Nos-4-A2 and XR: First Bite

"Son why don't you check the status of that mystery cargo?" said Commander Nebula.

"Absolutely that a job for someone like me. Later Pop." said XR as he went through the tranport chute to head to the cargo room.

Now XR of course would do anything his "dad" said because he was always trying so hard to try and impress him. He wanted to prove that he could be a great space ranger. But he also wanted to do this because he too was curious about this strange cargo that Buzz and Mira had found.

XR jumped out of the chute into the cargo room where the mysterious box was being held. He activated his microphone to keep a data log about his observation.

"Ranger logperation check on the mystery cargo" he said in a dramatic tone.

He wheeled himself to get a closer look at the box. He had to admit that it was very stange looking. It was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. On the side in red letters it said "NOS-4-A2".

"Nos-4-A2? I wonder what that means." he thought to himself.

XR wondered what was so special about this box it didn't seem to be really important to him. But he knew it had to be of great importance if Zurg wanted it as well. Also since Buzz and Mira had decribed about what the box did while they were in the cargo hold fighting off Warp.

But what could it be a weapon of some sort? It would make sense if it was. But the box didn't seem like it opened so there seemed to be no way to see what was inside. Not knowin the contents of this box was nerve-wreaking for XR.

Something else was brothering XR the room seemed to quiet, a little too quiet for his taste. The only real sound that could be heard was the small whirring noise of his metal treads. Was the box making the room quiet or was the room just naturally quiet?

For some reason the box seemed almost sinister in all this quiet. XR felt as if it was daring him to come closer to it. XR wanted to exmaine the box farther since he knew he would have to give his report later. But the thought going closer to the box for some reason sent shivers down his circuits.

So he decided to go somethig he made up for his report.

"Mystery cargo status:Still here, Still mysterious, Still...well that about does it".

He turns to head back to the transport chute. He whirrs over to it a little faster then he should, but only because he didn't really want to be near the box anymore.

But before he makes it to the chute he notices a red light had engulfed the room.

"Huh"?

He quickly turns around and lets out a small wimper at the sight before him.

The box had opened and a robot had popped out of it. This robot appearance was truely frighting. A dark cape covered it's crimson red, metallic body. The creature had long, clawed hands with glowing red eyes. As it came out of the box, spread it's arms out, and threw back it's head with a maniacal smile on its face.

XR gasped and started to back away from the figure. As his back hit the wall he was shaking in terror. He could feel nothing but fear going through him. He didn't know why but something inside him seem to know that he should be afarid of this creature.

And he certainly wasn't going to stay alone with it any longer.

He wheeled himself up the ramp to the platform were the chute was located. But something was wrong the chute wasn't opening. He tried to pull on the rim to rip it off,but it didn't work. He started jumping up and down, trying to force entry into it. So then he tried to type in the manual override code to open it. But nothing work. The chute remained shut.

The creature was drawing itself closer and closer, advancing ever so slowly to prolong the assault as much as possible, savoring XR's fear.

XR quickly wheeled himself to the only other exit.

"Door,door,door,door" he stammered, pounding his fist on it with desperation.

The creature's shadow loomed over him. XR pressed himself against the wall trying to keep whatever distance there was between him and the creature.

"Resist me not, little one...for you are mine"." the creature whispered in a voice that sent chills throughout XR's body.

XR let out a small scream, holding up his hands for some sort of defense, shivering in fright. The creature smirked at him, it's red gaze seem to pierce right through him. The creature reached out and seized XR by his arms, keeping them pinned to his sides, and lifting him off the ground.

XR kicked his legs wildly in midair. He knew he had to fight somehow, he couldn't just let this creature have its way with him. He wanted to activate his weapons, any of them, but nothing happened. Just like the transport chute, he seemed to stop functioning.

The creature let out a low, disturbing laugh. Amused by the little robot's pathetic  attempt to fight him off. It opened it's mouth wide, revealing two razor-sharp, sliver fangs. XR looked at the creature with horror as it seem to dawn on him what the creature's intention was. XR managed to find his voice.

"NO! Let me go! No,No,No,Please STOP!" he begged, he thrashed even more trying desperately to get out of the creature's grip.

The creature lunged it's head forward, sinking it's fangs into XR's body.

XR cried...no...he screamed. The fear that he had felt before was now turning into pain. Absolute, Unspeakable pain. And with each amount of pain running through his body, XR could feel the creature stealing his energy from him.

XR could feel himself getting weaker and weaker by the second. He was losing feeling in his arms, his legs, in every part of him. His vision was going black and his mind was going into a haze. All he could think about was-

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die".

But suddenly something strange happened.

The creature dropped him like he was a can of soda pop. XR hit the floor with a "Clunk" he moaned in pain since his body was horribly sore. He could hear the sound of the creature as it closed the lid of the box.

XR was too weak to move, too weak to speak, he could feel nothing but pain. His vison was failing him, his eyes slowly dimmed off till he could see nothing. That whole time laying on the floor after the creature's attack he could see and hear nothing, but the cold, silence of darkness.