Things felt refreshed, and hopeful for once, when Invictus was at the wheel. She remembered every button, every knob, all the light switches, all the meters, the smudge on the bridge glass, and even the comfortableness of the seat (in her eyes). These were all things she remembered in her glory days, flying this ship with a crew, and a future husband. She wished they would of gotten married, or exchanged vows, before he passed, but Invictus' world was crushed that day. She figured out a week later, in all the sorrow, and pain of a empty ship, that she wasn't alone. She was having a foal, but it only made matters worse. Now she had to raise the foal of a dead man, but as time went on, she knew she would be raising the offspring of what was a amazing stallion. At least before he died, though he was never wed, or got to see the later years of his life, at least his legacy would live on with a son. Invictus was proud to be pregnant with that son, though she yearned to see his brilliant face once again. She begged, wished, and hoped, that she could just hold that incredible stallion again, but it would never happen. All this, was a reset. This was her chance to move on and do what he would want her to do.
Invictus' ship, when clear of the dock, fired up it's engines, and blasted off in the same direction as Ivette's. A aura of excitement surrounded Invictus, signaling she was also in a much better mood. She smiled, and once the ship was on route, she jumped up from her seat and checked some screens about the bridge, tracking the ships progress. Everything seemed to be running well. The tanks were full, engines were running at full capacity, and the speed was consistent. The only thing left was to check the navigation. Invictus headed over to Spectrum, annoyed by what she saw, though staying happy
"Okay... You're a bit wrong" She grumbled "You see-" Invictus pointed at the map "We're on the edge of this galaxy, once we reach a relay, we're going to be teleported over to the next galaxy, where, towards the middle, our destination will be. We're only going over one galaxy, finding the planet, and docking on it's moon. No multiple galaxies, or anything like that. What I think you did, is counted the galaxy we're totally jumping over with the relay. That doesn't count, since technically, with the teleport relay, we won't be travelling it at all. At the end of this relay, is a station we can pick up supplies at, though we actually already have some. This trip will take..." Invictus hit some buttons, doing some math on the total distance "About a maybe, 3 days at most. Okay? Now please, keep a eye on the map for anything red, I'm putting on the auto pilot, checking on James, then getting dressed...."
Invictus started to walk off, but stopped "Oh... I hope you know once we get to that moon, your helping us pick up the bounty there before you go on your marry way. If you didn't notice, there is a 3 million dollar bounty on some Talas there. 3 million? I sure your hopping out of your seat, but that's if we get it at all, and I'm sure 2 million is going to be put aside for our means of transportation... If we continue this thing" Invictus shrugged "But hey, you'll get a share of it if you navigate well, and help us actually get the kill. I can't harm a fly, so we'll need all the help we can get"
After that, Invictus headed to her quarters. Inside, it was a bit dusty and dirty, but she had it straightened up quickly. She looked in her dresser, and saw her uniform. She was stupid to think it would fit over her large stomach, no thanks to the baby. She sighed, annoyed by this, but wasn't going to accept defeat. Invictus cut out the stomach portion, then stitched on a stretchy piece of material to replace it. The final result looked good, and the mother actually looked like a certified pilot.... If pilots were pregnant mares. Invictus was happy with herself.
Next was to check on James, which in the better mood she was, couldn't be so bad. Invictus grabbed a knife anyhow, which she would never use in a million years, and put it in her uniform in case anything went wrong. How things could go wrong with him wearing energy cuffs? She didn't know. The mare headed towards the back of the ship, wiping down things as she went along, to improve the living quality of the ship. Once she got to the last door, she stepped in quietly, looking at James suffering on the floor. Good thing during her wiping fest, she quickly hopped into the medical ward and grabbed some things to help him.
Invictus put the code in, and the energy field stopping James from escaping went down. She quietly headed in and knelt beside him. First was a red shot to deal with the internal bleeding, and another blue shot was to speed up the process of healing his cuts and bruises. She bandaged up any areas that had a chance of sprain, or a broken bone, but it was mostly large cruises the second of the shots was starting to heal. Invictus thanked Celestia for advanced medicine, but cursed them for not saving her fiance.
In this time, it was a good time to talk. Invictus' nature made her interested in this new pony, and have sympathy for him.. Somehow
"You know" She said with a very gentle voice as she aided him "We all have a mother, I'm sure you know that, they brought us into this world and are the first thing we ever know. Your mothers coat, heartbeat, warmth, and love, are most of the time the first thing a foal is introduced too. At one point, you were just a little pony inside your mothers womb, defenseless, and completely dependent on her. Who cares what happened afterwards, honestly, because it goes wrong sometimes... but just always remember, since you are living, your mother made the ultimate sacrifice of 9 months to bring you into this world. It's what I'm going through for my own son, that will grow as big as you someday. Maybe he won't make the same mistakes, but he will be a strong stallion. It's very important to me, more than anything. I would die for this baby to be born, you saw it when I woke up, it was the first precaution I took. So... All this time, care, and effort, I don't know why you would threaten somepony so precious to me, and somepony that is so defenseless and weak..."
Invictus stood up and sighed "Now, do I think you're a 'baby murderer'? No. Do you think you meant to cause harm to me or the baby? I hope not. But before you make a threat like that, to any mare that is expecting, just remember all the hardship that mother is currently going through, all the things she is sacrificing, just to bring a pony into the world, just like your mom did for you"
(( I talked to Spectrum and James, and said some important things. You should read this, or at least, skim through the dialogue ))
((um, the ships aren't nearly that big.
like, that's massively oversized))
(( I don't think he means literally the ships would be that size, I think he means the size difference between the real world ships is the same ))
Edited by The Great Thule, 28 May 2014 - 11:57 PM.