Space Cowboy-3 (Biltmore Castle Station)

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Rex Lionheart.
Ship name:Star Dreamer
Height: 6'2'"
Weight: 195
Hair:Sandy in a longish Military style.
Eyes:Hazel
Species:Human
Age:28
Race:White
Nationality:Anglo-American/Moon, third generation 'Moonie"(born on Terren moon)
Back round: Five years in miliatary flying scouts. 3 years back won a the the interplanitary race from Earth to Neptune with three second place finishes previosly. Talks about engines and drives and tech chat to anyone who will listen. Drinks some, but not to excess, no nose candy or vein runners, that is simply as the 20th Century for him. Loves all women, anything female catches his eye, though he prefers humans as bed mates, but has an alian side kick. She is a NEON a race that glows when excited. Her name is Halo. Her hue is blue.

 

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story line

Rex and the Star Dreamer are now on there third mission hunting his old enemy the GATEKEEPER. The gatekeeper killed his family at an outpost called Morganville. He sworn revenge and bring the Gatekeeper to Justice. Space justice would service him fine.


Looking for crew:

Ladies and guys. You should know this is an armed freighter.

And Neon as a NPC will be the Navigator.......all other are welcome. More story line will be released as needed also much back story.

 

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This is how the story started back two years ago


"Ah yeah" "Computer what is this place again?"
A machanicaly twangie female voice. "STAR BASE TYCHO. zone 11, chart 16, open military,fuel, lounge, docking bays unknown."
"Ok lets try this again....Starbase Tycho this is Merchant Ship Star Dreamer,licence number IS789-2-456 requesting landing instruction, over."
Ten seconds later Rex heards:
"Merchant Ship Star Dreamer-be advised bays one through eleven are for military use only. Do you carry any military cargo?"
"Star Base Tycho, military cargo,no that would be illegal,Interstellular rule,11-2, any civilian carrier transporting military cargo without a MSI licence is subject to seizure and loss of license...No I have no Millitary CargVER.
After twenty seconds:
Merchant Ship Star Dreamer proceed to docking bay 14B have all cargo manifests and licences available for Dock Master upon egressing your vehicle.
Rex shakes his head. "Computer did he say' egressing your vehicle', did I hear that right?"
"Rex.you forgot again, open military, yes egressing your vehicle is standard landing phasing for what you want to do, land the damn ship I need fuel!!
"Computer, Damn girl I'll get you fed, chill out."
Rex cruises around the Starbase till he finds bay 14B and gently fits in to the bay and locks the Star Dreamer into place. He gathers his E-Books and breaks the airlock and opens the ship's door. The docking bay opens to a burly cheif. Dock Master patch on his uniform.
"E-Book or papers, please!" says the Dock Master.
Rex looks around.
"So this is Star baseTycho, heh, kind of on the small side, chief. "
"Thats Dock Master Barstack to you, box hauler" the chief replied.
Rex is taken aback back by the Dock Masters remark.
Rex smiles and looks down at the shorter man that must be an authority figure
on the station. He had on a uniform but not the kind that Rex had worn.
'He must be some kind of commander or something'. Rex thinks.
Rex continues to smile and looks around before answering.
"Pineapples!"Rex sees the shocked look of the Commander.
"Yes I know 70 light years from Earth and I have Pineapples,2000 credits each, I have 5 in sepend pacs-that means there as fresh as the day they were picked,how many do you want?"
John approached the ship with a sensor clip board in hand ,a sidearm in holster, and Private Janas a few feet away , she would stand guard by the ships entrance until he cleared the ship completely.

"Captain Rex Lionheart , Pineapple merchant ," he said with a dead pan face" what else are you hauling Captain?"

John knew there was more to this captain than met the eye, for even with the sale of Pineapples he would not cover his costs getting here let alone heading back to the nearest port, and merchants never did anything that wasn't to their advantage...so there was another reason to uncover here and John intended to keep a close eye on Rex Lionheart until he had more answers....answers that made sence.

Rex studied the the Lieutenant as he aproached with a delightful assistant with her hair up in a very military way, sexy. Rex looks at the the patches on the uniform and sees one he recognizes. 'The Devil Rays, fighter ships' Rex thinks.
"Tigersharks or Stingrays?' Rex askes pointing to the patch.
"Tigers" he answered without thinking.
"Tigershark is a fine ship, heavy though, I prefer Spiders."
Rex hands his E-Book and manifest to the Lieutenant.
"I was with the 43rd Scouts out of Starbase Granger!" while the Lieutenant was focused on the E-book, Rex turned his attention to the private.
"Have you ever seen a Spider ship...Ah private Janas? Very tight little ship fits in allmost anywhere,and hard to forget!"
The Lieutenant looks up from the E-book and looks at Private Janas and sees her blushing. "Attention, private!"
He returns his attention to Rex.
"You have a few problems with your manifests, like this.....

