S2, 13 Boarded (February 9, 2015)

On his way to Aurelia, Jera's ship gets boarded by pirates!

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Jera was in the lobby of the spaceship he was traveling on to Rerador so he could go from there to an Aurelian supportive planet.

Then the ship shook.

Com: "This is your captain speaking. The engines on this ship have been disabled."

Then a thud was heard above the people's heads.

Com: "Alert, we are being boarded by pirates."

The sound of a cutting device was heard on the roof.

Then part of the roof fell and a pirate came out, bringing the people in the room into a corner.

More people came into the ship from the hole.

Squidman: "Search these prisoners then lock them up."

Squidman was a notorious pirate leader who had been evading the law for some time.

Later, Jera and some other passengers were locked in a storage room.

Jera then noticed a tile on the roof that looked looser than the others, and got an idea.

Jera: "Everyone, I have an idea of how we can get out of this. I noticed a loose tile on the ceiling, and I think it leads to a ventilation duct, which I have experience going through. (looks to blue suit man) Are you the captain of this ship?

Blue suit man: "Yes."

Jera: "Where is the control room to this ship?"

Captain: "It is close to here, you need to go (points to right side) that way."

Jera: "I'm going to go through the duct work into the control room, and hopefully I will be able to contact help."

Jera got on a box and removed the tile.

He went into the ventilation and crawled through the duct, hoping that his idea would work.

Things seemed to be going fine, but then he heard and felt the shaft bending, and then a piece broke off with Jera in it.

Jera: "Aghhh!"

Jera: "Oof! *Please let there not be anybody nearby*."

Jera looked behind himself.

Jera: "Oh."

Jera took the robot's gun then opened the door to the room (which invisibly to the viewer was labeled 'control room')

The door opened, and Jera went to the side of the door.

Pirate in other room: "Huh? What happened here?"

Whack!

Jera locked the door. He noticed that most of the control panels had been broken.

Jera then saw what looked like a military ship through the windscreen.

Jera: "I have to contact that ship to come here."

Jera set down his gun and looked for something that looked like a communication device and wasn't broken.

He tried something on the center of the control desk, and it worked.

Jera: "Hello, can you hear me?"

Com: *krrrzz*"Yes?"

Jera: "Yes! The radio doesn't sound too good, but at least it works. Who are you?"

Com: "I am krrrzz Jakor,Aurelia."

Jera: "*No way! If I get Jakor to save us, I could join him and maybe convince the people on this ship to join Aurelia.* I'm Jera, and I need help. The ship I am on has been taken over by pirates. I am in the ship's control room, and I see a ship ahead of me."

Com: "That's my ship. We will be on our way."

The communication ended.

Jera: "Great, the ship is turning towards here. Now I just have to wait for Jakor to come here."

Later.

Jera: "Wheee!"

\*knock knock\*

Jera almost fell out of the chair, and dizzily got onto his feet.

Jera: "I'm coming!"

Jera looked at the (invisible to viewer) control panel to the door which had a screen on it, and in the screen was what appeared to be Jakor. So Jera opened the door, ready to meet-

-Jakor??

Jera: "Um, hi. I'm Jera. Pardon me for saying this, but I was expecting Jakor here. You see, I heard you say you were Jakor of Aurelia on the radio here, and I saw you on the screen of the door panel, so..."

Jakor??: "Your radio must not be working right. I said I was Jayko, of the ship Aurora."
Jera: "Oh."

Later.

Soldier: "Sir, we have captured Squidman, and are going through this ship to capture the rest of his crew. I made arrangements for this ship to be towed and the passengers and cargo to be brought back to Earth."

Jayko: "Good.(turns to Jera) It was just a little misunderstanding."

Jera: "Heh heh. Yea, me thinking you were Jakor."

Jayko:(to prisoners) "Speaking of Jakor, you all should be lucky he didn't take care of this, or he would have killed you all!"

Jera suddenly had doubts about going to join Aurelia. If Jakor was a mad killer like Jayko said he was, what if the rest of Aurelia was like him?

To be continued.