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[Black Scorpion]

OOC: Storyline continued from The Tavern

Scorp's day hadn't been going his way. Actually the past few months had been kinda slow. He had been preoccupied with personal and other matters that had been keeping him from actively enforcing the Crusade for Redemption. Some of his clan members had disappeared without a trace, probably because they had lost faith in the cause without their leader leading them. Just a very few true believers had remained. It had put him down a bit, but he couldn't blame them really. It's hard to be the minority and keep believing in your cause when everyone tried to make you believe you're doing the wrong thing.
But things had cleared up a bit recently, and he was planning to step it up a bit. Most of his ships had been sitting in the hangar for a couple of months now, and they were due for a major overhaul and some upgrades. He wanted to do most of it himself, so he had been working in the hangar for the last couple of days.

Scorp was just changing the plasma filters on one of his ships' engines as the comm beeps. "Crap, not now", he growled. He put his tools down and made his way to the comm module. There was an incoming message waiting for him, coming from Zeta, one of his true followers. He was having a day off and was attending his bar duties at the Tavern. Scorp hit the 'accept' button and Zeta's face appeared.

"Hi there boss. How's the overhaul going? Hey I have a message somebody asked me to relay to you. "A message? From whom?" Scorp asked. "The guy is called Akira boss, he told me he wanted to meet with you in Omicron Gamma, I think he might have something important to discuss with you." "Akira eh?", Scorp said while thinking about it. "Yeah I know who he is, he was the leader of the DD clan I believe and I spoke to him on a few occasions, but it's been quite some time since I've seen him. Any idea what he wants?"
"Not really sir, but I don't think he would request a meeting with one of the leaders of the Covenant just to ask if we have some spare exhaust pipes eh?" Scorp grinned, Zeta could be funny sometimes, almost cheeky at times. Scorp liked that. "Yes I think I have an idea what this could be about", he said while remembering a conversation he had with Akira quite some time ago. "Make any arrangements you need to get him here. We still have an old Bretonian freighter sitting in the dock here, you can take that to bring him here, it will ensure a low profile. Take him to Planet Crete and make sure you pick him up yourself. Also remember to disarm him first, and make sure you're packing yourself. You never know and I don't want this to go south."

"Aye sir!" Zeta replied, and he canceled the call.

Scorp walked back to his ship to continue the work and as he picked up his tools, he grinned. "This could be the change we all need..."

[Lord Akira]

Akira walks into the tavern looking at his personal com's unit , typing something then he puts it back on his belt , he looks around the tavern noticing Slaughter sitting at a table stuffing his face with some on the taverns best food , Akira walks to his favorite table wearing his old cloths , Black T shirt , black old earth jeans custom made for him , and a long black trench coat which looks like something is under it small in size compared to Akira but the size of a medium sized person. Akira stands at the table and faces the waitress , she see's akira is holding something in his hands under his trench coat , she glares at him and turns back to look at Zeta with his hand under the bar , Zeta looks at Akira knowing perfectly well of what evil deeds he has done. Akira glares at zeta and says " stand down old friend hurting this would cause the destruction of life as you know it!" as he opens his trench coat and holding Akira's waist is a child , a girl around 16 years old with the eyes as black as the deepest reaches of space , Akira replies " shes my daughter " and she is coming with me to the meeting with Scorpy. Akira sits her down at the table and orders two glass's of water and some food as he sits next to her , she whispers something to Akira and he looks at Zeta and says " can you get her some Old earth peanuts ?
All the patrons looking at Akira and the girl , Everyone knowing Akira to be a grumpy old gun slinging , sword weilding psycho , now he sits calmly with this child and a look in his eys like the look you would expect from a wild animal that is protecting it young. Zeta approachs Akira and sits across from him , he says " The trip is all ready but i have to ask you to leave all you weapons in the lockers here , you know the routine.." . Akira look at zeta and says " I figured that one out all ready , i came unarmed and with only my child". Zeta says to Akira "I know you have a son but this is a little unexcpected?" Yea it is Akira replied , its a long story but one that is as old as the DD Clan is.. the girl moving close to Akira like she is affraid of all the people around her,Akira says she's a little scared right now , she has been through alot the past 16 years so forgive her for not being social to anyone , Zeta laughs and says " Just like her old man." Akira smerks and says "Too much my old friend." Zeta says to Akira after scanning him and the girl with his hand held weapon detector , well the ship is preped and ready to leave , Akira shakes Zetas hand and looks at the girl and say " ready to fullfill your dream? The girl smiles with a smile that warms the coldest souls , and says yep! Akira and the girl stand up and leave with an armed escort of corsair guards.

[Zeta]

Zeta was a little unsure about the whole thing. He had never been a mediator before, but figured it couldn't be too hard. He had called the base he worked at and asked a couple of friends to come and escort Akira, and surprisingly, his daughter. As the guards, his friends, waved to him from outside the bar door, Zeta smiled, ran the scan for good measure (and because the new scanner was freakin cool) and pointed out the guards outside. "I won't be able to go with you, but I trust these two, and I hope you do too." Zeta leaned in close so only the two could hear, "You'll be traveling by a cloaked short range shuttle, which will take you to a base nearby. You'll then transfer to a trading convoy that should give you the low profile you need. Don't worry, this convoy will not be fired on, it's one of ours. If anything should go wrong, which is a very low possibility, we have several escort ships ready to jump in. Any other needed details will be given when you reach the convoy. Nothing to worry about." Zeta handed Akira a bag of peanuts and two water bottles, and smiled at the girl, and waved as they walked out. He then slid the scanner back into it's pouch under the bar, where he guessed Akira thought was a gun.

[Major_Malfunction]

Putting down his now empty glass, Rajyll started to order anther. Since the LPI had captured and interrogated him, his former alias of Major Malfunction was of no more use to him. The waitress brought by another drink. About to take a sip, he saw Akira and Zeta talking to each other at a nearby table. As Akira opened up his coat, he saw that he was hiding a girl about sixteen years old with the blackest eyes he'd ever seen in his life. She looked around the tavern, him included. To him, those eyes didn't look at all natural.

Rajyll casually knocked his glass over and went to get some napkins to clean it up as an excuse to pass the other table and hear their conversation. Passing the other table he overheard Zeta talking to a few Corsair guards that he assumed would be guarding Akira and the girl. He heard "You'll be traveling by a cloaked short range shuttle." Rajyll's curiosity was piqued, and he left the bar and the mess on his table and got his mass compactor from the lockers and headed for the landing pads.

