Her body ached and her world was black and fuzzy. The last thing the pilot remembered was running a job she should have turned down and moved onto greener pastures. But she had been desperate for funds and had been told that the job would be easy money. She'd smuggled a few supplies for these guys and they had seemed legit enough for a repeat business. But boy was she wrong. Then again Alyxandra had never been the best judge of character and had a saying like all smugglers did; Never ask what's in the trunk.<br/><br/>Her heavily modded escape pod she used as a ship was supposed to be impervious to detection with the shape and plating she had used to insulate it. Alyx had been in the military before the world had gone to shit and had specialized in stealth and combat flying which was how she had managed to survive the mangled wreck that was her ship now because of her abilities. But now she was among strangers and fighting for her life, thankfully her wounds had been patched (Crudely, But still patched) and she was on the mend. It would only be a matter of time before she would wake.<br/><br/>The two men standing over her were muttering about if she was still alive, their words garbled and fuzzy on her ears but she could hear them and it was rousing her from the drug induced sleep. Medicine? What had they done to her was the first thing she had thought. Alyx had heard rumors of some of the disgusting and inhumane things loners and madmen did in the zone but she had hoped they were only old wives tales to scare off children from ever considering going into the Zone in search of treasure.<br/><br/><strong>"Nnngg---"</strong>She moaned trying to move her heavy limbs, thrashing lightly trying to pull herself from the mattress they had laid her in.<strong>"Fuu--ck"</strong>She whispered again with her arm flopping back into the musty mattress as her body was still weak from the crash.<strong>"Z-Zoe...Zoe, Help..."</strong>She squeaked trying her best again to sit up now her head rolling from side to side as her blue eyes cracked open and tried to focus on the faces peering down at her.