You're the reason why I'm thinking

[Seth Karlo]

She remembered the days when life was good. When she could go out to dinner in the evenings, relax when she got home. When she could party until daybreak, and laugh until dawn.

She pulled a picture of herself from an inside pocket, smiling as she remembered how life used to be.

She breathed a sigh of relief as her Eagle came into view, her carefully folding the picture along two crease points and sliding it back into it's pocket. She opened the side of the ship with her electronic key, and quietly entered. Ignoring the stairs to the cockpit, she moved instead to a terminal at the side of the cargo bay.

"This is Sophie Kell, I've killed him."

The response came quickly.

"As we expcted. Transferring payment now."

She watched her neural net account, and smiled as it increased by 20 million credits. She shut down the terminal, and screamed as a hand grabbed her neck from behind.

Her arms were pinned to the side of her body and she struggled in the vice grip of 3 men.

"We've been told to take this niiice and slowly..." one whispered, and Sophie started to cry as they pulled at her clothing. She had made too many enemies, and leaving the ship door open was a foolish thing to do. She mentally berated herself as she prepared herself for the humilation of rape.

BANG.

Her eyes shot open.

BANG.

Her mouth emitted a gasp.

BANG.

Her naked body was splattered with blood. She was dropped from dead hands, and fell backwards onto the cold floor of the cargo bay floor. The three men lay next to her, each one with a blaster hole in them.

A fourth man stood over her, smiling cheerfully.

"Hello there."

"Hermes?" she whispered, before passing out.

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