The Pilot's Plight

[Swashbuckler]

Thomas

The door hissed shut leaving me amidst the wreckage of the hall. Laughing aloud to myself, as I ran two hands through my sweat streaked hair. "Just like that, it is back to work," I say to myself searching for my pants. Pausing only for a pull at a half drained bottle of wine.

Pulling myself together momentarily, And still gripping the remains of a wine bottle I slide out of the door and pick my way through the twisting corridors of the ship. The doors reading Medlab hiss and part. Revealing a darkened room lit by a few blinking yellow, blue, red, and white lights glowering from the imposing machines of the lab.

Blue was no where to be seen, she must have went to retire, trusting Madame's condition to the expanse of imposing technology. She was not really in danger of her health, she should be her old self soon enough. That thought brought half a smile to my face as I drew up a chair near her bed.

Reaching out a hand, slow agianst the flashing light. I touched her cheek, mindful of her bruises and split lip. Leaning over her to lightly kiss her lips. The warmth of my lips caused the monitors to beep and blink as her eyes cracked open through a painmed haze. "Good morning," I said cheerfully offering her the bottle. She tried speaking, but her lips only flapped slowly, to parched for words. I smiled broadly as I thrust the mouth of the bottle to her lips. Holding the back of her head and tipping the bottle to fill her mouth with azure sweetness. Her cough told me she was done and I removed the bottle and laid her back down on the pillow.

"You didn't think I could leave you without a little celebration did you?" I whispered in her ear, twirling the bottle in my hand. "Actually, now that you should be feeling better soon, I thought we should talk about that foolish manuever you pulled. Congratualtions. I don't know why you went and got that little bauble you chased, but you retreived it. I was thinking, on that. It would sure be a shame for Gloormia to have it, espescially after he pays you off and sumarily dies."

 

[Ldy Tehari]

*Waking up in a dreamy haze to the feel of a soft kiss. Smiling, my eyes open to meet saphire blue, blond tussled hair and wine stained lips. I was strangely comforted. Your words slowly sinking to my head, and the taste of wine warming my lips.*
No... Not you. You wouldn't forget Me.

*Smiling up at you warmly. Sitting up in the bed.*
It must have been quite the party.
A mind like a steel trap. Are you ~Always~ thinking?
*Smiling at you warmly*
Yes, I rescued my bauble, a very special, one of a kind, useful bauble.
But not if I can't sell it. If I don't sell it to Goorlumia, then I have to sell it to someone. What do you have in mind Thomas?

*Soft eyes purveying your every twitch, trying to calculate what you might be up to. Smiling warmly and admiring your powerful body.*

 

[Swashbuckler]

Thomas

The pin lights of monitors and medchines blinked and bleeped in the bluish darkness. Retrieving the bottle and covering a thick smile with its mouth, draining the rest of the fluid as I lean deeply back on the swivel based chair. Raising my heels up to rest them on one of the bleeping medchines, causing a new and slightly afronted whirring sound. I set the bottle down on the cold smooth floor, and roll it off into the maze of machines and equipment.

"Well, Madame," I say in a low hiss, my eyes flashing with the cold fire of vengence and plot, "Let me tell you what I think we should do. Have you ever been to Eliquitrese III, there is a mining and construction colony on a small volcanic moon there?" I ask, locking my fingers behind my head. My voice becoming lost in a whirr of medchines and bleeps as I look into her eyes, watching the profits calculate across her pupils as I relay my plan.

 

[Ldy Tehari]

*Watching him get comfortable. Smiling warmly, his casual overconfidence comforted me. The bottle made small sounds, and I could tell he'd drunk his share already. The name struck a small recognition, but it was way out of the way of where I was originally going to meet my buyer of oddities. Watching his smooth words, roll off his toungue*

You have me intrigued, I would need to get the smaller ship. Something this big would be quite conspicuous. And I'd have to dump some of my crew already. This could get interesting. But the place is out of the way enough to have potential. What makes you think Goorlumia is going to agree to go out there?

*Smiling* So how was the party? Did everyone enjoy themselves?

