"Commander! The ship is going down!" Katelyn yells, running towards me. I dodge an explosion to my side, and meet up with her.

"Is everyone at the escape pods?" I ask. She looks sad.

"We can't find Aaron, he ran off after we told him you weren't at the escape pods yet."

"Shit." I mutter, "I'll go look for him. You get everyone off the ship!"

"No fucking way. Your coming with us." She retorts.

"That was an order Blufire!" I snap.

"Screw your orders! Aphmau, as your best friend and step sister, your coming with me!" She replies, grabbing my arm. I yank it away.

"Katelyn, I'll be fine! But I'm not leaving him here!" I exclaim. She sighs, and looks at me sadly.

"Don't die." She orders, and then she runs off.

I start off, in the other direction, putting my helmet on and searching for him.

"Aaron!" I call, looking around.

"Aphmau!" I whirl around, and see him.

"Aaron!" I run towards him. He glances to the side, and his eyes widen.

Pain explodes in my side-

I shoot up in bed, gasping.

I've been having the same dream for 3 years now. Since my ship exploded.

I sigh, shaking my head and getting up. It's the middle of the night, most of the crew will be asleep.

Yes, I am on a space ship. An exact replica of my old one.

My name is Aphmau Firewing. I'm the commanding officer/captain of the Phoenix Drop spaceship.

"Morning Commander." Vyald says when I enter the cockpit. He's the pilot of the ship, a brown haired boy with green eyes and fair skin. Usually wearing green and light brown, and a dark green scarf. Emmalynn, the AI, pops up next to him, a projection of a woman with long blond hair, purple eyes and glasses, in a white shirt with a magenta overcoat, and black pants.

"Good morning Commander Firewing." She says in her robotic voice.

"Morning Em." I say.

"Everything going good up here?" I ask.

"Emmalynn won't leave me alone for mouthing off to Katelyn earlier. Says I'm gonna sleep one day and not wake up." He sighs, shaking his head.

"Mouthing off to the person who has the lowest sanity rate out of everyone on the ship is usually a highly recommended thing to not, do." Emmalynn replies. I don't know who programmed the ship's AI, but for a robot, she's got a smart mouth.

"Don't worry. Katey might be crazy, but she knows better then to kill you." I assure them. Vylad nods, and Emmalynn disappears. I leave the cockpit, and head into the lab, where Lucinda is. When I enter, she's not alone. Garroth is with him.

Lucinda is the head scientist, a witch with ginger orange hair, fair skin, red eyes, and a witches staff on her back, and the only scientist actually. Garroth is my second-in-command, a tall blond male, baby blue eyes, fair skin, handsome, and genetically modified to be stronger then an average human. Sadly however, his genetic modification only made him stronger in physicality, and not necessarily smarts. Also Vylad's oldest brother.

In other words, Garroth is an idiot.

"Morning boys." I say, waving.

"Morning Aph, how are ya?" Garroth asks.

"Tired, otherwise good." I say.

"That's good, because it's time for your monthly check-up." Lucinda says. I groan.

"Fine..." I sigh, "I'll go see Zoey when I'm done checking on the crew." She nods.

"Can you both leave now please? I'm busy." She says. I nod, and drag Garroth out of there.

"Sorry Aphmau. I have work to do as well. The armory isn't going to arrange itself..." Garroth sighs at the end.

"Sure, I need to go check on the rest of the team anyway." I reply, waving him off.

We separate, and I go down to the crew cabins where part of the crew is.

Nana is in her office like usual. A small female meifwa with naturally pink hair and black fur. She has amber eyes, fair skin, wears a little bow on her tail, and LOVES pink. Despite her name being Nana Ashida, she goes by Kawaii~chan. An alias she made up to fit her hyperactive anime-style personality. She also usually talks in third-person, unless she's being professional, which is usually only around other officers.

"Morning KC." I say to her.

"Oh! Good morning Commander~senpai!" She exclaims cheerfully.

"How have you been doing?" I ask.

"Very good, I'm almost done our monthly report for your father." She replies, smiling.

"I meant how are you, not your work!" I laugh a little. She giggles.

"Kawaii~chan knows that Aphmau~senpai! She was just teasing you!" She says, "Do you need something?"

"Just wanted to check in on you." I say, smiling. "I'm going to check on the others, see ya!" I wave, she waves back, and I leave. Next I go to Laurence's room.

I open his door, to reveal Laurence...

Asleep. On his bed.

