Universe War (Mission Activated)

The Converter's Rescue and Transformation.

The Megaptor was hungry, and the small things that had peppered his skin stung a little. He was angry with his prey for being so elusive; he had not been fed all day. Normally prey was soft and juicy and easy to eat, but this prey hid in a strange box and had been so hard to catch. This box was very large, but the Megaptor had seen them leap into it, so it knew they were there. It roared, angrily, but could not smell their fear. Could not smell them at all, only the metal of the box. Fresh irritation made him bite and scratch vigorously again at the large box. Then, all at once, the box was no longer beneath him. Nothing at all was beneath him, and as he started to fall, somehow he understood that it was a long, long way down.

Once they had lost the unwelcome stowaway and confirmed with Gibson that there had been no further casualties, Eliza changed out of the few ratty strips of cloth that was all the Megaptor had left of her dress and decided it was time to take care of their new gu