The station was lost. The creatures had infested every part of it, and even more were pouring through, utilizing, perhaps even called by, the prototype reactor on board. There was nothing else for it. This had to be stopped. Viciously cutting her way to the core of the station, Astrid set it to go critical and blast the station apart, leaving nothing behind. Spurred by some dark and alien intellect, the infestation did all it could to strike out in revenge before she could slip away. The mercenary would not be so easily stopped, and deftly guided her craft out of the writhing grasp of the leviathan as the reactor blew the itself and the station apart. Sound isn't supposed to be able to travel through space, yet she knew, could hear the furious and agonized shrieks of the entity as it was vaporized. This would not be over, she knew, but here at least she had put a stop to it.

Art by themefinland
Astrid © HelzimGiger