(RP taken from Skype Chat at BlackPort66 a big thank you to ****** ******* and ***** you know who you are. You both made this chapter happen for Frank.)
...A few hours later the Dragon's engines come roaring back into Blackports66. This time with a "guest", the AFC's new virgin fresh from his escape pod. Burning walks in to the bar with Frank Gambit, they both check their guns at metal lockers by the door.
Two steps behind Burning, Frank Gambit was hoping someone would pass him some Synth soon. He stopped and stood there, waiting to be introduced.
Just after checking his gun Burning decides he has had enough of being nice. He turns to Gambit and gut punches him. "Welcome to the club you little wench, cant even stay alive for a week?...Seriously....What the Frack do I know...could be it is not your fault." Burning poked Gambit and held his index finger on Gambits chest. "But that had to be done."
Gambit was taken back for a second. He decided to keep his cool. He was waiting for the rest of the story from Banshee and what happened after he got podded. He did not have a patch, he was not even in yet. He best keep his mouth shut until someone asks him something. He was not going to point fingers, not just yet.
The purple haired girl walked into the bar and sat down at the far end, she was hooded and had a long dress.
"That punch means I like you" Burning smiles, pulls his hand away from Gambits chest.
"If i did not.." He shows him a massive knife hidden on his leg. "Now here is what Banshee told me."
He puts his arm around Gambits neck and draws him in close so that no one could hear. "It was the most loyal thing he has ever seen and he wants you to go to room 305 and put in the cords to planet Harris. Inside you will find the keys to a new ship and a comm unit."
Gambit looked at Burning, with a hard and cold stare. "Weed" he said, "That is all I want, a joint." He let silence end his sentence.
"What are you on about now?" The purple haired girl asked.
Burning released Gambit from his neck hold. He shouts at the bartender "Get this man some weed and not the swag but the good stuff." He passed Gambit a lighter. Inscribed on it was a picture of his ship.
Gambit looked over at the broad with the purple hair. "Mam.." he said and tipped his hat. "I just got podded, excuse me if I seem a bit off the rails."
"Now I was serious about what I said, it is Banshe´s form of an apology
"Well if you don't touch me then I don't care what you do..." The girl with the purple hair spoke up again.
"Would not even think of it Mam.."
"My cranky, are we not Matilda" Burning says looking over at her.
"I am fine, just had a bad's nights sleep..." she replied.
"It is a shame you don´t smoke a bit of weed, it would put you right out, or at least clam you down." responded Burning.
The bartender came back, and passed over the spliff. Gambit took the lighter that Burning had passed him and lit it. He took one long drag, and let the smoke leave his lungs slowly. "Can I grab bar stool and take a drink?...I could use one."
"After you go get those keys..." Burning turned to him, "Do care to remember you place Gambit. It is just up the stairs and to your left."
"yep...." He shuffled out of the bar and headed out into the hallway. He found a station schematics in front of the Black Cherry and found his way to room 305.
He got the room and lifted the key pad guard. He typed in, "Tau31-4b.5" and waited for something to happen.
The door clicked and swung open. A speaker came to life, it said "Welcome back Banshe" Gambit stuck his head in the door cautiously, and reached around for a light switch and turned them on.
There turned out to be a massive stash of weapons and the keys and a comm unit on a table. It was Banshe's emergency stash. Gambit saw what looked like to be a passed out woman on the bed. She raised her head. "Banshee?"
"No Mam...I´m here for the keys to the Voyager." She grunted and flopped back down on the bed, and pointed to the table next to all the guns. He picked up the keys and the comm unit and turned off the lights. "Have a good night Mam.." He said as he closed the door. "Frack you virgin." She yelled from the other side.
The comm unit rang in his pocket, he pulled it out, on the screen it read Banshe.
He held the comm unit to his ear. "Sup Bro...you all good?" He asks with the joint hanging out of his mouth. He made his way back to the bar as he talked.
"Ya, I would like to apologize for ditching you and congrats you passed my little test. If you had taken any thing other than what Dragon sent you for, that would have set off a station wide alarm"
"Dude...I thought you had some class Bro." he said with a sly grin.
"I do but as the old earth saying goes trust but ...."
Gambit cut him off in mid-sentence. "That girl in your bed, is pretty ah....ehehhehe" he hit the joint again. "I was more afraid of her than your alarm system, I might have caught something slow and deadly" He had made his way back to the bar, the weed taking effect. He walked straight up to and sat down at the bar with out asking for permission this time. "I need you to tell the Bartender to pour me a drink please."
