text: Three days had passed since your hijacking of the ship. During the times that Anna was too tired to drive you volunteered to take over. Though each time she would deny your offer and instead just land the ship somewhere isolated for the night. Though by now both of you knew that the pirates would have stopped their search for you by now so the atmosphere was a lot less tense then it was before.
  
  The two of you would sleep in the local barrack and eat the packaged meals that were in the supply kitchen. You were taken aback by the sheer stockpile of food that inside the pantries. Anna was surprised too, saying that such stockpiles were usually reserved for space traveling ships only. Wanting to have a big luxurious meal that was impossible on your old stationed ship, Anna instead rebuked you stating that the meals should be rationed so we wouldn't have to worry about hunting for any of it anytime soon.
  
  You were annoyed, but mostly because you knew she was right.
  
  Now that the threat of the pirates had died down, you started questioning her about your new goals while she was flying in the control room.
  
  "So I guess we should start looking for some crew mates now huh? It would be good to have some backup incase were attacked." You suggest as she looks out into the sky.
  
  "Oh you were serious about that. Look I don't know if you've seen these natives before but they're fucking huge. Getting one to help us willingly will probably never happen and forcing one to work for us will lead to the two of us getting literally crushed. We can run this ship on our own, all we really need is the main cannon anyway." she goes on, shooting down your suggestion.
  
  "Well then what do you suppose we do now then?" You say leaving it up to her.
  
  "We wait for the colonists to arrive."
  
  "Colonists?"
  
  "There's a armada of your people coming to this planet in less than two years. Apparently since your fleet never radioed back there sending a wave of colonists backed by a military fleet."
  
  "You didn't bother telling me sooner?"
  
  She chuckles. "I was going to tell you eventually."
  
  "So we wait for the colonists, then what?"
  
  "We recruit some of them to our cause and strike out on our own forming a new pirate band. This planet is about to become heavily colonized, the best thing we can do for right now is prepare for it as best we can."
  
  "How are we going to do that?"
  
  Anna takes a moment before responding to your question.
  
  "Well first we should at least try setting up a base of operations on land so we don't have to keep hopping around."
  
  A sudden jolt of startlment encompasses her eye's for a moment.
  
  "Holy shit...They don't know I'm with you."
  
  "Come again?" You ask for clarification.
  
  A wide grin comes to her face while a chuckle escapes her lips.
  
  "I just fucking realized that they don't know that I was the one that helped you escape. For all they know you could have just killed me or some shit. I can't belive I hadn't realized this sooner."
  
  "Well it's not like you can just show your face around them again without raising a bunch of suspicion."
  
  "No not that, I mean that I could possibly sneak back around at my H.Q without causing to much alarm as long as I don't run into any of my crewmates."
  
  You raise a eyebrow. "You're really willing to do that?"
  
  "Of course not, I'm just saying if the need ever arises and enough time passes for my crew mates to forget about me then I can go back if I absolutely needed to."
  
  You didn't know if this was some foreshadowing of her ditching you and returning to her faction so you quickly wanted to change the subject.
  
  "Alright then I guess we should start looking for a place to start of base?" You say.
  
  Anna nods. "I'll let you choose the biome though, I don't care either way to be honest. Though I'm in charge of everything else after that."
  
  Gee, what a team player.
  
  Only the desert and forest areas came to mind at the moment, anywhere else didn't really seem too suitable at the moment.
  
  Anna seemed to be wanting a answer now though as you needed to make a decision.
  
  > Forest
  "Might as well land in a forest, we can hide there well and have plenty access to wood to build anything that we need. Should be some sort of lake or pond we can land by too."
  
  Anna nods in approval.
  
  "Yeah I was thinking the same thing, first smart thing that you've said in awhile anyway."
  
  Ignoring that you take your seat as she begins turning the ship towards the direction of a forest that you'd had past earlier.
  
  Didn't even take less than a hour to find one, but now you were just trying to find a reliant water source. Spotting something that seemed like a pond, you pointed it out to Anna as she started to bring the ship down.
  
  Landing in a clearing nearby, both of you exited with weapons drawn in case anything were to come across your path. You felt a lot safer having your own sidearm after looting some of the lockers which each held a few blasters. All the rifles were missing, only because they were in use by the crews patrol when you first hijacked the ship.
  
  Heading towards the water source, the two of you kept your eyes open as the trees started to become a bit more dense.
  
  "At least they'll have a hard time finding us in a place like this." You say.
  
  "It's not the pirates I'm worried about at this point..." Anna mumbles.
  
  After a quick trek the water comes into view. It's a pretty large lake that goes on for quite a few yards.
  
  "Wonder what kind of fish we'l-" You're interrupted as Anna quickly places her palm over your hand.
  
  "Fuck I knew I felt something off, were being watched." She hisses into your ear.
  
  Your palm starts to grip your blaster as your eyes start scanning the nearby bushes and trees that encircle you.
  
  "How do you know?" You silently ask.
  
  Anna stays quiet though as her blaster is up and ready.
  
  Silence encompasses the area as the two of you try to listen to anything that would signal a presence.
  
  A noise does come, that of something creaking. Which reminded you of the day that you found Anna. Though this was a different creak, one that stopped in seconds and was replaced by a sharp whizz.
  
  You heard Anna scream in pain as she reflexively fired blindly before going down. A arrow had nestled itself in her chest as she let out a deathly groan. You start firing into the treeline hoping to hit anything in a desperate effort before your hit by a arrow yourself soon after. You stumble back as you feel the projectile inserted into your torso.
  
  You don't go down though, which leads to a few more arrows being fired into you. That seems to be enough as your vision turns gray and blurry. Soon, it's nothing but darkness.