 

[Swashbuckler]

Thomas

Locking my fingers behind my head, I looked deep into her eyes and grinned before speaking, "The way I see it. If we were to head to Eliquitrese III and stop off there. We could pick up a few things. They have a lot of mining devices there. I was thinking that we could replace a few bars of the Lat with urinahyron blasting bars. IF we bury them in the stacks of bars, the lat will confuse any sensors. That would allow the idiot to load it into his hold. He will not take the time to actually count everything I think. That will give us a way to remove his ship and crew by remote control."

Pausing and watching ehr medicated pupils try to digest my suggestion, I licked my lips and then continued, "Now when you go to meet him, to actually make the transaction, I will be there. I will need some help from you and Ahnka. The two of you must treat me as an abject slave. This will put the pompus bastard in a sense of ease. Seeing me apparently broken, will give him some great pleasure, I should think." Smiling I finished, "As you and he are about to part ways, I will kill him."

 

[Ldy Tehari]

*smiling at him, eyes awake and dancing.*
I like the sound of it so far, there are a few details to work out, but can be done in the conference room with Ankha.
He won't be loading the latinum, that gets cashed in elsewhere, but we can use it until then to get the equipment.
*Sitting up, causing several of the machines to beep a little more, smiling warmly and gazing at you with a hunger in my eyes.*
I've set up to meet Him in 3 weeks time.
That should be enough time to get your equipment, get rid of most of the crew, get the smaller ship and the shuttle and be able to meet him.
*licking my lips*
We can work out the details behind closed doors in the conference room.
Sounds like we might have a plan. Goorlumia is a rather powerful and resourceful man, are you ~sure~ you can kill him?
*Eyes widen with curiosity, and wait in anticipation for your response*
Oh and by the way slave.. Both Ankha and yourself will be on your knees. Ankha knows this, I wonder why she didn't mention it to you?
*eyes flashing deliciously, thoughts of punishments flash thru my head*

 

[Swashbuckler]

Thomas

I heave a sigh at her words, "He is a resourceful and poweful man..." My eyes dart out, narrowed and cold at her words. "She can not possibly be serious," I think to myself in a lightyear second. Snapping myself errect and leaping from the chair, seizing her wrist and pulling it behind her back, sending medmachines toppling and causing lights to blink with paniced furry and alarms to blare and blaze. I held her helpless with my fingers against her throat, soft, but there to show her my determination and ability, "Yes," I hissed coldly, "Yes, Madame, but so am I...." With that I gently lay her back on to the bed and kiss her neck as I release her, as soft as a child would a butterfly. "Yes, Madame," I say with holow softness, twinged with rage, "I will kill him, make no mistake!"

Turning to leave lost in thought just as the door hisses open and a flurry of concerned crew members moving in to respond to the alarms of the medlab.

 

[Ldy Tehari]

*Watching quietly as his ire rose. Noticing his twitch in anger, and suddenly feeling Myself caught. Held in his arms, fire in his eyes, venom in his breath. Fear overtaking my heart. Heart pounding, breath quickening, desire building. Remembering suddenly the fire he held with taryn, wanting it here and now.
Swallowing hard and closing my eyes feeling his softest of kisses, my body released and it was gone as quickly as it had come. My breath lost in whispering out*
Somehow pilot, I think you will.

*The room flooded quickly with med nurses and orderly's monitoring machines, and gauges. Blue was not far behind checking my arm, my throat, my wrist, asking if I needed security*
NO!
*I flung my arms in a flurry*
I need sleep, and to think, and to get this bleeping machines out of my ears!

*Orderlys stopped shocked, and a couple of nurses mouths dropped. Blue took them and shooed them out, turned and looked at me sideways for a very long moment, silent. Her voice was cold when she spoke but it was truth I couldn't deny*

I will agree you need sleep, and some fresh air, and to quit this campaigning to go home! I who have been here the longest and won my freedom first thru love should know these things.
What makes you crave this vast emptyness?! What makes you crave putting yourself in danger?! Why do you pursue only those who could destroy you?!

*I hissed at her cold stinging words, not really wanting to hear them*
Because only those who can destroy me can truly protect me!

*Her eyes changed to that goldish green color their species gets when enlightenment hits them and she looked at me and stated flatly*
He's not Kylar.

