Chapter 11

There were a few other pirates that flew in the hanger to invade from the inside but were met with high resistance. The helmet of the combat suits that the female pirates were wearing looked fearsome, as if to frighten those they attack even more of divert their attention from the fact that they are women. To subject Zero the death of one meant very little, it simply added to his immense list of those he killed.

At the command center, the captain was keeping an eye on the battle outside the ship and occasionally peeked into the hanger bay where the pirate fighters invaded. "Mosby, who the hell is that?" the captain questioned. "Sir, those are our crew members killing off the pirate invaders, why do you ask?" "There is a black blur that shows up in front of pirates while they are held by their necks before they are put down. That person is being shot at but no blood is coming out and it's not stopping. We have no one on this ship with armor to stop the assault of that many bullets or the physical capabilities to ward them off and still kill the enemy with that speed. Again, who or what is that?"

At the hanger bay, the crewmembers were surprised to see someone in a black body suit with no protection nor weapons take out pirates at such a fast pace. The crewmembers must have thought that he was an enhanced soldier that the captain kept hidden just for moments like these but even still they would have noticed who it was considering that they have been traveling for so long, they could've at least seen his face before. The body suit that Subject Zero had on covered him from the neck down. All the suit did was cover him it didn't protect nor prevent anything lethal. Seeing the situation, Subject Zero took a helmet from one of the dead pirates that looked like a skull and a plasma rifle from the one of the dead crewmembers.

With a helmet and weapon, Subject Zero jumped through the open hanger bay doors, through the force field and was jettisoned out of the Phareon into space. The hanger doors were opened to let their own fighters in and out quickly but was held open by debris. There is a force field in place to keep the crewmembers from being sucked out into space but if one willingly steps out nothing can be done. Subject Zero has felt the familiar frozen touch and vacuum of space before since he was exposed to it in order to adapt. The Helmet he had equipped provided oxygen but for a little while. Subject Zero needed very little to survive in space. As long as he had something similar to a sun he really didn't need to breathe as he would use the solar energy as if he were a plant. Luckily there was a star not too far off.

Subject Zero hopped on a piece of debris from a fallen fighter and used it to jump to the top of the Phareon. The plasma rifle he had was fully charged since the crewmember he took it off of died before firing. Subject Zero started to fire at the pirate fighters and destroying them with each shot. The pirates took notice quickly and were shocked to realize that one of their own was firing at them. This misunderstanding came to fruition because their helmets acted as an identity card to let them dock on their pirate mother ship. The misunderstanding was cleared when they took a closer look at the shooter, it was a man. The helmet was also reading different vitals to the ships since the pirates recognized the design of the helmet and assumed it was their comrade firing at them.

Again, Subject Zero was destroying the pirate fighters with each shot but the rifle was running out of energy. "Mosby, we do not have anyone like this, first tell me the ETA of the reinforcements?" the captain ordered "300 seconds, sir" "Second what is the status of the ship and crewmembers?" "The ship can still move and we will have to get repairs done in a station rather than land on Epsilon, the Phareon can't take re-entry into the planet. Lieutenant Erickson informed me that we lost 13 crewmembers from the pirate fighters invading the hanger but they were eliminated when that person appeared. The hanger bay doors that were stuck open are now closed. We lost about 6 fighter ships but saved three of the pilots when the unknown jumped out, sir. In my opinion, he saved our asses." **Beeping noises on Mosby's head set** "Sir, ETA on reinforcements has been shorted by 100 seconds" Mosby exclaimed. "Finally, other than that unknown, good fucking news! Patch me through all the crew, even the fighters. Attention crew! This is captain Stinson. Reinforcements are on the way, hold out as best as you can. For now help the unknown who has been shooting down these pirate scum, over and out." The captain announced.

I may not know who or what he is but he is a damn hero. I will definitely try to keep him on board as long as possible. I can only report this to Mr. Morrel, I just hope that nothing will come of this unknown so we can keep him here. Captain Stinson thought to himself.

"Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!" Subject Zero screamed as he shot down pirates with his remaining charge on the rifle. When the rifle ran out of charge he threw it at an incoming pirate fighter and the rifle exploded on impact with the ship. Subject Zero leapt from the Phareon to another incoming pirate fighter. An unbelievable because of the speed the fighter was traveling. He began punching the hatch of the fighter ship until it broke. In the small hole he punched through he shoved his arm in and when he pulled out, the spine of the woman pilot and blood can be seen. In his grasp was a chunk of her neck which was spine, flesh and body suit covering the neck. When the other pirates saw the frozen blood which shined like jewels, body parts and the locket that their friend and comrade always wore in the hand of an entity that they could not describe with a face showing death, they all felt an immense fear.

After gathering themselves, the pirates started to retreat, seeing as their assault wasn't bearing too much fruit and they most likely detected the reinforcements heading their way. Once all the pirates retreated the few fighters from the Phareon made a quick scan of the area to see if the pirates really left. When it was confirmed the crew let out a deep sigh. "Attention fighters, this is Lieutenant Erickson, great job out there. I need a 2 of you to stay out until reinforcements arrive, which is not long. So those that are heavily damaged return to the Phareon. The captain also ordered to escort the unknown into the ship as well. Since he is an unknown, take precaution, do not fire or point your weapons at him. Fly slowly near him to bring him in, no hostile movements, are we clear?" "Sir, yes sir!" the fighters responded "That's what I like to hear. First rounds on me when we all return to Epsilon." Lieutenant Erickson said lastly.