Chapter - II
After Kai had checked himself and his son, he realized that Louise was unconcious. She was on the floor, under a large pile of broken ceramic. Just then an announcement from the captain then boomed through the ship:"We are under attack by pirates. All passengers lead to the escape pod bays in a civilised and organised manner. Each escape pod is able to carry up to 8 people."
Over the telecom everyone hears a bridge crewman talking to the Captain say "The shields have failed, and there are four Corsairs and two Vikings on our tail!"
Everyone began hurrying frantically towards the escape pod bays. Worriedly, Kai swung Louise over his shoulder and followed the croup, with Larry hurrying close behind. Once they got to the escape pod bays, they ran towards the emptiest pod. They sped inside, and in all the commotion of people moving and pusing, Louise was shoved off Kai's back just outside of the doors. As soon as they were inside a relatively full escape pod, the automatic doors slammed shut, and a second later they were propelled into space, in the general direction of Starton Eridani. Only Kai and Larry. Out of the window they saw the pirate's laser cannons punching holes in the Floating Freighter. Another ship arrived.
Judging by how this new ship was firing missiles, a Corsair-II. A large missile hit the central reactor core of the ship, causing explosions and leaking radioactive vapor, killing everyone inside. They could only watch. The two of them stared at the ship throught the main window, unable to comprehend what was going on. Then, the freighter exploded in a blazing fury rocking everything in it's range. Most of the escape pods were far enough away not be killed inside the blast radius, and a couple of the corsairs were destroyed in the explosion. A burning Corsair wreck, pushed by the force of the explosion, smashed into a nearby escape pod, killing the passengers.
Kai fell to his knees. She was dead. No...She couldn't be dead. But that hit to the freighter...It killed everyone on board...