Chapter 3, Part 6

*the scene opens some time after the last. Our heroes have returned to the surface, and are traveling back to the Danube.*

Emma, enthusiastically: So then I was all 'take THAT, squid-thingy' and I chopped its head off!

Saganami: Why do I get the feeling there's something you left out of that colorful tale?

Gonick: Because you made an uncommonly good Intuition check?

Sparc, chuckling: Gotta love them natural 20s...

*Sparc looks at his scanner, pauses, and looks confused*

Sparc: Hey guys, wait up.

*the others backtrack a slight bit, and regard Sparc with curiosity*

Sparc: I'm showing a fifth life form around.

Gonick: I knew it. A place like this spawns ravens...

Sparc: It's not a raven. It's human, or at least near-human. And it's between us and our ship.

Gonick: You mean MY ship...

Sparc: THE ship. So what should we do?

Saganami: Find out what they want?

Emma: Works for me.

Gonick, muttering: It's my ship, dammit...

Sparc: Ok then. We keep going.

*they continue on, and meet up with a figure. It appears humanoid, and is clad in dark colored robes.*

Gonick: Hiya! What's up?

Figure: I am Gilgamesh, the Dancer. My mission is your death. Surrender, and it will be quick. Resist, and it will not.

Saganami: I have to admit, I'm not loving those options.

Emma: Yeah, I think we're going with option three.

Sparc: Resist...

Gonick: ...and live.

Gilgamesh: Fools. So be it.

*the dark cloak falls from the figure's shoulders, and a human-appearing female dressed in dark-colored robes draws two lightsabers. She activates them, and they pierce the surroundings, with both their energetic hum and the brilliant vermilion glow. Sparc attacks head-on, and Emma and Saganami move to flank. Gonick slips off into the darkness. Emma, Saganami, and Sparc duel Gilgamesh for quite some time. During the battle, Sparc is knocked unconscious by a kick to his head, and Saganami is disabled similarly.*

Gilgamesh: It would seem that your trio's down to two.

Emma: Yes, it would. But things are not always as they seem.

Gilgamesh: Oh? Perhaps to a limited being such as yourself.

Emma: Heh. Look who's talking.

*the area is bathed in a bright white light, as the Danube hovers overhead. A rope drops from the cockpit door, and Gonick slides halfway down. He extends a hand, and Gilgamesh is thrown back. Emma grabs Saganami, and Gonick lifts Sparc. With this assistance, Sparc, Saganami, and Gonick re-enter the cabin. Emma pauses at the door to shout to Gilgamesh, who has righted herself*

Emma, shouting over the Danube's engines: Limited being, my ass! How do you miss a spaceship?

Gilgamesh: This is not over!

Emma: Fine by me! I'll look forward to your next visit!

*Gilgamesh stares lividly at the Danube, but Emma has closed the cockpit door. The Danube exits the atmosphere, and jumps into hyperspace*

*scene ends*