*My hear sank, my body sank, I exhaled my breath and just molded to the chair. That name struck like a knife in my gut. And she was there to twist it anytime. I hated her for that. I loved her for it too.*
He can be
*I closed my eyes*
You agreed I needed sleep

*I rolled over. I heard her check one more machine and just before leaving reply*
I agreed you need sleep

 

[Swashbuckler]

Thomas

I was in a rage as I left the medlab. I stormed around for a long while through distant passages. Finally I found myself leaning on the cold metalic wall of the engine room, listening to the whirring hum propelling us throght he inky wastes. The sounds were calming me, and that angered me even more. I slammed a fist into the wall to bring myself back to a level of hatred that was comfortable.

I scowled in silence for a long while. Lost in thoguht of Gloormoria's face. I did not hear the aproach of footsteps. It was not until I spun around and siezed an outstretched wrist that I realised someone was aproaching me.

 

[Ldy Tehari]

*Hearing something in the engine room Ankha went to investigate. Suddenly her wrist was snatched, she was whipped around, her back pressed against the wall. Her eyes met the firey eyes of Thomas. Her breath quickened immediately, her pulse raced. Taken aback she stared at him. Eyes openly showing her anxious fear and excitement. In a shaky whisper she said*
Can't sleep Thomas?

*His grip relaxed only mildly, and his eyes didn't soften. She had heard there was a commotion, but didn't care. Knowing the look of hatred in his eyes only fed her passion more. Heat began to rise in the pit of her stomach. A wicked smile crossed her lips. She stepped closer to him, warm breath on his ear and in a careful whisper said*
These engines have the power to go as fast and as far as you want to go. Show me that you do.
*Her eyes burned with the fire of lust and revenge. Her lips closed to his as she gazed at him.*

 

[Swashbuckler]

Thomas

Savoring the kiss from my entwined partner of vengence, my tongue stabbed agaisnt hers in a tangled tango between our crushing lips. It was heated and violent. Passion flamed hot by the cold winds of our hearts blowing between us; revelling in our nearing vengence and rising heat.

Breaking our kiss, as if in mutual withdrawl for breath, silent lazers streaking between our eyes. The methodic humm and whir of the engines droning in fast heavy rythm of power behind us. Without a word, I take Ahnka's wrist and spun her round. Pushing her forward quickly towards the thick, round metal guard rail that kept one from falling into the core's heat.

Her waist buckling on the rail and her legs slightly flailing to keep her balance, her short tight skirt riding up, revealing a deliscious crscent of ass as I press her forward, folding her over the rail. Supporting her from any real danger by holding both her wrists in an iron grip, pressed tight to the small of her back.

Her breasts swung over the precipice in time with the roar of the engines. She gasped, but with lust, not fear as I thrust a thigh between her legs, prying them further afield and grinding a knee thrust hard against her dampening slit, in slow back and forth motions.

Stepping closer behind her I freed my rigid cock from the confies of my breeches and slapped it against her ass as I pushed her skirt up to reveal all her treasures. Ankha gasped again and arched her back, forcing her clit against the cool hardness of the rail.

Siezing the offered oppertunity, I grabbed a fistful of her dark hair and yanked her head back. She growled with lust as her head was wrenched back, curving her back more sharply. Her toes were quite off the deck in response. Pulling shaply on both her wrists and her fragrant hair, I rammed home in one stroke. My shaft gliding though her milky depths like a plasma beam through sheet metal. Her folds rippling and parting in aquiesence to my force as I slammed into her dock at full warp.

 

[Ldy Tehari]

*Held in his arrms Ankha growled in passion. Arching back into his hips, bending her knees back and crossing her ankles against his ass. Holding him to her, using the rail and his grip to push back deep. Wanting to feel all of him. Grinding against him. Arching back. Growling out and moving. His powerful thrusts and their combined passions were even louder than the engines.
Holding, grinding, throbbing, pressing, pushing back and arching into him. Feeling him guide her passions, run deep thru her secrets and she howled for more.*

Yesss!! I want to see You cut Goorlumia as deep as You're in me!!
*His thrusts would build. Pushing her body against the steel rail with steel of his own*

Ohhh GGoooddss!!! I want to see Your hands covered in his blood!!
*she screamed and his grip tightened in her hair. His thrusts building to a screscendo*

