SSV Leningrad, enroute to Horizon
Bridge
Crew could be seen working as usual . Some of them chatting among each other. Captain Douglas could be seen staring at Galaxy map thinking about something.
" Captain " He turned his face towards his First Officer Raiden Ramirez " We should be reaching to Horizon "
" Have them informed we are coming "
" On it Sir " He said .
The Ship entered their destination. However, he noticed something wrong in their communications.
" That's strange " Ramirez said " We are unable to establish contact with them "
" What . Hail in all frequencies "
" We have tried but no response from other side "
" Captain " one of his crew member inform him " We got an unidentified ship headed our way . Looks like a cruiser "
" Captain. It's on intercept course with us ." another crew member then spoke with fear " They got lock on our ships "
" They are trying to kill us . Evasive manuevers " Captain Douglas ordered . However it was too late.
That ship fired it's laser at Leningrad bypassing the kinetic barrier with ease , crippling the ship. Fire erupted throughout the ship .
" Abandon ship ." Douglas ordered his crewmates who ran towards escape pods. Some were unfortunate to get caught in fire. Ramirez and his Captain followed their suit.
Unfortunately one of vent pipe exploded next to his captain throwing away Ramirez , engulfing Douglass into flames.
" Captain " he ran towards him however it was too late.
Terrified of his superior dead , he ran towards escape pods with all strength he has.
Few minutes later , he managed to enter one of escape pods. He saw lots of his crew mates dead on floor. Only few managed to get to safety. He entered the escape pod and was about to release when the unidentified ship launched it's salvo again , causing one of it's vent to explode near his pod , damaging it while escaping. Pod was launched into space , injuring his arm . Blood seeping out of his wound.
He could see the cruiser making work of his ship. He thought how helpless was he to save his crew mates. He was unable to save his captain. On top of that , his pod was losing power and oxygen. Maybe he was going to join his crew . Looking at the fragment his father handed over to him by his friend , he thought if he was stronger , stronger then maybe.
Helding that fragment close to his hand , he remembered how he was helpless towards his family. How he was helpless when his father died during Sovereign attack on citadel. How he was helpless to see his mom killing herself because of his father death. Maybe he didn't deserve to live.
His thought went towards the dark haired girl with red eyes. The same girl that appear in his dream everyday . Someone he wish to see before he could die.
' Don't think so low of yourself ' an unknown voice spoke in his head
' What was that ' he thought as he check everywhere around his pod ' maybe I was dreaming.'
' I am inside your mind ' the same voice spoke ' the fragment you held earlier. It belongs to me '
' What. Who are you '
' That's not important ' The voice spoke ' Do you want to live '
Ramirez thought back at his life. Full of failures. He always want to prove in his father footstep. That's what he was looking for . An another chance.
' Yes' he cried ' I want to live '
' Then call out to me ' the voice spoke ' Call out the name you spoke in your dream'
' The girl from her dream' he thought ' Her name…'
' Yes' the voice spoke ' That's it '
"nazara….Nazara" he shouted .
Maybe , he was going delusional. But if there hope in it , so be it.
What he saw next , changed his life forever.
The Collector cruiser was about to finish the Organic ship off when it detected a massive surge of dark energy. In front of them stood a teenage girl with jet black hair running down her waist . Blood red eyes with machine like projection . Her body was carrying machine like rig construct which look similiar to their masters , more likely Reaper.
One of her machinize tentacle fired upon the cruiser easily crippling it.
" That was a warning shot " She threaten them " I won't show mercy next time "
The Collectors got their message . The ran away from her , unsure of how this crap happened here.
She look upon her summoner. He was unconscious . Lack of oxygen. She decided to give him a helping hand.
Ramirez finally woke up. What a weird dream he saw. First his ship got destroyed and he saw a teen girl wielding ship like parts . Something like that only happens in anime . However he felt himself snuggling against something decided to open his eyes only to find himself sleeping alongside a naked girl ,head between her soft breast . the same girl he used to see in his dream , the same girl he saw being summoned.
" So you are awake " She said peeking down at him .
He immediately got up closing his eyes turning away from her.
" Cover your body dammit " he said blush in his face
" You humans are so weird . " She said covering her body with her Jacket " Why does it bother you so much "
" It's just bother ok "
Deciding to change the subject
" How are you feeling ." She asked him with concern
" How's your arm "
He looked at his arm , only to find hit not only wound gone but …
It was huskiffied.
" What happened to my arm here "
" Your arm was beyond repairable so I use my nanites to rebuild your lost muscles along with some cybernatic prosthetics."
He remembered how husks were transformed back at his home , Eden Prime.
" Am I going to transformed into husk "
" No. Nanites perished as soon as they did their job "
She spoke in a sad tone " I apologise. It the only way I could think of saving you "
" Then why were you naked , sleeping with me "
" I could heal you faster by close proximity "
Thinking of his crew , he spoke
" What about others " He asked fear in his tone " Did ..Did anyone make it "
" Most of them perished " She spoke sadly " Few survived "
And the main question, he forgot to ask.
" Who are you " Ramirez asked curiously " I never saw something like this before "
" Oh. I am a Reaper , what your race choose to call us. "
" You don't look like one "
" Or used to be one in my past life " she said sadly
" Which one exactly "
She took a deep breath
" I am Nazara , First of Sovereign class of Reaper "
She said proudly " I was the Vanguard of your destruction "
Ramirez jaws dropped.
" Wait...WHAT " Ramirez screamed shocked in his face. " How can this be . It's...it's impossible"
" Your species are weird , you witness everything and yet failed to grasp the situation " Nazara said in her usual stoic expression.
" But...Its...it's..impossible " Ramirez refused to believe " Something like this only happens in anime and fiction "
" I cannot answer this question organic . This is beyond even my comprehension "
Ramirez mind went overboard , trying to find out how this could happen . Having no answer he finally gave up .
" Guess I won't know how this crap happened " he looked at his fragment " I believe this is yours "
Handing her back her fragment , she refused to take back.
" It's your father memory . You should keep it "
He was shocked . He never told her from who he got it.
" How do you know my father handed over this to me "
" I been watching you Ramirez for two years . Your struggles , your sorrow and your determination. I been intrigue by you ."
" Why you help me . You are a reaper . You destroy everything we stand for "
" Because you call out to me . Your choice have made me intertwined with you. " She spoke in somewhat sad tone " You gave me another chance "
Nazara suddently felt something. Looks like Collector didn't got her message.
" We need to get out of here ."
" Why "
" The Collectors are here . They be attacking anything soon "
Ramirez in confusion check his comm channels , only to find his omnitool not working.
" I can't send a distress call "
" Collectors have jammed the comms . Looks like they are moving to second plan here"
" Second plan eh "
" Use of pawns to secretly harvest sentient lifeform." Nazara spoke bluntly " Since it's your kind who were responsible for my destruction , you have drawn their attention"
Ramirez realized there are colonist on this planet.
" We got to save them. The colonist . We have to warn them "
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