I turned to face my old friend Justin a man who I had indeed kept in contact with but who I had not seen since our days in boot so many years ago. "It looks like you're in a spot of trouble buddy." Justin said as he scanned his I.D over my holo cuffs. With a soft slicking sound I felt how the cuffs fell off my wrists, I'd rub my wrists to get the blood back into my furry hands. Looking up to my much taller human friend I'd smile. "Justin just why in the hell are you on the ass end of the rim?" I asked as I looked him over. "I mean you're looking good, but I thought you'd be half way back to the core by now." I said looking him over. Justin always wanted to live the life of a soldier I myself just wanted to pay off my schooling by having the U.G.C pay for school. "Well to get back to the core you need to have some time in command." Justin said as he looked around his office. "It's not much but it's mine." he said as he pulled out his office chair and sat down, and motioned that I should sit. "So Andrew you mind telling me why the hell you're in my station in irons instead of being welcomed like a god damn hero?" Justin said as he leaned back in his chair and smiles. "breaking in a new crew before heading out to the frontier?" he asks with a laugh. "something like that other then the fact that I'm the only man on my crew." I said with a with a slight shake to my head. "Huh that's not what you're ship's manifest says" He said before pulling up his holo screen and turning it to show me. "Yeah I was going to need to talk to you about that even before you got dragged into my station. "Justin said with a nod. "Look Andrew I know you have this whole try and help everyone thing, but you can't bring a indentured servant onto your crew without buying out the contract first." Justin said as he looked over the manifest.
Deed to ship with classification 21-00Z-DOZXO-11978 (("the Zenith"))
Captain: Andrew J Rodriguez
citizen Id number: 02-22-2292-1220-Z
Sex: male
Race: Ausar
Age: 28
((retired U.G.C serial number 22-22-22-92 "the Sneaky peaks."))
Second in Command: Maxine R Wichmen
citizen I.D number: 003-A-BBC-T0-G-228
Sex: female
Race: Ausar
Age: 22
(( Servant I.D 02-99-00009))
((contract holder Krojak CO))
After looking this over I questioned just how the hell this Maxine got onto my ship roster.
"we've got MS. Wichman in holding as well." Justin says with a nod "But Andrew I can't let her go until A her holding company comes, and picks her up, or B That you boy off the rest of her contract so she can join your crew." he says with a shake of his head. "I'm willing to bend the rules to be a pal for you, but if I did this, Krojak Co would be after my ass." Justin says with a sad shake of his head. "It's a real shame though I know how those Krojak Co assholes treat their servants." he says with a another shake of his head. "If it was up to me I'd let you both go, but right now my hands are tied." Justin says as he looks me in the eyes. "but it's still good to see that you're finally forgiven yourself for Amber, it's good to see that you're moving on" He said with grave nod to his head. "It's not your fault for what happen that day." he said trying to comfort me, but it just seemed to set me off. "Look Justin I don't know who the fuck this Maxine is, or how she got on my ship's roster, but I'll be damned if I let some two bit bitch take the place of Amber." I said gritting my teeth. "I should be the only one on that ship's roster." I said looking away with a glare. "the rest of the old group may have moved on, but I'll never forget Amber." I said in a harsh tone.
Justin got up from his chair walked around his desk and putting his left hand on my shoulder he leaned down and looked me in the eyes. "Andrew it's not your fault, you were nothing more then a tech, a god damn I.T guy you did a hell of a thing just by making out of that shit show alive, let alone saving as many people as you did, but Andrew you can't save them all, and it was because of Amber that you, and the rest of the crew were able to make it off the silent alive." he said taking a knee next to me so we could see eye to eye. "Amber died a hero, you're just going through survivor's guilt." he said patting my shoulder, and standing. "Back to business though, if she's not apart of your crew then I'll talking to Flight command and get her taken off your roster, maybe it was just a typo or some shit like that." he says before walking back over and sending a message to Flight control for the station. A few moments later I got a ping letting me know that my ship's roster had be updated. "Thanks Justin." I said with a nod feeling like I'd made a fool of myself to one of the last friends I had in this world. "Look Andrew it's alright, what ever you're planning to do out on the frontier just make sure you come back, and don't do anything to dumb, there isn't a whole lot of left." he said with a nod as he got up from his chair, and show'd me the door. "You're cleared from the charges." he said with a nod, and a wink. "Thank the good old boys up stairs, they know how to take care of one of us." he says with a smile.
With that I was a free man again. Making my way out of the building I saw the same girl from the bar my little friend was in handcuffs, and was being tugged a long by a tall man in a suit. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOUR LITTLE STUNT DID TO US!" The man in the suit yelled at my tiny friend. "Maxine I swear to god I will have you flogged for this!" he said screaming in the fact of the young Ausar girl. "Not only did you beat the man who paid good credits to fuck your ass, but then you shoved a fucking pool up his ass! That was one of our share holders you dumb CUNT!" he yelled as he stuck Max across the face with the back of his hand. This little Vulkrimi fuck just didn't know when to stop he kept hitting her over, and over. "You stupid fucking! Dumb fucking whore! I'll make sure that you're in our free sample wall so any tom dick and harry can fuck you like the dumb bitch you are." Maxine's tail was tucked between her legs as she coward from the Vulkrimi as he beat he like a dog.
