The one to come around the corner was not the Norva, though.  Ayu, flanked by 4 guards, and another 8 from the other side. Circling around him, Ayu spoke in something like a communicator.<span style="color: #00aaaa">"As you said, hes here. What about his magic block? "</span><br/>Serafima answered, looking at her watch closely:<span style="color: #FF4040"> "Ah! Calculating the time and distance, it should be active now again. "</span><br/>Ayu put the headpiece in her ear again<span style="color: #00aaaa">"Thanks, we got him. Lets put him in the isolation chamber again."</span>she guided the warriors as they pushed and shoved Snow in his "chambers" with no light.<br/>Ayu grinned contented, but she did not adress the Dragon directly, as she was not yet allowed to do so.<br/>Instead she turned to a somehow confused Dhampir warrior and mockingly said.<br/><span style="color: #00aaaa">"What a fool it would take to be given a chance again and again and wasting them. Thehehe. <span style="font-style: italic">So amusing</span>...Its no wonder nobody wanted a <span style="font-style: italic">defective dragon</span>...he can fly, but hes got brain problems"</span>she put her finger at her temple, indicating an idiot. The werewoves' mood was totally good, as her Misstress seemed to not want to talk to the dragon anymore.<br/>Sneering at Snow, she closed the door with a BAM.<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><br/><br/>Back in space, Noctis had still the reverse stealth activated, so the Nitrogen harmlessly heated up before it could reach the ship. The mixture of hot and cold air though, caused major turbulences, that pushed the ship backwards and out of the danger zone.<br/>Now, the Norva sat in the cockpit, and frowned.  After a little thinking, she sighed again.<br/>Shrugging her shoulders, she shook her head and murmured.<span style="color: #FF4040">"I dont know if it was good or bad that they didnt get the dragon at least." </span>a seething anger inside her had subsided, for they had at least caught Snow and he couldnt wreck havoc on ship, before she got back.<br/>Still, even though she picked a remote region, the 'playing' and especially her reverse stealth mode, was like a torch, drawing 'moths' to the flame.  Right now she was surrounded by a myriad of pirate flighters, with all of them aiming the guns on her vehicle.<br/><span style="color: #aaaaaa">"This dragon is really a sign of bad luck." </span>the AI muttered an untypical phrase.<br/>Serafima could not help but snort. Even her AI got superstitious ...<span style="color: #FF4040">"Noctis, you need a debug?" </span><br/>Coughing, the AI answered.<span style="color: #aaaaaa">"No thanks, but I calculated our chances to escape this formation to be less than 5%"</span><br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"No need to calculate, we gotta rely on the impossible this time." </span><br/><br/>She had not heard any of the dragons mental taunts - because her powers worked only one- way and their link was way too weak, but right now Snow was the least she could think of. Or even have time to be angry at him.<br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"Che they finally got us." </span>it was only expected - with that high bounty on her and Snows heads. Luckily pirates were not a completely organized bunch.. or?<br/>Serafima sighed and controlled the Shadow "to vanish" infront of the flighers. She had to test their battle capabilities first. The pirates werent stupid enough to unlock their formations, but they knew that she was probably positioned somewhere in a blind spot or directly in line of "friendly fire".<br/>"Be careful of friendly fire!" they commanded, then: "<span style="font-weight: bold">All Flighters fire!</span>"<br/><br/>And the dark space was lit ablaze with lasers and cannons.<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><br/><br/>Back at the ship, Ayu could not walk two meters away from Snows 'cage' as she cried out in surprise, listening to the news of Wilkes talking to the whole crew.<br/>She was unable to keep her composure as usualy in the vicinity of strangers.<span style="color: #00aaaa">"WHAT the hell, she was<span style="font-style: italic"> CAPTURED</span>? <span style="font-style: italic">NO WAY!</span>" </span>Basically exploding in anger, the werewolf took instinctively a step back in the direction of the room of that damned brat, to teach him a<span style="font-style: italic">very good</span>lesson. Then she sighed and stopped. She was not Rose, and she learned to control her personal feelings and vendetta. Mostly.<br/>Ayu was still feeling guilty about the destroyed manuals.<span style="font-style: italic">But he deserved it!</span>Gritting her teeth, she turned away, sitting down in the next chair, and trying to compose herself.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00aaaa">"Damnable dragon.." </span>whispering, she gave the door behind which Snow was another dark look.<span style="color: #00aaaa">"If something happens to my misstress, you will be the first to be bled out. I will <span style="font-style: italic">personally</span> give you to the bloodsuckers." <br/></span><br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><br/><br/>Wilkes, instead rubbed his hands excitedly, as he heard the news -<br/>"What? Surrounded by a flock of pirates! Hahaha...great.!*cough* I mean the capitain can probably deal with them by herself! Its a piece of cake, I could do that too. We need to focus on our defenses, did you not see the UFO? Stay in formation and defend, you hear me! NOBODY move to save the capitain. I repeat NOBODY MOVE."