Galaxy in Flames

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono woke up in an instant, but without opening the eye that faced the door. "I don't think I have the right to deny the owner permission to enter the guest room." Chrono said aloud while keeping his hands in his pockets, ready to throw the sedatives if he heard that she was cocking a rifle at him.

[Shenzii]

Blaire entered and gave a half smile. "Were you seriously going to let him do what you said with me...?" She seemed almost saddened by the thought.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

"Get the guns to shoot that debris, cut it up with the point defense lasers." A sea of flak, and blue streams of light surrounded in small laser turret blasts riddled themselves across the face of Carnage. The pieces buckled, and they broke but continued their path, still enormous, still being dragged... and then they hit. The entire ship rolled onto its side, explosions lighting up across both the Carnage and the Ellan. Chunks of the Eph'tan frigate being crushed and broken, floating off into space.
"Sir, main engines are down, and the jump drive is floating off without us." Kimchi said, her voice shaking through her smile. The captain smile remained but his eyes lost their glow.
"So we still have thrusters?" he asked.
"We still have thrusters," she replied.
"And we still have weapons?" he asked.
"We still have weapons," she replied, her voice calmer, stronger.
"Then we can still fight," he shouted to the room, then turned to the meerkat. "Forward beam cannons?"
"Ready, sir," the meerkat said, his limbs twitched with nerves and adrenaline.
"Fire on that piece of junk Cask."
"Yes sir." With one button press, the beams roared in that familiar tone.

"Sir, the boarding party have reached the decoy," said Kimchi.
The captain replied, "Hmm, that's pretty good. We dont have forever. When will the reinforcements arrive."
"Just a little while longer, probably only two minutes," she replied.
"Then we survive for two minutes," he said with a smile.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono thought about it for a moment and shrugged. "I don't know... it was a spontaneous thought, and seemed really good at the time when you were basically recovering from a suicidal episode. I guess I could take out his ship, then you could torture him in any fashion you'd like... as long as hes dead and the photos are erased from everything but our own memories... or are you talking about something else?" his door-ward eye opened up and he saw she wasn't armed with a rifle, but still wearing clothes that could conceal blades.

[Shenzii]

She walked into his room and sat in the chair that was next to a small couch surrounding a table. "No, I mean... Aw forget it. What is your story? You obviously know what I do... But what are you?" She asked looking at him.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono sighed, thankful he had a shirt on so the mark of his heritage is covered. "I'm just a bounty hunter that happens to be a Reaver... isn't that good enough? Oh, and the names Chrono"

[Shenzii]

"Oh please... You're never just a reaver. Your abdomen says otherwise," She said pointing to the small part of shirt that was showing his marking. "I wont pry... I'm simply curious. I need to know you wont kill me when sleeping.."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono felt a massive lump in his throat before sighing and then ran a claw down his shirt, tearing it down the middle and displaying the mark of royalty. "I'm the next in line to take leadership of the Reaver Empire... there, I said it..." he felt like a weight lifted off of him since now at least someone other than his immedeate family knows of his existance, but then anxiousness set in as he realized he took his hands out of his pocket, and a syringe fell out....

Please don't notice the syringe, I was an idiot for having them in my pocket in the first place!

[Shenzii]

Great, royalty... I hope I don't get blamed for his absence. She thought to herself. "Being a Reaver, I'm supposed to bow.. But I've left that race with my career..." She looked at him. "So don't worry about me getting all weird."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono got a little angry, but not even close to what he should be for what he usually said to people saying they would bow even if he wasn't with his family. "Don't you dare think me differently now, I hate it when people bowed before me when I hate how father ran our country with religion. I've hated it before I ran away, and its only gotten more rooted with the passage of time. My younger sister is going to take my place, so the Reavers will have a Queen to follow instead of a religious King." His looks then softened and just looked at the cieling. "There are times when I want to go back just to stop my father from plunging us into this stupid conflict, but I just hate being on the same planet as him, nevermind the same room!"

[Shenzii]

"Like I said, You being a royal doesn't affect me at all. I could careless. I left that Planet for a reason!" She laughed and sighed. "Don't think I wont drag this out for a while though, Prince," She taunted. She got up and walked out of his room.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

"Thats ex-prince to you, Reaver!!" he joked, throwing his cut-up shirt at her before the door closed on him.

[Shenzii]

"yea yea yea! You're still a snob!" She shouted through the door, a laugh following the statement. She walked to the head of the ship and sat down in front of the steering mechanism again. She watched the stars pass by.

[Gabag]

On the planet below, human Military officers sturggled to keep order, as the starving surviving populace demanded food and water that wasnt tainted from the bombardment.

"Stop giving us this irradiated crap... Give us real food!" yelled one Reaver. Other reavers and eph'tan joined him

"I'm sorry to inform you but all the remaining food is property of the Human Empire now, turn back now or you will be fired upon.." replied a Military officer.

"TO HELL WITH THEIR CRAP LETS GET 'EM!" yelled the same Reaver as the Eph'Tan and Reaver mob surged towards the barricaded warehouse filled to the brim with untainted foods.

"OPEN FIRE!" was the order of the day as the mob rushed headlong into assault rifle bullets and pistol rounds.

Except for one Military Officer.
Xavier didn't have it in him to mow down the civilians he protected back when the planet wasn't a smoldering ruin. He remembered good times with some of the Eph'Tan, and remembered how his Reaver buddy Xion helping him out of tough spots in the past.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono got off the bed and walked into the door. "Let me out you unreponsive P.O.S. excuse for an A.I." he said while trying to force the previously automated door to open.