The Lowlife (Part 2)
“Get in the fridge” said Valken. “What?” said Rigel feeling surprised. “Look, if we want to do this quietly, as of not alerting the soldier, then do what I say. Get in the fridge!” replied Valken before shoving him into the fridge. He then jumped in the fridge and steadied himself; he closed the door. “Brace yourself” said Valken when suddenly, the inside of the fridge plummeted down a shaft. It was a short ride but the inside of the fridge hit the hard ground with a thud. Rigel fell out as soon as it hit the ground. Valken was still in the fridge. “That’s what happened the first time I used this” said Valken looking at Rigel face first on the ground. Rigel stood up and brushed of bits of dirt with his hands off his leather jacket. “This way” said Valken pointing to the right and jumping of the fridge. The two walked towards a dirty cement wall with a poster attached to it. “Nobody really goes down here” said Valken looking at the bits of piping on the ceiling, “Not much to see here except this poster”. The poster was showing a Vykker presenting its new product, “Credit Critters, credit crunch is their lunch”. He also noticed a vertical rip in the poster. Valken then opened a small power box and flipped a few wires to opposite sockets. The cement wall split in half and both sides moved horizontally in opposite directions. “Through here” said Valken entering the new passage. Rigel followed closely behind. However, the two didn’t notice the fridge travelling upwards back to the surface of the café.
“Have you heard of teleportation?” asked Valken. “I’ve heard of it in books but I haven’t actually seen it in real life” replied Rigel, “Why do you ask?” “Because you’ll see why” replied Valken approaching a keypad attached to a rusty metal panel. He typed the numbers 5 and 23. The panel opened to reveal a large, grey machine. “This is where teleportation becomes a reality” said Valken showing Rigel through. He felt impressed of this possible amazing achievement. “Impressive” he said looking at the many components that made up the machine. “This, my friend, is an organic mass transporter, you can just call it a teleport” said Valken. He immediately walked over to a blue drinks machine. He pushed a button and out popped a bottle of Coke-a-Zade. He pulled the cap of and took a swig. “Are there any others?” asked Rigel. “Yeah, they’re round the back” replied Valken pointing towards a back room by the teleport. Rigel walked through into the room while Valken followed behind. He overtook Rigel as soon as he stopped. The room was full of scrap metal and spare parts. “Hey guys” said Valken looking at the two Sligs on top of the piles of scrap metal. The two Sligs turned around and looked at the newcomer. “New here?” asked the first Slig. “Yes, and I must say it’s an impressive holdout here” replied Rigel. “Thank you” said the second Slig. “My name’s Rigel” the newcomer said. “I’m Vankor” replied the first Slig, “and this is Tarios”. “Hi” replied Tarios. Rigel shook hands with the two and they got back to finding what they wanted. “Hey Valken!” shouted Vankor, “have you seen a type 8 cog bracket anywhere?” “I think I may have come across one in that pile there” replied Valken pointing at the pile to the left of Vankor. Rigel left the two to find what they needed and sat down on a small, wooden chair. “You really need to think about sorting out that pile of scrap metal” said Rigel taking a swig out of the Coke-a-Zade bottle from the fridge. “Well, we are not hanging around here for long” replied Valken, “It won’t be long before the soldiers find out where we are hiding. We are just building the teleport so we can get out of here. Of course we need co-ordinates if we know where we are going. There’s a small hideout on the outskirts of this outpost where the people who resist the oppressive nature of the soldiers hold out. That’s where we are headed”. Then suddenly, an alarm shouted in the room they were in. “Damn, looks like they’ve already found us. Take this” said Valken taking a Walther SP22/M2 hand gun and giving it to Rigel, “You’ll need it. The soldiers will open fire on any resisting people” Rigel agreed and readied himself in front of the door. Valken, Vankor and Tarios did the same. The oppression and resistance was rising.
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