Time had elapsed… Too much time in Daigans opinion…<br/><br/>He removed himself from the makeshift bedding and peered down the maintenance tunnel. No sign of Candance and he was growing concerned. He couldn't sit and wait any longer in his uncertainty. Grabbing his staff, elegantly made from a broken mop, he disappeared into the shaft. He wore the shadows like a cloak as he crept back toward engineering where she had last been. The sounds of metal screeching froze him in his tracks. His ears perked as he strained to listen for any other activity, but all he could hear were muffled voices. Footsteps were inaudible as Daigan moved closer to the noise.<br/><br/>Three aliens stood over Candance, a Canicid, a Kallarias, and a Grungan. The latter held her a few feet off the ground while the lizard-man, who Daigan  assumed was the captain of the vessel, questioned her. Daigan watched as the captain held a gun to her head, his knuckles turning white around his staff. As he barked an order for her to drop her weapons. Something inside him went numb as the captain brought down the gun on the back of her head when she refused the captains order.<br/><br/>Daigan was engulfed in shadow as he backed into the tunnel. All that was left to do was wait for the time to strike…<br/><br/>------------<br/><br/>Gunny couldn't help but laugh as the human female brought the sword to his genitals. In the fifteen seconds of interaction they've had, she'd already proven she had more balls than most of the ship.<br/><br/>"Hey cap." Gungnir turned to his captain. "This one has some balls! Can we keep her?"<br/><br/>The captain ignored him, concentrating on the intruder, and held a gun to her head. The order for her to drop her weapons came out in a bark. Gunny stared from the human, to the captain, and then back to the human again waiting for someone to make a decision. The woman stood, or hung, adamant, her weapon still firmly at his scrotum.<br/><br/>"She's not giving in cap." Gunny said smiling. Her bravery was something to see for sure. "Let's just throw her into a cage for now."<br/><br/>With that, the captain brought his weapon down on the back of her head, knocking her limp in Gunny's hands. The captain told Gunny to tie her tight, place her in his cabin, and wait for him to show up for questioning. This was an easy enough order to follow, but it was interrupted by the sudden blow to the side of Gunny's head.<br/><br/>---------------<br/><br/>Daigan burst from behind a thicket of pipes, staff brought down into the side of Gunny's head. The first mate was caught entirely off guard and dropped the human female he held to the floor. Taking full advantage of the moment, Daigan followed his initial strike with a hard kick to the small of the grungans back. His hand went to the struck area as he fell forward, momentarily off balance, but Gunny caught himself on the wall. Quickly recovering, Gunny stepped to the left just in time for the attackers next blow to thwap against the metal surface he leaned on. Gunnys hand whipped out, grabbing the makeshift weapon and using his terrifying grungan strength to whip Daigan into the wall. The human man crumpled to the floor, but quickly regained his composure.<br/><br/>Daigan rolled backwards, coming to his feet. There was a momentary pause as both men viewed each other. In a blur, surprising for someone of Gunnys size, the grungans fist lashed out for Daigans head, but the human seemed to have preternatural awareness and dodged the blow before it was even there. Gunny didn't let up the physical barrage and three more punches erupted into Daigans skull and a large boot found the humans sternum. Daigan was thrown 5 feet back from the force of the blow. Gunny couldn't help but think that the kid had a high level of skill, but he seemed distracted. While Gunny stood in his thoughts, Daigan was on his feet and launched his own volley. The staff found a number of marks on the grungans head, chest, and legs. With each hit a bright light flashed before Gunnys eyes, and now he couldn't help but think about the irony. He took a few steps backward, out of the staffs range, and went for his gun, forgetting the captain had used it earlier. Daigan used the distraction as an opportunity to charge once more and brought his staff to bare, but Gunny caught it.<br/><br/>"Never underestimate the strength of a god damn grungan boy." Gunny said with a determined tone. The midsection of the staff exploded as Gunny drove his fist through it and directly into Daigans nose. Blood gushed from the now broken appendage and Daigan collapsed in an unconscious heap. Gunny turned to his captain, finding him leaving with the rookie. "Well cap. What are we going to do wit…" His voice trailed off as he found the weapon the human used. "Did that kid assault me with a fucking mop?!"