Chapter One Hundred And Seventeen
Purgatory Prison Ship. The Terminus Systems.
For Jack aka Subject Zero today had been a very strange day. Something had gone wrong with her containment and upon escaping she'd found herself free to rampage within a ship that was already under attack. That she was a prisoner here would come as no surprise to anyone as she'd committed a number of crimes, one of which involved crashing a small space station into a moon. No one had gotten killed as the moon had not been inhabited and the station was evacuated, but it had sure pissed a lot of people.
While trying to find a way off the prison ship Jack got to watch as massive black armoured figures cut their way through the Blue Suns mercs who ran the prison ship as if they were mere children playing at war. The black armoured guys had guns that went off like grenade launchers and weapons that looked like the offspring of a sword and a chainsaw, she'd seen what those could do to a person, it had sure been messy.
Those that surrendered and wore the colours of the Blue Suns were simply cut down even as they begged for mercy. Not that Jack cared much as they were just a bunch of slavers and hired thugs yet she'd come to realise that the armoured figures were only killing the guards and ignoring the inmates as long as they stayed out of the way.
Upon seeing that she'd decided to surrender as the other prisoners had, it seemed to be the Blue Suns that the new folks wanted to slaughter, or that seemed to be the case until one until humans in less bulky armour who carried different weapons had separated the humans from the aliens and started shooting the aliens before dumping the bodies into the airlock so they could jettisoned out in the void of space.
Even for Jack that had seemed harsh, and it had made it very clear to her and the others that she should behave herself, her biotic abilities were fierce but they didn't make her unstoppable, if they had she'd wouldn't be stuck here.
"Hello Jack" said one of the strange humans.
This guy was almost as weird in apperence as the big armoured figures. He wore some really odd looking armour and carried a few weapons she'd never seen before, and he seemed to be in charge of all of this.
"Who the fuck are you?" she demanded to know.
The man seemed amused by her lack of manners.
"I have lots of titles" he replied "You can call me Captain Thrax, I command a very big ship and I'm looking for some extra crew. If you come work for me I can offer you riches, action, and when the time is right you'll get your revenge on Cerberus".
That last part really got her attention.
"You're not part of Cerberus?" she asked.
They certainly had the resources for an attack like this.
"No I'm an independent trader you might say" Thrax answered "I plan to shake things up around here, make a lot of profit and Cerberus is on my list of people who need to die. I'd like you to help me that".
Revenge on Cerberus did sound sweet.
"What are you paying?" she wished to know.
Somehow she didn't that money was much an issue for this guy not with all the fancy equipment he had and all the fighters he had working for him.
"You'll get a share of the spoils" Thrax promised "And I can promise you some really nice quarters".
For a moment Jack could have sworn that she felt something in her own mind urging her to trust this man, she just ignored the strange feeling and decided to go along with what this man wanted as she didn't mind having a boss if it kept her wallet full. She'd killed for less and spread her legs when it was required. She could do so again.
"Okay guess you're my new boss" said Jack.
Thrax seemed pleased by this and urged her to follow him out of the room where the captives were being stored.
"What happens to those fuckers?" she asked.
Thrax didn't seem concerned over their fate.
"They'll be put to work" he said.
So they'd be slaves she figured. Couldn't be worse than what they'd been going through until now, and it wasn't her concern.
"Any chance I can get some weapons like yours?" she requested as they boarded a shuttle of some kind.
They looked a lot more deadly than what the Blue Suns had been carrying.
"You'll need some training before then and some body armour" Thrax told her "I don't want you getting killed".
What kind of guy wanted her to wear more clothing.
"Sure boss" she said.
It felt good to listen to this man. Maybe he would treat her right and if he didn't well she could always jump ship later on.
When she saw the cruiser that Thrax commanded she wondered if jumping ship was a good idea because the massive dreadnought they were now flying over looked as if it could pound the entire Citadel Defence Fleet into junk metal.
"How can you afford a ship this big?" she had to ask.
"I might be the single richest person you could ever met" he replied.
Guy wasn't even trying to show off, he sounded causal about the whole thing.
"And you want me in your crew" she said.
She didn't understand why. This dude had entire armies at his command by the looks of things.
"You're a powerful woman, Jack" Thrax was now saying "And I need powerful allies and you need a powerful ally as well".
Subject Zero felt the urge to say something about her not needing anyone, only she again felt the urge to trust this man.
"Yeah I guess" she admitted "You treat me good and I'll watch your back".
That was as much as Jack was willing to offer. At least for now.