Fallen From Glory
Chapter 9
The Captain and crew of the Gun Singer where relaxing at the current point in time, with the jump still five and a half hours till finished there was not much to do but R&R till they arrived at the receiving station. The captain himself was making his rounds, inspecting the ship and all vital systems, checking with his officers, knowing that they’d be seeing battle again he wanted to make sure the Singer and crew was ready for a full scale battle. Once that was done and his young charge was thoroughly bored stiff he decided to go get some lunch, the girl having said more then a few times that she was hungry, but like so many times before, wouldn’t leave the side of her fur covered safety blanket to go eat. They entered the Mess to see the old cook working hard in the back in the kitchen area and his adopted son, the young fox kit cleaning off tables, readying the room for lunch. The young fox said hello with a stiff salute to the cat as he walked in, the captain then asking as he sat at a table with Missy taking a seat next to him,
“So Spencer, what’s on the menu for lunch?”
The fox kit looked over with a smile, saying as he then walked over to the captain the young kit still a little stiff around the captain, nervous of making him mad,
“Well I managed to talk dad into something simple, so he made shrimp scampi with a side of rice, he wanted to lay out a big sea food buffet but I managed to convince him otherwise.”
The cat nods with a chuckle, then saying as the young raven sat up from her seat, the cat reaching over and patting the kit on the head,
“Good boy, well then could we get two plates then?”
The kit nods, then dashing off into the kitchen to get them some food. The captain then looked down to his young charge the bird giving a slight yawn,
“So how are you holding up my dear?”
The girl looks up to the cat then saying,
“I’m getting a little tired.”
The cat nods then says as he sees the young kit come back into the room with two plates of the scampi,
“Want to take a nap after lunch?”
The young raven girl nods looking up as the fox kit said as he set the plates down in front of them,
“Here you go, enjoy.”
The two nod thanking the kit who then went back to cleaning the other tables. The cat and raven ate their lunches in peace and quiet . . .that is till they where joined by other members of the crew who ate as well the crew in the room slowly starting to get rowdy despite the captains presence. Once finished the cat took the young raven back to his quarters where she laid down to take a nap, the cat leaving only after she had fallen asleep. The cat looked at his hololog noting the time, the warp jump would be finished in about two hours and he quickly decided that perhaps now would be a good time to go inquire into more information about the pirates the Gun Singer would be facing. He did just that quickly making his way to the occupied ViP room where the husky morph and his aid where bunking. Knocking on the door, asking to enter the room at which point the husky responded “sure, come in” the cat entering the room, saying once he did,
“I thought I’d come to get more information about these pirates we’ll be dealing with.”
Turning into the actual room from the short entry way, he saw the husky morph, and the fact that he was currently balls deep, hilted into the alien girl, the husky saying as he sat up making the alien girl moan a little,
“I’ve just got her knotted so if you want to talk now you’ll have to deal with it”
The cat nods sitting down by far not the most disturbing thing he’d ever seen. Once in a chair he watched the dog morph have his way with the tiny alien, her body stretching in a way no human or morphs body would be able to in order to accommodate the dogs member. The cat sat up in his chair asking the dog who looked around the girls head to see him,
“So, what more can you tell me about these pirates, who’s leading them?”
The morph nods asking his aid in her foreign tongue where she had left the documents at, the girl pointing to her bag near the bed. The morph nodded digging though her bag then handing the cat the digital document chips* on the pirates, the captain slotting them into his log then glancing at several files, some about the ships the pirates had with know weapon complements, a few documents about important officers within their ranks, then finally the morph saying when the cat pulled up the file of the groups leader,
“That would be *Gor'lung*, the bands leader, and yes he’s as dangerous as he looks.”
