I'll Show You A Tyrant

Walking quickly through the shadows as life support tried its best to keep up with the air that was leaking from multiple locations.

Lights outside of the hull streaked past in different colors indicating a slip space vortex.

Taking this into account Razimaru became steadfast as calculations of possible ways to save the beings on this ship.

Scanning through what she had available that she hadn't had time to fully look into everything.

In her inbox she saw a (Sorry about your ship) card with a boat and stars design.

Mentally clicking it, it said.

[Your Ship Was Destroyed In Transit! Here's A New One On The House!]

"Mistress! It's right up here!" Solomon chimed in a rougher tone than usual.

Having the new ship at the ready as they turned the corner into the bridge.

Many small skinny people were being crushed against the wall and many who were inside of their chairs and unable to reach the controls.

The chair in the middle which she took as the Captain's Chair had a being who crawled itself as hard and determined as it could to an 'Emergency Engine Full Stop' lever.

Casting a fully charged Healing Sanctuary with one hand, that covered the entire broken ship, and twisted her other wrist in front of chest before launching that hand before her.

[Name The Ship For The First Summons]

Razimaru hollard loudly and commanded, "SERENITY GATE! COME FORTH AND STOP THE STREAM"

The faint tattoo became bold and solid as it pulsed and a new force field took over the place of the ship's shields and disrupted the slipstream.

Regular space sky showed up and the small tattered ship reappeared in the middle of a fleet of different types of ships above a smoking planet.

Many alarms went off on the other ships, for none knew how or where the little ship came from.

A large outline of a boat without sails that was five 'Mountain Everest' high and seven 'Mount Everest' wide began to materialize.

Every ship inside of the outline tried to rush away but many were still caught up in it.

Many different sizes of windows appeared to indicate the difference between levels.

The hull had a wooden coat and was all one piece.

The back where the large Captain Cabin should be and the very bottom strip of the ship was a different shade of wood.

The top deck had many runways and different size launch pads. With many patterns atop the rail posts that had a subspace that had a Stop sign or an empty circle on it to indicate if it was full or empty.

Twenty five out of Two Thousand pole posts had a Stop sign on them to indicate that it was full.

While one closest to the Cabin location was blinking, which was an indicator that it was under repairs.

All the life signs on the small tattered red ship appeared on the floor of the Captain's Cabin as the Serenity Gate Ship finished materializing.

A note popped up in front of Razimaru that read,

[Congratulations On A Successful Summons! Gifts Include:

[ Unlimited Full Inventory By Vendors Provided!

[ Shopping Mall With Items That Change For A Species Friendly Environment!

[ Recreation Reinforced Floors Ready For Moc Battles And Different Training! Automatic Repairs!

[ Subspace Ship Storage And Unlimited Repairs! Teleporters In All Ships Provided!

[ Rest Space Environmental Friendly For All Types Of Species Detected On Ship!

[ Sole Ownership! No Overrides Or Bypasses Allowed!

[ A.I Mecha Army Soldiers In Bay And At The Ready! Please Design Or Reconfigure The Default!

[ Subspace Guns To Accept Or Launch Ships Of Any Size In Or Out Of Subspaces!

[ Gate Pool In Bottom Of Ship Teleport To And From, From Anywhere! Please Design Recall Protocols!

[ U.Q Video Floaters! Urgent Quest Floaters Equipped With High Stealth, Scanning, Flagging Life Signs Or Designated Targets, Teleport Scanners, Hover And Flight Propulsion!

[ Unmovable Level Barrier! No Need To Lower Shields For Other Ships Just Grant Access!

[ Transport Ships Available If You Wish To Hide The Teleporters!

[ Restock Weapons And Ammo For All Kinds And Sizes Unlimited Number Of Times! Just Ask The Vendor In The Safe!

[ Vendors, Soldiers, And Staff Don't Need Air! Provided Free Of Charge! Loyal To The Max Of The Soul Owner! Telepathy Possible With Chiefs Of Sectors!

[ Recall Dead Or Captured Soldiers Or Mechas By Cabin Controls or Mental Command!

[ Vendors And Staff Are Unkillable While On Ship!

[ Crew Halls Are Off Limits By Default To Anyone Not Of The Empress's Empire!

[ Communication Aray Is Automatically Translated! Portable Translators Available To Make In The Crafters Floors!

[ Crafters Are Able To Make Anything And Everything If Possible Biomass Or Any Materials Are Given!

[ Universal Medical Floor! Each Room Able To Adapt To Species Registered For Help! Staffing On House And Stock Automatically Replenishes Within Twenty-four Ship Hours!

