Goncalves, the outsider.

[Dissolved.Girl]

- The begining.


I am a Erm.. I was close to say a good person, but nah, I am not good, I am just pfffff... I don't even know who I am. I can just say that I am honest, or even not.
Yeah, I made my entire life on Malta, I worked as a sport teacher and sometimes I train the new recruits.
For my part, I never fought outside.
I was too scared to loose what I built. A sexy girlfriend, my little flat, my silly work. But, a good life because I am still alive.

- What for ?

I saw so many young men and women who desired to fight, died to achieve their goal.

- What for ?

But I can say that they had an aim, and they died by doing what they desired.
Okay, I am probably not a real patriot, I just don't care about them, all I want is to do what I like to do.
Nothing else. Obey to someone ? Nah! Most of them are idiots, War ? What is it good for ? Absolutely nothing.
Maybe I spent too much time here. I need something else. I'm tired of my boring life, I made nothing interesting and funny.
I am less athletic than before and I am tired of all this shit. I do the same thing for 20 years.

It's maybe the time to find another thing to do. But what? As I said before, I am not a good person. I mean, when I was younger, I was a rebel, I did so many bad things. Sex, drugs and rock and roll, yeah.
But I changed, and I left drugs, but I kept sex and Rock *Laughs*. That's why I am not really concerned about it.
Don't say that I could betray us and join the other side for a better life. No! I will never do that.
'Cuz it's their fault if we live a such situation. I hate them. If only I could have a great warship, I could make some deaths *hic* ... I am drinking too much again.

- What for ?

*An old man behind him took a seat and said*
- I have the solution of your problem, but you will find it only when you will loose everything.

- *hic* Ah! You really think that I have something to loose, heh ?

*The old man looked at him and said*
- Somewhere in the nomad worlds, a pretentious Brigand pilot did a long trip to see something else, like you, he wanted to make something important to feel alive, but he was forced to give up and by doing it, he left uncared a precious vessel, he lost everything there, and he didn't find what he was searching.
Believe me, my son, take what god's gave you, look at me, I am a poor guy now, but maybe I could give you what I lost. And you'll become rich and feared. Take this. You have all the informations here.
*The old man disappeared*

- Meh eh, wait ! Argh! *hic* What the hell ?!

He looked in his left hand and see what the old man gave him. It was a navigation map. Frankito went in his ship and loaded it, the whole Omicron Delta system appeared and there was strange signal on this map where he could read “ The cursed boat ”

- Argh, my head! *hic* And what if the old man lied to me ? Oh jeez… I don’t care let’s leave this useless life. I have nothing here, if he said a true story, I could *hic* Could I become... R... Rich ? Yeah, rich. Rich -Ha Ha Ha- Yup!

And here he goes, in the deep space with only one goal in mind : finding this wreck. He is like treasure hunter, he wants a thing which is probably impossible to get. But he wants it, he is too obstinate to give up. But If this old man didn’t put this idea in his mind, he would live the same boring life. Weak people are so easy to distract. “The cursed boat”, well what it could be? In fact it’s quite easy to resume it in few words, this is an abandoned vessel, a human technology with an extremely hull panel advanced material. This is a secret well kept by some Freelancers who explored the whole Sirius space to see if it’s a real ship or just a lure. But Frankito explored so many places, so many systems, he met so many dangers, he just can’t give up now. For him there is no turning back.

- The only information I have on it, is that it’s a gunboat class vessel. Well, should not be so difficult to find if I take the time to explore every sector of this system, heh. *sarcasm*

Omicron Delta system, Nomad worlds. So far from everything, but he arrived here. Where there is nothing. A odd place to find what he is seeking. Thinking about the words of the old man he directly headed the giant blue planet, and saw the purple nebula, the old man was right.

- Okay, so now I can say that I am on the good way! If he was right, I should detect a specific signal inside this cloud. Let’s go.

When he arrived where the vessel was marked on the map, he was quite confused, there was nothing.

