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"These rat bastards need to learn how to die!" Doom called over to Crux as he sent a burst of fire at a cowering slaver.
"Is that the last of them?" Crux surveyed the room and saw smoldering heaps of dead slavers all around them. The ship had been full to the brim, and a few of them had even managed to get a few cuts in.
But Crux wasn't alone this time, and he didn't have his hands tied by trying to keep Courtney safe.
He wished with all his heart she was at his side.
"Scorch and Pyro radioed that they've cleared their sector," Doom said as he kicked one of the dead slavers for good measure. "We have control of the ship. There may be some cowards hiding out, but it won't take long to find them."
Doom, Scorch, and Pyro were Crux's friends from the military academy. While Crux had g