Scurrying from shuttle to shuttle searching for any that had cloaking capabilities, Rajyll heard the Corsairs and Akira coming down the hall. Nowhere to hide, he turned on his personal cloaking belt. The party got on a completely different shuttle than he had guessed. Rajyll cursed and quickly tossed a tracking device onto the ship in pre-launch sequence, and heard the sharp metal "tink!" as it hit and attached. He headed back to the bar to give the shuttle a head start, not wanting them to think that they were being followed. Back in the bar, Rajyll sat down and glanced up at Zeta, who was sending a signal on a communicator. He desperately hoped that he wasn't sending a message to the ship he just tagged.

[Black Scorpion]

The comm beeped as it had done all bloody day long. It was one of those days when you were trying to get things done and people keep interrupting you for all sorts of trivial issues. Scorp had reached the end of his patience, since the upgrades on his main ship hadn't been coming along the way he had planned. "WHAT!", he screamed out loud, but realized that the comm system wouldn't recognize that as a command, and so it kept on beeping. "Alright, ALRIGHT", he yelled. "Accept call" he spoke to the comm, with his back still to the screen. "You just can't get the bloody staff these days..." he mumbled to himself. "Excuse me?", it sounded from the comm. "Oh it's you, Zeta. Nothing, forget about it", Scorp said in a slightly embarrassed tone. "What is it".

Zeta sounded slightly excited. "Well I arranged that meeting Akira requested to have with you. I asked a couple of Corsair friends of mine to meet him here at the Tavern which they did, and they have actually just left the docks a minute ago. I chartered a local shuttle for them to use, which will take them to meet the Bretonian freighter which is waiting for them in a low stationary orbit. In addition, there are at least 4 Corsair Heavy Fighters waiting in high orbit, they will provide an armed escort, just in case. I have instructed them to keep their distance, to make sure they won't blow the cover on the freighter. In any case, they will create a minor 'distraction' in case things do tend to go south. They all volunteered by the way, can you believe that? Is there something going on I am not aware of?..."

Ignoring Zeta's last question, Scorp replied: "Excellent, sounds like you have taken care of things. Maybe that will make me forget about you ignoring my instructions about taking him yourself eh?", he winked at Zeta. Zeta blushed and clearly became a bit nervous of Scorp's remark. "W-well, the Tavern was pretty crowdy and uhm, you know, I can use the money... It's not like CCoF is making such huge profits at the moment either boss. Of course I'm not saying that you're not doing a good job or something, not at all, but uhm you know...." The look in his eyes was an unsure one as he waited for Scorp's response. It could go either way, Scorp was not the kinda guy you wanted to insult, and the second-and-a-half that Scorp strategically waited to reply seemed to last for hours. But when it came, it relieved him. "It's alright Zeta, don't worry about it. I know you gotta take care of your own. In fact I think you did a good job." Zeta was a bit stunned and at a loss for words for a second. Being the ex-military Scorp was, he didn't give away compliments often, but when he did, he meant it. Zeta felt a bit proud on himself. "W-well thank you boss!", he said while he blushed again.

A couple of seconds of silence passed as Zeta was taking an order from Major Malfunction and Scorp was thinking about how exactly to correct the calibration on his ship's aiming system, when Zeta continued:

"Oh hey guess what, almost forgot about it. Akira's not coming alone. He has a little girl with him. Never seen her before, I have no idea what Akira is up to really. Do you?" "A child? He is bringing a child to Crete? Well that will cause a little stir", Scorp said. The Corsair had extremely close family ties, children were military trained from the age of sixteen, and Corsairs did not often welcome people from the outside into their realm. Scorp's tone of voice changed to disciplined and decisive. "They just left you said huh? What's their ETA?" "Well they left just 5 minuted ago in the shuttle. They still need to board the freighter I suppose, then cross a couple of sys..." -"their ETA please Zeta", Scorp snapped. "Well, my best guess would be in 2 hours... They're not taking any tradelanes, so it could be a bit longer than normal." "Good, that leaves me time to make some preparations and make sure they don't run into any problems when they dock at Crete. I got to go mate, I'll be in touch."

As Scorp's finger moved to deactivate the comm, Zeta suddenly remembered. "WAIT! There's one more thing you need to know about." Scorp waited slightly impatiently. "Well?..." "Well there was this guy in the Tavern around the same time as Akira left. I think I have seen him before once or twice, Major Malfunction I believe his name is. Or was..." "What about him? I really don't have all day mate." "Sorry. Well the thing is, there was something about him. At some point he knocked over his drink, walked to the bar to get a towel and clean it up, but for some reason he went straight to the door and left for a couple of minutes, just seconds before Akira left. He didn't even bother to get his weapons out of the locker, which I thought was a bit strange... Then a couple of minutes later he came back, cleaned up his drink and just ordered a new one just now." "Hmm, Malfunction you said. Yes, strange indeed, very strange. Thanks for the info, notify the escorts to keep an extra eye out in case he means trouble. He can not be allowed to interfere with our little business what so ever. Is that clear?" Scorp now sounded like a drill sergeant. "Yes sir!", Zeta said firmly.


Scorp ended the call and hurried to his ship. He needed to get to Crete. And fast.
Against regulations, he fired his thrusters full throttle as soon as his ship lifted up from the ground. Still cold, they stuttered for a split second as they were trying to cope with the excess of fuel they received, then creating an ear-deafening roar, saturating the small hangar bay with exhaust fumes as they thrusted the nimble Flammard forward through the small bay hatch. Scorp pushed the throttle all the way forward, as he blasted away through the asteroid field, heading for his home planet.

[Major_Malfunction]

Rajyll was getting bored. He decided to check the tracking device, as if it would pass more than a couple of seconds of time. The shuttle was docking with a Bretonian freighter in low orbit over a nearby planet. Just to make sure it was Akira docking on the freighter, he went to one of the bar's computers. He glanced at his tracker again to see if he could see the registration number from it. He could indeed. Entering the number on the computer's search program he checked the manifest. He saw Akira's picture next to a pseudonym, but he knew who it really was. He saw that the freighter was bound to leave in about an hour. Rajyll ran to the hangar to prep his ship for launch. He didn't have a moment to lose.

Outside Tanya's Rajyll headed out toward the Silverton field. Making sure that no one was within radar range, he activated his cloaking device. The recent modification worked without a hitch, and made him invisible to ship scanners as well. Heading to the planet, he searched for the freighter, found it, and followed a good distance away. Strangely, some Corsair Titans were flying at about the same distance away. Even with his cloak on, he remained wary of them.