The cat looked at the file, this Gor'lung was an alien male who looked vaguely like a human gorilla mix, only with arms large enough to look like he could rip the side of a ship off with his bare hands, his skin a dark purple in color, his eyes solid black with only the barest hinting of a yellow silted pupil and sharp yet stubby looking bone like horn protrusions dotting his upper body. The cat looked at the rap sheet attached to the file, the dog saying as he began enjoying his aid once more, biting on her ear in a way that would hurt a normal person,
“Gor'lung is a brute, plain and simple, unfortunately he’s not your run of the meat head, he’s got quite the mind for tactics well enough to know that if he uses the right one he can hurt more people and make more money doing so. He’s also a force to be reckoned with in person, has been known to rip blast doors right off of their hinges and has a fairly bad hair trigger and that huge explosive he calls a temper, needless to say not someone you want to meet face to face if you can help it.”
The cat nods looking over Gor'lung’s file then others quickly then looking over to the currently mating pair, the cat nearly hypnotized by how the alien girls body stretched around the k9’s dong, the husky then asking with a laugh,
“Want to join in, she’s very elastic for her size, look at this.”
The husky grabs the girls leg then bends it up and then almost around her head before letting it go, the husky then saying jokingly,
“Yup, her kind is all the rage with pedophiles, all the pleasure of being with someone the size of an eight year old, but of legal age, not to mention their natural elasticity means multiple partners at the same time or even in the same hole regardless of size is no problem for them. Hey show him the thing you do with your hand, ever watched those old time-y cartoon characters blow up their hands? Watch this,”
The alien girl nods with a smile then putting her thumb into her mouth then literally blowing up her hand several sizes the cat the responding with a laugh,
“It is tempting, I’ve not had sex is some years, but I don’t do the whole multi-participants sex thing.”
The husky nods then saying,
“To each their own, perhaps I can send her your way later?”
The cat laughs thinking him joking,
“Could be nice.”
With that the trio went back and forth talking about the pirates, their usual strategies, and the leaders usual temperament, the husky and his alien aid telling the cat whatever he wanted to know all the while enjoying themselves thoroughly. Finally when the cat’s thirst for information was sated he left the pair behind to finish their romp, the cat returning to his quarters where the young raven had woken from her little cat nap. She gave him a hug as he returned, the cat telling her it was a bad idea as she easily found him tenting in his pants pretty bad. She managed to get out of him why he was so hard, the cat finally admitting what had happened when he went to get more information from the other ViPs, the girl giggling as she toyed with him, the cat telling her to stop a few times before going to the bathroom to take a shower with a dark red blush filling his cheeks, leaving a giggling little girl in behind.
~a few hours later~
The captain returned to the bridge along with a few others, the jump was about to finish and their brake was as such over. As the bridge hands slowly made their way back to their stations, some slightly more tired then others, the ship readied for the next step in the trip, the deceleration phase, said step starting as the captain took his seat, a strange green energy field beginning to envelope the ship, the red fox panda at the helm stating as she slid a pair of goggles onto her forehead,
“We’re in the receiving stations dampening net, estimated time to warp termination is fifteen minutes.”
The cat nods sitting back in his chair letting his crew do what they needed to do till finally the ship finally came to a full stop, the Gun Singer soon joined by the Wild Wind, the carrier ship coming to a stop about thirty feet away from the Singer. As both ships went about getting ready to be underway under their own power again, the process involving the reactivation on their main engines, said machines having been shut off before the jump as to not interfere with the jump field. As this was done the Husky and his aid returned to the bridge the cat then saying as he finally got the report from Rugger that they where ready in engineering,
“Alright so where should we go now, if you’d be so kind.”
The husky nods then saying as he pulled his hololog from his pocket, readying to make a call,
“Please make your course at, negative two hundred and five, by seventy four point two, sub field twenty five.”
The girl at the helm nodded as she plugged in the course, the captain then relaying the same set of cords to the Wild Wind, the husky then stepping away for a few moments to make a call, most likely to the person in charge of him. After a few moments more of prep work, Rikket finally heard from Rugger the large snapping turtle morph say over the com system,
“Sublight and Jump engines are all set and ready to go on your order Rick.”
The cat acknowledged him, then waiting for a signal from their partner ship for the green light, once said go a head was received Rikket finally said, the husky once more joining them on the bridge having finished his call,
“Alright miss Maiyumi, at your leisure.”
The morph nodded then saying as she punched in the start up code, the equivalent of turning the keys in one of the old fashion earth cars,
“Jumping, in three, two, one . . .”
