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She was sprawled across the computer console. Dark circles were visible under her eyes.
"Casey?" Harper asked quietly not wanting to disturb the girl. It was useless the girl jumped to her feet and he found himself staring down the barrel of a gun. He should have expected it. Taru drift wasn't the nicest place in the known worlds.
"Who's asking?" she asked in a suspicious voice.
"Don't be stupid, child," Tyr said pointing an even bigger gun at the girl.
"You can't shoot me without giving me time to kill your friend, Nietzschean."
"Look, kid, we're just looking for someone named Casey. He's supposed to meet us here," Harper broke in trying to avoid any violence.
"He?" the girl asked laughing. Her eyes were a deep green that reminded Harper of a bottomless lake. She ran a hand through her shoulder length copper colored hair. Harper gave her a confused look while Tyr hid whatever was going on in his head.
"What's so funny?" Harper asked staring.
"You. I'm Casey. Nice to meet you Mr. Harper."
"You know me?" Harper asked surprised.
"Of course. Everyone in the business knows about you!"
Harper was still stunned that a galaxy-renowned hacker and spy knew his name.
"I left you breadcrumbs," she said smiling.
"Huh?" Harper asked.
"Old earth fairy tale. It means I left a trail that I knew you would find. Only you."
"And you wanted me to find you because..."
"Because I knew you were looking for me," she said simply.
"Why would you think that?" Harper asked.
"I have something you want. In return I want protection." Tyr growled menacingly at the girl. "If you do not help me I have no problem with selling it to someone who will not use it for good. Maybe hire some security."
"What do you have?" Harper asked curiously. Dylan hadn't told him much about the mission before they left. The girl leaned over and whispered so that the Nietzschean wouldn't hear. "Impossible!" Harper yelled when she had told him, "You're a little kid! You could NEVER do that."
"I am not a little kid. I have been hacking since I was eleven and I've been working on what I just told you for a long time."
"You don't look over thirteen," Tyr said looking at her scrawny figure.
"I am seventeen."
"You are an useless runt!"
"I am the creator of a tool that can tear worlds apart or bring peace to the galaxy! Do not call me useless again."
"A weapon?" Tyr asked suddenly interested.
"It can be," the girl answered honestly. Her eyes seemed big in her small face.
"We have to kill her before she uses this weapon against us," Tyr said purposely trying to scare the girl.
"Dylan would NEVER let us get away with that, Tyr," Harper said afraid she would run.
Casey looked at them both like they were insane.
"He wouldn't want you to kill a little kid?" she asked making her face innocent and helpless. Tyr laughed humorlessly.
"No. He is too good to hurt a child. Even one as lethal as you."
"Thanks for the compliment, Uber."
Tyr growled menacingly at her word usage. "I, however, have no such problem with killing you," he added with a chilling smile.
"So, are you guys going to handcuff me or something. I'm sure Bolivar would get a kick out of seeing a Nietzschean handcuff a human girl like she was dangerous."
"What does he have to do with anything?" Tyr asked coldly.
"He's spying on me of course. Thinks I'm too stupid to realize my own house is bugged. I'm the greatest hacker in the galaxy and he thinks I can't hear them."
"Hear them?" Harper asked skeptically.
"Yeah. Another side effect of the chips I installed in my brain. He'll know about all of this in... oh say... thirty one point five minutes."
"Half an hour?" Harper asked worriedly.
"Yeah they have crappy technology. Mostly because I held some back when I invented it."
"You invented the Niezschean spy devices?" Tyr asked distrustfully.
"Only the ones for Sabra-Jaguar and that was about a year ago. What can I say? I was desperate for work and it was easy to make them believe it was the best I could do."
"Look, not to interrupt or anything, but we have oh say one hour before Bolivar sends his fleet after us," Harper said.
"Yeah. He'll be pissed when he finds out about this. He thinks I only work for him. I believe he called me 'his insane kludge'. Didn't think I was spying on you, huh Bolivar. This just goes to show you. Never trust the cute ones," she said to the hidden camera in the wall.
"You are endangering my survival with your petty gloating," Tyr growled.
"So what?" she replied. Harper grabbed her arm and almost dragged her toward where the Maru was docked. She pulled free and ran back to the room she pulled out a pile of disks and placed them in a bag. She pulled out a high-powered laser and began shooting it at the core of the computer. She checked to make sure it would be impossible to retrieve any information from it and ran back to where Harper was waiting. He shoved her ahead of him and into the ship. Security guards were yelling at them as the door closed. Obviously even they weren't too stupid to notice concentrated laser fire.
A/n: What do you think? I already have the next chapter and I'll put it up when I get a couple of reviews~
She was sprawled across the computer console. Dark circles were visible under her eyes.