[Lord Akira]

Sitting in the cloaked frieghter Akira stared out the front view port , the pilot saying "Where? i dont see a cloaked ship?" the small slender girl peered out the veiw port, pointing to an empty blotch of space "there cant you see it clear as day!! the young girl snarled at the corsair pilot , her dark eyes looking at him like an cardimine addict would look at her next fix. Akira put his hand on the girls shoulder and said " Easy daughter dont let your blood boil , hes merly a pilot who is helping us freely." the young girl sat back down behind Akira with her arms crossed like she was displeased the pilot didnt beleive her. Akira put his hand back on the base of his lower jaw , a recent surgical scar there still moist with blood. He knew bringing this child into the mainstream of sirus was gonna start to stir questions..
"What should we do sir?" the pilot asked in a professional but scared manner , Akira replied" how much further to gamma?" The pilot replied " We should be at the worm hold you plotted in about one hour sir.." Akira reached for a com unit he had in his pocket , He typed in a code and the com unit softly said " secure channel open " . Akira tried to reach Scorpy on his secure private channel but there was no response , the interferance from the hybrid cloak generator must be disrupting any transmissions ... " Are we there yet daddy i feel them looking for me and if we dont hurry up they might find us!!! " Akira punched in some waypoints on the helm and told the pilot not to stray off course for any reason and contact the fighter escort and inform them of this cloacked ship , i dont know who it is but if they wanted me or the child that other frieghter would be toast by now , looking at the pilot Akira said Thank heavens for those illegal clones.. "ey sir course plotted , charging cruise engines"
Akira went to the back of the frieghter and sat next to the child , who was falling asleep so peacefully , he closed his eyes and began to drift off to sleep himself .. He began to dream of a time long past, a young women in outcast clothing sitting at the bar in Freeport 9 , her eyes as green as the oceans of malta , she looks at him from across the bar and lets off a small smile , ever so softly . Akira walks over to her and sits besides her and oreders her another sidewinder fang , She miles and says " you know most men dont live long enuff to order that drink for me ", her hand on a blaster which was hidden on her lap. Akira smiling at her and never leaveing eye contact with this beautifull women " Yea but I'm not just any man " he rplies..
Sir !! Sir !! we're in gamma sir and Flammard is bearing down on us at high speed!! Akira awakens to the sound of a coms unit beeping .... what can it be now he said , looking at his daughter , she replies " No rest for the wicked " they both chuckle ...

[ALPHA WOLF]

Slaughter comes across the Comes and States Akira my old friend I do not know what you are doing or flying with scorps crew but I will not let anything happen to the one old friend that I still have continue on your course I will take care of that cloaked ship. But be aware someday you will have to let me know why you are here that will make us even for the time you saved my hide instead of killing me. with that Slaughter opens fire on the liberty scum that is following his old friend as he does not care if it is liberty or hunter they all die the same.

[Major_Malfunction]

The shots flying through Rajyll's ship, he knew that he was targeted, marked, and it was only a matter of time before Slaughter and the Corsair escorts found the weapon frequency that disrupted his cloaking projector. That was the problem with the new ones, they made every shot fired at the ship go through, but the frequency couldn't be changed and once that frequency was found, it was just as useless as any other cloak. He had to come up with a plan, and fast.

He was too rusty to fight Slaughter and four Corsair guards. He couldn't run, because he would never find out what the destination of the freighter and its cargo was. He couldn't board the freighter, because there definitely would be security guards on board. He checked his scanner. No Xiron ships were anywhere close, so he couldn't call for help. Rajyll then had a sudden revelation. He had a bunch of old computer viruses that had never been used, and colonial computers probably couldn't stand up to them.

He loaded the computer viruses into Slaughter's and the guards' computers. Success. They were drifting helplessly in space, and wouldn't be activated until later, but they did have life support so they wouldn't die. Rajyll hacked the freighter's computer to see if they knew if he was there or not. They did, but not exactly where. He flew by the viewports and fogged up their windows with excess coolant, and fed a false reading into their computer that the other fighter's had reactivated and driven him off. He also jammed their comm system as an added precaution. He hoped the passengers didn't know that he wasn't gone, and hoped that, if they did, the pilot was extremely daft and didn't believe anything that Akira said to him.

[nobodie]

Enrique Estavez... The name spoke for itself to the ones who were in the Northern fleet, and took part in major Corsair operation against Red Hessian nation. He was Mr. Green's, (as Nobodie usually introduces himself in non-trusted environment) wingman, a friend truly admired and relied on. He died in Dresden many years ago, by the hand of a traitor, whose name had then become a form of curse between the "old generation" of Corsairs.
Since then, Nobodie carried his name as a form of respect to the old friend in few operations he had to remain unidentified. And so was this one.

Nobodie, as one of the Corsair Covenant leaders knew almost everything about what was going on, and what was going to happen soon.
As an extra safety, he decided to take part in the upcoming operation that Black Scorpion was in process of setting up to be sure everything went just in the way it should be.

His main ship had some recognisable features like bloody body paint that didnt come off so easily, so for such occasions, Nobodie had had a special ship prepared. Nothing unique, just a regular Corsairs Titan you could see patrolling in the Omicron systems.
"The Titan... just like in the good old days... Except..." He sighed.
"Except every bit of its hardware was now different... If you only knew how far Tripoli engineers had gone..."

Nobodie was one of the Corsairs who volunteered. Infact, he picked the rest of the team himself. All of them were Aces, who showed their abilities while succesfully raiding Rheinland. Novadays activity in that sector was low, and so these pilots could use an opportunity to keep their skill on the level. Marco Reyes contacted Zeta and spoke for the rest of the group. Nobodie had to stay low, he didnt want to show his trust to the ones involved in the operation was questionable. It wasn't - it was another form of security. They were crossing one system after another...

"Finally, Gamma". Nobodie thought. It looked like everything was under control. Space was clear, and soon they'd reach their destination. Nothing could possibly disturb them in the capital of Corsair nation.

Radar picked up a moving object 46k away.

"Failed to identify... hmm... either it was a bloody killer who destroyed any signs of identification to have a clear record on arrest, or something non human... Either way, if hes hostile, we will crush him in seconds," thought Nobodie while tracking the target on the radar. It was now visible as a black dot in the background of Red Dwarf.

20k away target opened fire.

"Into nowhere. What the hell are you shooting at..?" Nobodie whispered to himself while rapidly switching different radar modes. It was getting intence.
Suddenly he realised. 'He's after a cloaker! There must be more of them hid-" Nobodie shouted, but couldnt finish his sentence. Transmission was forcefully cut. Lights in the cockpit went out, all systems indicators turned red, meaning he lost all control of the ship. He, and his crew, that he saw nearby in the same light of Red Dwarf were slowly and helplessly drifting in space. Only one indicator remained green - "LS", for Life Support. Nobodie couldnt care less. Overall situation was getting more dangerous than he first thought.

Nobodie quickly opened glove compartment and started to search. Moments later he took out portable digital device and pressed power button.

