Pitch Black

[Akura]

A flurry of Infernos and EMP guns sprayed across the sheilding of the Leavenworth, the powerplant for the shield struggling under the barrage of pulse.
The main guns of the Leavenworth opened fire, not a single shot hitting the skilled bombers that circled it.

"Sir, sheilds are failing!" yelled one of the deckhands.

"More power to the sheilds, what happened to that distress signal I ordered?" Captain Anderson screamed, pacing the bridge,

"Evasive manuvers are useless sir!" the Navigator panicked,

"Goddamnit, keep trying to contact these savages, I want to know what they want" the Captain ordered, sitting back down in his chair.

The sheilds failed causing the bombers to stand down, the Pirate Transport closing in on the Leavenworth.

"What the hell are they doing?" Captain Anderson demanded,

"No idea sir, we've lost main power, sheilds and scanners. A cruise disrupter has us locked in place"

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The lights flickered and dimmed in the VIP lounge, the residents had all sat down, incase the bad situation got worse.

"What on earth is going on?" Thomas questioned, attempting to peer through the shutters that had closed off the windows.

"This is not good, that girl on the Intercomms sounded frightened" Georgia said, looking to see where the waiters had gone,

"Well I'm going to make sure Daddy sues, this is terrible service!" one of the rich girls piped, huffing.

"I'll be right back" Georgia told Thomas, standing up and proceeding into the ladies.

Inside she opened her small purse and pulled out her PDA, the screen was black, a sign of a dead battery. This wasn't right, no response when she pressed the power button, and she had charged it to full rather recently, possible EMP? That explains why the lights went off briefly, must have been the backup generator kicking in.
She sighed and splashed her face with water.

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In the relaxation spa, a small man sitting on the bench heard the announcements, casually, he stood up and made his way up to the main foyer, following the signs to the mooring stations.Another two men joined him, none of them shared words as they already knew what they were doing.
They passed a crowd of scared children and onto the security station.

"Sorry sir, you can't come back here unless we are moored up and you've been clear-" the security guard started, his words cutting off as one of the men lunged at his throat with a knife.

Another security guard panicked, stumbling off his chair and attempting to reach for the alarm, his arm stopped short, a knife piercing his flesh and stapling his arm to the desk. A second blade passed his throat, spraying his blood over the security station console.
One of the men pushed his body off the chair, sitting down to watch the internal cameras. The other two proceeded to move on through to the mooring areas. They reached a terminal and the larger of the two input a code, turning the lights in the area to green.

The Pirate Transport on the other side of the mooring points accepted the codes, inputting their own. Soon enough the two ships were linked, and the anxious crew of the transport were ready to board the liner.
The two men on the Liner entered one last code and watched the doors slide open. A large bunch of scruffy bandits paced on through, passing a couple of guns to the inside men.

"Ready to execute your command sir" one of them sneered, loading his gun,

A large dark man, bigger and meaner than the rest, rose up, stepping aside. He had a lit cigar in his mouth, his fingers covered in rings, his neck weighed down by chains. He smiled and puffed his cigar. This man was Decker.

"You know what to do, kill a quarter and throw the rest down into the cargohold" he cocked his own gun, puffing his cigar, "Jimmy and Petey, you are with me, we're headed to the bridge"

The rabble obeyed, over fifty of them stormed past the security checkpoint, spreading out into the foyer. Decker smiled as he heard screams and gunshots, leading Jimmy and Petey into a lift. He pressed the button for the bridge.

As they emerged from the elevator, a couple of security guards approached them, attempting to draw their guns at the sight of the criminals. Jimmy fired a spray of his machine gun, killing them both instantly.

Decker chuckled and climbed the stairs to the bridge. The captain had drawn a pistol, shifting about on the spot, he panicked and shot a round at the ground, dropping his gun in a panic. The crew on the bridge all flinched, ducking behind some consoles for cover.

"I claim this bridge and this ship as my own!" Decker announced, smiling as Jimmy and Petey appeared at his sides. The crew all rose to their feet to see what was going on, "Kill them"

Jimmy and Petey fired, killing all in their sights, spreading out afterwards to finish off any survivors.

"You two, stabilise the ship and head to these coordinates" Decker handed Jimmy a slip of paper and sat himself down on the bloodstained captain's chair.