The Hades Project

[Seth Karlo]

Saker gasped as the battleship appeared. Before he could blink, or move, shots rammed his precious Peregrine like shots to his own heart. Children screamed as the Peregrine took a battering. He stumbled to the command chair, and clambered into it slowly.

His green eyes slid back into his head and were replaced by globes of pure black. His lips curved into a cocky smile, and his fingers clenched the arms of the chair.

With a second flash, all of the Nomad ships dissapeared.

Saker paused for a second, and then noticed the Valkyries boarding the Tisiphone. The multitude of Zoner fighters that were there a second ago were now merely wreckage, and the Children shrieked as they danced complex patterns to escape the weapons fire.

The Children shot back to the ship, sliding gracefully into the Nursery.

Saker thought for a moment, debating running, and then watched as a small shuttle curved away from the ship, heading towards him.

His black eyes narrowed slightly, expressionless, cold. He didn't move as the shuttle did a graceful turn and followed the children into the Nursery. He smiled sadly at the Corvo cruiser, knowing what was happening to it.

Then he powered the Peregrines engines. If that shuttle contained what had brought the Nomads to them, then they needed to get away quickly. Life had gotten an awful lot more confusing.

"Eris" he muttered. "Give me some light..."

She mumbled to his ear, gave him thoughts and suggestions. He followed them.

The Peregrine shot away from the sight, with it's small shuttle and visitor inside it.

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