s HELLO! Yes, LoM is alive! It turns out that it never was dead, just in a coma and the Doctor who was taking care of it [10th :D] was able to revive it! Xena belongs to xEnderAwesomex, and Journey is leslina4life's. Enjoy!

Jens facepalms "Damnit… can we really do nothing?!" He stands up and walks to the back, looking out the observatory window. He then turns to Journey, waiting for an answer.

"I'm sorry, but no. They seem to have a tractor beam of some sort pulling us in," she says apologetically. "There is nothing we can do."

He slams a hand against the observatory window. "Can we not send out a message, some sort of SOS?"

Journey looks like she has an idea. "I know, why don't we send out a message, some sort of SOS?" She grins widely at Jens and turns to the comm board, typing in a channel number before picking up the earpiece. "This is Ensign Journey aboard the ISS Dragonborn. Requesting assistance in sector 4, coordinates 396, 712, 545. Unknown entity using tractor beam has disabled our sensors and controls, over." She pauses, as if listening. "Copy, PSS King Philip's Vengeance. Will be on standby awaiting your arrival." She turns and grins at him again. "We have someone coming to help!"

Xena, who had been sitting silently up to this point, stands up and yells "HIja! We are saved!" She smiles and sits back down.

Jens looks at her, a bit confused by the sudden outburst in the Ender language. He turns to the window again as a large, battered freighter mark 3 came out of hyperspace. His heart sunk. The ship just screamed pirates. He pulled out his diamond sword, just in case. Time seems to stop.

Suddenly, Journey shouts, "Everybody down, they're arming their lasers!" Jens hits the ground as a laser bolt hits the side of the ship, sending it careening off into space. He curses as a chair slams into his leg, breaking it. Xena screams in pain as Jens' sword flies from his hand and pierces her shoulder, stabbing through. Journey holds onto the edge of the comm unit. The King Philip's Vengeance pulls up alongside the Dragonborn after steadying it with a tractor beam, extending a boarding ramp that seals up against the hull and cuts a hole into it, allowing access from the vacuum of space.

A middle-aged man of about 5'7" and shoulder-length gray dreads comes through the hole, laser rifle in hand. He points it at Journey. "Give me everything of value you have, and I may just take you to be my slave instead of leaving you in this ship to die." He grins. "I may just take you with me anyways, your a pretty piece of flesh." He grunts as Jens slams into him from the side, and knocks him down. He punches Jens, sending him flying across the ship into a window, cracking it. The man grins, and pulls up his sleeve, revealing a motorized Exosuit. "Gotta love the tech." He then points it at Xena, who is now panting and sweating from the pain of the sword in her shoulder. "If you won't give me what I want, I guess I'll just kill the kid and take the other girl anyway. You shouldn't put your coordinates on a public comm band and not be prepared for something like this to happen." He aims at Xena's head, and…

Looks outside as his ship explodes into a flash of light. A sleek silver dart-like ship flies past the windscreen, firing bolt after bolt at the freighter, destroying it. The pirate yells in rage, running to the hole, only to be cut off by the automatic Vacuum Repair system, which projects a wall of solid light across the hole. He turns to Jens, rage showing clearly on his face. "You planned this! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOSE SOMETHING YOU PUT YOUR WHOLE LIFE INTO?"

And then, a shaved man of about 6 feet walks into the hole, able to by parking his ship and extending his own boarding ramp. He drags his huge battle axe behind him, scratching the diamond-infused steel floor. "I think he does." He raises the axe and decapitates the pirate in a single, smooth, almost graceful swing. He then turns to the crew. "Come with me if you want to live."

Yes, it's back! Review, follow, favorite, et cetera. :D Updates will be mixed between this and my Silent Hill fic, so don't expect everyday updates. Also, I'd like to thank user xEnderAwesomex. You've been reading all my updates and leaving reviews so I know what I need, thank ya!

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