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Space Cowboy-3 (Biltmore Castle Station)

Tera Wilke’s
Ship name: Dark Glade (Fighter)
Height: 5'4'"
Weight: NO COMMENT
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Species:Vargan
Age:34 cycles
Race: Vargai
Nationality: Unkown
Back round: Unknown Her file is classified.

 

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flashback

The trance had brought back the dream again. Rex slowly slid down the wall till he was sitting on the floor.Asleep.
The chanting had stopped as he fell deeper into sleep. Now it ended with the flash of color. In his mind he caught the smell of the smoke, it was out side but he could see it clearly, he was flying though it now. OH MY GOD all those people he could see the bodies now, small, some twisted at sickening angles.
Blast mark cover so many walls, now he could see, so much more now, they were scattered in clusters, some blown apart, limbs, the bodies gored and starting to bloat. He wanted to to land, but could not, more and more and still more. He banked to come around and he saw it, the focus, he blinked. He wanted to cry, WELCOME TO MORGANVILLE all those people, he had been late, three days, Rex stared at the sign, Morganville......Morganville .....Suddenly he stood up and yelled.MORGANVILLE.... as he started to wake....never again...I had sworn...never again....he was alone..in his cell ...again....once more in to the breack good men back in to the breach....he slid back to the floor, I hate that dream....too bad it was all true...three days late...If I had gotten there....maybe.....it was way to late for that...and now this....once more into.........
Rex slid back into the land of sleep. He sat on the floor back against the wall. It was different this time he was flying...always flying endless hours jumping one light system to the next.*CRUNCH*
What was that? Them he saw them, far out and closing *Bam* ...*BAM* they were getting closer. Rex looked to target one of the enemy, whoever they were. *BMMM* They just missed. Range Max. EFFECT. Fire! Four bursts flashed out of the nose of the ship. Two high speed rockets had fired off their rails. Rex started dumping chaff and brightlight flares. Heat and mass, great....go for it. Rex hit the emergency thrusters. He changed direction and pointed his ship "UP" I got to get off this plain change the .....his weapons burst on the enemy. Two exploded out right. The third was hit, but still alive and leaving at a fast rate. Oh,no....something is wrong. Power dropping, check the charts....my charts..computer...nearest StarBases. The computer flashed a chart then flashed the Starbase...Star base Eagle...never been there....Emergency ....Need assistance engine failure.... he waited.. and flew on toward the Starbase. StarBase Eagle ...I have an Emergency engine failure, need assistance, battle damage, he flew on.....Starbase Eagle..I need assistance...battle damage....request docking and machanial assistance...repeat battle damage.....engine failure...need assistance.
*TWEEP* This is Eagle approach control, Are you American? do you have papers proving your an American?
What....Eagle I have an Emergency...I need assistance I was ambushed, have engine damage and expected failure....
*TWEEP* I will ask one more time then we will fire on you....Are you American? Do you have papers proving your American?
Rex did not beleive what he was hearing....American seven light years from any where......YES I"M An American....My Father is American....
*TWEEP* What state.....IN America?
What....state.... oh my god....where...oh yeh...New Jersey..
*TWEEP*Free or slave ...
FREE...
*TWEEP*Please hold...
PLease hold........are you...what...
*TWEEP*Docking bay 6...have papers ready!
Engine power at 6% come on...
Rex slid the ship into the docking day, suddenly the ship shuttered the docking clamps took over the ship. The door open without Rex even moving. Three men moved into the ship. "PAPERS"
Rex still sitting in his seat opened an over head pouch and handed over the the papers.
A very tall one looked at the papers.....your not an American....your a MOONIE......A half breed MOOONIE, you lied, you are not pure..Take him to the basement....put him on a wall...lock him up ....we will show you ....Moonie.....how we Americans treat our unwelcome guests....

