Snippet #2597897

Trip sat across the table, wearing his Guardian Dress Blue uniform, the really nice one. He smiled a genuine smile at Laya. "What are you smiling about?" Laya asked. Trip slowly got up and knelt down before her, holding a box. "Laya, I'm not the best looking man, I'm not the richest man, and everyone knows i am no angel. I still have a lot of battles with my demons, but if you say yes, then my battles will be victorious, and i'll be the richest man in the universe. Laya, will you marry me?" Trip asked, opening the box to a purple crystal, hand made necklace. With tears in her eyes Laya nodded. "Yes Keenan Lit'ra, I will marry you." Laya answered. Trip stood up and placed the necklace around her neck, and kiss her passionately.......................................Trip scurried off, trying to keep up with his family as the invading forces of the Nevallian fleets spread throughout the planet, shooting anyone and everyone they came across. The sounds of screams, and plasma weapons going off filled the air. Everything came to a quick halt when their escape route was blocked by the invaders. Without care, the Nevallians started shooting. Keenan ran behind some rocks, and watched as his family was shot down. Filled with anger, he jumped out grabbing a Crystallian staff weapon from a dead warrior, he began fighting back. Keenan dropped the weapon as the Nevallian Overlord grabbed him by the neck and picked him up. It was anger in Keenan's eyes, not fear, the Overlord saw. The young lad, barely 8 years old, grabbed the dagger off the enemy's belt and slashed at it's face. As he was thrown to the ground, Keenan was ready to fight again. A large burning sensation followed with tremendous pain

Trip quickly gasped for air when his memory of the shot came back. He slowly looked around and caught his breath, looking at the tremendous damage done to their vessel. He was lucky to be alive, but who else was. Trip slowly stood up, pulling a piece of shard from the viewing screen, out from his leg. He limped around the ship checking on the rest of the crew. Once he got to the engineering department, he climbed through the rubble. "Stella? You there Stella?" Trip called out, having trouble getting through the rubble. His first and foremost responsibility was to ensure that their reactor core was contained and was not going to go critical.