The Deep Obsession

[Wellingtons]

Part Two: The Offer

“You are never strong enough that you don't need help."- César Chávez

“Help me, please you have to help me kill them, the guys who robbed this poor boy of his life and the future he might have led.” Lee pleaded with the man knowing that being a known fugitive would prove impossible to track down and his contacts in Bretonia would prove to be useless as they was preoccupied with Gallia.

“Hmm, why should I? What reason would I have to help you, I have no connection to either of you.” Liam responded coolly.

“I would owe you a lifetime worth of debt and furthermore I would do anything you ask of me” Lee pleaded while kneeling in a submissive way in front of Liam.

Liam sensed he had achieved what he wished to, from this and now thought it was time to move on from the charade. “Yes I shall help, only out my sense of goodness and honour. However I do have an offer for you, I need a pair of eyes in Bretonia, you see since you have been in cryogenic sleep, thing have begun to stir. Rumours of the Gallic high command being infected by the nomads and this compounded by the destruction of Toledo and massive gravitational flux in the deep in the omegas suggest that something dark is coming.” Liam paused to leave Lee time to think.

“This sounds reasonable however there is one thing, Bretonia may not take to having a one-legged, traitor running about, would they?” Lee responded.

“That is why I would be sending you to speak with a good friend of mine Kenshuki Kerito a hacker, if any can fool the Bretonian Civil Registry it is her. I’ll contact her about your arrival once you leave. Oh and Mr Adama from now on it would be better if you called yourself something different other than parading about and acting like a hot-shot from a space opera. Hmm Leland Adams would be a suitable replacement.” Liam spoke calmly pausing now and then to insure that all the words would be soaking in. Lee then got up from the seat he was resting in and then began pacing up and down like a trapped animal, going over and over the offer in his head to insure he would not be committing a grave error.

“Sure might as well if it gets me the idiots who did this, atrocious act.” Lee spoke with commitment and conviction.

“Good, very good now you’ll find Kenshuki Kerito on Freeport 4 but if I was you bring a gift she can get awfully snarky if she is not sweetened first, typically a nice bottle of snakeskim whiskey does the job but whatever don’t ever bring her synth ale or sidewinder fang unless you wish to be wearing that leg as a pacifier.” Liam continued undeterred from any interruptions that were caused by Kenbridge’s arrival with the drinks. “Now Mr Adams take the rhino registering CS5-X4-U238 from landing bay C opposite the Lone Star College, to get there leave the apartment and take left, you’ll find the metro 367 which drops you outside the college and you should see it opposite the stop and here are the keys to it and the licence.” Liam finished and handed over thick wodge of identification documents to Lee and with that the two men stood shook each other’s hands in agreement and with that Lee left the rundown apartments and headed for the metro stop.

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