Rex was still sitting against the wall listening to the doc. Rex just realized why the doctor was here. Morganville...that, ok I can, well can I talk about it. Rex was not sure if he could talk about Morganville. It was a subject that cut both ways. Sure he could talk to the doc about Morganville,the old history, but the news had been cut short because how it had happened that was still classified, and out of bounds. He decided to tell the Doc what he could say, and leave out what was classified. "Get comfortable Doc, cause this is a long and complicated story. To start with you are right and wrong at the same time. Yes, the Morganville disaster was or should I say disasters were a while ago. What most of the populace doesn't know was that there have been three seperate Morganville disasters. The first was a mining disaster that killed 42 miners and released a cloud of poisinous gas into the air around Morganville that was 150 years ago. The second was different all together and was secret till just 20 years ago and that was a Biogenix test on the citizens and 100 prisoner in the very same Morganville that was some 55 years ago. I'm 28 doc, so there is no way I could of been there, as far as I know, unless you live in a farie tale world, or really beleive the SCIFI writers, we can not travel in time, and I heard you say 'wormhole' that I can not talk about. And if you add the two together and you talk about it, you will be in a brig, oh not here, but at a far more, how can I say this, interesting place. And yes Doc, there was a third Morganville disaster. I know for a fact Doc, I was there. And it was not 150 or 55 years ago......I left there just before coming here, I swore it would not happen again, that's why I'm here doc, to save your life, the Lieutenant's, even the Commander's. There is a gatekeeper coming here, he is a traitor to the Republic and a mass murder and........I have to kill him. To tell you the truth Doc I've told you more then I should of, but everyone here sees me as a bad guy. If you had seen the horrors I have seen, you would hang your heads in shame, in shame Doc,for some still beleive that I am the bad guy in all of this.

 

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the "castle"

The biggest gunslinger of them all in this part of space was "Wild Bill" Biltmore. Wild Bill was a
bounty and pirate hunter. His ship was the Southern Cross. He would roam the star systems
looking for bad guy to bring to justice.After many years the Republic Credits started to stack up
and he looked for a place to settle down. He built the"Castle" on a planet a few light years away from
the most heavily traveled merchant traffic that was around at that time.
After he retired and settled down other law eforcement folks stop by and asked if Bill would hold
on to their prisoners for them. Sure Bill would say and promply put them to work. Space justice
can be a cruel master, and Bill was not faint hearted. You broke the law you were going to pay.
Women worked on their backs and their legs open and the men lugged product and masonry and
rock on there backs. Every one worked, the men would collapse and be carried off by other prisoners
to an aide station. The women were given better medical care for they were need just as much as
the men. And made a bulk of the money that Bill had coming in. The men built the castle while the
women payed for it.Soon word got out that crime was just not worth the risk of ending up in "the Castle".
Stories of the Castle floated all over the known space world. Finally world got to the higher authorities
and an investigation was started. Pressure from goverment over the vast spread of space that some
of "their" people were being held in bondage at the Castle with out benifit of trial or hearing. Some thing
had to be done to end this unjustifed detention of "innocent persons".
Wild Bill or AKA William Albert Biltmore, his birth name never lived to see the closing of the Castle.
Wild Bill was with two of his favorite prisoners Sally 14 and Joany 11. They were breaking in a new girl
Jill 42. Bill hadthe girls hold her down while he banged away. He came and then left them.
Biltmore Castle was closed and the prisoners moved. Slowly crime started to rear it ugly head again.
It was decided to reopen the castle as a Republic out post Station.
Some say if you go down to the lowest "storerooms" you can still here the women screaming.

 

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This is going to be tough, Tera thought as her craft drifted in shadow waiting for the rest of her team to slip stream in to meet her, but in vein she waited for they were ambushed by the stealth of her enemy, out gunned and out numbered they stood little chance of survival.

Sporadic messages reached her communications drone and she engaged her ion drive, to little to late, she arrived as the last of her friends exploded, surrounded she never surrendered, they targeted her propulsion drive and disabled her ship, she was captured and taken to a prison ship, kept in a stasis shield she was trapped as they tore at her ship technology unseen and valuable.


Tera closed her eye’s an so her ship also ceased to function, this left the tech’s perplexed ,Baffled an as the interrogation began she stood fast knowing help was going to be on it’s way. “Name Tera, rank pilot, Designation, breeder.” She kept repeating it over and over. Her ship transmitting a beacon.

 

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battle scene

"NEON WHAT IS SHIT?Rex yelled to the far side of the comand cabin. They had been running a cargo mission with just the two of them. great for profits lousy in a fight. They had jumped out hyper space and ran smack in to a debris field. Ship part banged against the Star Dreamers hull.
"OK....ah deflectors at half, hi and low....ah raising sheilds and the banging stopped.
"Damn Neon what happened?"he askes his navigator the lovely Blue Halo named Neon.
"Get real great pilot, you flew us in to an uncharted debris field, don't pull that crap with me crowder head, yhat its my fault!"

