Aluris
Really Experienced
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- Aug 12, 2015
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Resi hooked herself underneath the metal stairs, her heart beating hard beneath the titanium alloy of her armoured chestplate. Shit, shit. Triple shit. Alarms blared from the second floor of the small freighter, an automated voice cheerily announcing incoming doom by informing her of the tractor beam currently locking onto her coordinates.
There wasn't supposed to be a patrol coming this way! Resi gritted her teeth, fingers fumbling around one of the two pistols at her waist. Out of nervous habit she tapped the grip in a firm rhythm. It wasn't the first time she had been caught, but it was the first time by an opposition patrol vehicle. The young woman had just enough time to catch sight of its colours before the transmission had cut into her speakers, filtering out the soft jazz tunes of Margaret Le'Rasha which had been playing beforehand; a rich, velvet voice giving way to gritty tones which sounded like the speaker had recently swallowed glass. Not that Resi had needed much excuse for this encounter to send shudders down her spine.
She'd heard stories; hadn't they all? Resi wasn't even technically a mercenary - just a freelancer, who happened to take on contracts. But mostly cargo-hauling - and legal tender at that! With a vicious growl she kicked out at the wall next to her, the heavily-booted foot giving a satisfying clang. Fuck Ferrow, Resi thought sourly. He was the one who assured me this route was cleared for the next week. Bollocks to him. She'd never trusted that weasel-faced son of a bitch; why had she started now?
I'm dead, I'm dead. Resi hid her face briefly in her hands, her long, dark hair falling in soft curls in a curtain of movement. A soft moan of indecision. Whether to go out all guns blazing, or to just give them a hard time back to corporate? I'm too young to die just yet. At least not by my choice. No, it was more that the young human was too scared to die, but she had enough defiance to give them a damn good fight if they needed one.
External Bodies Requesting Boarding Access the ship navi-computer announced.
Resi froze under the stairs, drawing her pistol with both hands.
Request Accepted was the next statement. No surprise there; the bastards had overriding capabilities spilling out of their arseholes.
The woman crouched, her legs held tensely beneath her weight. Although short and lithe, she was packed with layers of muscle beneath the lightly tanned skin - if they refused to take her peacefully, she'd give them a punch or two to remember.
External Bodies Entering ---
Breath catching in her throat, Resi fought down another shudder and trained her pistol on the door.
There wasn't supposed to be a patrol coming this way! Resi gritted her teeth, fingers fumbling around one of the two pistols at her waist. Out of nervous habit she tapped the grip in a firm rhythm. It wasn't the first time she had been caught, but it was the first time by an opposition patrol vehicle. The young woman had just enough time to catch sight of its colours before the transmission had cut into her speakers, filtering out the soft jazz tunes of Margaret Le'Rasha which had been playing beforehand; a rich, velvet voice giving way to gritty tones which sounded like the speaker had recently swallowed glass. Not that Resi had needed much excuse for this encounter to send shudders down her spine.
She'd heard stories; hadn't they all? Resi wasn't even technically a mercenary - just a freelancer, who happened to take on contracts. But mostly cargo-hauling - and legal tender at that! With a vicious growl she kicked out at the wall next to her, the heavily-booted foot giving a satisfying clang. Fuck Ferrow, Resi thought sourly. He was the one who assured me this route was cleared for the next week. Bollocks to him. She'd never trusted that weasel-faced son of a bitch; why had she started now?
I'm dead, I'm dead. Resi hid her face briefly in her hands, her long, dark hair falling in soft curls in a curtain of movement. A soft moan of indecision. Whether to go out all guns blazing, or to just give them a hard time back to corporate? I'm too young to die just yet. At least not by my choice. No, it was more that the young human was too scared to die, but she had enough defiance to give them a damn good fight if they needed one.
External Bodies Requesting Boarding Access the ship navi-computer announced.
Resi froze under the stairs, drawing her pistol with both hands.
Request Accepted was the next statement. No surprise there; the bastards had overriding capabilities spilling out of their arseholes.
The woman crouched, her legs held tensely beneath her weight. Although short and lithe, she was packed with layers of muscle beneath the lightly tanned skin - if they refused to take her peacefully, she'd give them a punch or two to remember.
External Bodies Entering ---
Breath catching in her throat, Resi fought down another shudder and trained her pistol on the door.