There is a loud electrical build up sound before the ship quickly accelerated rapidly till they achieved roughly the speed of sound, the hum of the engines propelling the ship able to be heard thought the old girl. Rikket then asked as he got up,
“Status and ETA?”
The panda behind the helm consoles then said looking back to the cat, the girl beginning to lounge a little,
“All lights are green sir, we’ll arrive at the cords our VIP gave us in about forty five minutes.”
The cat nodded then saying as he got ready to leave the bridge for a moment,
“Alright then, I’ll be back before then, got to go hit then John real quick, Miss Maiyumi, you’ve got the bridge till I return.”
The girl nods with a lazy salute, returning to her lounging state as the cat left the bridge behind the young raven in tow. Walking through the corridors he quickly made his way to his room once more, doing more then just visiting his private bathroom, once more grabbing his weapons from his locker, the young raven watching the cat fish the key for it out of one of the pockets of his cargo pants he was wearing, then once the key was retrieved and the locker unlocked, grabbing up his twin pistols and the red bladed sword, affixing the belt the guns where on around his waist and the swords sheath around his chest, tightening it same as before. Rikket looked over after his ears wiggled around a bit, hearing the young raven sigh, the clearly worried about thought of another battle. Cat let out a little sigh of his own then walking over to her after closing the door of his weapons locker, rubbing the girls head a little to try and reassure her everything was going to be ok.
After that, the two once more returned to the bridge, one of the hands stating his return to the rest of them. The cat once more took his seat the raven girl plopping herself down in his lap, the panda morph then saying as she looked over her displays,
“reading for deceleration in five minutes captain.”
The cat responds with a “good” before lounging in his chair a little, petting the young raven in his lap as he did so, fixing a few misplaced feathers on the back on the girls head. Within moments the jump was finished, the jump engines winding down and moments after the sublight powering back on. The cat looked over the field for a little bit before he decided to do anything, the area consisted of a rather well defended area, a large asteroid belt circled the area, only one path had been cleared though the belt to allow ships to pass though but only single file, clearly this was done to increase the defensive capabilities of the area, beyond that was a large station where two destroyer classed ships where stationed, as well as over a dozen civilian and work ships, with smaller ships flying about doing work. Beyond the station there was a decent sized shipyard, a single bay used mainly for repair work, no small feet for such a remote operation, clearly the group that hired the Singer had money to spare. After a few moments they received a hail from the station, one of the hands calling the captains attention to it before, the cat said to patch it though to his bridge com, a female voice then asking,
“Unidentified ship, please state you’re your name.”
The cat responded in turn saying,
“My name is Cornelius Rikket, I’m the captain of this ship, the M.B.C Gun Singer, I’m followed by the M.C. Wild Wind, where here with your Rep the husky morph Nathan.”
There is a few moments of silence before the same women from before responds,
“Confirmed, please pass through the belt Gun Singer”
With that both the Singer and the Wild Wind passed though the belt and into the inner area, both ships then docking with the station, joined by the groups two destroyer ships. Once both mercenary captains where on the station they where met by a human, a man who introduced himself as Jonathan Finmen, the man in charge of project as appointed by the group as a whole. Once both Rikket and the feline human mix captain Jessa where and their first officers where quickly brought to the compost of the station. Rikket had a look at the tactical data the station had to offer as they where introduced by the other captains, a human man named Frank, and a Chimpanzee morph named Mathew. After introductions where dispensed and hands shook they began to get into the nitty-gritty of the current goings on, the Chimp morph they saying as they went over more recent events,
“Well, as you might have been told by Mister Nathan, things with the pirates have been bad, since we sent him to recruit more ships to help us, we’ve lost another four transport ships to them, and that’s not the worst of it,”
The chimp stops for a few moments turning to a console and calling up several pictures that where taken of a pair of large ships, clearly battleship class, then Chimp then going on to say,
“Somehow they’ve added two battleships to their ranks how, we don’t know but their firepower is overwhelming. We barely got away when these ships made their presence known, my ship is still being repaired. Where these pirates are getting their funding, we don’t know, but whoever is supporting them has very deep pockets, ships like this aren’t cheep to make and they‘re brand new.”