<br/>The vice- capitain grinned as he inwardly planned his own promotion to capitain already. "Huehehe" .<br/>He straightened himself and once again said,<br/>"All focus on DEF..."<br/><br/>*Kaboom*<br/><br/>A heavy rocket hit the ship from the side, and the whole main ship was pushed to the side. Alarms rang out in space, and Pirates all over were dematerializing in space, showing a myriad of red dots in the surroundings.<br/>__________________________________<br/><object height="360" width="640"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/U4XOZeJb2ZQ"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><embed height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/v/U4XOZeJb2ZQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" wmode="transparent"/></object><br/><br/>_______________________________________<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"Noctis, perform evasive maneuvers to stall for time. They will most likely attack the main ship if we try to slip away."</span>Her commands were done after a careful consideration.<br/><span style="color: #aaaaaa">"This will lower our escape chances by.."</span><br/>-<span style="color: #FF0040">"Just do it, I need to communicate to Ayu for full evacuation! This is not just a simple Pirate attack!" </span>before she could contact her though, a faint wave of air pressure and a big explosion noise reached her.<br/>Her face paling, she dialed multiple times.<span style="color: #FF4040">"They jammed all intercoms! Even my private ones!"</span><br/>Was there a traitor? She frantically hoped everything was alright, but her face stayed expressionless, while she assisted Noctis in performing evasive maneuvers, while taking out any opponents that made positioning mistakes quickly. However, her ammo wouldnt be enough for even half of the crafts hunting her ...<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><br/><br/><span style="color: #00aaaa">"Evacuate everyone! I cant reach Sera anymore."</span>Ayu stood at the hangar and watched small two-seater crafts taking off, while a few men held off Wilkes crewmen.<br/>Alfred set up the coordinates as he helped evacuate everyone.<br/>Then, a somewhat shocked Snow was escorted and protected by two Dhampirs, still a little confused and unwilling. More explosions shook the Mainframe.<br/>Alfred and Ayu boarded the last craft, but just before they could gain distance, the main ship exploded, and the shockwave and flames engulfed their aircraft.<br/>Snow, in the two man ship right infront of them, was also hit heavily by the wave of hot air, and blasted far, far away into space.<br/><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><br/><br/><span style="color: #aaaaaa">"Ammo lower than 5%. We have to escape in the next 10 seconds."</span>Noctis dry voice resounded in the cockpit. Serafima concentrated on outmaneuvring the partly decimated fleet. None of the Ammo had gone to waste, however they threw themselves at her in numbers. She lost count of how many vehicles she had eliminated already.<br/>Sighing, she commanded:<span style="color: #FF4040">"Alright. Lets go."</span><br/>Despite being hit a few times, Noctis quickly used all tricks the Shadow could muster for a quick and stealthy assault - escape.<br/>They are still scanning and tracking, we cannot break through like this without ammo.<span style="color: #FF4040">For the sake of all bad luck!"</span>She almost hit the control pult, then grit her teeth, as she spoke.<br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"Noctis simulate a hit and crash, then hide with the scrap. I'M going out."</span><br/><span style="color: #aaaaaa">"There isnt any equipment for space survival on board.."</span><br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"I know, just do it! Now!"</span><br/><span style="color: #aaaaaa">"..."</span><br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"Noctic, commence ejection."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #aaaaaa">"Miss? You can not survive space for more than thirty -"</span><br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"commence NOW!"<br/></span><br/>Another, this time smaller explosion rang, and a blinding light flashed through the otherwise dim light of the universe...<br/>The feeling of outer space enveloped Serafima, as she flung herself onto a recently overpowered , and half destroyed craft passing below her.<br/>Noctis closed the doors and sped the "Shadow" to open fire, spending his last ammo and tumbling down from the skies, as he acted out a destroyed vehicle to distract the Pirates, while fleeing. Sparingly using her oxygen mask, Serafima stealthily controlled the heavily damaged pirate vehicle to slowly sink through the sphere, while her body was assaulted by the radiation in space.<br/><br/>Breaking through the airless and harmful atmosphere dealt way more damage to her tattered body, than the fight and explosion before, but somehow she successfully crashlanded on a nearby barely passable docking station, crawled inside and passed out after donning one of the new pirate uniforms in the dress-room to perfect her disguise.<br/><br/>Who would have known that the one who they wanted to capture so badly, was already inside their ship?<br/><br/>[TO BE CONTINUED...<a class="postlink" href="https://creativefreedomrpg.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&amp;t=53370">HERE</a>]