Koto smiled as she curled up beside him, letting his hand gently comb through her mane and down her back as they relished in the afterglow.<br/>Suddenly a male voice spoke from the com system next to the door. "Captain, we are ready to depart, awaiting your orders..."<br/><br/>*thud*<br/>The boarding system connected with the hull of the vessel and the small pod ship went dark but filled again with light as the cutting blade of the assassin drone sliced a clean ring through the thick belly of the ship. It climbed up out of the hole it had made, into the maintenance shaft, its scanners detecting no other life forms within the vicinity. It climbed up through the wiring and magnetized its hands and feet to begin scaling the walls with inhuman speed and dexterity, getting closer and closer to its final objective.<br/>