All of a sudden, they felt an attack on their ship. Shulk ran over to the window and saw what was happening.
"Oh my god…" he said. They found themselves in the middle of the alien battle. The aliens just kept on fighting like they were never there. Attacks kept on hitting the ship. Even the captain was having a hard time controlling the ship.
"Captain!" a low voice person said. The captain turned around and saw the Chief Engineer of the White Whale standing before him. He had short light blonde hair. He seemed to be in his mid to late thirties. He wore a dark sleeveless shirt. His tattoo was visible on his right shoulder. His mustache was the same color as his hair, light blonde. He was crossing his arms.
"Vandham!" the captain said with his firmest voice. "What the hell is going on with the engines?!"

The captain's name is Kentaro Nagi. He was in his early forties. He had black hair and was older than Vandham. Even though Vandhamu was younger, he was quite experienced. Nagi wore a simple captain's uniform. His face was starting to get wrinkles. He wore no captain's hat.
"It seems the attacks are getting the best of the Ark's engines sir!"
"Well, fix it, damn it!"
"We're doing the best we can, Nagi." Vandhamu admitted. "but, it seems the attacks are just too strong!"

Just then, another explosion sounded. A voice came on the captain's speaker.
"Engine Number Three is down! I repeat, Engine Three is down!"
"Crap!" both Nagi and Vandham said.
"We have to hope on Engine Four."
"Captain," Vandhamu approached him once again. "Engine Four isn't powerful enough. It was just a backup! Just one hit from a missile would cause it to blow!
"We don't have a choice." Nagi took the wheel once more. "These people on the White Whale must live. Talk with the other Chief Engineers on the other Arks if you must."
"Nagi…"
"Do as I say!" Nagi shouted at him. "Not even Shulk will stand for this rebellious nature of yours."
"As you wish, Captain."

With that being said, Vandham left the control room and went down to the Engine room. He ordered his men to start up engine four. One of them tried to fight back, but he didn't want to hear it. If he had to follow orders, so must his crew. Without saying anything else, members prepped engine four for action. As they prepped for their weak engine, a part of the Ark blew off into space. Air started to suck people out. The members were holding on for their lives. They held on to railings; anything stable they could find. Even Vandham found himself in trouble of being sucked out.
"Damn aliens!" he said to himself, holding on to a railing. He looked over to see his assistant holding on for his life as well. His assistant wasn't doing so well. He was about to slip.
"Vandham," he said.
"You're not going, Harold!"
"I'm sorry, sir…" he said. Just then, he let go.
"NOO!" he cried out. The ship was tipping, so his body slid on the floor of the engine room. He say many people fly out. He had about two hundred people working for him. He lost half of his engineers. He looked out behind him. He saw the aliens fighting, but none were attacking anymore. He could see the Earth off in the distance. Next, he saw a bright light surrounding Earth
"Holy sh—" his jaw dropped.

Even the captain saw what had happened. "My god…"
"The Earth…" Shulk saw it too. "It…it's gone…"

The citizens on the White Whale were informed by it's Captain; Nagi.
"Citizens of the White Whale, and New LA," Nagi started off by saying. "This is Captain Nagi speaking. We apologize for the rough start, but fortunately we were able to make it through."
Once the attacks had stopped, all the remaining Engineers peered out of the gaping hole that was torn off. Vandham made his way to the front. The Captain was still talking in the background. Everyone was entirely speechless as to what they had just witnessed.
"Regrettably," Nagi kept on going. "I have unfortunate news I must share with you all. During the attack, we have lost three of our best engines. We are now running on our backup. As for how long it will last, I cannot foretell. During the attack, we lost over half of our engineers. To top it all off, we have lost our home planet along with three other Arks"

After that was said, Salina gasped. "No!"She ran to the back. There she found Shulk and his other men in awe.
"Shulk!" Valina ran over to him with her son in her arms.
"Valina?" Shulk looked over. "What are you doing back here?"
"Jeff!" Valina started to cry. "I have to know! Where is he?"
Shulk hung his head low. He other men took off his caps and placed them on their chests. Valina clapped her hand over her mouth.
"N…no…"
"Valina," Kumar walked over to her. He too was saddened by this event. "I am truly sorry…"
She immediately removed Kumar's hand from her shoulder and looked at him upset and angry. She pushed Kumar away from her.
"How could you say something like that?" she yelled at him. "You're his second in command! Why didn't you do anything to stop him!?"
Kumar was shocked. "I-I…"
"You WHAT!?" Salina kept shouting at him. "Are you going to say you did everything you could to stop him? That you just couldn't reason with him?"
"Valina! Enough!" Shulk tried to calm her down.
"Shut up!" she told Shulk. "You didn't help at all!"
"We did everything we could, Valina!" Kumar stated once more.
"You didn't do enough!" she kept shouting at him. Shulk signaled someone over. The man took out an object.
"Damn you!" she got louder. "Damn you all! All of you can go to Hell!"
They all had enough. The guy who took out his taser walked closer. Salina turned around and the man tasered her in the next. She fell to the floor. Shulk picked up her son. He ordered two of his men to take her to a quiet room. They dragged her into an isolated room. They put her in a light blue jump suit and threw her unconscious body in with her hands tied behind her back. A few minutes she awoke; groggy.

"Oooh…" she made a groaning sound. "Wha-what happened?"
She found herself in a bright small room. Hair was in her eyes. She found her hands to be tied behind her back. She got up from her knees and looked around.
"Where the hell am I?" she raised an eyebrow. She then gasped. She looked around for her son. "Trey?!" she looked around. "TREY!?"
"Your son will be OK, Valina." Shulk said walking into the room.

"What the hell have you done with me?!"
"You were harassing me and the other officers."
"Not physically!"
"Physically or orally," Shulk said. "You did so anyway. We had no choice but to taser you and take your son away."
She was stunned to hear that news. "You lay a damn hand on my baby…"
"You see, Valina." he told her. "With these consistent empty threats you say, we had no choice to put you in here."
"I have made no threats toward you or your officers."
"You have made plenty."
"If you're saying I have made threats to you other than today, you're sadly mis—"
"You have made tons of threats towards us."
"That's a lie!"
"You really think so?" Shulk said. "Not from what Jefferson has told us."
Valina's eyes grew wide opened. "He didn't…"
"Each of our officers who have spouses are required to tell us everything." Shulk put his hands behind his back. "It's what they signed up for."
"Why would he betray me like that?"
"They are also meant to keep things a secret, Valina."
"This government is corrupt!"
"You're wrong Valina…" Shulk walked out of the door. "We're only trying to keep you and the other citizens safe."
"You crazy son of a BITCH!" she called him. She ran after him. Shulk took out his taser and stunned her. She fell to the floor unconscious once more. He looked over at her.
"It's for your own good, Valina."

The doors opened and he walked out. The guards closed the door. "Give her anything she needs, and keep an eye on her." he told them. He then walked away. He met up with his newly recent promoted second in command, Kumir.
"What about the boy?" he asked Shulk.

"He will be under our watch from now on."
"And the mother?"
"Her too."

Together, they just walked away.

We were set adrift for the next two years when we were attacked once more. It was assumed that we were attacked by the same race of aliens that blew up our home planet. The captain warned braced us for impact. That's when I thought we weren't going to make it. It was a rough landing, but we survived. What planet were we on? We had no idea. We called it Mira. It was to be our new home. That's when everything changed. That's when we created a pact; a pact called Until Death…