The title said:

M10 Class Ω72 Series SE Corsair VHF
"TITAN"
Emergency manual

He was now flickering through the pages of data searching for some kind of a solution, hoping the rest of his team were doing the same. Its been awhile since he looked for help in the manual, as he knew most of the text word by word, however this was certainly the first time such situation occured.
"....stabilizers... ..traction... ..issues.... ...consuming... ...levels... ...systems... 17.3. Systems Reset. Factory Settings. This is it."
He stood up, took out his Ancestral Blade and started unscrewing panel that was right over his head. When he was done with the panel he saw 5 stage switch. "while putting it it to stage 2 make sure..." he was reading again. "5 stage will require you to... and start system reload. Warning. It will also disable Oxygen intake system. Do not continue unless" He already turned the switch to 5th position.

...

He felt the controls were back. Some systems were already working, some were still reloading. Titan of Diego Ramos flied through him, in direction of the Freighter. His ship seemed to be fully functional.
In the matter of seconds, Nobodie saw the cloaker. The levels of radiation in certain areas of Omicron Gamma were so high, that even latest cloaking devices were becoming unstable.

"Weapons systems loaded" said robotic voice of a woman.

Nobodie thrusted in and pressed "Fire".

[Major_Malfunction]

"NO! How did they...!?" Rajyll shouted as the Corsair guards suddenly reactivated. Now he was getting angry. He opened fire on the fighters attacking him. Two of them went down, and another lost a wing, but he had a good number of carbon blotches on his ship from weapon fire and a missing tail fin. He thought he might survive, until about ten more Corsairs from an advance guard came to pick up the freighter. There was no getting out of this one through fighting.

Rajyll threw on the cruise engines and darted off into the nearby nebula. Just to make sure he wouldn't be followed in, he dumped all of his mines behind him. Rajyll heaved an exasperated sigh and set a course for the nearest friendly base. He would have to file a report on this incident despite his very high rank, and he wasn't at all eager to publicize this failure.

[Lord Akira]

The scene is Planet Crete , a freighter sits in a hanger bay , next to it is the Flammard bearing the mark of what looks like many long battles in space. The cockpit opens to show its pilot , none other than Black Scorpion , a group of Corsair guards stand at attention and surround him as if at any moment someone might try to take his life for given the current situation he has brought to crete , that being Lord Akira and this unknown girl , someone is bound to do something stupid.. Scorpion leans over to one of the guards and sayas something to him , he responds with an confused look , only to hear his leader say "DO IT NOW!!" . Five of the twenty guards walk off with Scorp , the rest proceed to the freighter , as its cargo bay doors open to reveil a tall slender man and an average sized girl standing there. A corsair giard approaches the two say says " Lord Akira my leader has ordered me to bring you to a disclosed location here on crete , i hope it suits life style your acustomed too ". The guard cant hope to notice the eyes of Lord Akira and this girl , void of all color except Black , the result of the nomad virus that spred throughout sirus many years ago but has all since been unheard of since all the victims infected have died from it. The guards quickly escort the two to a small transport and leave quickly ..

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"Daddy" the girl whispers to Lord Akira " this place is big!" Akira knods to her as she walks to a huge window over looking the great mountains of northern crete. " I hope the living arrangements are to your liking Lord Akira , the guard says as he hands Akira his Katana and i admire that sword too ! Akira takes the sword looking at it like he was looking at an old friend , reveiling the dragon that was engraved on both sides , Thank you Akira replied , it was given to me by a man who made me what i am today and no matter how much i try to avoid it , for better or worst i see i'm much like him, starring at the girl who is leaning against the large windows looking at the beauty of the landscape around them , Akira remebers that day as clear as if it was yesterday , An old smuggler who ran illegal commoditiies through out sirus. He was known only as Overdone. The man found akira as a child in the slums of New toyko and took him in as if akira was his own child . The man taught akira the tricks of trade so too speak , which in time had led akira to the ranks of the DD.. The guard says in a uncertian tone " Black Scorpion will meet you later today to discuss to reasons for your stay here" . Akira knods and says " I'll be here waiting ".. the guard replies " and there will be guards posted at the front door and at the gates to this villa for your protection "and ours he whispers under his breath. And i have brought over some peanuts for your girl to enjoy , " SIX " the girl replied " My name is Six" ... the guard smiled and said of course as he leaves them to rest from thier trip.

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Akira walks over to the girl standing behind her as she looks out the window , he puts his hand on her shoulder as she turns to face him , an uncertian look in her eyes brings akira to one knee in front of her , he looks her deep in the eyes and says Six , this is going to be our home for now as soon as i work things out with the corsairs , I want you to be on your best behavior . I dont want you carring any weapons here understood !! The girl looked with disappointment at akira as he walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water and brought it to her , she says " I'm not thrusty " Drink it please akira said in a stern tone , knowing very well that the only way to keep the virus within her at bay is to keep her well hydrated untill he can make arrangements to get her the proper meds. He put the glass on a small stand beside her and says " I'm going to take a shower and get cleaned up over in that room , he points to what is the master bedroom , and after you finish your water you can get cleaned up too in your room over there , Akira pointed at a room right next the to the master bedroom which was all done up in white, He handed her a dufflebag which contained a clean new set of cloths they picked out in a small store before they left for crete. Akira proceeded to walk to the master bedroom to get cleaned up when his ears started to ring loudly and the air around him got as cold as space with the feeling of electricity all around him , suddenly he heard what sounded like glass breaking , he weilded his sword within an blink of an eye and turned too see his daughter in tears , " I'm sorry daddy" the girl weaped so scaredly , I just dont want you to leave me alone she replied . Akira knelt down in front of her again , looking at the shattered remains of the glass of water he placed on the stand , Hey now Six , i know this all way to scary for you , but beleive me i know what your going through , He put out his left hand as a purple mist of electricity surrounded it , see i have it too and its nothing to be scared of . He stood up looking at her like a samuri teacher would look at his student who has just realized they have a gift like noone else has. " like i said keep some water around you for when you start to feel warm and fuzzy like ", The girl chuckled at the way akira said that , he laughed too then said in a calm voice , a tone he still isnt qite used to using , Your gonna have to learn to trust me Six . I'm not going to leave you again , i promise you sweety. The girl smiled an innoccent smile then said "ok daddy" in the sweetest voice she could muster up , given what just happened still scared her . Akira stood up and gave her dufffle bag and said " lets get cleaned up before scorpy arrives ,, we dont want to look like space trash now do we?" Six said Nope!! as she scurried off to her new room to get cleaned up , Akira stood there looking at his reflection in a mirror and he whispered " Its all about change isnt that what you told me dad " he smiled uncertain of how life is going to be now but at least he knows now hes isnt alone anymore .

