This Wasn't the Worst That Can Happen

Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you do something so stupid that you should suffer for it, and somewhere in this great galaxy the universe decides, nah I'll let you off with a warning. Warning of course being fairly awful, but still its nice to know you didn't get both barrells. - Chronicles of Lorentino

"So maybe we should have looked at those other cells before we just released them." The "prisoners" we had unleashed were more like monsters. I'm always uniquely surprised at all the awful creatures that exist in the universe. Such a variety of awful. Shira assured me should we live the energy shield was down, and that the AI's were sending help. I assured her that I was more concerned the smell would never leave my clothes (so smelly, like blood and gore usually smell, this was worse, I think they were in prison because of that alone). I did find myself wishing I'd brought more weapons. My sword and pistol let the creatures get way too close for my comfort. Shira had her moddable rifle and other fire power and I'd be lying if I didn't say I was jealous. We were clearing down a hallway when I saw a bolt of lightning hit a little to close to my head.

"Watch it with the lightning, also when did you get lightning?"

"It wasn't me Trezlan, we have a new player in this game." I knew it was the prisoner immediately, if only because the diminutive size as he approached. He was dressed in a simple shirt and pants, and wielding part of a security station in a make shift sword. I didn't notice the red skin and horns, when he was frozen, but we couldn't see into the actual tube to make that out.

"Remela, roik, robata?" The words were nonesense I looked to shira, she put a bullet between some kind of overgrown grass hopper and shrugged back at me.

"Trezlan Lorentino, and you are?" Loudly and slow the only way to get things across properly. The red skinned prisoner looked at me strangely and then grabbed my hand, before I could even really react he had let go.

"Words better now?" I was stunned to say the least, I'd never heard of someone being able to read an entire language from touching another person. I mean I'd been able to do it marginally from whatever that research lab had, but this was something else.

"Somewhat, you at least are in the right language." We had a lull from the creatures, I assumed because of our new companion.

"Time take, adjust," He paused considering his choices, "language of yours, not easy to figure out, do will have to be made."

"Trezlan you do realize he was in a cell here, and he can shoot lightning, perhaps we shouldn't be so quick to make friends." I hadn't even noticed Shira kept her rifle pointed at him.

"He hasn't killed us yet, so I take that as progress."