Dragging Them Across the Finish Line
I waited until the space pirates stopped firing and had to reload and then I extended my blade with blood manipulation and sharpening it with Blood Saw and cut the pirates that were on the right flank in half. And then I did the same to the pirates on the left flank.
I looked over the cryo storage tubes and saw that there were no pirates left. I had killed them all. I was about to celebrate until I realized I didn't hear anything from Thistle and Penny.
I looked back at them, and realized they were already dead. They had been peppered with bullets from the left and right sides. Sure I did my best to shield their bodies, but their were two of them and only one of me. They still a large part of their bodies exposed.
I checked them and sure enough Thistle had dozens of bullet holes on her left side and Penny had dozens on her right. Even though they were dead, all was not lost. I might still be able to get the dungeon rewards for them and bring them back.