Remi had given up. He could not let Lucy rot in that prison, but he could not let himself get captured. His only choice was to turn himself over though... He couldn't leave Lucy to her fate.
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"I'm on board of the shuttle now..." Remi shook his head, hiding the tears that were falling again... He heard the pilot of the Aurochs confirm that Remi was on board, and they proceeded to break the docking sequence with the Vengeance.
"Master Remi is not to be taken prisoner! Destroy the shuttle! A Glaive impacted the side of the Aurochs, destroying its shield generator, engine, and tossing it on its side, knocking over everyone in the ship. It was one of the crew members of the Vengeance. Those bastards. A few seconds later, the Vengeance fired its primary turrets on the Aurochs, destroying it, Remi's yells filling the comms channels as it was obliterated.
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But things were not as they seemed.
Remi lay in the escape pod, clutching his wrist by his hand... Or well, where his hand used to be. It was caught by the pods airlock, and it ripped off his hand when the doors shut. He also was suffering from a huge gash on his chest from a piece of shrapnel from the exploding Aurochs. The Glaive knocked him free from the grips of the Marines, and he immediately stood and ran at his first chance. He had only seconds to run to the back of the ship to get to the pod before the first blasts hit. The explosion knocked him backwards into the pod, and the doors slammed shut on his hand as it immediately launched. They.. They actually did it... Bless them, and their souls if any were lost.. He groaned in pain, trying to reach for the communications console from the ground... He began to send a high encryption message, that will travel slowly and undetected through space. It might be minutes, it might be hours, but it will reach its mark...
"Lu..Lucy..." He coughs sickeningly, blood coming with it..."I-.. I need you.. If you get this message in time... I'm alive.." He sloppily inputs his coordinates, some distance from any landmark in the Burgundy system... A warning from the pod rings through a small speaker. "Passenger death is imminent. Enabling cryo-stasis systems." Remi closed his eyes, and smiled stupidly... Maybe she'll find me... Maybe not... But atleast.. If she doesn't.. I won't suffer of starvation or suffocation...