Page 5 of Stars in Aura

The Iccythrian surged up and out of the hover bed like a prodded leviathan, his roar rattling the entire med bay.

The force of his savage, drunken lunges sent droids skidding into walls and nurses scrambling backward with shouts of alarm.

‘Fokk!’

Ki’Remi just managed to let out a curse before a mighty fist tore through the restraints.

He grunted when it connected with his plexus, catapulting him into the air. He flew and crashed into a trolley cart.

Seconds later, the hover bed flipped, colliding into the side wall like it weighed nothing.

‘The dose of anesthesia was not sufficient,’ the autobot declared blandly.

Ki’Remi’s jaw ticked, even as he rolled to his feet. ‘You don’t say.’

The Iccythrian, free from his horizontal tether, lashed out, one massive arm slamming into the droid and sending it straight through the observation glass.

Shards exploded in all directions as the beast turned, ripping IV lines from his arms, roaring and snarling as if awakening from some cosmic nightmare.

Hellfokkinnada.

Ki’Remi scarcely had time to dodge before a table went airborne, smashing into the wall where he had stood seconds before.

The nurses screamed, and the interns raced for the exits. Even the theater med bots short-circuited in pure, unfiltered panic.

The giant lumbered toward the corridor, his footfalls causing the floors to tremble with every heavy step.

He smashed through the swinging doors and into the hallway, where staff and patients scrambled for cover.

Ki’Remi leaped after him, ripping off his mask and gloves and pushing the sleeves of his scrubs up to free his movements.

He launched, noids bursting into action, forming an exo-skeletal mitt of sheer force around his fists.

The first punch landed solidly into the giant’s gut, right at the same spot marked for the incision.

Irony was a bitch, but the Iccythrian didn’t fall.

Instead, he roared again, flailing for Ki’Remi with the force of a damn meteor.

Ki’Remi dodged in time, twisting and landing a jab into the creature’s ribs.

The Rider’s velocity was faster, his metanoids enhancing his agility, but the colossus had sheer stamina and size on his side.

This wasn’t going to end with just a fist-off.

‘I need a tranquilizer dart massive enough for a freakin’ space whale,’ the Rider barked to whoever wasfokkin’ listening.

His team scrambled as the giant IniMoabite thrashed and rammed through the halls.

The Sableman’s focus honed when he sensed movement from the corner of his eye.

A blur of gleaming, glittering, freakin’ whirling cloud of speed.

He turned as a flash of wild, golden curls raced toward him.

For a split second, Ki’Remi assumedshewas an assistant or a medic rushing to him the injection requested.

He reached out to receive it, but instead of handing it to him, she vaulted over his damn head.

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