[Good Luck In Your New Life!]

Razimaru let out a low, impressed whistle after reading what came with the ship.

From the looks of it, the staff and A.I.s are independent and not programmed.

And she has Unlimited Refillable Stuff!!

As she does a few air pumps of excitement Rul Didactic saw how happy she was after reading the screen in front of her.

'If it makes her this happy, then it's a good thing!' He thought as he surveyed the small skinny people from the ship and noticed the cocoon in a corner with a circle that was halfway bold to indicate the time of change.

The small skinny people became baffled at the interior of the Cabin which was larger than their entire ship.

Section leaders moved around and did a head and body count to see if they lost anyone.

A few sections had lost at most three people. So the outcome was favorable.

The Captain came forth towards Razimaru who had made her way to the control panel and had brought up all of the subspace ship's communication on screen.

Tentatively the Caption asked in it's girlish voice in a dudes body with its hands together in front of it and a slight bow of fear,

"I presume you are the Leader of the group we saved?"

Razimaru looked back at the person behind her before bringing her attention back to the screens.

"Not just their Leader, and thank you for your hospitality while I recuperated." She said which brightened the small person's face as it stayed behind her.

Changing her posture she said out loud, "I am Empress Razimaru, the Lost Light Of Akatosh! Sorry for the inconveniences! But you are all safe and sound and are currently in Subspaces aboard my ship The Serenity Gate!"

She paused to let the commotion on the other end die down as the Captains of the twenty five ships calmed down and became professional.

"There was an issue with transit aboard a small vessel who achieved Slip Space Travel! I disrupted and brought them out of the Rift before further damage could be done and a planet or star explosion occurred!"

The small Captain came up beside the Empress and introduced itself to everyone with a small bow.

"I am Captain Hunter of the Splenda race incharge of the Ship Galvin! We were scheduled to arrive in five months with supplies!"

Murmurs could be heard from many of the ships before they became quiet and a female Captain spoke up,

"How did you achieve Slip Space Travel?"

"The Empress's Direct Subordinate Official gave directions to change the flow of the engine's energy to achieve faster travel! In exchange for Transport and Medical services for their Empress!" Hunter replied and took a step backwards.

"After I was able to wake up I noticed the irregularities and took us out of the Rift and summoned my ship which you all were caught up in!" Razimaru apologized, "There should be teleporters aboard all of your ships if you wish to come aboard mine and stock up on supplies! I have many to spare!"

A gruff voice sounded with a growl, "What's the catch?"

Murmurs reigned as they all nodded their heads.

Razimaru replied Nonchalantly, "No fighting. No harming my staff. No stealing. No trying to hack my consoles!"

Baffled by the lack of rules meant that she had ways to deal with those who broke the simple rules.

A young male voice came through, "Would you accept a meeting with all those who come aboard?"

"Yes… But only after you have rested or stocked up on what you need!"

"Then I will come aboard!" The young male replied, "You said there's a Teleporter? What does it look like?"

Razimaru replied, "It's a hovering disk with an energy curtain that touches the floor!"

"Understood!" The young human looking male bowed before his screen went off.

"I'm coming too!" Many echoed as they cut communications as they headed to find the teleporters with their entire crew.

Only one screen was still connected and its Captain kept changing its form.

Razimaru asked politely, "Are you alright? We have a Medical Floor that has rooms that change specifically to help each species on my ship."

The Captain finally stopped on a form similar to Razimaru only with silver eyes and hair and had metallic skin with a twin sword crossing emblem in the center of its chest.

A soft mechanical female voice came through, "I apologize for that if it was disturbing for you." With a small half bow and a hand over the emblem.

Razimaru responded, "It's alright as long as you are alright! Are you alright?"

The Captain replied with a small giggle, "Yes! I was adjusting to your form so as to not frighten you… Is it alright that I used your form as a template?" She asked with a tilt of her head.

"As long as you don't do bad things… What do I call you?" Razimaru asked.

The Captain looked puzzled before a rough mechanical male voiced his opinion from the side unseen, "She wants your name, or a way to distinguish you from others?"

"Ah!" The Captain poundered on it for a short while before asking, "You said your name was Empress Razimaru… So is Empress your name?"

Multiple "pfffts!" Could be heard from Razimaru's side of coms.

The Captain asked, "Is that wrong?"

Rul Didactic replied with a chuckle in his voice, "Empress is her Royal Highnesses Title! Her name is Razimaru!"

The mechanically male voice spoke, "Understood!"