Laurence, a light-brown haired male with tanned skin and sky blue eyes, a shadow knight, is sleeping on his bed.

I laugh quietly, and close the door, walking to the starboard room that Zane claimed for himself.

"Zane, can I come in?" I ask, knocking on his door. It opens, revealing a black haired man with his hair over his left eye, ice blue eyes, pale skin, and wearing all black, including a black mask. Zane Ro'meave is a master theif, despite being the middle brother of Garroth and Vylad.

"Morning." He says.

"Morning Zane, how are you?" I ask.

"Good. What do you want?" He asks.

"I'm checking on you. Like I do to everyone every morning." I sigh. He's such an emo.

"Go away. I'm busy." He retorts.

"Are you watching My Little Horsie again?" I ask, crossing my arms.

"N-no!" He exclaims, turning bright red.

"Uh huh." I reply sarcastically. He glares at me, and slams the door in my face.

I'm one of the few people Zane talks to honestly. He hates being Garroth and Vylad's brother for a lot of reasons. It took a lot of convincing to get him on my team. I sigh, and go downstairs to the storage and engine rooms.

Starting off in the engine room, I go down and find Katelyn, a woman with long Arctic blue hair and ice coloured eyes, and an attitude that could easily get her arrested, playing with Celestia and Alexander, my two dogs.

"Hey Katelyn!" I chirp, waving at her.

"Hey." She replies absently, throwing a toy and watching the two dogs chase after it.

"Having fun there?" I ask.

"No missions so far." She shrugs, "The least I can do around here is entertain your dogs."

"Morning Commander!" Travis pops out from behind her, grinning stupidly. He's Katelyn's girlfriend. A demon male with snowy white hair and emerald green eyes. He usually sticks to his human form, as majority of the crew on ship are human, but occasionally uses it when needed.

"Morning Travis." I say, "Haven't I told you to call me Aphmau?"

"Yeah, sorry. Old habits die hard I guess." He laughs.

"Pfft, bullshit." Katelyn tells him, "Your still as flirty as ever."

"That's my personality Blueberry, not an old habit." He replies, putting his arms around her from behind. I laugh.

"I'll leave you two alone." I say, walking away. Celestia barks, and follows me. Alexander stays behind. I still have one last place to check.

I go up the stairs, but not to the elevator. Instead, I go to the port storage room.

Inside, it's empty. Just storage. A garbage compactor, but that's it.

He used to live here.

Aaron Lycan, my boyfriend. Or... was my boyfriend. When my ship exploded, I was told he brought me to the safe pods, but didn't make it out.

I sigh, tears building up again. I walk over to his sleeping bag, which we recovered from the remains of my old ship, and lay on it. I miss him, so much. It's been three years, and he's dead. Even if we didn't recover his body...

He was the only werewolf on my team. Him and his sister, Melissa. She left the team.

I hear creaking, and the door opens, revealing Zoey. A small elf female, with a talent for barrier magicks and healing. I know a bit of healing magic myself, but it's mostly for emergencies on missions. Zoey has shoulder length blond hair, and soft eyes. Her fair skinned ears poke out of her hair a little. She smiles at me.

"I thought you would be here, it's time for your checkup." She says. I nod, sitting up. She walks over and kneels beside me. I pull my shirt up, and she inspects the scar. I got it from the explosion.

"It's almost finished healing." She smiles, "You should be good to go for bigger missions in no time."

I nod, and smile back a bit.

"You okay?" She asks quietly.

"Yeah... I just miss him..." I reply softly. She nods, and leaves me alone. I stand up, sighing, and go up to where the Galaxy map is.

"Commander, you have some unread messages." Alexis says as I walk by.

"Thanks Alexis." I say, nodding at her. She nods, and I open up my laptop, which is nearby.

Spam message...

Spam message...

One from... Kim? I haven't talked to her in a while.

One from my dad, one from my mom. I can look at those later.

One from... Michael?! What could he possibly want?!

Michael is my employer. My father is his second-in-command. Whenever there's a mission my dad needs completed, I do it. Michael runs the business though.

I wonder what he wants from me...

Only one way to find out.

I click open on the message.

Commander Aphmau Firewing,

A problem has arrived that I need fixed, and your father recommended I send you to help. I will give you more details, should you accept and meet me in the call room with your team.

Sincerely,
Michael

A problem he needs fixed?

Looks like I just found our next mission.

"Alexis," I say, "tell the team to meet me in the call room."

"Yes ma'am!" She chirps, quickly typing something on her laptop as I walk to the call room.