After several tense minutes of speeding through the planet's outskirts toward the rendezvous point where they were supposed to hand Erik over to the human empire envoy, Bloody, the ever-vigilant AI bat, delivered a grim update.
"Warning: all combat drones dispatched from the Blood Legion have been destroyed," Bloody announced, its calm and robotic tone making the news no less foreboding.
"Analysis suggests an 85% probability that the enemy deployed defense fighters to neutralize the drones. Current probability of hostile forces pursuing this vehicle: high."
Lyra groaned, rubbing her temples in frustration. "Isn't this a little too extreme for a kidnapping case?" She said with her voice dripping with sarcasm as she reached into her holster and began prepping her handguns.
"I mean, it's not like we abducted some high-ranking noble. He's just a regular human!"