The two captains nod Rikket then saying as he took a closer look at the few marking on the ships that could be seen,
“Seems we’re badly out gunned, From what I’ve seen of what they have and these new battleships added to the top of the pile we’d need another eight ships to even stand a chance, with what we have, not even I could win this battle.”
The two contracted captains lower their heads with a solemnly grim look on their faces, Rikket’s reputation clearly proceeding him, they where obviously hoping he’d be their ace in the hole. The man in charge then steps up and says,
“That is true, I’m no tactician but I could tell just by the numbers that this was bad, since this last attack I’ve sent more messages to headquarters for reinforcements, they’ve been getting a hold of both the SAC and mercenary groups for more ships, the founder even pulled a few strings and apparently called in all of his favors and somehow got a hold of a battleship, reports state it’ll be in in no less then three days, its at the very far side of Alliance Territory.”
Rikket nods, a look of thought on his face, the cat clearly plugging all the numbers in place in his head, trying to come up with anyway at all to win this fight, or at least hold out till reinforcements could arrive, everyone looking to the cat as he sat in a chair, looking at all the information he could, field maps, the ships themselves, the stations armaments. As the cat got lost in his planning, the young raven tugged on the chimps sleeve, smiling before saying,
“Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll win.”
The male smiles then pats the girl on the head, quietly thanking her for trying to cheer them up, but with things as they sat, it wasn’t looking good, the growing look up worry on the old cats face as a testament to that fact. After several moments of watching him think, everyone looked up to the cat, Rikket standing and shocking everyone, his first officer more then others, dropping his head before tossing document chips to the floor, a grim look on his face as he then said,
“We can’t win.”
He began walking away, leaving all shocked as he left, the raven following after him as he mumbled aloud,
“We need more ships.”
The three remaining captains, looked to each other, unsure of what to do next, with an un-winnable battle in front of them, with one of the greatest tactical minds of this generation saying it was hopeless, they where scared to say the least. Walking away leaving all but the girl behind, Rikket walked quickly through the halls, Missy, only just managing to keep up with him, the girl managing to ask as he panted from having to rush after him,
“Uncle Rikket, what’s going on?”
The cat looked back to her for a moment, stopping then scooping up the girl, then saying as he resumed his pace,
“If something doesn’t change we’re all going to die here.”
Fear begins to fill her face as the cat hurried back to the Singer, saying as he did so under his breath,
“Never thought I’d have to call in this favor, didn’t want to have to talk to that woman again. I can only hope she‘s in a good mood.”
The girl looked up to the cat, surprised as she saw pure fear in his eyes for the first time since she’d known him.
~ later that night~
It was about midnight when the captain decided to play his hand, the young raven having fought her body to stay awake. She say him take another key from his pocket she’d never seen him use this one. The girl quickly closed her eyes as the cat looked over to her, the young raven pretending to be asleep as the cat looked over her for a moment, till he turned away. She opened her eyes once more watching what the cat was doing, he went over to a section of the wall, it looked normal by all means, till he pressed his hands on it, it started to open up, a key hole then visible. Rikket then took a moment before putting the key in and opening it. She fought the urge to jump as something unlocked near her, then pretending to be asleep as the cat approached, opening up a section of the wall, which a hidden compartment was within. She couldn’t see what he was doing however he took something out, something small, a clang of metal on metal as he bumped it against the side of the box.
He then took something else, he sounded like something light, there was little sound that it made, then a last thing that she almost didn’t hear, it was clearly small.
After a moment he closed the compartment quietly as to not wake the girl, then turned away from the bed and over to the table, where he sat down, and quickly poured himself a drink, it smelt strong clearly something that was very alcoholic, it was quiet for a moment till the quiet cling of the shot glass rang as he set it on the table. He then clicked something on, a quiet static sound for a few moments filled the room till finally a voice called out, a deep female voice, the woman on the other end asking,
“Who is this? You’d better have a good reason to wakening me up at the ass crack of the night bastard.”
