The Story/Bio of James Woods[Slaver's Union]

[Slaver's Union]

Chapter 4: Walking in Darkness.

For over six months, James continued his life with relatively the same routine, until he received another surprise communication from his older brother George, requesting to meet him on their old home, planet Pittsburgh. James, without telling Nicole, decided to see where his brother had been. He was quite surprised to see that he looked healthy, well dressed, and came complete with armed bodyguards.

George shared with his brother the details of his new job. He was a private contractor, as they were before, but now he had reformed the Slaver’s Union. George had begun a solo crusade against everything that was holding him back, including laws, morality, and especially poverty. George desired a franchise, and James had an opportunity to enter in on the ground floor. This may very well have been James’ last chance to join his brother in something grand and important. This could very well change both of their lives.

James hadn’t been happy with how his life had been since Oberon, and perhaps long before that. As James sat, listening to his brother, he started to realize that what was eluding him his entire life wasn’t a desire for credits. He thought it was, but what he really desired was power, and this was his chance to finally reach out and seize it by the throat.

Returning home, James grabbed his blaster and broke the news to Nicole. “I haven’t been happy for a long time, Nicole. I’ve been chasing something for as long as I can remember, and I always thought it was success and wealth. This is what I really want to do. This is what I’ve been looking and waiting for, and we’re going to do it as a family, or I’m going to kill you. That’s a promise…”

“James, what the hell has happened to you?! You’re not the man that I married!” Nicole cried out to him. James turns and chuckles in frustrated anger. He swings back towards her and pistol whips his wife. As she falls to the floor, his children start to cry. James holsters his blaster in the back waistband of his pants. “This IS the man you married. You just never saw it before… And don’t question me…” James replies, grabbing his wife by the arm and lifting her up off of the floor.

Packing a few bags and under James’ careful supervision, the Woods family gather what they can and head for James’ ship. James’ crew is already prepping for launch once they arrive. They launch, with basic cargo loaded, heading for planet Malta in Omicron Alpha. Terrified, Nicole and her children spend the trip hiding in the Captain’s quarters. James sits in the Captain’s chair, as his pilot follows his brother’s lead, heading through systems that James had never seen before.

As their ships landed on planet Malta in Omicron Alpha, James sat in his Captain’s chair, biting his nails. His nervousness was palpable. Walking down to the airlock, he opened the doors. As the ramp lowered, George stood with his guards, watching him. James closed his eyes, repeatedly squeezed his fists, and taking three deep breaths said “This is who I am. I can do this. This is who I am…” Opening his eyes, he placed his hands in his coat pockets and walked down the ramp.

“Are you ready to do this, brother?” George asked.
“As ready as I’ve ever been, George.”

As they met the merchant and sold their cargo, George patted James on the back. “He’s my new recruit, and we’re going to need a full hold of the good stuff. The orange stuff…” He said. Smiling, the merchant waved his hand over the card reader, saying “Insert your credit chit here, kind sir.” Chuckling, George inserted the credit chit as the screen showed the brother’s the bill. James was shocked that George had just paid over 5,000,000 credits for cargo.

As they walk out of the office and towards their ships to await the loading crew, George places his arm around his younger brother’s shoulder. “This is only the beginning, James. You’re going to quadruple that amount in your first run, and just you wait until you see exactly what we’re bringing back to our Outcast friends.” George says. “You’re about to become a very rich and powerful man, little brother. Together, we’re going to bring back the Slaver’s Union, and all of Sirius will fear and admire us…”

As the Woods brothers boarded James’ ship, they talked about the future of the Union, and George shared his aspirations. George talked about his dreams of a permanent home base, a large space station, or even the discovery of a habitable planet out in the reaches of space that they could rule. After an hour, James remembered his family and excused himself.

He walked to his quarters, pulling a keycard from his pocket. As he pressed the button on the wall panel to open the door, it flashed red and beeped; it was locked from the inside, exactly as he anticipated. Using the keycard, he slipped it into a small slot to the right of the panel, overriding the door. As it slid open, Nicole lunged at him with a shard of broken glass, stabbing him in the left bicep. James let out a yell and shoved Nicole to the ground as she screamed like a banshee. George hears the commotion and runs down the hall towards James’ cries of pain.

As he reaches his brother, he sees him falls to the ground, struggling to fight off his own wife with only one good arm. George tackles Nicole and as they fall to the ground, he grabs her throat with his right hand, raising his left. With a balled fist, he punches Nicole in the face, once, then twice. His silver ring of a gargoyle’s skull cuts her face. Sasha and Kane scream in the background as James sits up and crawls over to them, holding his left arm with his right hand.

James tries to comfort his children as George deals with his hostile wife. As he holds his children close, blood running down his arm, he turns to George. “That’s enough!” He yells, as George turns to him. With a blank look, he simply stands up. “As you wish.” George replies, kneeling back down and wiping the blood off of his hands and his favorite ring with Nicole’s own shirt. Walking into James’ quarters, he picks up little Kane. “We can’t risk taking them back to Liberty space with us. We’ll need to leave them here.” George says.

James nods his head and looks up at George. “Where will we take them?” He asks as he stands up, holding his daughter Sasha in his arms. “There are apartments here. We can find you one, and a Maltesian doctor to treat Nicole’s face.” George replies. Just then, several crewmen who heard the scuffle run up to the Woods brothers. George hands little Kane to one of the crew and asks him to follow. The crewman looks at James, who simply nods his head.

George grabs one of Nicole’s arms, and pulls her up, draping her arm over his shoulder and carrying her. The other crewman walks to the other side and grabs her other arm. As they walk off of James’ ship, Nicole’s feet drag on the floor plates, her head slumped forward. “Will she be alright?” James asks. “Concerned, brother?” George replies. “I just need her to take care of myself and my children.” James answers. “She’s only unconscious. She’ll wake up with a bad headache and a swollen face. No real harm done.”

George takes a moment to board his ship as James and his crew waits just outside. After a few moments, George returns and informs them that he not only found a nice apartment for them to take James’ family, but that he also found a good doctor and hired a few mercenaries to watch Nicole and the children while they were gone. James, thankful, gives his brother a hug with his one good arm. “Thank you for all you’ve done for me.” He says.

Hours later, after the doctor has treated James’ arm and Nicole’s face and the mercenaries are left guarding James’ family at their new, already furnished apartment, James and his crew board his ship with a cargo hold full of Cardamine. Eager to earn his first real profits in a long time, James commands his crew with a vigor he hadn’t had in years. The flight back to Liberty space was quiet and uneventful, as many hadn’t realized the Slaver’s Union’s was now reborn. Luck, or perhaps fate was currently on their side.

As they landed on planet Manhattan, George introduced James to his contact as both his brother, and his newest recruit. They departed for planet Pittsburgh as quickly as they had arrived, and George, once again, introduced James to another contact. An old woman with a vaguely familiar face who owned a large article of land on Pittsburgh, and the rights to a dead mine.

“This is where I collect my stock.” George begins. “She gathers them from all around Liberty. Some are tricked by fake job offers, some are kidnapped by corrupt LPI officers, and others are just runaways that no one would miss. She likes to hide them in old bins inside her mine.” He explains to James. “Liberty Police kidnap people?” He asks George in shock. “Of course they do! They are just as corrupt as we are, or at least the ones I know are.” George answers with a sly smile.

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