Around the year 2207, within space, inside a spaceship port, there was many people walking around, some were waiting for which flight to take, others were just arriving from some ships that just arrived, there was a large crowd of people speaking and waiting; among them there was a man who was heading to the cam-phone section, this man was a black man with a short hair, around the age of 35, he had a white coat with long sleeves and a Weyland-Yutani logo tagged on it, he also wore dark blue pants and just simple brown shoes; when he got to the cam-phone section, he turned on a screen along with a cam, he inserted 4 dollars and was dialing a number, the man waited patiently for a call to be answered, just then the screen show a white lady with long brown hair who seemed to be at the age of 27 and a small girl around the age of 8, when they all seen each other, they smiled and the man answered:
"Hi Linda and Hello my precious princess Kathy" -the man said
"Hi daddy" -said the girl named Kathy
"Hello Gerald" -said Linda who was the mother
"Daddy, you won't believe what happened in school" -Kathy said with joy
"Tell me, what exciting thing happened?" -Gerald said
"One day, when we were all getting out of school, my teacher, my friends and me saw a large group of fireflies flying out and they were so amazing to see"
"Is that so? Are you sure about that?"
"Yes, even miss Clara gave me this video I think, that shows the thing happening"
As the screen had shown a video where the was Kathy among with other kids who were seeing a large swarm of interesting looking but small fireflies flying through the sky when the sun was setting, they were shouting with joy and saying how nice it looked, even as Gerald saw the video he smiled to see this different case happening, as the video finished and shown back to his family, Kathy asked to him:
"I thought that fireflies were close to extinction"
"Well those are fireflies known as the Neon-wings seen in the planet you two are living, Alpha 389, but what surprised me is that they usually come at night once the sun is set" -said Gerald
"Ooh, see Kathy, I've told you your father would know what kind of fireflies were those" -said Linda to her daughter with a smile
"Daddy, will you come to my birthday in the next month"
"I promise you my princess, I'll come to there after I finish my work, in the meantime I don't suppose your mother got something in the mail didn't she?"
"Of course, it was a large box, it came during two days, I didn't opened it because you send it and I assume it was important for your work" -said Linda
"Actually it's a gift for Kathy" -Gerald said
"Really? Mommy can I open it? Please" -Kathy said
"Sure you can, you go get the box and come here to show what your father bought you alright?"
"Ok, be right back"
As Kathy went to another room, Gerald and Linda chuckled a little, but they began to talk about something else:
"Our sweet Kathy, she is truly the special miracle we've made" -Linda said
"So true, I really wish I was back to you guys now" -Gerald replied
"Are you going to take long with your work?"
"Hopefully not this time, my boss just told me I have to deliver something along with some coworkers to another station, an energy tank to give it more energy for their next research and only that, I'll be back in a month"
"I hope so, I feel sad about Kathy missing you, she really cares about you"
"I've really missed the both of you" -Gerald said
"Oh look, there she comes, (as Kathy came with a small sized machine she laughed) what is this?" -Linda asked
"It's a robot doggy, isn't it daddy?" -Kathy asked as well
"Of course, his name is Bubbles, he doesn't need no food, only electricity, but even when you can't feed him food, you still have to be responsible with his actions" -Gerald said with a smile
As Linda activated the robotic puppy, Kathy was so excited as it turned on, she wanted to play with him.
"Thank you daddy, please do come for my birthday" -Kathy said joyfully
"Will do, have fun with bubbles" -Gerald said
"Let's go bubbles, bye Daddy" -Kathy said
"Bye Kathy" -Gerald said
As the machine did cute barks and followed Kathy around the house, the parents are about to conversate as well:
"At least it's better than a normal dog" -said Linda with a chuckle
"But it still wasn't cheap compared to an actual dog (the parents giggled), how is it going with you girls?" -Gerald asked
"It's going fine, well almost, the taxes are relentless these days" -Linda said
"It's a good thing I've left you some money along with the puppy in case if I won't be able to pay it in time"
"I've noticed, I appreciate that... Gerald, I'm worried"
"How come?"
