The Haunted Traveler May 2017 Edition

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“I can lock it in there! Just one second!”
“Now!”
Leif had already gotten the airlock door open, and
was shoving me and Devran inside while Tallis yelled
at his brother. Khalis tapped one more button, and began
running through the cargo bay.
That was when the lights went out.
“Khalis!” Tallis screamed. He reached inside the airlock
and grabbed one of the X-14 heavy blasters mounted
by the doorway before he went charging back, firing
into the dark as he yelled for Khalis.
“Tallis, no!” I screamed.
“Stay here!” Leif said. He locked the airlock from
the outside before running out of my sight. I banged
against the door, and then opened my comm channel
so I could hear what was happening. There was nothing,
just breathing and footsteps. Then the screaming
started.
“Khalis, no!” I whimpered, tears falling down my
face. Yelling followed, Leif and Tallis trying to find the
source of the noise. Energy blasts rang out in rapid succession,
each briefly illuminating the cargo bay whenever
they hit something. One of them dropped a lightbeam,
and I could better see the chaos at hand. Lief was
facing back towards the door we had come through,
firing into the dark as he searched for whatever had
gotten Khalis. Tallis was spraying energy bolts all over,
screaming in rage at the unknown. It seemed like they
weren’t hitting anything, simply blackening the walls
of the room that was void of any other movement.
Then the shadows seemed to move to the right of
Tallis, and before I could cry out a warning, something