I felt my blood boiling with white hot anger as I saw this marching over I balled my fist, and sucker punched the woman beating bastard right in the jaw. "Yo horn for brains if you ever lay a friend on her again I swear to any god that will listen I will rip that stinger off, and peg your ass with it!" I said seething in rage. Ready to kill this man. "Why you insolent fuck! Do you have any idea who you're dealing with!" said the horn head fuck. "No and I don't care." I said staring his down. The horn headed fuck wiped the blood away from his split lip. "I am Dennis Roadman the 3rd I have more power and money in my right nut then a spacer like you could ever have. I could have you killed Tonight! And I mean TONIGHT!"
I felt like this was going to turn into a bawl at any moment, but that's when I felt a friendly hand on my shoulder. "Is that so Mr Roadman? Last time I looked having some one killed is still called murder on this station." Justin said with a sly smile. "oh yeah baby back up is here!" I thought to myself right before I felt my arm being twisted back, and a holo cuff hook around my right hand. "Just like I know assault is also a crime." Justin said as he cuffed me. "well fuck!" I thought to myself as that smarmy fuck smiled at me. "Good I plan to press full charges on this man." the horn headed fuck said with a evil smile. "Justin you can't just let this man beat a woman like that!" I yelled at my long time friend as he was ready to take me back into holding. "I don't like it Andrew, but he is the contract hold, and so she is his to what he please with, as much as I hate it, it's the law." my friend said with a glare at the horn headed fuck. "That's right!" the vulkrimi said as he grabbed max by the hair. "until her contract is paid she is mine, and I can do what I like to her." he said as he ripped her shirt off clearly wanting to shame the ausary woman. Her rather large breasts popped free from the torn rags of her shirt. I saw the look of shame, and defeat in her eyes how that flame that was so alive when we were in the bar was slowly dying out she was losing hope, thinking that this world was a cruel unfeeling world, that's when I did something really dumb. "Justin pull out my data pad. " I said with a smile. "I want to buy her contract!" I said with a smug smile. "the U.G.C didn't pay out to well, but I should still have enough to buy out one contract. I felt how my inner jew hated me for this, but I needed to prove a point,
but it was at this point I felt my plan going to shambles around me. Because at that moment the Vulkrimi smiled "Go ahead and try." he said with a smile. "Her contract is worth more then 50 thousand" I felt how my jaw almost hit the floor. "My retirement package had just over 20 thousand in it, and with the other 10 thousand from Amber's will I was still about 20 thousand credits away from buying out her contract." I thought to myself. If I just shut my mouth maybe it won't have been so bad for Max, but now, well now I knew how this sick fuck was going to grind her into the ground, and how he was going to break the spirt of this proud woman, how he was going to hurt her, how he was going to abuse her, and there was nothing I could do about it. I felt my heart sink at that moment. Before I herd the chirp of a money transfer. "And that should do it." Justin said with a smile. "as he undid my cuffs. "Wait what!?" both I and the horn head fuck said at the same time. "The payment has gone through." he says with a smile. The vulkrimi man quickly pulled out his own data pad, and looked over the transactions "EVEN STILL I STILL WANT OT PRESS CHARGES!" he yelled at Justin. "Can't do that sir, he was just keeping his crew mate safe." Justin said with a smile. "Crew mate?" I looked over at my friend with a odd look. "Yeah recall that's why you came here, you wanted me to make sure Maxine got on the roster to your ship so this gentle man could no longer hurt her." Justin said with a sly smile, and a wink. "Ohhhh that's right." I said with a smile, knowing just where my friend was going with this. "Even still this man has assaulted me, I demand he be arrested!" the Vulkrimi was going into full temper tantrum mode. "In acritical 16 of the free trade act ship captains have the right to defend their crew from anyone who would try to harm them, but they will be finned a small amount for damages. " Justin said as he sent the tick it over to my data pad.
II owed Justin a fuckton after this I thought as the Vulkrimi man looked like he was about ready to blow a fuse he turned to Max, and glared. "Why you! This is all you're fault you dumb cunt." he said right before he was about to hit her. I felt how Justin, and I were about to tear this man limb from fucking Limb. That being said Justin, and I never had a shot to, because just as the man moved Maxine grabbed him by the wrist, and pulled him forward in a excellent judo throw locking his arm in place as she stomped on his wind pipe. "If I ever see you again, I'll make sure it will be the last thing you see." Max said with a low growl before releasing him and stepping towards Justin and I. Quickly pulleing off my jacket I handed it over to the tiny woman who took it with out a word.
Justin cleared his throat. "My I have no idea how this man fell down the stairs." he said as he ushered us past the horn headed fuck. "It was good seeing you again Andrew, let's talk again some time, but right now I need to make sure this man who FELL DOWN THE STAIRS IS ALRIGHT." he said making it clear he was turning a blind eye to this as he walked us out the door, and back into the main station.
I smiled all the way back to my ship.
((extra long one for you guys call it my X mas gift to you all, and a sorry for such a small one yesterday!))