 

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destroyer

Neon returned to looking at her board. There was a ship on her scanner on the edge of the debris
field. "Rex there is a Merckinyte destroyer at the edge of the debrisfeild and he is scanning us"
she states evenly, though a litttle nervous.
"Open a hailing channel to him!" Rex orders.
Neon pushes a few buttons and is ready." Ready when you are ,Rex!"
" Mecckinyte ship this is the Republic ship Star Dreamer, we give you greetings!" Rex
says flattly.
Rex you Sclavian slime worm you owe me four thousand credits!
"Listen fat boy that game was rigged you had the raf's brother locked just so he would
throw the game. I talked with him after the game, you fat turd!"
Rex you bleeding heart pussy you bitch like a sexless wife.
"Listen you bloated raoch, the last time your wife fucked you she was thinking of me!"
Republic ship Star Dreamer hold your position and stand by to be baorded and surrender
your cargo
"Fat boy you try and board my ship and I'll drop a thumper on your head!"
Rex I am only following orders, you must give up your ship!
The only order you ever got fatboy is whenyour wife ordered you to roll off her!"
Rex I got a female prisoner, a real cutey....a Vargan, and she can bee all yours.
"I'm listening fat boy go ahead!"
Rex my friend for you only six thousand credits.
" 6 ..You are a fat fuckin thief......two and a half"
Rex I'm not giving her away........four and a half and you breakin my arm.
"Three you bull fart!"
Four you bloody pirate
Three and a half, slime ball!"
Three and three quarters.....I hope you die soon
"Sold..send her over and she better be alive or the deal is off!"

 

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Slip steam bursts like stars exploding, appear portside of the star dreamer, one, two, three micro surge's, shard fighters materialized from the dark of space, and, headed, towards the Merckinyte destroyer, there weapons active there nose cones glowing hot, and just as it could not get any worse a larger gate opened starboard side and a maliki battle cruiser gated in gun ports open, hovering between the Star dreamer and the Merckinyte Destroyer, no transmissions, it sat dark, ominous, it just sat powering up her weapons and targeted both ships. The smaller shard fighters surrounded the Destroyer, and with out warning open fire, wave after wave rained down upon the Destroyer’s hull, the weapon hits seem to do no damage but suck the power with every strike, leach raiders stealing power as his ship was attacked every hit the stronger the shards attack became,soon the destroyer will be dead in space.

 

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vargan

Neon covers her eyes at the sudden light. then looks and sees all the complications that had
just entered her life. "Rex what do we do now?" she calls out quite scared.

Rex look out the main window then the side.

"I have no idea lets see what happens!" he replies.

*Chirp* This is the Battle Cruiser Sconia of the Maliki Empire state the nature of your business in this sector of space.

*Chirp* This is Captain Kotro commander of flight 14 of the Shard Coopertive Federation you are in our zone of space explain why!

"All right open a hailing channel to both." Rex says somewhat calmly.

"Rex here ah we were just here to buy a slave." Rex states to both parties.

*Chirp* The Shard Coopertive doesnot recognize slavery you will surrender any persons held against there will!

*Chirp* The Maliki Empire recognizes the need to control the population of captured persons in time of war.
"Cool!" he says out load.

"Time to load on the bull shit!" he says with a smile.

"Open the channel again!" he says with a smile and his tone gets serious.

"This is the Republic ship Star Dreamer the term slave in this case is a person
without legal standing. The Republic claims the right to transport criminals that have
commited crimes against the Republic I am an authorized transporter of wanted
criminals. Any attempt to interfer with the legal transfer of a wanted person would
be an act of aggression against an agent of the Republic would be seen as an act of
aggresion against the Republic itself. You are here by warned and notified that a transfer
of a wanted person a person of no legal standing in the eyes of the Republic is about
to take place and no interferance is exspected less you wish the full force of the
Republic to come down on your heads!"

All right neon open a channel to the Merckinyte Destroyer." Neon hits a different button.
"GO!" she says quite releived.

"You can send her over now Fat boy and I'll send you some help!" Rex states flatly.

The Vargan arrives in a tattered space suit on the transported still alive. Neon rushesover to her
to check her. "She is alive!"

"Your money Fat boy will be at Biltmore Castle Station bank....time to go!" Rex say quickly.

"Power us up and letsget the hell out of Dodge!" Rex calls to Neon

 

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Tera looked up stunned seeing a chance to escape *punches* Neon and scrambles to stand, she has no weapons and sets flight down the nearest corridor.

 

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poor Neon

Tera looked up stunned seeing a chance to escape *punches* Neon and scrambles to stand, she has no weapons and sets flight down the nearest corridor.

Neon sits on the floor of the thransporter deck rubbing her jaw.

"Neon I need you up here I need power to get out of here, our guest just ran down the freight corridor. All of those containers are maglocked she can run awhile it will wear her out going down there.