[Lord Akira]

It was night time , Akira was asleep and so was his daughter. Akira was lying in the bed deep asleep in the mists of a dream. It was of his childs mother , she was a strong women , raised on crete . Her family didn't have much as far as money went , like most families did. She grew up like any other child did back then but this women had a gift , she was an ace pilot rite from day one. Her father nurtured this gift of hers and it was this gift that had gotten her and her family exiled from thier homeworld , for back in the day it was unheard of for a girl to be a fighter pilot and she was caught one night out behind Crete , laying waiste to a large patrol of bounty hunters who where planning a nightly raid of tripoly station. When her ship was found by the Corsair Patrol , there was only 2 bounty hunter ships left in the fight. The girls ship , that of her fathers , was badly beatup but still holding its own. The bounty hunters ships never the less where about to explode so it was an easy kill for the Patrol. The Corsair patrol not knowing the pilot was a girl of 17 escorted the fighter back to crete , assuming its comms were damaged from the fight when several transmission requests were send and only replied with static. When the ship landed most of the Corsairs already have gotten wind of this lone pilot who saved tripoly station from a raid . The Leader back then came to personally thank and reward this pilot , but to all thier dismay when the fighter hatch opened , it was her .. Out of rage for this imbarrassment Her and her famliy were exiled..

Akira dreaming of the time they met , on freeport 9 . Back then the bar there was qite an interesting place , Akira and the now Queen of Kaos as she was know were sitting in the bar. Akira had boughter her a drink and they were in the mists of a relationship that would change Akira forever. " Well aren't you the lucky one " she said smiling at Akira , " And what do mean by that ?" akira replied , She looked him straight in the eyes , akira was still trying to control this urge to just grab her and kiss her right on the lips , but that wouldn't go well he thought , since she was the queen of Kaos the outcasts treated her like such , complete with her personal guards who were ready to shoot Akira at a moments glance from her. She said " I heard your the pilot who took out the pirate WidowMaker , the only pirate to have more kills on the lawfulls then any other alive ! " untill " akira said to her as he focused on her eyes as green as emerals, but now with a difference in it that made even her start to feel uncomfortable. "Untill ?? " she repied with a confused tone. Akira smiled knowing she was on her guard again , he smiled saying " Untill last night...." She let down her guard , knowing Akira was testing her trust the same as she had done this night with him . So what are you going to do with the 50 billion credit bounty , she said in a soft tone.
"Take you to dinner" akira said. She smiled and stood up saying , what would the DD high command do , knowing thier now ace pilot is taking an know pirate out to dinner? Akira replied " What they dont know wont hurt them i suppose? anyway i have some vacation time built up from the past 2 years and im dew for some "me" time.. he said as he stood to face her. Her hand extended out she said " I've got just the place for that ! "


"Daddy!!! , Daddy!! wake up! .. Akira awoke to Six tugging at his arm . There is a man here who said to wake you!! , "Tell him i'll be right there " he said.. Okkee's Six replied with a smile that still easied akiras heart. He was surprised she wasnt affraid of this man who entered the villa , that which made akira uneasy , knowing someone could just walk in like that .. "Some good guards they have here " Akira whispered to himself as he got dressed and proceeded to the kitchen , still confused of how his daughter hasnt cowarded at his side with this stranger in the villa , he see's none other than other than Black Scorpion sitting at the kitchen table with Six , both drinking a glass of water.. " Forgive me for coming so early in the morning , i been busy .. " Akira looked at him knowing this was going to be an interesting morning. Well i see you have met Six my daughter , and i guess i dont need to be all formal like now , akira said as he made a cup of coffee and sat across the table from Scorp. No you dont .. Scorp replied , but i'm still confused of why the Leader of the DD has come to crete , with a young girl who is very pretty , he said looking at her as she smiled with her onyx black eyes. Is this child some sort of cover? Akira put down his cup of coffee on the table , leaned down on the table and said " Six is my daughter , untill 5 months ago i didnt know she even exsisted , she was placed under arrest for killing a liberty Security officer , she ran from them and stole a ship .. A bounty was put out for her and , well , i took it since i needed an easy job to do, i found her in leeds , upon entering the small freighter i figured she had someone flying it for her so i had my blaster ready , too my dismay it was just her in there .. But thats not what confused me , it was when i grabbed her from under the cockpit and saw her eyes...... I thought i was the only one left , 16 years i been the only one know still alive with the nomad virus.. It stunnded me so much that i couldnt just bring her back to New york where you know they would kill her for what she did , More than that i didnt know how she lived this long without someone saying anything about it ?? " Contacts " Six replied with her innocent voice.. Yes akira said , green eye contact lenses.. which luckily had fallen out when i had grabbed her.. So i took her to and old friends supply base well hidden off in the unknowns and did some research on her , figureing it would give everything time to cool down and i could get the answers i was looking for. Well long story short , DNA proved what i felt inside after gaining a little of her trust those 4 months alone with her , she was my daughter , her mom was an outcast pilot i had an affair with 17 years ago ,who is now sad to say not with us anymore..



Suddenly Six started to cry there at the table , both Akira and Scorp felt her pain . she stood up and with a sobbing voice she said " I'm gonna kill them !!! I'll Kill them all and thier families for what they did to my mommy!!" Right then both Akira and Scorp's ears started to ring loudly with an high pitched roar and the cups and glass's on the kitchen table exploded into dusty crystles.. Akira stood up and Yelled " SIX !!!! STOP IT NOW !!!!! " the roaring pitch stopped and Six stood there scared again .. " I'm sorry daddy !!! " she cried as she again coward at akira's side .. " Go get a glass of water sweety and look out the window , i heard the sunrises here are very pretty" !! beside me and Scorp here have to talk privately ok Six.. " Okkees Daddy " Six said still sobbing .. Akira sat down again and so did Scorp, before Akira could open his mouth to talk Scorp put his hands on the table and said . " Does anyone else know about her and what she is capable of ??? " Akira replied in a solom tone , Lets say the ones who came into contact with her in liberty were less fortunate then these glass's here on this table.... I had to cover our tract anyway i could for the past 4 months , i sold most of my person belonging and my flag ships in the DD were sent on , lets just say a wild goose chase that led to thier non exsistance now.. Scorp felt uneasy when he heard that , but he could hear the pain in Akiras heart when he spoke. So i hid all around the borderlands , knowing money here could buy just about anything , and when questions were asked about us..... , Akira was just silent after that , he just turned to stare at Six who was looking at all the beauty that the villa had to offer..