- *Angry* I start to b…. *Sound of an alarm* Hey?

- *Female voice* Escape pod number one activated, 3,2,1… Escape pod launched in space. Destination : 47127 21699 31917 orient -116 -31 -179 - distance : 13K

- Okay, I was drunk but I didn’t touch anything! Let’s follow this bugged pod.

By following the pod, he detected a vessel in front of him. But the vessel was immobile, seems that the shield was off-line. The escape pod stopped near this ship and placed itself in the cargo bay of the vessel.

- Huh ?! Ah I hate to jump outside in the deep space. But no risk, no fun, heh.

He placed his ship under the wreck. It is a nice vessel, in working order, and he found it.

- I hope that I could repair and reinstall the system of this beautiful craft.

There was a cold ambiance, it was dark, no light, no noise, and it was frightful. Frankito took the direction of the bridge to find the command center. When unexpectedly everything switched on. Like the ship was alive. Frankito took a seat and started opening the last register.

*A young male voice* : This is the Captain Charles Diggory, report number one about suspect signal in the Omicrons. Time, approximately 16:00 PM. As I can see, there is nothing important around the waypoint. The source of the signal is not here anymore. Scanner detected nothing, the radar is clear. In one point, there is nothing. […] shrrr shrrr […] I think that we saw an anomaly on our radar, an error due probably b- […] shrrrrrr shrrrrrrr […] b-by a magnetical storm or something else, Ion storm […] shrrrrrrrrrrrrrr shrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr […] Strange, I have some problem, everything is okay but there are interferences. *Sound of an alarm* What the hell? […] shrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr […] *Unfamiliar noises* […] shrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr […]

*A old man voice*
- It was a bad day.

- You! How is it possible?

- I just followed you, it was easy, you were so drunk and blind.

- You were in this escape pod, you used me?!

- You were an easy prey, I just told you a nice story and you believed me. You followed the informations I gave you. And now you are here. I was the captain of this craft, yeah. You can ask me why I stranded here far from my home, Gallia. I told you the truth, I needed something else. Younger, I was so arrogant. Shame on me I made a giant mistake when I found the exit of Lorraine system. Do you know what is it behind ? I will tell you, there is a mine field and after that your world. And after your world, there is another mine field, and so many crazy fighters, I fought during years to find a quiet place to think about my future. But the nomad worlds is dangerous, too dangerous. I was forced to leave and to loose my priceless vessel. Before I was feared and respected, now I am nothing, useless, and too old. And now I will return to my home and sell this cursed boat. Redemption, Hah! I was punished by my own vessel. So *Taking a gun* Leave it!

- Huh! You smacked me! As you said, I loose everything now, and this is your fault! Kill me! Make me happy! Kill me!

- You are pathetic, you aren’t so old, even too young to die. You don't know me, you don't know what I did ! I killed my crew, all of them! Look at me now, I am 106 years old, I will die sooner and I want to end this part of my life. So now, go away!

- How many bullet do you have ? Six ? I will show you that six bullets won’t stop me!

- Shut u...

*Female voice* Incoming torpedo. Impact in ten seconds.

- The shield is not charged yet! Close the evacuation hatchway! Close it or we will die!

- Close it yourself fool ! *He jumped on the old man and started to hit him* Die! A prey you said ? Fool ! Die!

- Argh! *Bam!* S..Stop *Bam!* Bam!* Aaaargh! *Bam!* No! *Bam!* *Bam!* Aaaah *Crying* P...Pl…Please!

- Stop the torpedo yourself!

Frankito pushed the old man in the escape pod and launched it in space, he started the engine and engaged the cruise speed. He took a reasonable distance and took a look to the explosion, the old man died in a ridiculous purple blast.

- Adios old boy! I will use it well, don’t worry. Ha-Ha-Ha!

He became the owner of a terrible thing, he real warship, a piece of destruction. As an independant freelancer, he was sure to become a great target for everyone with a technology like that.

- I will head the place where everything is possible, we'll see there.