The shuttle was landed in a large, open grassy area, during the middle of the night. K’raiv sat on a wing of the ship, thinking about what he’d just done, what he’ll do next. There was a thunderstorm in the distance. A few hours had passed, they felt like minutes. K’raiv’s lay on his back, looking into the night sky. A sudden thudding came from the grass below, then there was rustling in the grass. K’raiv heard, stood up and grabbed his hand cannon. The rustling had become louder. K’raiv checked his ammo, slowly climbed down off the ship. Something growled. He pointed the gun in the direction of the sound, and shined a flashlight into the grass. There was a lot of movement, whatever it was, it had surrounded him. There was running coming from behind K’raiv. He quickly turned around, and saw a large, doglike creature pouncing at him. He shot it, and it fell to the ground, but not before three more flanked him, and clawed at his face. He took a hit, and his vision blacked out. ——————————————————————— He woke in a small camp. There was a human, he was sitting next to the campfire, looking into the distance. “Finally awake?” He let down the hood on his cloak, and revealed himself to be silencersix. K’raiv attemted to get up, but his arms and legs wouldn’t move. Six chuckled. “Heh. I wouldn’t try too hard.” K’raiv looked down at his arms and legs, they were covered in siva nanites. “What are these things?” “It’s called siva. Nanotechnology. It’s heavily modified, when attached to someone, it paralyzes the specific body part it’s attached to.” “Huh. How did you find me?” “Well, my AI informed me that a Phantom ship arrived in the atmosphere, and she gave me coordinates to this spot. So I flew my ship over here, and it doesn’t take a damn slipspace engineer to figure out what happens next.” “I guess I owe you one?” “Nope. Aren’t you the guy me and a few others had a run in with, during the assault on the city?” “I remember. You and a few others fought me.” “Okay. So, who are you?” “My name is K’raiv. Fleet admiral of the Phantom fleet. Well, I used to be.” “Now you’re om the run?” “Yeah. If I go back there, they’ll kill me.” “You on our side?” “I don’t really have a choice. Can you bring me to the city?” “There’s nothing of the city left. A guy named Virus came up and destroyed it all.” K’raiv sat up, slightly confused. “Where did the civilians go?” “I still don’t completely trust you, so even if I knew, I wouldn’t tell you.” “Oh, I see. Look, I need to tell you something, about your m—“ Before K’raiv could finish, Six shot something behind him. K’raiv turned around, and saw the body of one of the doglike creatures. “K’raiv, I’m getting sick of this area, so it’s probably time to leave. We’ll continue our conversation in the ship.”