Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

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Holly’s voice boomed through the ship, reminding stragglers about the meeting.

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"God Dammit!" cried Plisken as he thumped the edge of the table, sending various tools flying across the room.

"Stop complaining," snapped Garth as he tried to push the pin of the arm into the socket on Plisken's shoulder. Plisken looked at Garth sharply but Garth just twisted the arm in tighter, "You said this was the right size!"

"Well I thought it was!" said Plisken through clenched teeth as his friend gave one last push before a soft click told them the arm was locked.

"I don't see how you could break your other arm anyway," said Garth as he collapsed into a chair. Plisken ingnored the remark and picked up on of the screwdrivers that scattered the floor. He placed in on of the bolts on his chest and began to screw them in tightly. The process was painful but not half as sore as his arm was. When he had tightly screwed the bolts, Plisken fleed his new arm and admired its construction. It was a bronze colour with brass colour pins and caps- sleek too. It felt stronger than his last arm, not by much but stronger.

Garth let out a gasp of breath as he leaned forward and clutched his head. The pain had taken him quite by surprise, as if Brittany was trying to catch him off guard. Plisken looked on at his friend helpessly. For all the planets he had saved all those years ago, he could not ease the pain of his friend.

"I can feel it winning," said Garth as he breathed deeply when the pain receded back to just a mild hurt on his temples.

"You? Losing?" laughed Plisken, but the laugh was hollow and without joy.

Garth meet eyes with Plisken, "I will be gone by tomorow."

Plisken shook his head and muttered under his breath about killing her first as he left the room to head back to the others. But when Garth was alone for those few minutes, he heard a voice inside his head. Not a voice of an insane man, not voices that are not actually there but a voice who's presence was real and vivid.

"As you wish," said Garth as he left the room to follow after Plisken.

<OOC- Sorry for posting so soon after my other one but I wanted to get this one done before anything else happened.>