Sethi strikes true and there is a shriek cut off suddenly form the creature as it is cut in two. Its head and top half of its body lands in Chloe’s Colour Spray but the creature is long past being effected. Then the top half of the body jerks as energy flows over its skin and its eyes flare back to life although now they are piercing blue.<br/><br/>The head turns and the eyes regard Chloe then in an odd sounding voice probably due to a shortened chest the creature speaks. “You keep killing my pets, such a violent person. But you and your companions amuse me so I will be generous. My agent will approach you and if you pass over the scroll then I will allow you to live. Of course you may refuse but remember there are a lot of things that answer the call of the night and what comes next will not be so easy to kill. You have until you reach your destination to conclude the right course.”<br/><br/>With a shudder the energy fades away, the eyes dull to the blank stare of death.<br/><br/>Upon the deck Cairn’s thrust meets only empty air although Mausen’s bite is more effective. There is a crunching sound as his powerful jaws crush the centipede. Then both centipedes vanish in a puff of vile smoke and there is a clatter on the deck as the two statues reappear. One is intact, the other by Maureen is shattered and destroyed.<br/><br/>By now the deck is full of crew, some with weapons in hand, others manning their stations. The captain, a weather beaten older man with a white beard regarded the two on deck, “Attack over?”<br/>