The Captain poundered for a while before asking, "Since we don't normally use names… And I look like you… May I use part of your name?"

"._."

She quickly added after seeing Razimaru baffled and thinking, "Since I have chosen a detailed form, I can only armor myself up and cannot hide like I used to!" She said frantically waving her arms in front of her defensively.

Razimaru saw her distress and sighed heavily.

"Since I'm the original I'll be Razi, and you can be Maru… If you don't mind the name?"

Multiple odd mechanical sounds and gasps could be heard on Maru's side of coms as she covered her mouth and tears appeared.

She seemed genuinely emotional as her metal skin began to change to a tan color and her hair stayed silver, opposite of Razi's pale color skin and dark hair.

Solomon chimed in curiously "Did something big just happen over there?"

Maru nodded her head 'yes' as she finished becoming a polaroid color of Razimaru minus the eyes.

Maru calmed down a bit and replied, "You're the first person to grant us an actual name! I… I'm the first to be named!"

Razi poundered for a while before asking, "If you are the first… does that mean you're in charge of the species or a Large force to rival armies?"

Maru thought for a second and turned her head away to those behind her as mechanical notices could be heard as they chit chatted with seriousness.

Maru turned back around, "They said they'll follow me and if you will have us we will join your Empire!" Putting two fingers against each other innocently, "If you'll have us?"

With one hand on the back of her head as she looked over towards Rul Didactic who put his hands up defensively,

"It's your call, Your Majesty!"

Sighing heavily to which the other kids on the other end became extremely quiet and serious to hear the decision.

Razi looked back up at her polaroid reflection before asking, "Is there anything that restricts you from following me wherever I want to go?"

Maru shook her head furiously 'no' before stopping and then shaking her head 'yes'.

"There is something we were investigating on the planet below and have lost communication with some of those we sent down below!" She paused, saddened, "If you don't want us to, we could leave them but we would like to at least find their cores before we leave this planet."

"Understood Welcome to my Empire!" Razi said with an outstretched hand palm up.

Everyone on Maru's side became baffled as a screen popped up in front of them. Waving it away Maru became happy as she cut communications and bounced over to the teleporter a few feet away.

—

Somewhere beneath the smoky atmosphere and scattered on top of destroyed buildings, trapped by black pulsating vines, and under the ground, did many robotic and silver animal heads popped up and looked up to the sky with the appearance of a weird notification.

[WELCOME TO THE EMPIRE OF THE LOST LIGHT OF AKATOSH! YOUR LEADER HAS BEEN NAMED MARU! NO ONE LEFT BEHIND! BE PREPARED FOR EXTRACTION!]

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Back on the ship Razi saw many life signs pop up on a map of the ship and start to move. Some stayed still while others moved around in groups like there were dangerous things on the ship…

Technically there was…

But it was still funny as she could guess what their faces were by the way they moved.

An attendant came up to Razi in a phez hat and a vest with a lantern in a flame emblem on her chest.

"Mistress, we are being hailed by an… Admiral Chugalot? How should we reply?"

Razi looked over as the attendant giggled, who promptly stopped and recomposed herself.

Razi asked, "Chugalot?"

*Pfft*

"Yes."

"Bring it on screen and put a serious face on until we cut communications!"

With a salute, "Yes! Ma'am!" The attendant brought up a screen with a pissed off humanized pig in a suit looking man.

"How may I help you?" Razi asked politely.

In a gruff voice the Admiral replied pissed off, "Release My People! Or We Will Open Fire On You! You Tyrant!"

"?_?" Razi looked confused for a second.

"#-#" The Admiral was confusedly mad.

"^•^"Razi made a smirking face.

"Nope!"

"Why Not?"

Bringing her hand within view of the screen she began to count fingers, and her voice became deadly serious, "Because you pose no threat to me,

"I saved them instead of destroying them,

"They seem to have willingly boarded my ship to take a look and restock on much needed supplies,

"Your resupply ship that should've been here in a few months has arrived early,

" I'm currently fixing it because of the damage of the ship from hyperdrive stress,

"You were Very rude when I was nice,

"And if I was a Tyrant, like you want me to be then so be it!"

Admiral Chugalot's face became paler as she listed the truths and he realized his mistake.

"Plus! My crew doesn't need Life Support!"

Admiral Chugalot's demeanor became frightened at that one sentence.

"No!"

Nonchalantly she waved her hand, "But since I'm Such a Tyrant!" Pointing off screen and in a commanding tone she hollard, "CUT THE LIFE SUPPORT TO THE SHIP!"