice echoing in the room.

"Up here!!" she screamed once more.

The duo looked up and saw how tall the room was, they couldn't see the ceiling, everything was filled with moving gears and screws. Pumps going up and down in a rhythm, the workings of metal moved all together in a massive tempo. The guys looked at each other then looked up. They started to climb up the moving gears and searched for Henna.

As they scaled up the engine room, Milkshake still called for her name, but no real answer just her screaming. Once they got about halfway there, they saw the black goo monster resting on of the motionless gears. As they got closer they could see it had a frame to it, a humanoid skeleton. It was thick and dripping of the black goo tar, bubbling from the heat in the room. Miles looked down at the skeleton's right hand and saw long blue hair in its grasp.

"Release her!!" he demanded.

A hackling of a laugh escaped the goo monster's lungs, then it gurgled, "Make me…"

Miles gritted his teeth and gazed to his right and saw a few scraps of pips and wiring. He bolted to the pipe and got the biggest pipe he could find.

"Miles wait!!" Milkshake warned.

But he was too slow; Miles shot his anger at the monster. The goo skeleton just gave off a smirk and waited. His ribcage opened and shot a massive wave of the black tar at Miles, covering his whole body.

Milkshake watched in shock and saw he was only one left to fight. Fear and panic were only seconds away from his mind till a haven sound came to him. A groan from Henna, she was waking up.

"Henna, tell me what to do!!" he panicked.

"What…" she groaned.

"Henna I need your help."

"We need fire…heat…"

"What for?!"

"Boil it…away…" she groaned, and then she stopped talking.

Milkshake gulped and looked around, trying to find anything that can cause a fire or at least heat the room up. He then looked up and saw a few pipes moving and vibrating. He jumped up in time, the gooey monster more tar where he once stood. He gripped the pipes with his bare hands, and felt heat coursing through them. It looked up at Milkshake and shot more tar up at him. He dodged the waves of tar and climbed like a monkey to the top of the pipes. Once he reached there, Milkshake looked through the crakes. The tar monster looked up at him and ginned, and shot more gooey tar at him. The black mass blasted against the pipes and Milkshake, gluing him to them. He grunted as he tried to break free, but he was immovable. His hands and legs were stuck, panic ran through his mind. He was thinking of ways to break free. Then he gave one idea a try.

"You'll make a succulent appetizer before I feast on the rest of you," it gurgled at him.

Milkshake opened his second mouth. His stomach opened up with sharp teeth. It closed down on the pipes like a shark chomping on a seal. His teeth sliced through the metal and steam broke free. The steam shot up and down, getting Milkshake to start sweating, the goo monster had it worse. It was bubbling all over his body; he was cooking in the heat. The gooey mass was thinning out; it was pouring over the giant gear they were on. Miles was released from his trap and could breathe again. Henna lay on her side, her back to the guys, she wasn't moving.

Milkshake gave a sigh in relief as the monster dripped away from sight. He moved to the right and lost his grip, he gripped tighter on the pipe as his lower body was taken by gravity. He was dangling for a moment but he lost his hold. He fell to the metal ground on his spin. He let out a shriek of pain, as agony coursed through his veins. Henna and Miles didn't move, even to Milkshake's screams of pain. He realized then that it might be too late for them.

The steam was making a thick fog around them. He looked around, trying to get their attention, but it hurt too much for him to move. Then he just looked at the fading ceiling, hoping this pain will go away soon. Before he knew it the fog of steam was going away, a chilling wind rushed against his body. Henna's long hair danced in this wind. She stirred in her sleep and slowly sat up.

She looked away from the duo and softly said, "Dragoon…?"
Our heros meet a dstonger monster. The colllector's body is still missing. Will they leave the balck hole in time? What will happen to our heros next?

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Henna (c) me and story
Nayeli (c) :iconyukiyoshihama:
Tenjina (c) :iconhali-chan:
Miles (c) :iconradecmaelsev:
Dragoon (c) :icondragoonbooprod:
Milkshake (c) :iconyukohanna:
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