" I understand now " Scorp said in a low tone.. But what can we do here ? my forces are dwindling to nothing and when they find the trails of bodies im sure you left behind , everyone in sirus will be looking to collect on your heads.. And then what of the DD , even i know revenge will be sort after when they find out of your betrayal to them by killing your own crews?? Akira looked at Scorp with the same glance he has been know for right before all hell would break lose , And what of you? I'm sure the credits from our bounty would help your forces .. They were both silent for a breif moment and the tension was even felt by Six as she stood there at the kitchen door staring at them both.. Scorp looked at Akira and said " I said i understand didnt i? I repect what your doing and i have no intentions of killing off a fathers love for his child , No matter what the price might be , but like i said my forces arent strong enough yet to fend off the coming battles we both know will happen.. So your granting us asylum here on crete? Akira replied .. Scorp was silent for a moment , staring at the girl who was now beside akira holding his arm.. Scorp looked at Akira and said " Under one condition !! " Akira unsure of how to react said " And that is???? " Scorp said as he stood up and put on his coat bearing the ranks and awards only the best of the best corsairs have worn . " I want you to help the CCOF and our cause by joining us " besides i could use the help of a pilot of your caliber in my ranks , your knowledge of the trade routes of sirus are usefull and your skills as a fighter have given you a reputation even here among the corsairs... Akira was silent , then stood up to face Scorp who was staring at Six , Akira extened his hand and the two shook hands , " I'll take that as a yes?" scorp said . Yes Akira replied with a tone as serious and he could be .. Good!!! Scorp said as he walked to the front door , he turn to Akira and said " We can discuss this further on friday over dinner .. that will give you two enuff time to get used to corsair life here and me enuff time work out stuff on my end .. "Fair enuff" Akira said as he held Six close by him .. Scorp turned and smiled at six before he left with his guards and said to her " and Six ... Welcome to your new home ... She shead a tear and smiled back saying " thank you Mr. Scorpion" He looked at akira and knodded with a smile and said " theres a personal transport here for you two , its yours to use to get around crete , my gift to you and Six . He then left with his guards.. and it was silent in the house as the father and daughter stood looking at each other.. Akira smiled and said to Six " how about we go out for breakfast ? " Six ran to the door still in her night cloths looking back and saying " Well lets go!! im really hungry!!" Akira smiled and whispered to himself as he followed her to the door " Just like her mother " and the two when off to breakfast ....

[Lord Akira]

Crete has changed alot since Akira has last visited. Six is walking by his side both with a calm look on thier faces. Akira was reading messages on his personal coms unit and Six was being a typical teen age girl and tugging on his arm everytime they passed a clothing store with something she wanted.. Akira thought to himself " Good too see she is adjusting and being a child her age" as she gave him that little girl look that asking " Dad what are you doing?" Akira looking at his com unit said " I'm sending a message to a old friend who helped us get here. " Who?" Six asked. His name is Slaughter , he told her , SLAUGHTER!!! thats a yukky name she replied.... Akira smiled and said , well Six he didnt always go by that name and we both have paths that have crossed too many times and each time something good came of it , so i owe some respect to him and i needed to thank him for his assistance on our escape from lime light..
Lime light? Six replied ... Its an old figure of speach meaning being where everyone can see you... oh i get it now she giggled as a stray dog came up and started to lick her hand. Akira's com unit beeped and he checked it , it was a message form scorp telling him that there was some packages for him at the Corsair Maintance hanger numbered 003 and someone will meet him back at the villa to bring him there.. " Well our little window shopping tour will have to be put on hold Six" akira replied.. Six gave him a disappointed look and said ok..

Back at the villa Akira and six were waiting for thier escort to the maintance hanger , in the front yard a shuttle landed, Six yelled from the front door " Our ride is here dad!!!" , Akira who was finishing putting on his normal atire for unexpected trips yelled back " I'm coming!!!' .. Akira walked out the door expecting the normal group of guards who usually brought him and Six anywhere. But there stood a women almost as tall as akira , " Greetings Lord Akira , I'll be taking you to the maintance hanger" Confused Akira said " But your a women? " Knowing from the past that the corsairs discouraged females from being in thier ranks.. Six turned to akira and kicked him in the leg , Akira yelled OUCH!! Six that hurt !!" Whats wrong with a girl being a pilot dad? its a proved fact that females have better reflexs then males do dad... she said with that little girl look again. "Smart girl you got there!" The women said.. Yea sometimes a little too smart Akira said , as he glared at six with a angered look, Six glared back at him with an equally mean look as if she was challenging her own father.. " Would you like me too put this trip on hold while you two duke it out here? But i feel it would be an unfair fight!" Akira looked at this women and smirked saying " I wouldnt hurt her so you can rest easy" the women looked back akira and said " I wasnt saying it would be unfair for her " as she had her hand on a conceiled blaster with a smile on her face.. Let say we forget this and get going the women replied. " Yea sounds good" Akira replied.. " I like her dad " Six whispered to akira .. He smiled back at her as they all entered the transport and left the villa ...

The Transport landed at the maintance hanger , Akira , Six and this women got out and walked into the hanger. There perched on thier landing gear stood 3 ships. 2 fighters and a cargo ship. All bearing the tags of no other than DD Akira himself.. "How'd you guys get them here?" Akira said with a sort of happy tone.. The women replied " It took Scorp alot of credits but he managed to have them stolen from New Toyko before the Kusari navy was about to turn them into some rich fools new toys.. " Akira said , well i guess i owe Scorp more than he could ever tally up as he gently ran his hand over the body of one of the fighters , a mantis fully loaded with all the goodies any gun fighter could get. the women now standing beside akira asked him " why only guns on this ship? " Akira smiled as he turned to face this women , Its the trademark of a skilled pilot any monkey can shoot a torp or a homing missle at a ship and hit it 85% of the time. But to fight someone with just guns is the measure of a real pilot , at least i like to think so myself , Akira replied. " I respect that" the women said.. Akira stood there looking at this women knowing she was comfortable around fighters and now around him too, then in a worried look , the women confused asked him " Whats wrong ?" , "Six wheres Six!!!" Akira said as if someone just stole a billion creds from him!! The two walked quickly around the ships looking and calling for her but there was no reply.. SIX ! akira yelled in the hanger , corsair guards have now came to the front of the hanger after hearing the yelling of the two looking for Six.. In the back hanger a guard yelled!! I found her !! Akira and the wome ran to the back to find Six standing at an beatup outcast saber. Akira with a look of worry in his eyes approached Six as she stood by the fighter with this focused look in her eyes , fixed on this fighter , on the ground was this corsair guard curled up in the fetal position moaning.. The women now just as confused as the rest of guard there asked "What happened?" The guard on the floor moaned out loud " That little devil kicked me right between the legs!!!!" Akira shocked that she didnt yell or call for him stood there looking at six with a now even more worried look in his eyes , Six's eyes still fixed on this ship said in a mono-tone voice " I want to learn how to fly dad..." The women looked at the both of them knowing something deep and personal was going on between the both of them. Akira said to Six in a low but clear voice " Not yet sweety , its still too early for you to do that , there are too many people who are going to want us dead , and still too many out there who would cause you harm in one of those , just for the hell of it.." . Six said " Please daddy" , you know i can fly it bymyself and i can fly around gamma with you and practice.. Akira scared at what his child is saying cant help but turn away , knowing his child is as good as any cadet he trained back in the day , but his fear of what could happen if she was alone didnt let him give in to her.. " not yet sweety " Knowing someday in the future he is going to have to over come his fear and let her truely be his child and follow his footsteps , like he already knows she is...