There was a moment of silence, Rikket, was hesitating however after a moment the cat said,
“Its Blood Fang mistress.”
The woman took on a tone from angry, to an almost seductive coo, the woman then saying,
“Ah, Blood Fang, its been what five years since you last called me . . .”
Her tone then suddenly drops the woman then bluntly asking,
“What do you want asshole?”
The cat pours himself another drink before responding, the young raven shifting a little, as she listened to the captain gulp down another shot of the booze before responding,
“I need to call in a favor”
The woman laughs for a few moments till she finally responds, her voice ice cold, sending chills down the birds spine,
“I see, and what is it that you need, Fang?”
The cat responded,
“I need ships, no less then five, anything above a destroyer class.”
There is the sound of breathing from the other end, the woman taking her time in responding, then saying after a few moments,
“I can get you your ships, are you willing to pay the price for them Fang?”
The cat sighs then says,
“Yes Mistress, name your price.”
The coo returns to the woman’s voice, however this person is, she clearly wasn’t a law abiding person, the woman then said after a few moments,
“There is a convoy of ships leaving in two months time that will head to the Novas system from the Kenway system, you are to destroy them all, no survivors no witnesses, am I clear Blood Fang?”
The cat takes a moment to think about it, then asks
“And what may I ask, did these people do to anger you mistress?”
The woman laughs then says,
“Nothing, nothing at all, but I hate the man who owns them, destroying these ships will badly hurt his pocket book. . .”
The woman stops for a moment, the playful sound in her voice faded away, her next words almost dripped venom the woman then saying,
“the fact that his parents are on one of those ships . . . Is only a bonus.”
The young raven couldn’t believe what she was hearing, she opened one of her eyes to look at the cat, his face was cold, full of sorrow and regret, he waited for a few moments then said,
“I have no other choice, to many people I care about will die if I don’t get those reinforcements, including my god daughter.”
The woman then responds with a venom fill coo, asking,
“Does that mean you’ll agree to my terms, Captain Blood Fang?”
The cat closes his eyes, a few tears dropping from his eyes before he responds with a cold apathetic look,
“Yes mistress, in exchange for these ships, I’ll do as you ask, those ships will be destroyed by my hands.”
The woman laughs for a few moments, before Rikket responds,
“There should be a group looking to get more ships to help with a pirate problem, it’ll be best as to not draw suspicion if you answered their call directly, they have very deep pockets and are very desperate to save this operation, I’m sure you will be able to milk a great deal of money for your aid Mistress.”
The woman coos with delight, then responds,
“Is that so, well then you’ll have your reinforcements Blood Fang, however Fang, if you don’t destroy those ships I will hunt you down, No survivors, No witnesses, spare none do you hear me!? I don’t care even if his children are with the his parents they all die, I want this man to suffer.”
The cat responds with a nod saying,
“It will be done, mistress, Blood Fang out”
The line is then cut, she then looks as Rikket grabs the bottle and takes a large swig. The cat then muttering as he started to take off his clothes, looking toward the bed, as he did,
“No one will hurt you sweetheart, even if I have to be a monster to make sure it doesn’t happen, we‘ve both lost to much already.”
He heads to the bathroom, saying before the door closed,
“I hate that woman.”
He then closed the door, Missy then hearing the water from the shower turn on, leaving her alone with what she wishes she hadn’t overheard.
~End of chapter~
*Authors notes*
Gor'lung: Pirate Admiral
Name pronounced as Go-ore Long
A slightly unknown, but none the less deadly pirate, wanted in Solar Alliance Territory for murder, piracy, attacking Alliance shipping lanes. the strength of his current fleet us unknown, however it is known that he has under his command no less five destroyer class vessels, three cruiser class vessels, and his flag ship, a carrier class ship. He is wanted dead or alive, a current bounty of ten million credits will be payed to any who can bring him in or bring proof of his death
Digital Document Chips
also known as DDC's
The equivalent of a small pen drive, a memory chip about half an inch in length, width, and height used mainly for storing document data, they can be used with any hololog or display console used in the current markets.
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