Project Boussh: Beneath The Seas by Alison Sky Alison shook her head slowly, bringing some life back into her body. She felt stiff, cold and tired. she thought as she sat up. She heard a groaning next to her. Looking around, she soon found Emily, Hobbie and Ooryl curled up in balls around the floor. Emily was starting to awaken. Ooryl was already awake, looking around while maintaining his fetile position. "Where are we?" Emily asked. "Stop shouting," Hobbie muttered, curling further into himself. "I wasn't shouting," Emily said. "It's the echo of this room. We're underground." "Underwater is more like it," Ooryl stated. "Your hair is still wet, and there is seaweed in it." Emily instantly reached up and pulled the greenish-black plant from her hair. She noticed something in the corner. "There's someone over there." The four instantly turned to where Emily was looking. In the corner lay a woman with long red hair, slumped in a very defensive position. "Shannon!" Alison cried. They quickly went to her side, in which Ooryl stayed in the back of the group. "She might be frightened by Ooryl's appearance," he stated. Hobbie and Emily quickly checked her vitals. "She's alive, and in good health. It seems she just pulled into herself, to hide from whatever they wanted to do to her. She'll be ok until we can get out of here." "Whenever we figure out where here is," Alison muttered. She stood and started to walk a circut around the room. Laying her hands on the walls, she could fell the coolness of the water on the other side, and the vibrations of the water pressure. "I'd say we're at least a quarter of a mile beneath the surface, probably under the island as so the ground is more stable." "You think we can escape?" Emily stated, wiping her hands on her pants. Alison shruged. "Depends on how we plan it. We have no idea what's behind that door. In here, we're trapped. Beyond that door, though..." "I can't believe Face did this to us!" Hobbie stated. "It's not his fault," Ooryl stated. "He was controlled. Ooryl saw that chip above his ear. We must be careful, though. Who knows what plans he has for us." As if the guard outside was reading their minds, the door opened and two men stepped inside. One of them was the mis-matched eyes human that held a blaster. The other was the helper from Wes' torture video. "Murderer!" Emily shouted, and jumped at the man as he entered the room. Hobbie grabbed her around the waist to keep her back. "I see the video has made it's mark," the helper stated. "You're to come with us now." "For what reason?" Alison positioned herself in front of the rest of the group. It was her fault they were there, so she would be the one to protect them. "Mister Retsim wishes to have a word with you." Mis-matched eye boy stated. Emily and Hobbie growled, and all four showed refusal to move. Both thugs sighed and powered up their blasters. "I'm afraid that we must insist." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Face ran through the forest, one hand on his blaster while another held onto a message canister. He didn't know HOW he had gotten into these woods, in fact, he couldn't remember anything. All he knew was that there was this intense pain above his ear, and it was keeping him from knowing anything. A noise to his left made him stop. He grabbed the blaster and jumped around the corner, intending to shoot the object on the other side. In his sights, he found an Ewok half-leading a human male. Face tried to remember the name... Falling to his knees, Face tried to catch his breath. Then a stabbing pain filled his head, and a thought entered his brain. "Shoot them. Kill them both and the pain will stop." Gritting his teeth, Face raised the blaster.