OOOOOooo YYYYyyyyyyeeeeeeesssssss!!!!
*Her orgasm flooded his body, and her shivers wracked against him. Her leggs set his ass free, went limp held in the air only by his force against the rail. She shivered and spasmed and gasped for breath. *

 

[Swashbuckler]

Thomas

Ahnka's cries of passion drowing out the roar of the engines as I feel her molten depths quivver and spasm about my shaft, bathing me in her heat. Feeling my lust rampaging to explode I pull myself from her impassioned clutches of her pussy. Pulling her forcefully off the rail and forcing ehr to her knees. Gripping a handful of her dark locks I pull her lips over my throbbingly greased shaft. Forcing myself into her mouth roughly, silencing her pleas for venence with my lust. "Show me Ahnka, show me I can use your talents to bait him to his death."

 

[Ldy Tehari]

*Floating down from ecstacy, ankha felt herself brought to her knees.
Wrapping her lips around your thick shaft, sucking up hard. Moving,pressing and grinding against your hips, moving faster and faster, sucking hard.
hearing your words. Moving faster, plinging it to the back of her throat. Puhing it all the way back you feel her throat just open up. Her toungue wraps around your cock and slithers out to lick at your balls. Her lips moving upand down her toungue holding you solidly against you faster and harder. Draping her mouth over your cock over and tightening her toungue around you. Sliding faster and moving till you throb with explosion. Holding her head still, letting it all slide down her throat, unwrapping her toungue from around you, tasting the one last drop on the tip of your cock. Bringing herself up to look you in the eyes. Her eyes dreamy and lustful.*
I have ~many~ talents he wants. Use what you can.

*Kissing you passionately, pressing to you. Releasing your lips softly.*
Just promise you'll kiss me good-bye.

*She staggered out the door in a dreamy daze, made her way cautiously to her cabin. Looking around at the various items, she laid down on her bed. Eyes open. Words echoing thru her head. Licking her lips, tasting the last of his explosion. Trying to close her eyes tight to the overwhelming feelings.
She opened her eyes and stared at the things around her room. She sent a petty gopher to get her boxes, and she started packing. She had boxes of clothes, knick knacks. She packed special boxes and labeled them for the crew. Madame, Indy, Blue, Taryn, Thomas... each had a crystal picture frame with a holographic image of her, other precious objects. When her room was packed she sat down to write a letter, then fell asleep on her bed.*

*** *** ***

*Waking up in the medlab, feeling much better to find my arm knitted together. Blue still asleep in the, but the clock telling me it was at least 8am. I gathered myself up and put on my robe and veils and made a shaky way to my quarters. Getting dressed in a simple lounge dress and loose fitting slippers, adjusting my veils, I buzzed Ankha's and Thomas's room on intercom and asked them to join Me in the security conference room. Making my way shakily down the hall to the tubes. Shocked and concerned looks of crew passing by me and getting to the table. Kinda glad I could just fall back into the chair I waited for them to arrive. Glad to see the bleary eyed two.*
We have been idle too long, and I have to send message to Goorlumia about the pickup for my trade.
*Looking at you both very seriously and sincerely*
I would like to discuss the various ideas we have for a plan of action. What is going to happen with this?

 

[Swashbuckler]

Thomas

I left Ahnka and wandered the ship's steely halls in silence for hours, lost in my own thoughts and machinations. I had just slid the door to my quarters open when the intercom cracked bidding me to meet her in the security conference.

With a snort I turned back intothe hall as the door hissed close once more at my back. Long stides carried me distractedly to the conference room. Arriving there I found it empty and dark. Obviously, I had had a headstart, so I left the lights off and simply collapsed into a chair to wait.

I sat with my fingers clasped together loosely, my indexfingers restign wuietly on my lips and my boots crossed at the ankles on the edge of the table as I reclined. Just waiting, wiating for what?

I heard the door hiss open, but I did not respond, my eyes were fixed upon nothing I barely recognized the voice speakign my name, which I acknowledged with only a slight nod.

 

[Ldy Tehari]

*Looking at the tired bleary face of My pilot. Pondering if he was in any condition to walk let alone kill. Turning to view and equally bleary teary eyed Ankha. Pondering the effectiveness of this all together.*
To Loose one of you is a tragedy to loose both of you would be stupid, and to give up what I have and two lives, it's suicide. And from the look of both of you I'm seriously reconsidering.

