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A long, purple, crab-like claw shot out, embedding itself deep into a shiny metal machine bolted to the wall. The machine struggled under the assault like a wounded animal, the powerful claw slashing it apart as easily as if it were made of tissue paper. Sparks flew into the air as the circuitry was mangled, until finally, a vital component was severed and the machine grew dim, the sparks stopping as abruptly as they began. The purple claw removed itself, stabbing visciously and harmlessly against the empty air for a second more.

Snarling and clicking through its grotesque mouth, the abomination turned its insectoid body sharply to the right and began to stalk back out of the darkened room. Before it, the nightmares that were its brethren scurried over themselves to move out of its enraged path.

A flash of red drew the creatures eyes towards the corner, "This is our chance," a voice clicked, "this is our chance."

The creature bristled with an angry screech. "You speak only for yourself!" it cried, swishing around, it's many legs scittering across the metal floor.

The humanoid female, red hair bright in the darkness, strode out from the shadows, her boots clunking dully against the floor. "An outpost," she continued, speaking the creatures language, her mouth moving oddly to accomodate the clicks and clacks, her boots coming still closer to the insectoid creature. "Their Judoon troops are dead," she said, an eyebrow raised, an mocking grin on her lips, "annihilated by Red Six."

The creature, the Lisic, stalked forward, slamming its powerful legs into the floor, denting the metal floor panels. The humanoid, her blue eyes narrowed, stood still as the creature extended its claw, raising it into a striking position. "I didn't approve the deployment of Red Six," it hissed.

The female laughed, throwing her head back, the scares on her neck standing out, vivid red against pale white, "I don't need your approval to set my creations loose," she said, "I do need your approval to change the ships course, your brethren will be pleased to take an outpost," the female said quietly, watching the insect with rapt attention.

The creatures black eyes swiveled in their stocks, the female was merely toying with it. Because the creature ruled this ship, but only because the female allowed it, because the female held no interest. And that was the source of the creatures continuous jealousy. It stomped around the humanoid, who watched closely, eyes swishing from side to side, her head tilted to the side in curiousity, her fingers flexing. The rest of her body did not move. "Or are you frightened?" the female taunted.

A claw leapt outward with lightning speed, to skewer her through the head, the only part the creature knew these humanoid creatures needed. The move was deflected with a quick flash of metal. A disconcerting clicking came from the creatures brethren as the thin knife in the females hand slashed at the Lisic's black eyes. It pulled back, clacking as it used its extra legs to skitter quickly to the right, swiping sideways at the females body. She shot backwards in a column of light, only to rematerialize a few feet away, a localized transmat. The creature chose not to follow her, her technology always did save her in the end.

"You would start a war!" the creature clicked.

The female turned to the side and began to pace slowly across the metal floor, back and forth, back and forth. Her knife was gone from her hand, hidden once again, the creature knew not where. "They would destroy you, their influence spreads farther every year, you kill yourselves by doing nothing!"

"The Shadow Proclamation is indeed growing in power," the creature agreed irritably, "you know it more than anyone." Sharp teeth clacked nastily together.

The human female stopped, looking at the Lisic, her head tilted sadly, "I do everything you ask of me, when the Grenkin were threatening your coloneys, I destroyed them. When the Adipose were using your codes, I stopped them. Now, when the Shadow Proclomation is knocking on your door, you have me do nothing?"

"They are powerful," the creature clacked, its cruel black eyes staring at the humanoid, a vaguely curious tinge to its gaze. "More powerful then any enemy we've known, we should not antagonize them," the creature said, stalking closer to the human, noting in awe that the she was not frightened of it at all.

The female smiled up at the Lisic, a wry grin of amusement that the creature assosiated with happiness, "They will destroy you, eventually," she chuckled.

The creatures response was a sudden, hysterical shriek that ricocheted between the metal walls around them. "The Lisic live forever!"

"Don't be naive, it makes you look foolish," the female said, eyes narrowed. "They are powerful," she growled through clenched teeth, "but so am I, I will kill them. I will kill all of them and find what they have stolen from me."

The Lisic's eye stocks swivelled erratically, the humanoid females voice frightening the creature just slightly, "An outpost?" the Lisic said, trembling under the terrible scrutiny of those ice blue eyes.

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