Neon gets up and returns to her engineer seat and adjusts the controls for flight. "Ready!"

*Chirp* Republic ship...."Sorry gotta go!" Rex punches the warp drive from the stationary position. The ship bolts out of the area. Both are thrown into there chairs with great force.
I hope our guest is uninjured!"

 

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As the ship moved rapidly, Tera was thrown to the floor, "Damn fool he will kill us all,"Tera heads for the bridge.

 

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-run and gun-

The Star Dream soars through the system almost blindly, make as much distance as possible in the shortest time.

Neon I'm Firing a spread of torpedos to cover our escape don't target any one, just spread them out wide.

Neon rubs her jaw again and pulls the torpedo targeting array to her side. "200 meter spread six in the tubes ready when you are, thirty in reserve."

"Firing all six, now!"Rex calls out. He can here them leave their tubes and new ones take their place.

Better check on our frield she may have taken a fall, take a hand blaster with you, try not to get popped again, sweety.Rex had to smile. Another wild trip was coming up he was sure of it. He plotted a course out of the area. He plannedto be several light years away from the parties before calling the
Merckinytes about their troubled destoyer.

 

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*Bridge door opens*Tera is standing there"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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who are ............you, you....you

Neon is taken back by the apperance of the woman standing in the door way in tatters. Her suit had many tears and rips in it and in a way looked quite sexy to Neon. Noen looks at the Vargan woman and aims the blaster at her.

"I'm the one who is going to give you a bath, you smell like a dead Brovian water seal!"

 

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"This is a costume you idiot"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "I am as much human as flyboy over there"Tera walks toward The pilot balling up he fist.

 

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vargan -bad

Neon shakes her head. some will never learn. The blaster is set to stun. She pulls the trigger and a single pulse hits the vargan. Neon stand over the limp body looking her over. "Bad Vagan, bad!" she says mocking her. She picksup the limp body and throws it over her shoulder. "Hit me again bitch and I'll rip out you vaginal lining!"

 

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Vargan bath time

Neon carries the stunned Vargan woman to the salon. This is a small space Neon talked Rex into supplying her for her womanly needs. A bathtub with real wate. Rex thought she was crazy. "The weight of all that water is waste" he had said. "Not if it makes me happy Rex!"
Neon strips the Vargan and puts a restraint callor on her and secures it to the base of the tub the water is warm and she adds soap bubbles to the water. Now we wait!

 

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Tera comes to "what the hell, why am I naked!!!!!!!!!!!"she exclaimed! "I am not Vargan"

Tera Tried to free herself failing badly.” I want to speak to the captain now” she demanded.

"I am human, "Officer Med Tech Tera Wilkes Id 521-74g I was sent as part of infiltration unit, that is them, you guys hit as you gated in, we were on a mission to gather Intel on vargan tech when idiot boy flew in and surprised us, the Maliki cruiser was our target now everything is blown get me the fuck out of this bath!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

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awake

"Ah your awake, thats good!"Cooed Neon. She kneels next to the tub. She is listening to Tera rant.

"Listen sweety look at it from our point of view.

One we fly into a debris field.

Two we buy a slave.

Three we escape with a newly bought slave.

Four your scrappy, I like my women scrappy.

And since I like you you are in the salon not a cargo container frezzing your tits off as most slaves would be now, I suggest you rest your tounge before you become tiresome. I'm a Halo My name is Neon as you can plainly see I'm a Blue hue. I get very hot, for the right girl I can make you VERY,very happy!"

 

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"ARE YOU NUT'S"screammed Tera"WHERE IS YOUR CAPTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!"she struggled "slave im a what!!!!!!!!!!"

 

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vargan-Tera

"ARE YOU NUT'S"screammed Tera"WHERE IS YOUR CAPTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!"she struggled "slave im a what!!!!!!!!!!"

"Tera if that is you name....you know I might change your name, yes I might just do that! You seem upset..I guess I can understand that, your ship is taken from you, you become a prisoner of the Merckinytes then they sell you to a freighter Captain.....we did get a good price for you.....and don't you worry yourself the Captain will get around to screwing you just as soon as he has a chance, I hear he's never had a Vargan before, I can't wait to watch this, Oh I didn't check, do you have a thick vaginal lining?"

 

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Tera stops ranting for a moment, "what is his name"? she paused "That low life son of a bitch ,Rex Lion heart.", “won the interplanetary race from Earth to Neptune tarn shit!!, if I had not flashed my breasts at that asshole on his tail he would have been comet dust”, “bet he is still playing the ladies man, hell he probably even screwed you.!”, “Well I never thought I would ever see his face again so soon and flying this rusted bucket.”