End of the beginning; The new Saga

[Altejago]

Moka was sitting on the Bridge of the Disaster, hands steepled and his face tort with anger. After discovering his main lady had betrayed him like no one else had dared, he was still coming to terms with the loss of not only his woman but the dissolution of his elite group of Rogues. The band of Rogues he held lordship over abandoned his rule once discovering that the once rock solid leadership had crumbled under lies and deceit.

Moka felt alone, drifting through Shikoku contemplating all that had gone wrong in the last two months. 'Why? How? Who?'
These questions burned through his conscious like a cigarette through skin. The pain was torturous and the scars were not going to heal in any time soon.

"Boss.... Boss!.... B O S S ! ! !" Moka came round, Hank was calling on his attention. Good old Hank, if nothing else, this man was more loyal than a wife. "We're being stalked by elements of the Hellfire Legion, they stopped in Kepler but I can assure you they'll try to ambush us if we made our way back into Liberty. What should we do?"

Moka thought about it a little, the pain alleviated from his face for a moment. "Head on through to Oita, we'll sneak back into Galileo from there and make berth to gather supplies from Padua." Hank about turned and hollered out at the crew relaying the instructions. If anything, these men will follow his lordship either through devotion or fear. Either worked for him.

As the Disaster started up her cruise engines, Moka returned to his throne and got himself lost in his thoughts of anger.

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