Galaxy Wars: The Legacy of Light and Darkness

Chapter 77: Reaching Bombardment Cruiser

James was thinking about another matter while waiting for these few minutes to pass. His mind was busy about his future, where he would go now with his droids.

Destination was important. This part of the universe was already in the pocket of this merciless terases race. That meant the one who would rise to antagonize him would reign with absolute control over this part.

However the universe was vast, very vast for a single race to rule. The space itself was divided into known and unknown regions. The known regions were divided into space sectors, with over one hundred great sectors known to everyone.

Each great sector is subdivided further into dozens of small sectors like the one he was at right now. Even if the terases race became cocky and controlled all this major sector, there were many other sectors for him to live at.

The only issue was the great distance and the technical complications between the major sectors. These sectors weren't divided according to anyone's whim of thoughts, but based on naturally established barriers.

Crossing these barriers was a nightmare, and that made each major sector almost enclosed upon itself.

Not many could trespass that deadly natural barrier. That made the idea of escaping here more hard to accept, however that made this idea for him more appealing.

If crossing these barriers was that hard, then when he succeeded in crossing them he would be safer, much safer than staying at any small sector here.

"Our fleet has arrived," Rigo suddenly said that to interrupt James' thoughts.

"Oh, good," James just replied as he was still attached to this dilemma of his.

"Do you want me to organize the plan of boarding the large cruiser with them?" Rigo carefully asked as he was still worried of James' intense reaction.

James turned to him as he waved his hand towards Rigo in a signal to go for it. Rigo started to organize the fleet while James returned to his previous issue.

He heard once before about a crew of space pirates, who were very dangerous and risky to deal with, but they were the only group here he heard about their ability to cross the inter-sector barriers.

However to contact them he needed to first assemble great firepower first, and amass huge mass of wealth as they were very expensive as a second.

Dealing with them was like dealing with a ticking bomb, and he wasn't that enthusiastic about dealing with them, but he had no other choice.

If he couldn't find any other way to escape here then he had to look for them. He sighed as his life was getting messier and harder than before.

"Dora has arrived," Rigo suddenly said.

"Really? How many ships does she bring with her?" James asked with a tired tone as he wasn't that optimistic about this girl.

"S- She brought only one cruiser," Rigo replied after a momentary pause as he rechecked again so he wouldn't neglect any still to come from the far cruiser.

"What? Didn't you say she brought dozens with her?" James turned to look at him with doubt.

"I know, but didn't she promise to fix the situation?" Rigo replied.

"I never mind, this girl hmmm, I didn't expect to stick to her promise after all. Anyway, that is better, no that's best. Contact and organize everything now, we need to enter the large cruiser."

James was surprised by her decisive response, as he didn't expect what she did. nonetheless he was grateful, as his plan could now be set in motion.

It never crossed his mind ever that Dora had gathered up all her loyal followers and crowded them into this one big cruise.

James didn't stay in his place as he moved while saying:

"Lead the ship away and then follow me."

"Affirmative."

James then hurried towards the heart of the little cruiser. He couldn't wait to leave here as fast as possible. Rigo led the cruiser with coordination with Dora's team to dock first inside the large cruiser.

He was followed by others, however once the little cruiser docked successfully, Rigo relayed the new to James who didn't wait and opened the docking door of the goods unit and moved out his small cruiser as he said:

"Follow me rapidly."

James just jumped from the slowly descending door to be shocked with the scene that welcomed him. everywhere he looked he spotted many people looking at him with alert and nervousness.

He also noticed the presence of many cruisers here. this large cruiser was bigger than the one he just escaped from, but basically both were like giants to him.

He suddenly realized what Dora did.

'Good move girl, at least you still have some mind and heart to lead your compass,' James thought to himself as he just moved few steps before he heard the voice of Rigo inside his ear:

"Supreme leader, Dora sent someone to pick you up."

James was startled for a moment as he said back:

"Do you know what she intended to do?"

Well, I kind of guessed that," Rigo said with a tone that meant only one thing.

"You are lying," James said with a chuckle, "anyway this isn't my business. Stay behind and make sure all of our fleet dock in the next minute please."

"Don't you need me to go with you to the commanding deck?" Rigo asked after a momentary pause.

"You are needed but after you end your task," James replied as he spotted one girl that was the only one moving towards him.

'What is with this girl's weird habits?!' James muttered to himself as the girl who was a human reached him and did a military salute, a one he used to do regularly back at the base.

"Are you an imperial soldier?!" James immediately asked with doubt.

"No sir, I was once one of them but old habits die hard," she replied before relaxing herself rapidly, "Sorry, I know how this salute causes problems to people."

She was speaking freely like she knew him, but James only replied briefly:

"It's you who will have trouble not us. Anyway, lead me towards the commanding deck."

"Follow me sir."

This female soldier walked in the same old military walk of the empire, with slow and short steps, heavy and strong they used to call it.

However for James he knew this was because soldiers like this girl had the task of carrying heavy military devices. She wasn't a fighter, just a carrier, someone who could be disposed of easily during battles.

He felt sorry for her, but not too sorry as she got lucky and left that doomed regimen of the empire.

"This way sir."

James was led towards a movable cart that accommodated only for ten people. There was none there except for the two of them. James once heard of these royal carts, or the fast express delivery inside some special cruisers.

"This is the main flag ship of the rebel fleet then," he said while he was observing the fast moving walls around him as the cart was moving extremely fast.

Yes sir, this is the Bombardment cruiser," the female soldier yelled at him as she was sitting in the back.

"Aha," James just nodded as he really was oblivious to what that meant. The name of this ship was alien to him, so he didn't know why this soldier was speaking with such pride.

The journey didn't take five minutes until he reached the commanding deck of this large cruiser. Last time he was in a large cruiser he took hours to just move from section to section, but now it only took five minutes to bring him from the rear to the front.

"Follow me sir, through here. Lady Dora is waiting for you inside."

James just nodded to her as he entered the large and spacious commanding deck. The deck was full of busy people, however when James stepped in he managed to spot Dora in one second.

Every place in this cruiser was full to the prim with people except one large circled area where the most important and vitally crucial steering devices of this large ship.

In the middle of all this empty area, there was only one person standing alone there.

Dora was feeling lonely, but she mostly doubted everyone around her. This feeling was received instantly by James, as he understood what she was feeling right now.

However he had no time to waste here. He needed to direct this ship and escape carrying everyone here towards safety. What would happen next was unknown, and he wasn't stressing over this point right now for unexplainable reasons.

"Hi there, how are you?" James greeted her first as she was just watching him crossing all those people and entering her private empty zone.

"I'm feeling ok, thanks for asking. How are you? You seemed nervous and worried since the last time I saw you," Dora said.

James just smiled as he said trying not to be rude:

"I'm facing some troubles right now, so let's just skip these details and start to work together on how to escape safely from here."

His words didn't affect Dora much, as she thought he was trying to cover up what he was suffering from, just like her. So she didn't intend to press over this matter, as she was feeling the same thing as well right now.

"Fine for me, just tell me what you need and I will do it," Dora said with a big smile that didn't suit her lost eyes and pained face.