Eeeep. Poor William! And poor Zap! I have to wonder how willing he is to be doing all of this….
safyrejet
Woah, look at the blood.
Dang. Why you guys picking on William?
And yes, I am saying that with a totally straight face knowing full well that two other characters have just recently had major body parts psychically hacked off. You’re totally picking on William, you meanies.
Marduk
Whoa
Anonymous
makes you want to reconsider the phrase “a little off the top” next time you get your hair cut.
number of dead greyshirts = 2 *ding, ding*
Stev
Note to self: do not let Zap cut my beard.
Darkoneko Hellsing
“Why hello, do you lie down here often too ?”
Jorge L. Carreras Jr.
Considering the fact that he’s got snake-eyes right now, just like William had earlier, I’d say “passenger in his own body.”
I like it because Yago decapitated two innocent robots throughout the series. COMEUPPANCE!
Psiberkiwi
Ain’t karma a b-
Uhh… Maybe I better not.
stealth
Cuteness may play its part, but I like the fact that you portrayed him with kindness and compassion and a sweet personality. And if William does not make It out of this story alive I will be crying my eyes out. I understand if he gets ruffed up, that’s to be expected in enemy territory, but i really really wanna see him live through this! Besides, I don’t want my theory to be wrong.
keemew2
So, even though they were just being manipulated they were still jerks to begin with? That makes me fell at least a lttle better about their deaths.
keemew2
That’s right William. Just lay there. Don’t move. Don’t breath. If they don’t remember your there you’ll be safe.
keemew2
Yes! He is cute! You made him that way to torture us! Your evil!
stealth
You obviously haven’t been paying attention if you have to ask that.
stealth
Safe? In what world is this considered safe? If anything Naveed has already noticed he’s awake. (glares at naveed)
stealth
After looking at this for the tenth time in a row (and comming to the conclusion that I want to cuddle william) I realized that there is no ‘zap’ sound effect this time. I have also deemed this one of my favorite pages becuase if how much I want to cuddle William and tell it’ll be okay. <3
I’d say you’re the best. You and Chris managed to make characters and a story we’ve all gotten so attached to. Plus I think it’s great how you respond so much to all us fans down here in the comments. No matter what comes I’m sure more than a few of us are gonna end up tearing up by the end of the series.
And yes, it doesn’t hurt that William is cute.
stealth
(desperatly tries to build a time machine to the future)
stealth
The best and the worst all at the same time. The mark of an amazing story teller!
stealth
LOL
Crestlinger
THAT’S what the ribbons are for! As they fall so to do his (Gunner’s) enemies.
All we need now is Zap to yell to Gunner ‘ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!’
So uhm, where’s the scenery exploding? Where’s the Max and Muppet actually trying to fight back? All I see is a bog standard villain moment that I was hoping Zap wouldn’t fall into.
Yes, we know, the only people who can truly stop Gunner is the plucky heroine and true love.
Oh well, I’ll come back in a few weeks, maybe see if something will surprise me.
Why would you care to see a big drawn out fight scene between the generals and psychics? Are you invested in the generals for some reason?
We could have had a big shiny fight scene, but it would have served zero plot purpose and the end result would be the same. This way, though, it establishes the balance of power and the reader gets to see that Zap is now some kind of hyper-capable killing machine, which I think sets a really suspenseful dark tone for the ensuing arrival of his old comrades.
Crestlinger
Gladiator. Maximus Decimus Meridius’s response to a bloodthirsty crowd after a paticularly bloody victory.
William- “oh god oh god, stay clam, don’t lose your head don’t lose your head don’t AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Hey, I forget… Gunner said he influenced the generals into having a reason to kill the president… Was the backstory for the gargoyle general still real? I thought I remembered him hating the president and the whole govt due to how his people were beaten, but that was so long ago I forget 90% of what happened in his backstory. Pascalle, help?
The GEF does occupy Tracta (Yago’s planet) but it is a mostly peaceful occupation. The betrayal/revenge story is MADE UP!
Andrew W
Well, going back and reading the character bios, Yago’s 712 years of life, and his hard work getting to the third highest position in all of
the Federation as he bides his time for his moment of revenge … all that leading up to his rather brief decapitation, seems a bit anticlimatic for the poor guy!
Darkoneko Hellsing
…maybe it’ll set William himself on fire, too ?
Anonymous
yeah, that’d do it…
stealth
NO! William is mine!
stealth
And that’s what makes it so poignant. All that planning gone in the blink of an eye. It’s perfect. I say well done to you pascalle and chris. Bravo! Exceptional story telling!
Yago probably spent the better part of his life running about Tracta and then joined the GEF after the occupation. Then, worked his way up to a position of power.
Then got his brain taken over by Gunner and imagined that he needed to get revenge against the president.
You are so evil. You keep teasing me with little snippets and I just wanna read in bulk and I cant and….and….gah! Monday is too far away :'(
safyrejet
This. Gunner and Zap and I’m guessing also Efrem are full on psychics pulling out all the stops so to speak. Who really stands a chance against them? (plus there’s that whole crowned psychic army somewhere out there) I think it says loads about how powerful they are with how easily these two characters went down. It sends an uneasy sense of holy moly the crew of the Excelsior are in BIG trouble they don’t stand a chance. And oy boy this is gonna be great.
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