"You look like you need a good night hmm?" asked the purple haired girl.
Gambit holds the comm unit out at arms length towards the bartender. "It is on my tab tonight." Banshe could be heard saying out loud. Burning took the comm unit out of Gambits hand, and walked off to the side.
The bartender reached under the bar for a bottle. "No..uh-uh..not the swill, the stuff I brought in last week, the whiskey." Gambit said. The bartender thinks better than to wait for a nod, and reaches for the top self.
"Mam, I just got blown out of space, and I´m damn lucky to be here, and honestly, I would not be worth much in the sack, but I would like to buy you a drink if you fancy one." Offered Gambit.
Off to the side Burning spoke into the comm unit. "He is ready." Burning turns and walks back to the bar.
"I could do with a gin..." she said.
Gambit takes another long drag off his joint. "Gin for the Misses please barkeep." He looked at the ship keys he had in his hand, and saw it had a Cheetah Thruster emblem on the key chain. Burning came over and handed him the comm unit.
"Yep?" Gambit put the unit up to his ear.
"You are welcome now go to the hangar bay and get to work. It will be ready to fly in about two hours. If you work hard you make it, o and take the back way out of Black Port...pick up consumer goods at nearest base and get to Planet Harris... be careful... "watcher" protocols are in effect some one is trying to find our base.. the back way is through the Galileo Jump Hole."
"Got it covered Boss." Gambit turned off the comm unit and slid it into his vest. He grabbed his drink, and turned to the purple haired girl, offering his drink in a cheers. "Duty calls Mam,"
The purple haired girl sighs. "Guess this is only drink then..." They touched glasses and for a second caught each others eye. He downed his drink and set the glass on the table. "Now, if you will excuse me, shizzel I got to go deal with."
"Whatever..." The back of her dress moves slightly. "Everyone is too busy..." She sighs.
"Nothing personal Mam," He reached into his pockets and pulled out 10K credit card, and threw it on the bar. He looked at the bartender. "There is a tip, and what ever she wants, hit her with it will ya.?" "Mam" he said once more "Boss". Gambit left the bar, collected his Garner614 blaster and headed to the docking bay.
"Wait.. " She nods."Hmm..." The purple girl sighs before she moves over to the hanger waiting area.
"What am i chopped liver?" Burning gets up and heads for the door, he collects his gun and moves off to His Dragon. He thinks to himself "I`m so tired, and I don`t feel like climbing all those stairs." He passes the bay the Voyager is in and sees Gambit giving the ship the once over. "We will make a member of him yet." He thought to himself.
Gambit walked off his new Voyager, and gave it one last walk around, checking all the thruster vents and landing gear hatches. Off to the side he sees the purple haired girl again. She waves a little.
Gambit walks over to her and and takes another drag of the spliff. He makes a gesture as if to pass it to her. "You partake?" almost chocking on the smoke in his lungs.
"As long as it is pure..."
"Pure as pure can be." He exhaled and passed her the joint. "It would be a shame to mix this primo with Tobaco, or anything else for that matter."
"Hmm..." She lights it and takes a puff. "That will help the back..."
"It is doing wonders for me, considering i got ejected earlier today, I`m surprised I can feel my toes." He takes a flask a whiskey he found in the cockpit of his new Voyager. He twist the top off. "Its whiskey, but it is really helping kick in the indica effect." he takes a drink and offers her some.
"I only drink Gin..." She sighs and looks at him with green and red eyes.
"Suit yourself" He grins and takes another swig. He places the cap back on, and puts the flask in his back pocket. He stands there for a second longer than he should have. Looking at her. He decides its best he go, and take care of club business. "See ya around Mam." he turns and starts to walks towards his ship.
"You just got back?"
"Hell, I aint´t even left yet." He said walking up to the door hatch of his ship. "I was kinda waiting around to catch another glimpse of you." He winked at her, closed the hatch and moved into his cockpit. He strapped himself in and started to warm up the engines. Through cockpit glass he could see her moving off behind the blast wall. He wondered if she would turn around.
She turns and waves at him.
He flashes his landing lights, engaged his engines, turned the ship towards the air locks. He pushed his thrust forward and left BP66. He was numb all over, but it was a good kinda numb. He would get some sleep in between Jump holes.