"Casey?" Harper asked quietly not wanting to disturb the girl. It was useless the girl jumped to her feet and he found himself staring down the barrel of a gun. He should have expected it. Taru drift wasn't the nicest place in the known worlds.
"Who's asking?" she asked in a suspicious voice.
"Don't be stupid, child," Tyr said pointing an even bigger gun at the girl.
"You can't shoot me without giving me time to kill your friend, Nietzschean."
"Look, kid, we're just looking for someone named Casey. He's supposed to meet us here," Harper broke in trying to avoid any violence.
"He?" the girl asked laughing. Her eyes were a deep green that reminded Harper of a bottomless lake. She ran a hand through her shoulder length copper colored hair. Harper gave her a confused look while Tyr hid whatever was going on in his head.
"What's so funny?" Harper asked staring.
"You. I'm Casey. Nice to meet you Mr. Harper."
"You know me?" Harper asked surprised.
"Of course. Everyone in the business knows about you!"
Harper was still stunned that a galaxy-renowned hacker and spy knew his name.
"I left you breadcrumbs," she said smiling.
"Huh?" Harper asked.
"Old earth fairy tale. It means I left a trail that I knew you would find. Only you."
"And you wanted me to find you because..."
"Because I knew you were looking for me," she said simply.
"Why would you think that?" Harper asked.
"I have something you want. In return I want protection." Tyr growled menacingly at the girl. "If you do not help me I have no problem with selling it to someone who will not use it for good. Maybe hire some security."
"What do you have?" Harper asked curiously. Dylan hadn't told him much about the mission before they left. The girl leaned over and whispered so that the Nietzschean wouldn't hear. "Impossible!" Harper yelled when she had told him, "You're a little kid! You could NEVER do that."
"I am not a little kid. I have been hacking since I was eleven and I've been working on what I just told you for a long time."
"You don't look over thirteen," Tyr said looking at her scrawny figure.
"I am seventeen."
"You are an useless runt!"
"I am the creator of a tool that can tear worlds apart or bring peace to the galaxy! Do not call me useless again."
"A weapon?" Tyr asked suddenly interested.
"It can be," the girl answered honestly. Her eyes seemed big in her small face.
"We have to kill her before she uses this weapon against us," Tyr said purposely trying to scare the girl.
"Dylan would NEVER let us get away with that, Tyr," Harper said afraid she would run.
Casey looked at them both like they were insane.
"He wouldn't want you to kill a little kid?" she asked making her face innocent and helpless. Tyr laughed humorlessly.
"No. He is too good to hurt a child. Even one as lethal as you."
"Thanks for the compliment, Uber."
Tyr growled menacingly at her word usage. "I, however, have no such problem with killing you," he added with a chilling smile.
"So, are you guys going to handcuff me or something. I'm sure Bolivar would get a kick out of seeing a Nietzschean handcuff a human girl like she was dangerous."
"What does he have to do with anything?" Tyr asked coldly.
"He's spying on me of course. Thinks I'm too stupid to realize my own house is bugged. I'm the greatest hacker in the galaxy and he thinks I can't hear them."
"Hear them?" Harper asked skeptically.
"Yeah. Another side effect of the chips I installed in my brain. He'll know about all of this in... oh say... thirty one point five minutes."
"Half an hour?" Harper asked worriedly.
"Yeah they have crappy technology. Mostly because I held some back when I invented it."
"You invented the Niezschean spy devices?" Tyr asked distrustfully.
"Only the ones for Sabra-Jaguar and that was about a year ago. What can I say? I was desperate for work and it was easy to make them believe it was the best I could do."
"Look, not to interrupt or anything, but we have oh say one hour before Bolivar sends his fleet after us," Harper said.
"Yeah. He'll be pissed when he finds out about this. He thinks I only work for him. I believe he called me 'his insane kludge'. Didn't think I was spying on you, huh Bolivar. This just goes to show you. Never trust the cute ones," she said to the hidden camera in the wall.
"You are endangering my survival with your petty gloating," Tyr growled.
"So what?" she replied. Harper grabbed her arm and almost dragged her toward where the Maru was docked. She pulled free and ran back to the room she pulled out a pile of disks and placed them in a bag. She pulled out a high-powered laser and began shooting it at the core of the computer. She checked to make sure it would be impossible to retrieve any information from it and ran back to where Harper was waiting. He shoved her ahead of him and into the ship. Security guards were yelling at them as the door closed. Obviously even they weren't too stupid to notice concentrated laser fire.
A/n: What do you think? I already have the next chapter and I'll put it up when I get a couple of reviews~