"Main power failing, propulsion system shutting down." The on-board system of the speedster reported the power failure from the EMP attack, along with various warning beeps and alarms.
But Ray and Lana's ship's critical situation pales against the fact that the attack caused their weapons to malfunction, especially Lana's armour - which was reduced to nothing more than some useless strips of fancy metal. The air around the two boats froze briefly, with the two operatives who did not dare to move and the cunning pirate who grew more and more impatient by the second. The two knew that refusing the pirate's demands meant death, worthless deaths. Lana was caught off guard, the very one thing she swore to prevent. The only light source under the obsidian sky came from the pirate's boat, which increased Ray and Lana's feelings of futility and made the situation seem even more fierce.
"I want everything you have. NOW!" Isaac threatened and pointed his gun at the two. He then took a ladder he prepared from his boat and bridged the gap between the two boats, allowing the transfer of his newly acquired loot.
Lana was the first to move, she slowly made her way towards the storage compartment at the back of the ship. Ray followed closely.
Ray whispered, "plan?"
"We give him what he wants," Lana replied with a murmur, "he doesn't know you put the package in your bag."
This little exchange was met with another bolt of energy shot into the night sky from the pirate's pistol, along with its deafening sound.
"HEY! Shut up and hurry up!" Isaac bellowed from his boat.
Just as Ray and Lana gathered their equipment and was about to push them with the crate onto the ladder, the sound of an approaching boat was heard.
The sound of what appeared to be a police interceptor became louder and louder. Isaac gestured the two to put the pace into their futile actions. Ray and Lana struggled to push the reinforced orbital drop crate together onto the ladder, they grunted with strain and sweat rolled down their foreheads. As the mysterious interceptor cut through the waves and got closer and closer to the two boats, Isaac realised he could no longer get away in time. He must kill all witnesses. He must leave nothing behind. Isaac went for his rifle as the boat sped into rifle range.
A shot from a plasma weapon came from the interceptor. The large ball of super heated gas vaporised volumes of water as it traveled across the sea and impacted just between the two boats, creating a shock wave blasting the two boats apart. The boats rocked under the violent force such that their occupants almost went overboard.
Ray and Lana were knocked back from the near miss explosion and they fell to the floor. Lana hit a bulkhead and was rendered unconscious. On his ship, Isaac was also stunned but not enough to lose his footing. Steam rose around the two ships due to the shear heat energy that was transferred from the military grade destructive device to the sea. The steam created the perfect screen for the incoming hostile's next attack and put Isaac in disadvantage.
"Whoo! I LOVE this baby!" Tyler Vaughn cheered and put down his plasma launcher with a still steaming barrel.
He took the controls of his interceptor, "Plunderer's Greed", and circled his helpless prey once before stopping. Realising one of them possessed means of retaliation, he quickly drew his automatic shotgun from its rack and pointed it at Isaac.
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