As Akira , Six and this women left in the transport to return to the villa , Six asked this women who has been with them all day , " Whats your name?" . The women who was sitting next to the pilot turned and said to the both of them " My name is Athena " .. Six smiled and said " I like that name " as Akira sat up to look out the veiw port and asked her " And how did you get a job like this?" Athena with her eyes focused on Akira said , I was a navigator for a wealthy smuggler , but as times got hard I was let go to "find my own way" . So i was offered this job as an escort and i took it .. Navigator? Six replied .. You dont look like navigator too me! Athena replied " And you dont look like someone who knows how to fly her way around sirus " The two smiled at each other and akira could see a small bond between the two already. "So how long do you plan on being an escort" Akira said still looking out the window at the scenery passing by. " Just for today" Athena replied. " Well you know how to get around , do you know your way around a villa?" Akira asked her , but now with his dark black eyes focused on her.. " What do you mean? " Athena said as she couldnt help but stare at the both of them . " What im asking is , if this escort job is a one time deal then you'll need a job after that ,right! I'm in need of an assistant who can look after my daughter when i'm not around and stay with us at the villa , and besides you two seem to have something in common " as he stared at Six . Six , with this look of confusment , said " where would she sleep if she did stay?" Athena now kind of half embarrised and half confused was speachless over the way the two of them just bluntly decided over her staying with them. Akira replied " there's an extra bed room next to yours six , she can stay there" Six with her dark black eyes looking at athena said " Well is it yes or no? "

Athena confused by the way Akira and Six seem to be so much alike that they seem to know what the other is thinking replied " Well if its ok with them both of you? " Akira said " Ok your hired , but mind you i dont have much money right now untill i get things straightend out , lets say room and board and an allowance for when you girls want to go out and play, is that acceptable ? " Athena with a smile said yes it is..... Akira knowing that Six will need a female figure around her also said " good then its settled you can start today " Six with this smile leaned towards athena and whispered " can you cook? " Athena whispered back yes i can why? Six said " Because my dads cooking sometimes is like eating burnt dirt!! " Akira said " I heard that !!! as athena chuckled and whispered back to six " I'll teach you how to cook so you dont have to eat burnt dirt anymore ok " the two smile and giggled .. Akira staring out the window as the villa approached thier sight said " I see you two are going to get along just fine , Just promise no joy rides to New london to go shopping ok!" The two girls said " Shopping? " with this innocent look . Akira getting out of the now landed transport said yea i know that tone Six , ever since i shown you the clothing stores there on cambridge you been bugging me to go out shopping , SIx who was just wearing a pair of jeans and T-shirt looked at athena and said i " I cant wear stuff like this forever? " Athena who was dressed in a formal skirt and shirt said " my first chore i see is dressing you more like a girl and not a tomboy" Six pleased with that took her by the hand and said Let me show you your room its next to mine !!! and the two ran off into the house. Akira walking his way into the house as the transport left behind him said to himself " This is going to be interresting when this Athena gets to see Six's "" Other side ""... As he closed the door to the villa ...

[ALPHA WOLF]

Slaughter was working on his ship when his personal com vibrated as he hated any sounds it was from an old friend Akira as he was reading what was being sent to him.
It all started to become clear to him why he had to get to Create and become invisable for awhile as he was reading his mind started to think back of the day when akira and him where on the same side fighting
for the same cause MONEY and as he was lost in his thoughts he was thinking good Akira went back to his roots where he started from and met that princes but he never knew about the child and it all came
togeather for him at that point
He typed back Akira my old and only friend I am glad you found some peace at last but beware my old friend it won't last long and as long as I draw a breath I will always fight by your side with that Slaughter ended the
Com message, But there was a part of him that was at peace knowing his old friend was safe for now. With that Slaughter went back to what he was doing and he thought be well my friend be well.

[Black Scorpion]

After having the talk with Akira in the villa on Crete, Scorp had returned to Tripoli Shipyard to finish the maintenance on his ships. They had been coming along pretty nicely, and he had just finished replacing the plasma filters on his Ravenclaw. All they needed now was a good wash and a polish and they would be all ready to go again.
As Scorp walked to the back of the maintenance hangar to get a bucket of water, he ran past the events of the last few days in his head. A lot of unexpected things had happened in a short time. He had gained a new member to his clan, and a very worthy one as it seemed. Although Scorp did not accept new members into the CCoF very easily, he strongly felt that Akira would make a fine addition. He came across as trustworthy and sincere, and Scorp knew about his reputation. He was a dam good fighter, there were even some Corsair pilots who wouldn't like going toe-to-toe with Akira in a fight. And that was saying something...
Usually, Scorp was good at reading people, and he had gone with his gut feeling when he asked Akira to join. It just felt like the right thing to do. Nevertheless, the pace in which everything had passed, made that there were still a few remaining questions.
Was Akira really who he said he was? Although he felt he could trust him, Scorp had little to no proof to corroborate Akira's story. Then there was the girl. No doubt she had powers that Scorp had never seen before. And it wasn't quite clear to him yet how she got them, and more importantly, whether or not they could pose a threat to the Covenant, or even worse, to the Crete population. "Hmmm", he mumbled to himself, "Maybe it would have been better if I had put them on a more isolated location after all, somewhere the girl couldn't hurt anyone." But what's done is done, Scorp was not planning to revert his decisions.

"Let's give them a couple of days to get themselves familiarized on Crete before I ask him to report for active duty", Scorp said to himself. "That will hopefully help to build a bond of trust between the two of us." Trust was essential for the functioning of the CCoF. The group was so small and they were involved in so many hi-risk operations so often, that the only way to actually function was to have absolute and unquestioned trust between the members. From every member, Scorp knew that he could count on them with his eyes closed whenever he needed them. And they would all follow him into any hot-spot without questioning and see any peril through to the sometimes bitter end.
Scorp didn't know for sure yet whether he could expect the same from Akira, and whether or not Akira realized what it meant to be a member of the Covenant. It was a hard path to follow, a challenging way of life, and it was most certainly not just a job, a mistake many others had made in the past. It was a cause you had to believe in, a way of life even. And far from easy.
"Yeah, maybe I do need to have another talk with Akira about this. See if he realizes what he just accepted to. I'll contact him right after I finish washing the ships", he thought, as he soaped in the smooth but smudged body of the Flammard.

