Credit Slips and Smog Clouds

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Ashes left the pantless Draya in the captain'€™s quarters to begin her quest for pants. As she passed through the bridge she stopped to take a check on their flight progress. It was quite a distance across the Magellan system between the Cortez and Leeds Jump Holes. The two Werewolf escorts flew either side of the Transport, and a Lane Hacker patrol had joined up with them, they were on a routine patrol to the Jump Hole any way, but they could only offer their assistance for this leg of the journey. Everything looked good so far, but it was only a matter of time until the Bounty Hunters made their move.

"Hey Francis, check the personnel files and tell me where Michaels is stationed at. I need to have a word with him." Ashes called to the Rogue sitting behind one of the ship's main computers.

There was a moments silence as he scanned the ships flight data.

"He's stationed in Engine Room B, Captain." Francis replied.

That was good, the engine rooms weren't too far away from the bridge. "I'll be right back." She announced as she started down the spiral staircase.

As Ashes left the bridge the weightlessness of space took over and she began to float down the staircase, free of the mortal bonds of gravity. On a ship of this size the only areas that received anti-gravitational pull were the Bridge and the Engine Rooms, all other areas were free-floating to save on power.

She moved with an almost painful slowness through the door and into the cargo bay. There was a cargo box or two floating around the ceiling, the ones some careless Rogue forgot to secure before launch. It didn't matter too much, the goods inside were not breakable, it was however a safety hazard. But then again, being a Rogue is a safety hazard.

Ashes floated her way down to the cargo bay floor, pulling herself along by the walls of the ship and into a hallway leading into the back of the ship. She ducked through another door and her boots made a metallic clunk as they touched down on the floor when the gravity took hold of her once more. She took a left at the junction up ahead; the sign read clearly "Engine Room B." The ship had two engine rooms, one for each of the outboard engines where they could be maintained and monitored.

"Yo Michaels, you in here?" Ashes called out into the room. A head popped out from under one of the power couplings, stereotypically covered in grease. Ashes wondered if Draya liked them greasy. Michaels glanced up at Ashes as she stood over top of him.

"Can I have a word with you?" Ashes asked.

"Aw damn it, what'd I do now?" Michaels asked as he slid out from under the coupling and got to his feet.

"Nothing. I just needed to talk to you about something." Ashes said awkwardly, not entirely sure how to approach this.

She had never exactly asked someone to sleep with her best friend before.



"Y'know my best friend Draya right? Well she sent me here to tell you she really likes you." Ashes said quickly, deciding a direct approach would be the easiest.

"Well I uh.. y'see I.." Michaels stuttered a little, he seemed a bit flustered.

"She wants to meet you in my cabin, come on." Ashes said and grabbed his wrist, pulling him along with her.

"No wait!" Michaels protested, although was too afraid to resist. He had witnessed how quickly Ashes could destroy every bone in a man's arm.



As Ashes pulled Michaels up the staircase a sudden thought struck the back of her mind. What would her deck crew think of her dragging this greasy Rogue up into her cabin? That would certainly look quite indignant. She slowed down at the top of the stairs and walked quietly up into the bridge, all of the Rogues were pretty busy at their stations, too busy to notice her. She crept over to her cabin door and punched in the code to unlock it.

"Hi Michaels." The deck crew called out simultaneously.

Ashes flinched and muttered a curse in Kusarian under her breath, now it looked even worse that she had tried to sneak him in. She put that behind her and opened the door, locking it promptly behind her. She spun around to see Draya sprawled out on the bed wearing nothing but her lingerie.

"Hey there sailor." She winked at Michaels, and Ashes nearly caved her forehead in as it collided with her own palm.

Michaels continued to stutter and hesitate uncharacteristically for a typical Liberty Rogue man. Ashes shook her head and muttered "I wish I hadn't seen that." To herself, then composed herself and pushed Michaels towards Draya.

"Come on, go say hi." She encouraged him.

"No wait, wait!" Michaels continued to get more panicked as Ashes pushed him closer. "I'm gay!" He suddenly burst out.

Ashes stopped dumbfounded by the sudden outburst, which had also knocked the sexy look off of Draya's face.

Ashes cocked one eyebrow. "I will be honest; I did not see that one coming."

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[5:50:49 PM] JakeSG (William Darkmoor) says: I like you, Ashes. You're more cynical than God.