The black space cruisers fired on me instantly, gashing a hole in my hull and knocking my weapons offline. I took immediately evasive actions, to avoid more damage and managed to cloak.
"Miss Katoki," Amatsu Mikaboshi's image appeared on my communication screen. "I regret to inform you that you are now prohibited from leaving this area. Give up now and we will not kill you."
I could see the cruisers searching for me nearby.
"You are the first of your kind I have ever seen. I would be interested in knowing where you came from and what level your society's technology is. Please reveal yourself."
I managed to get my weapons online. "I have a saying where i come from." I decloaked and trained my beams on the cruiser. "Eat plasma and die." I immediately activated my wormhole, watching the cruiser's hull errode from my weapons. I detected an abnormal energy pulse seconds before the wormhole was complete, and I blacked out.
I remember waking up. I remember hearing static and sensors scanning my hull. I remember hearing my llama baying woefully in my cargo hold. I opened my eyes to see a familar ship before my cockpit view.
"Don't worry Kat, we managed to chase away most of the V'rix and Red Dragons," my radio crackled. It was Protheus.
"Yeah, you're a popular gal out here." Thinner, the ship's piolt before me quipped.
I didn't say anything, I was just grateful to be alive. I smiled and fell asleep.

I don't know how I made it to the Mordana Shear. I don't know how Thinner and Protheus was able to find me. They say that Sockual picked up my automated distress signal, and just followed it into the shear. Rucyn is still missing. And the frightful image of Amatsu Mikaboshi's space cruiser's still haunt me. I haven't revealed the location of the Emma-O and never intend to. But I am fearful. My ship's log reveals that the computer files were downloaded. And though I did manage to encrypt them...I don't know if Mikaboshi will be able to decode it. But my thoughts are still with Rucyn and his where-abouts. I still search for him and will continue to do so until he is found.