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Gaia's Tragedy, 3

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"Well... well... well... Look who it is. Larry Lannister."

"Kube Coray?"

Gaia and I looked at each other, confused.

"Wait... you both know each other?"

"Yer mate and I were shipmates back on the Federal Battleship of 92'. Well, back when her sails were still on. She'll drift everlastingly in the void."

"Still big in the pirate industry I see."

"Even though Larry is my friend and I don't want to harm ye, the warning still stands. Leave."

The navigator turns to look at me, hesitation in his eyes.

"Sir?"

"No. Why don't you leave?"

"The ship has been carrying something I've been tracking for quite some time. A belonging of mine."

"Still doesn't justify the need for bloodshed."

"I guess you leave us with no choice, Kube. Fair winds and following seas. Broadsides, navigator."

Nemesis turns, and her main batteries prepare to fire upon the pirate fleet. Just then, a bright light stirs out of nowhere, blinding the entire ship.

"Dirty tricks from a pirate scum!"

Vibrations from the ion cannons can be felt throughout the command center of the ship. The blinding effect of the light wears off. 

"We missed them Sir."

"Recharge and retarget! Don't miss them this time, or I'll make you mop the deck! I want somebody to analyze the bright light and energy source. Once you find it, take em out!"

"Sir? The Frigate... It's gone."

Peering outside, the frigate is nowhere to be seen.  

"Hold your fire, Captain. The energy readings is... strange. There's no energy trail behind the Federation Frigate. There is, however, bits and crumbs of energy leftover from the outburst of light  that appeared, and it seems to be not from the pirate ship."

"What do you mean no energy trail? There is no such thing! Every ship in the universe will leave a trail when they warp.... Unless, that wasn't a warp... Wait, cancel the shots, but keep the aim. I'll get to the the bottom of this."

The communication screen in the room flickers. It's a hail from Kube. 

"Larry, my old mate! Did you see that? It's that... that darned light again!"

Larry, cowering underneath a desk crawled out of it, dusting off dust from his clothes.

"Yep. That blinding light. That darned blinding light. I'll never forget about it."

"What is this about Larry?"

"The beast of the aby-"

"Oh for Christ's sake. Not this again. Do you have any other logical and rational answers?"

"Listen here, matey. Yer old mate Larry and I witnessed the beast. In fact, it destroyed the Federation Battleship."

"You're a pirate. Why should I trust you?"

"I have spent my life in the vast void, more than your puny ship has. The device I was searching for, was specifically made to hunt down said beast."

"Kube, I can't believe you're still on that quest."

"The beast took the my life-blood. Call it being vengeful, but I will hunt that beast down till my dying breath."

"Your orders, Sir?"

The room falls silent. 

"We're going to the Messier Galaxy. After that, we seek for the beast of the abyss. Kube, come with us. We're going to hunt this thing, and after seeing what it could do, I think we need all the help we can get."



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