"It's about the company, I've heard horrifying things about it"
"Linda-"
"Things about ships getting attacked by pirates or even a danger occurring inside their own ships"
"It's ok, none of those things are going to happen to me"
"But what if they do? What am I going to tell Kathy if such thing happened?"
"Linda, it's alright, so far for what I am concerned, they're fixing those issues right away, even they'll be guards to protect the transport I'll be inside among with my companions, plus technicians to avoid any malfunctions"
"Hope so, I'm just scared Gerald, truly I am"
"Have faith that nothing bad will happen to me, I'll be back, I'm not going to break that promise to Kathy"
"Will you return?"
"I will, for you, for our Kathy"
"I'll be seeing you in a month then, well, goodbye then"
"Bye Linda"
He then hanged the phone, the screen turned into the home page it had, then he got out of the cam-phone section, sat on one of the many seats and waited for his crew to arrive; after some time passed, his companions arrived just to take Gerald along with them, they passed through a VIP line where scientists and technicians were given a certain kind of ship, Gerald's crew had their own named "Ouroboros", it was not the fanciest of all ships, considering some odd looking shapes on the ship, had an average size fortunately, even it was fully fueled and ready to embark on to deliver the energy tank inside their ship; as they went inside the ship, they were first asked for a license before even entering the ship itself, the crew was given 5 guards, 2 engineers, 2 pilots and their captain who was old at age, he was bald and had a mustache, as the captain introduced himself to the crew:
"Greetings men, the name's Reginald Lennox, I'm the captain who will help you guys go to the space station of Eden I assume"
"Of course, I'm Gerald Connors, I take the whole responsibility on this mission"
"The lead, yes I was guessing that you'll make sure the package is delivered safe and sound, we should head inside now, we'll get there in time"
Once the crew got inside the Ouroboros ship, the pilot was turning on the ship's engine and drive to reach to their destination, hopefully it would only take a week to get to the Eden station according to the documents that Gerald read for his mission; three days passed, yet somewhere else, there was another ship which looked damaged, but was still functioning; inside the ship, there was a group in the bridge; among this group, one man who was a little taller than the other members, he had a beard, wore a bandana on his head, his clothes were rough and damaged, but he still looked tough and he was just sitting taking a look at the radar and energy levels of the ship; another man who had glasses, he looked scrawny and almost had pale skin compared to the other members, was building a pulse rifle as he had two complete ones behind him; then there was a third man who was bald, had a mustache, he wore plain clothes, but certainly had blood stained on it and his expression doesn't look friendly at all; and lastly a black woman who had curly hair, she had many armbands on her biceps, a red top along with a black sleeveless jacket, long pants and brown boots, in her case she was opening a metal crate which contained some money, but it wasn't enough for them:
"Fuck dammit, another one with barely any good stash? What is wrong with people?" -she said
"Bunch of lying bastards, they said those crates had a lot of money" -the tough bearded man said
"And you swallowed their words that easily didn't you Marcus?" -said the woman
"Hey, look at the bright side, at least we've got good material for Milo to build us more pulse rifles" -Marcus said
"Unfortunately I've only made three of them so far, not to mention the little ammunition we have" -said the scrawny man who was Milo
"Milo has a point there, even with when we do have weapons, what about the ammunition itself?" -said the woman
"Come on Ivy, at least you've got your sweet knives" -Marcus said
"And what good will they do against dudes and dudettes who have guns huh? You tell me?" -Ivy replied
"Oh will you all stop complaining now? We will get more stuff on our next assault" -said the annoyed man
"Easy for you to say Leroy, but you don't shoot or stab shit man" -Marcus said
"But I'm good at taking people's silently, want me to show how in your damn sleep?" -said Leroy
"Enough! All of you!" -said another woman
As the crew silenced when another woman just entered the bridge; this woman had blonde hair with a ponytail, oddly enough while he entire seemed fine, her left arm was a fully functional, mechanical and prosthetic arm and she wore plain clothes as well, judging by her character she seemed to be someone in a commanding trait, she then said:
"I know we've all got issues to deal with, especially that of losing resources easily" -said the lady
"You've got that part right" -Leroy mocked
"Shut up Leroy, but I can assure you that Daniel is doing everything he can to help us get out of this situation" -she said
"I don't doubt that Erica, but how are we even going to find more resources for us" -Ivy said
"Not to mention we've always got the law chasing our butts" -Marcus said
"But we will get more resources, we just have to wait patiently" -Erica said
"Tell that to Leroy, he is the impatient one" -Milo said
"Marcus continue trying to track down any ship we can raid" -Erica said
"Will do"
"And the rest of you, keep working and stop your whining" -Erica stated to the others.
