Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:35 pm by H.Q. Victor
The com panel lit at that moment drawing him back to the moment. “Orillion here.” The sender passed on information he had for Orillion and logged off. Orillion scarcely paid any attention to it. He was more interested to the person on the monitor that displayed the landing area on the Osiris.
The figure turned and walked toward a ship, an Anubis, and climbed into the cockpit. Orillion hit the com, “Stop that ship and bring the pilot to me, Now!” he spoke and headed into his office.
The door slid back to reveal a pilot and two guards. They prodded the pilot into the room. He was getting antsy and wanted to get off the ship, quickly. Orillion pointed to the chair in the center of the room. The guards made sure he was comfortable.
“Now Red Robin, or whatever your real name is, what are you doing on my ship?” the command came.
The man grew white in the face. He was not prepared to be interrogated. His orders had not included this, nor was his pay high enough to make it worth the while. He began to spill it all, the traps, the disorder spreading, everything. And it included what lay in wait for Trent.
Orillion contacted Junko and informed her of the situation and told her to stay put. He would have men rescue Trent. Juni nodded yes, but her heart screamed no. She had to get out there. Trent would do it for her. She knew it was a risk, but she suited up and headed for the hanger area. She put a call into the supply chief to have her ship fully armed for her.
Trent awoke on an empty deck. The bar and all was stripped of chairs and tables. Two men argued near the view ports. Trent could see ships racing near by and figured where he was and who wanted him here, Hovis.
Razor left the room walking by Trent, But hovis just pulled up a chair that was brought to him and turned it backwards and sat.
“What are we going to do with you, tenderfoot?” the question hung in the air.
“You might consider just letting me go, you know.” Trent responded as he sat up. His head ached from the hit he took from behind.
“”No, I can’t do that, it would just cause complications to our plans, and we don’t want that, now do we” Hovis said sarcastically.
For over an hour Hovis grilled Trent and what he knew. Ship strategy, deployments and other information that would benefit “The Cause” as they were now calling themselves. His people where prepared for the war, but wanted an advantage over the Kavash. This one, was going to be thier ticket.
Juni, despite all precautions, was being followed. King had put the beacon on her ship just as a precaution, but now, to protect her, it would pay off. She neared the battle ship that was holding Trent. Racers were seen on the far side. She transmitted the code to land and was given permission. She had to be careful. There was no telling what lay in wait and even if she was expected.
King puled in close to the ship and scanned. He found both targets and ten others around or near them. This was not going to be easy. He was angry that Juni took off without saying anything. Now there would be two hostages for the cause.
Juni climbed out of her ship drawing her weapon. She knew someone would be by in seconds to check on who just docked. She made her way into the ship to the area Trent had told her about back when he first visited this ship. They had raced for information about the location of a man they needed to talk to.
She was amazed she had not seen anyone yet. This set bells off in her head, a trap. Juni released the safety on the weapon and prepared to fire. She rounded a corner running straight into a security patrol. She fired and dived for the deck. Two went down quickly, the other one hit the alarm and drew his weapon and fired. She was grazed on her left arm. The pain made her cry out.
Trent and Hovis in the adjoining room heard her. Trent went to move to see if he could help, but Hovis drew his weapon and pointed it at him, “Not so fast tenderfoot, just sit back down and we’ll wait for the company to join us.”
The guards alerted now, moved in and pinned her down. She received a second wound in he side. She raised her hands and said, “Ok, ok you win, I give up.”
They pointed all weapons at her as she pulled herself up. She hurt now though. The indicated the hatch on the right and she moved into the bar area where Trent was seated.
Edited by - Finalday on 8/8/2005 6:28:06 PM