Snippet #1392450

Nora listened carefully for any sounds of trouble from the cargo hold security or her main concern at the moment; her slightly insane friend, Izzy. It wasn’t much trouble keeping an eye on her, and it was always fun to sneak into places to help the sanity-challenged girl to find new parts; but being inside a space colony usually lead others to not be to appreciative of her friend’s fascination with things that go ‘boom’.

Head hanging upside down off the side of a cargo box as she lay sprawled on top of it, Nora stared at the view the dank room provided. With the lights dimmed and the silent shuffle of merchandise waiting to be loaded or shipped off to the market; it was a pleasant place to nap and enjoy the young stars and ships outside the metal shell of a colony. It had to be admitted though, that Rysik was starting to grow since the new routes came through. Even the outskirts of the colony had artificial gravity now, though a tad weaker than the main districts; but back in Nora’s childhood, she could remember days when only the higher class areas were allowed to have the convenience of things staying on the ground, and humans were left on the outskirts of civilization. Nora always found it fun as a child to be able to reach any self she chose, or never fall off the bed in her sleep; but a few years of new ships and a spreading population eventually bought all of Rysik the upgrade to gravity installments.

“Maybe we should try again tomorrow then? You may get lucky-IZZY!” Eyes wide as she was tackled from her spot, Nora laid on the ground with Izzy frantically crawling off her and clutching what looked like a metal can. “It’s just a ship! You’re going to get us caught!” Nora hissed out the words as she tried to lunge at the other girl, but quickly found herself face planting the floor as the room spun from the sudden head rush of blood after her previous perch. “Dang gravity. We need to get out of here. Before… Hello officer!” A shadow looming over the two, Nora smiled brightly as she glanced at the creature behind her; not needing to know whatever language it spoke to know they were in trouble. Then as if the day couldn’t get worse, she heard the all too familiar whir of a gun charging.

Whipping her head back around, she spotted her friend aiming her gun then did the only thing that would stop her. So with a quick dart forward, Nora grabbed the end of Izzy’s braid and took off running; dodging human and alien alike as she tore through the halls with the guard close behind. “Why is it always easier to get in unnoticed but impossible to leave!” she called back frantically before bumping into a rather large blue specimen who barked out a familiar sound, causing Nora to laugh despite them being on the run. She remembered that sound well, she had mimicked it once to her parents and was grounded for a week when her grandfather translated it; to this day she didn’t know what it meant, but she learned to not repeat any type of word or sound she didn’t know. A turn later quickly wiped the smile off her face as she slammed into a new resident to the colony that already had his –she believed it was a his- roof with a new a hole in it thanks to Izzy’s last project. “Sorry. Lovely day for a run wouldn’t you say... or a crawl… exactly how DO you move quickly? Do you jump?” Voice rapid and face bright as she backed away from the legless alien, Nora glanced around frantically looking for a place to hide; only to have her heart drop to her stomach. The guard had found a few friends, and they were now surrounded. “Um… So where’s the party?”