As she gave that command, she left the bridge, while leaving the group almost working back, Leroy just went to another room in the ship and everyone was occupied with other stuff; as for Erica she went to another room where there was the last crew member to be shown, a man with short blonde hair, he looked sort of young around the age of 28 and he had green colored eyes; he wore a brown trench coat along with a black shirt, dark green pants and black boots; judging by his looks he probably must had been a soldier back then; he asked to her:
"There were whining again weren't they?"
"It's just like keeping lousy children as companions for the job, how are going to deal with that Daniel?"
"It's just simple, we just raid a small station for more fuel and just if they do have weapons, ammunition and food, then we just take it" -he said
"But you're forgetting many details here and there, we barely have any ammunition and this ship will lose all it's fuel if we don't find any station or other ship at all"
"We will find one, trust me, don't you have faith Erica?"
"Easy for you to say Danny, as a matter a fact why don't you try telling that to the other guys?"
As they were about to continue discussing important matters, suddenly Milo came in their room and said:
"Hey Dan, Marcus found something in the radar"
"What is it Milo?" -Daniel asked
"A ship, not sure of what kind, but it's one alright" -Milo replied
"Ok, we'll be right there, (as Milo left, Daniel then stared at Erica) see what i-"
"Don't push your luck Danny" -Erica replied
As they both headed to the bridge, Daniel asked to Marcus:
"Well then, what kind of ship is it pal?"
"Seems to be a carrier type of ship" -Marcus said
"They either most be transporting people or even delivering a cargo, one way or another we've got to get that ship" -Daniel said
"Sure, let's just take the ship with what little ammunition we've got, as they possibly have a lot of weaponry to help themselves and then call it a death wish" -Leroy said
"I know out odds, but trust me, we'll get that ship for ourselves, besides what other options do we have so far, more complaining? Didn't thought so" -Daniel replied
The ship they've encountered was the same exact ship that Gerald and his crew were, they had no idea about this gang coming towards them yet and even getting close to them; while the carrier ship still hadn't noticed the gang coming, Gerald and Reginald were having a small conversation in the meantime, as Reginald asked to Gerald:
"So why only the energy tank?"
"Not entirely sure really, Mr. Sanders only told me that once bringing this thing, it can fuel up their station a little more and finish whatever project they were up to" -Gerald said
"Only that? Sounds very odd don't you think?"
"I know, but at least once I do that, I'll get my chance to be with my family for a long while"
"Seriously? You guys are suppose to be people who make better worlds and all, but then you guys are doing this delivery mission?"
"Even if it sounds odd, it is just simple that I would even question my boss"
Just then, an alarm rang, a troop came to their room and he told to his captain:
"Captain Lennox, there is unidentified ship coming towards us"
"What?! Have you tried communicating with them?"