*Both of them shot looks of fire in My direction but it was Anhkha that spoke the loudest*
You Can't!

*Smiling that I finally got a reaction I looked at her cooly and asked*
Why?

*She dropped her head and spoke sullenly, softly*
I have wanted to see Him dead since he dropped me off on the godforsaken planet You picked me up on. I have dreamed it, tasted his blood, seen my fate.
*Her manner turned easy, calm, almost distant, her voice took a quality of recital*
I was told once I would die the next time I meet him.
*Her voice in a hoarse whisper of deep hatred*
If I have to die, by the Seven Hells so WILL HE!
*She slammed her fist down on the table. Fire in her eyes.*

*Smiling I calmly regarded her. Then I turned to the pilot who hadn't said anything while sitting in the dark.*
If you truly still believe you can kill this man. I would like to help you devise the plan.

*Pulling up a hologram of the ship Goorlumia was on*
I don't trust him, at all. I have had him under surveillance for the last couple weeks. He's been meeting with a lot of people and I'm hoping it's harmless.
*Going thru the various compartments and rooms, and the layout of the ship. Pulling up pictures of two men*
Here are the two guards he is supposedly bringing with them
*Ankha gasped. Raising an eyebrow to her. But she just shook her head no and dropped her lashes. I went thru four more of the crew that could be possibilities because I didn't believe for a moment He'd only bring two.*

 

[Swashbuckler]

Thomas

I watched the surveilance holo going through the standard things that were so very predictable. Ahnka's disturbance at the sight of one of his guards managed to lift one of my eyebrows. She had seen something, but did not feel like speaking here. I would have to ask her about this when I could get her to speak, which would have to wait for privacy.

She mentioned that she had doubts about Gloumoria only bringing two guards, I had to force myself to remain calm in my retort, so taking a deep breathe, "OF course he will not honor the two guard agreement. He has never honored any agreement he has ever entered into. That makes his actions as predictable as possible."

Leaning back in the chair, eye focused intently upon the flickering holo, "So let us use this to our advantage. see him bringing at least half a dozen guards, two will be obvious, but these will be windowdressing only. His true guards will be near, but cloaked in shadows. They will undoubtedly already be in position awaitign the meeting. For this we need to get there as soon as possible. We then simply even the odds a bit, send in at least one of your crew to assertain who, and where they are. Then we go in."

I looked hard into her eyes, "You send us in, we arrange the transfer of the lat. Once we get to the transfer he will be at his most vulnerable. His greed will keep him fixed upon gaining it, and no doubt being able to double cross you. This is where we will have him. He will have to witness the transfer personally, he will demand it. He can not trust those in his employ anymore than he can trust himself, for loyalty to a traitor demands the power of the traitor's prescence to realise. You demand that if he does not trust you he come aboard adn witness the loadign personally. He can not tip his hand and reveal his hidden guards, nor can he turn his back on the lat... That is when we strike, get him aboard, let him think he has won and then I kill him. At which time we activate the preset hyperlaunch to blast away from his minnions before they can react with that lumbering dreadnaught's firepower. You keep your lat, and I, I have my revenge," satisfaction glistening on my final words I lock my fingers behind my head and lean farther back, closing my eyes waiting to see if any of my words have computed to the minds within the room.

 

[Ldy Tehari]

*Looking into his eyes, understanding and coming up with some thoughts of my own. Thinking on the ways we could monitor his guards, his ship. Looking at Ankha and smiling*
I could send two of the cats in their environmental suits, and we could plant scanners along the ship. Even simple motion sensors will be undetected and tell us worlds.
Who is willing to wear the infrared glasses?
We will have to think of the other tricks he'll come up with.

*Looking at the bleary eyed both of you*
We'll discuss this more later, I don't expect to get much done. I want to see you awake after lunch.
Get some sleep. Both of You!
*Standing up and wrapping my cloak around Me. Walking out the door. It closed with finality.
Ankha turned to look at you.*
You look like hell. And she's right. We both need sleep.
We've got two more days to get ready for this expedition.