I didn't need to look behind me to know that Nika had deployed a shield around the group of humans protecting from anything that would happened during the fight that was to come. After all these zombies weren't your classical slow moving and decaying corpses. They were more of the modern type. The virus took over a recently dead body and reanimated the body. So they were more crazed humans than anything, they could even starve but they could eat their own as easily as live humans.

I heard the thumps of the nine andriod warriors falling around me. They were synthetic humans like Nikas body only they had no self-aware AI, when Nika stopped controlling them a limited AI took over them.

I lifted my rifle aming at the closing zombies and started shooting, Nika following my lead. Since we were using laser rifles instead of the conventional ones some shots took more than one out. At least these bastards weaknesses were the same of a humans. They were just faster, stronger and didn't give a fuck about pain.

The last zombie fell a few meters in front of me its head burning from the head shot I gave it.

"Yeah, the burning smell doesnt make it any better.Maybe we should have showered them first."

I turned around to look at the group of humans. The group was made up of 6 woman, four teens(three girls and one boy, three children and two young men. Thier leader seem to be a Hispanic woman who wore a dirty and blood stain marine uniform. Two of the girls were just behind the police woman, their similar looks told me they were either mother and daughters or sisters. Given their ages I leaned towards the latter more.

"Who are you?" The leader had a rather femine voice that contrasted with her "I'll knock you on your ass" visage. She had a scar , a white line that started at her temple an ran across her eyebrow and ended at her nose bridge. It contrasted against her tan skin pretty well and well I'll be honest. I kinda want a scar now.

"My name is Abaddon. Whats yours? Are you going to be friends or are you going to be late."

The woman cocked her scared eyebrow giving me a slightly confused look.

I really want a scar.

"My name is Lucia and what do you mean late. Late to what?" She asked.

I inwardly chuckled, as she took the bait.

"As in the late Lucia."

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I always wanted to say that.

Her scar and face redden as she become angry. That's it I'm getting a scar."So what is it? Want to be friends or do you want to join them." I pointed behind me at the zombie corpses.

Her nostroils flared and she took step fowards but one of the young girls took her left arm to stop her. She turn to her and the girl shook her head. The woman seemed to deflate. Taking a deep breath she turn back to face me, her face lacking any emotion.

(Master, the young girl is diffrent. A three sister are diffrent. My analysis indicate a spike in abient energy. According to previos ivents there is a 94 percent chance it was magic of some kind.)

Gah, I hate magic users. With their reality bending and shit. Hard as fuck to kill the more powerful ones.(Keep tabs on them if they decide to join, I want to know if they use magic to wipe their ass. Give a fuck about privacy.)

"We want to be.....friends."

I clapped my hands, "Good, I won't have to kill you." I looked behind her, some of them were worse for ware."Some of your people seem hurt, how about you come with me. I give your group medical attention and after getting some food in your tummy's will continue our conversation."

She looked dobious at me and seem ready to reject my proposal but the same sister from before grabbed her arm again and nodded at her.

The woman leaned in to her sisters ear and started to whisper at her.

"Are your sure. He seems like an asshole?" I felt my right eye twitch. My hearing was exceptional so her whisper might as well be a shout. The Young teen had met my eyes an tensed after he sister spoke. She put her hand over her sister mouth her face paling.

Huh, I'm guessing she either is an empath or psychic.

She glared at her sister and stepped foward bowing to me. She lifter her heand and met my eyes. I was surpise when she started to use sing language.

Nika sarted to translate on my inner HUD.

"I'm sorry about my older sister behavior she is rather...emotional and more so after loosing our parents. My name is Rosa and my younger sister is Aylene.We would be happy to acompany you, and accept your hospitalty." Her tummy groweld after she finished speaking although held her composed face.

Rather impressed I nodded. My ship landed behind me.

"OK then people, get in a signle file line no cutting or pushing. if you do, I'll start cutting, limbs that is."

I head a snort behind me.

"Don't listen to him his all bark and no bite. So long as you don't try to hurt him or his. That being us."

Nika stood next to me a hand on her baby bump.

Rosas's eyse widen as her sister Aylene coked her head as if she had seen something new.

Lucia looked annoyed and glared at me. Her eyes piercing me. Her sister Rosa turn to look at her older sister and smirked at her. 

Aylene stepped closer to me and Nika holding out a hand as of to reach for Nika's stomach. 

"Stop right there."

I felt Nika slap my arm."Don't be an ass."She stepped foward and pushed out her baby bump.My trigger finger felt really fucken itchy.

"Go ahead feel him" Nika said to Aylene and she grabbed her hand and placed it against her tummy.

Lucia lead the rest of the group in to the ship escorted by an A.W.

Aylene smiled and semmed to relax as she rubbed my baby. I wrapped my arm around Nika's waist and pulled her to my side."That's enough go join the rest."

Aylene pouted at me and flounced away, stopping next to her other sisters.