"We've tried, but they wouldn't answer and they're coming to fast"
"Prepare your weapons soldier, professor stay put here, this is going to get ugly" -Reginald said
As the troops were picking up their rifles and suited up, the engineers were locking all doors possible with a code and took cover just in case; as the gang's ship got close to the carrier, an short sized EVA Line connected to their door, Milo and Daniel came out wearing spacesuits, came to the door and used a blowtorch; Daniel was loading a pistol with at least three bullets, but the troops noticed that the door is being breached and headed there; though Milo was close to finish opening the door, he then gave the blowtorch to Daniel, allowing him to finish and let him do the work; as the door was opened, Daniel entered the room, as one troop came, Daniel shot at him and was taking cover behind any wall possible, another one came, but Daniel was behind him and knocked him out with a hard punch; Daniel then used a his comm. tech and called for the others to get in the ship quickly, as two more troops came there, they tried shooting at him, yet he shot only one of them and still took cover, unfortunately he got wounded by one of their bullets; as the gang ran inside to the ship, Milo was sealing the broken door with another tool, as the Erica and Marcus guarded him, but Leroy and Ivy would follow Daniel to aid him at shooting the troops with their pulse rifles and even Ivy shot at the troop who was about to shot Daniel; Reginald was about to shoot Ivy, but Leroy stopped him and knocked him out; some time later, the ship was now hijacked by Daniel and his team, they've held the scientists, engineers, pilots and the surviving troops hostage, removing their communication devices and firearms, even any knifes in case; Milo got rid of the EVA line that connected their previous ship, he piloted the carrier away, pressed a button from a small device and causing it to blow up their previous ship.
Daniel began interrogating them for what they were doing:
"Alright, we've got your ship, your guns belong to us now and this ship as well, what are you guys even carrying?"
"It better be a bunch of money, we really need that" -Marcus said
"What does it matter to you freaks!" -a scientist said, but was then punched by Leroy
"Leroy!" -Daniel shouted
"What? I'm just shutting him up"
"Just what are you guys carrying?" -Daniel said
"Alright, we are just trying to deliver an energy tank" -Gerald said
"What are doing Connors?" -Reginald said to him silently
"What?! These guys must be joking" -Ivy said
"Deliver an energy tank? To where?" -Daniel said
"Danny, who cares where are they delivering them to, we've got a ship, more weapons, ammunition and definitely some food, what else do you want from them?" -Erica said
"More resources, after all, the ones we've got are just few for one assault to a station only" -Daniel said
"I wouldn't count on our destination, it is a Weyland-Yutani station" -Gerald said, he was about to get hit by Leroy, but Daniel stopped him
"Stop it Leroy, it's annoying"
"He's mocking us Dan, I don't want to trust him at all" -Leroy replied
"If I tell you where we wanted to go, would you let us live and go into the escape pods, we won't tell anybody about you, at all" -Gerald said
"I will let you guys live, but you can't leave until I say so, you've got that" -Daniel said
"Danny you can't be serious about letting them alive, what if they report about us and the stolen ship?" -Erica asked
"We will deal with that soon, for now tell me"
Gerald wasn't exactly afraid, he was concerned about the survival of his crew and even worried that he might not be able to see his family only because of thugs holding him as hostage, but he complied to their leader:
"We were heading to the Eden station, somewhere close to a moon from LV-838" -Gerald said
"And we shall head to there, however when-" -as Daniel was about to say his conditions, Leroy took out a gun and was aiming at them, but Marcus and Ivy stopped him
"Oh come on you guys!! We've got the info we needed, why do we need these guys alive anyway?!" -Leroy asked
"Because we need to confirm if they are saying the truth, otherwise we won't be able to have much access without them if we either killed them or set them free you've got that Leroy?! You've got that?!!" -Daniel asked furiously
"Yes sir" -Leroy said
"Alright then, we've got what we needed, let's get some rest; Marcus, Ivy, take our hostages to their rooms, Leroy you check the armory and you Erica come with me to tell Milo the coordinates of our new destination" -Daniel said
"Please I'm not lying to you mister, let us free, I have a wife and a daughter" -Gerald said
"The same old page used from the old book of excuses, move along doc" -Ivy said
As the gang was now going to the Eden space station, they still questioned about what did Gerald said, but the gang trusted on Daniel's leadership to know of they're going to right spot or not; Gerald was worried about the fate of his crew, but he was especially worried that he might not be able to see his family dead nor alive, even if he did live, he wouldn't know where to go and contact his family, unless he contacts any emergency station nearby, but for now the crew was on the hands of a pirate gang; however none of them have any idea what might happen next... If they do arrive at the Eden station.