Sunbucks Cafe

[Garrett Jax]

Seymore Justice exploded through the door of Sunbucks, eyes filled with a raging fire, looking for a particularly inept mechanic. Spotting him at the counter, he made up the long distance in just a couple fierce steps.

"Mechanic Davies!" Seymore's voice boomed across the cafe.

Mechanic Davies, a middle-aged grease monkey, looked up at the seething officer oblivious to the mood Seymore was in. "Howdy, Sergeant. How's the ship running for ya?" It was apparent that Liberty Ale was taking its toll on him.

"It's not running, Davies." Seymore made a conscience effort to unclench his fists. The fact that Davies was drunk and happy, added more fuel to his rage. "IT'S NOT RUNNING AT ALL!"

The mechanic was unfazed. "Relaaax, Sergeant." The words stumbled out of his mouth. "C'mon. Let me buy you a drink."

Seymore pointed to the front door. 'You will get your greasy little butt over to the ship dock RIGHT NOW and fix that ship IMMEDIATELY." Just a little more lip from that mechanic....

"But sir, I'm offduty..."

That was it. Seymore grabbed him by hair of his head and physically dragged him out of the cafe. Dangling helplessly behind, the mechanic screamed in pain, "OW...OW...Hey...OW...That hurts!"

Once past the door, Seymore gave him a rough kick and yelled, "I don't want to see your face until my ship is fixed."

His rage finally began to ebb as he watched the drunk mechanic rubbing the pain out of both his head and butt. Seymore made sure he headed toward the shuttle that would take him back to space dock. Though, in retrospect, he wasn't sure how effective a drunk mechanic could be working on his Libby.

Heading back toward the counter, he finally noticed the stares of all the officers, jolted in shock at his display of rage. "You think I was too hard on him?" he burst out to no one in particular.

Nobody answered. Pausing for a moment, he looked inward. He grabbed the prooffered Shirley Temple from the barmaid, took a long drink and then set it gently down on the counter. "Well, maybe. But I will tell you this--I REALLY love my job."

With that, he headed toward the exit to see about how to make amends to the good mechanic.

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