Something else that had been keeping him busy, was this Athena woman. Scorp had hired her to provide an escort for Akira just because she had good credentials, but didn't really know a lot about her. There wasn't a lot on record about this woman. Just in case Scorp had ordered his guards to keep an eye on her as well. It wasn't Scorp's habit to hire people he had no background info on, but he hadn't had a choice this time. Staff was hard to find these days. But the past few days had went fine and it seemed this Athena woman had come through.
For a split second, it even crossed his mind how she would do as a member of the CCoF, even though that would be a long shot. Never before had a woman been a member of the CCoF, certainly not by invitation.
Anyway, he needed to learn a lot more about this woman before he would even consider her. "Maybe I should ask her to join Akira and me for diner this evening so we can have a talk", Scorp thought...

He stepped back from his main ship, the CCoF Flammard, which he had saved for last with the polish. The CCoF Flammards all had upgraded ship weapon and power systems, and he had designed the color scheme for all the CCoF Flammards himself some time ago. They were all painted in mostly black, with red and white detailing and striping. They also had the unmistakable CCoF logo printed on the wing. It was his pride. He glanced over the smooth and now shiny body with one eye closed. "God, she's sexy", he said to himself.
After standing there for another minute just looking at his ship, he walked to the cockpit hatch and pressed the 'open' button that was located on the side just below the hatch. It open the pressurized cockpit with a loud hissing noise. Scorp climbed in, activated the ship's systems, ran through the pre-flight checks and started the take-off sequence. As the ship gently lifted itself from the hangar floor, it felt more solid than ever before. Scorp reversed just a bit, then gently turned the ship's nose to the hangar exit, which was separated from the nothingness of space by just a forcefield. He slowly nudged the throttle forward, and the ship started gliding towards the exit, almost without making a sound. As it passed the forcefield, its hull released its remaining static to the forcefield, which always made for a very nice sparkling effect. With Tripoli getting smaller and smaller in his rear view, he kicked the throttle up to max and charged his cruise engines. "Let's go for a little ride babe", he said to his ship. "And when we had enough, we'll go back to Crete to meet with Akira again".

[ALPHA WOLF]

Slaughter had just finished installing his new thrusters and was lost in his thoughts, He knew Scorp as a cold calculating pilot as well as his old friend Akira he could not help but wonder why. Why would the CCOF or much less Akira join the CCOF. This confused Slaughter as he knew that as a killer he would have to shoot at Scorp which in turn Akira would shoot Slaughter all the while he was thinking what has this all come about for and why. all he could think of was the litle girl and Akira wanting her to be safe but with a price on his head akira and the girl would be safe nowhere this disturbed Slaughter as he had no friends except Akira and he thought do I stay out of this or do I kill anything that gets near Akira and the girl this will take alot of thought. With that slaughter went back to work on his ship as the last battle did it's share of damage. all he could think of is if Scorp hurts the only friend he has there will be no place he can hide.

[Lord Akira]

Akira lying in bed was running through the events that had come to pass. Six and athena were happily making dinner in the kitchen and akira was lost in memories of the past , with his eyes closed he remembered the old man who he had the honor of calling " father " .. It was New berlin just outside of the sigma 13 jump hole , they were making a cardi run to New York . Akira was in his old bwing and OverDone was in his corvette/ Little did akira know at the time this was going to be the last time he saw Overdone and it was the begining of the darkest time in akiras life. They just came out the jumphole into new berlin and to thier surprise there was waiting a fleet of fighters and battleships. Akira out of instincts armed his guns and was ready to fire his thrusters " Akira proceed to the waypoint we had talked about" he heard from over the coms "What you freakin nuts dad? You go on and i'll cover you as long as i can!!! " "No do as i say Akira , your cargo is more important!! " Akira knowing very well if he disobeyed his dad he'd face more than hell its self fired off all his counter measures and heard OverDone say " I'm right behind you just GO!! out of his rearview monitor he saw Overdone's corvette steaming full power towards the Fleet bearing down on them with guns blazing the night sky. Suddenly there was a flash of light as the corvette exploded into ball of flames.

Akira awoke to athena standing at the doorway with Six at her side. " Is everything ok? they both asked. Akira stood up and went to an old rusty locker at the foot of his bed, opened it and placed an old audio chip on the bed and took out an old fight suit a put it on , both Six and Athena were confused ? Six walked over to Akira and held his hand as she said " Its not that time yet is it dad? " Athena still confused asked " time for what?" Akira looked at her and said " Time for me to get my ships prepared..." Akira finished putting the flight suit and walked over to the bedroom window , Six was now standing behind him sobbing with tears.. " Prepared of what? " athena replied ... She saw a look in akiras eyes , it was like he was just slapped in the face ... Six suddenly cried outloud " Daddy please dont go yet!! , what if you get hurt?" Akira turned to them both and said " I'm just going to fix up that old flammard sitting down in the hanger bay" What about our dinner date with Scorp" athena said? I wont be late and if i am , im sure the both of you could charm him untill i show up was all that akira said as he left out the front door with the old audio chip in his hand...

Walking through the hallway to the hanger where the old flammard sat akira saw that the corsairs were well dissaplined force since he was last in thier presence. He couldnt have felt more appart of something that mattered. He saw that most of the pilots here were rpairing thier own ships , something he hadn't done for qite awhile since the DD had recruits to do that. He made his way to hanger 03 and there she was , the old beaten Flammard .. He reached and opened the cockpit , felt around under the pilot seat and found his old tool bag , placed it on the ground and began taking the tarp off the wings and back end of the ship. There on the body of the ship was something written in old english lettering it boar the name " Bad_Company" he stood back from the ship as a corsair pilot approached akira and asked " Why call her Bad Company?" Akira smirked and said " it was what and old man call her everytime i asked to fly her and he said not yet" Looking at the old audio chip he knew it was time to heard what was on this chip. His father gave it to him and said that Akira would know the right time to Play its contents. Looking at the old ship akira knew it was time , his life again has come full circle and he was back living under the gun again. He knew the corsairs were much like himself , misunderstood , full of honor among themselves and full of vengence towards the " Powers that be " Much like himself .... So fitting in wouldn't be much trouble for him..

So akira climbed into the ship and placed the audio chip in the ships com's playback unit and looked out over the hanger at all the fighters with thier pilots working steadily repairing and cleaning thier ships and listend to the playing audio chip.....


Full recording of the audio chips contents

[ALPHA WOLF]

Alpha Wolf was sitting in his fighter doing some last minute weapons adjustments and he started to get lost in his thoughts, You see since Lord Akira had gone back to his roots Alpha Wolf had also decided to take back his given name as he had been know as slaughter. But he had not heard from his old friend in almost a month and he could not help but wonder what was going on with his old pal and how was he and his daughter doing now that they were corsairs. Had the Corsairs killed them out of old revenge and wounds that would not heal or did his old friend finally retire or meet someone meaner than him. But he knew that one way or the other he was determand to find out and if that Corsair scum did hurt his friend there would be nowhere he could hide as Alpha Wolf had only one true friend in his life but also understood that life is cheap out in space.
With that he snapped out of his thoughts and went back to work but vowing to find out.