Renegade Survivor
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Chapter 2 - New guns
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Two days passed.
It actually took less time to Space Port 3376596 then I thought.
This small space port was similar to a drifter colony, because it just was built out off many ship wrecks based on a huge asteroid. I didn´t know this space port, but Korso told me, it was the last one in the list, because it was so freaking far away, they counted it last.
When I came up to the bridge, the ship already has docked on the long hallway entry station which right leads to the space port.
"Are we going now" I asked.
Korso managed to fix his gun on the belt he wore on one of his upper legs. "Yeah, got all the things you need?"
"Yes, all I have, and that´s of course nothing" I said crossing my arms, "You know I am not armed yet."
"Now let´s go get you some guns" he gestured with one hand and walked off downstairs the bridge. I followed.
We walked through the entry and locked the door of the ship. Usually I always watch the ship when Korso is on a space port, but here on this small one he allowed me to follow.
I also wanted to be sure, he gets me one good gun this time! And by the way, what could happen on one small space port like this?!
There were pretty much people walking around. It looked like a trader's place, because maybe there were hundreds of quadrants where you find nothing and you wanna be sure, get what you need. But when someone would blow this place off, none would care.
It just would be a small 'puff' in a whole place of nothing.
We searched for a gun dealer and bought some important things like food, water, plasma engine packs. It was important for our ship. After we bought all things we needed, we found a dealer in a back alley of the market. I took a look on the weapons on his table.
But I didn´t see anything I really wanted to see. Just the small guns I expected and some old projectile guns, people used more than 500 years ago.
"These are antique! Don´t you have something really deadly?" I asked confusedly.
The spotted Sogowan looked up from his hooded jacket right glaring: "Don´t like my products, don´t ask!" he said.
I noticed that he had some other stuff right under his table, packed in boxes.
"I am not here to argue with you. I need some good stuff, and I know you have it!" I said a bit louder.
People around were watching for a short time. Maybe they thought I wanted some drugs.
"You are not a warrior, why do you need the "good stuff"? he asked.
I became impatient. Korso just looked, standing there, doing nothing.
"It does not have to care you about! But if you won't show me, my friend will blow off you head!"
The Sogovan leaned back a bit, and Korso got a kinda confused look on his face, not expecting I would play poker with the dealer and now he was in it, what he actually didn´t want. The Sogovan grinned slightly, grabbed a box from below his desk and put it on his legs, not to show the content.
"Ok you won, and here I have something very pretty for you!"
He picked up a gun which was a laser gun, yes, but it was very dirty and old.
Right after that, I saw the gun of the dealer, blinking from the side of his waist and I got my target. But I needed an artfulness to get it.
"Oh it looks very old, does it work?" I asked a bit in disagree.
"Sure it does! All my guns work!" he grabbed the gun and shot on the floor. There was a small black hole in it now. And it not even was the single one. 'Maybe other people asked exactly this question before', I thought.
I took the gun, looked at it and then I held it right into the Sogovan's face.
"Nice how guns can fear a guy, is it?" I asked, while throwing the other guns down the table.
The Sogovan hold up his hands: "What do you really want?"
He tried to grab his gun from the holster on his waist.
"Ah ah, don´t do that!" I said, "I want this!" I came near him and grabbed it out of his holster.
Korso just stood there, kinda confused, maybe he didn´t expect this one as well.
The gun I now held in my left hand was good, it was huge and fit my hand very well.
Just like, I always searched for it and now found it finally.
The Sogovan just kicked Korso and he fell down. It happened in the moment, where I was focused on my new gun. I used the gun in my right hand and fired at the Sogowan and hit him right in the belly area. Korso stood up again and began to run.
"Come, we must reach the ship!" I was kinda confused, because I saw no reason to hurry.
The Sogovan laid on the ground, bleeding, but no one cared. All people there made their work, and some watched, but none did anything.
"Why shall we hurry?"
"Just turn your head" he pointed with one finger in the back alley direction and I looke...
"Oh holy dirty mother of a Sogovan's guts!" I screamed, then ran after Korso as fast as I could.
The whole reason for that hurrying was the small session of guards. Guards can be mean. They are huge and strong, mostly dumb and have long sharp teeth. They often are hired and sometimes extra raised for protecting space ports, planet cities and other public places. They first catch their victims, sometimes treat them like waste and not rarely kill them.
Even though the Sogovan was none important, they seemed to be pissed when someone comes and shoots around.
We were running through the crowded place which was called market. Some people fell down because I bumped into them.
'Heh, well why are they staying in my way?' I thought, while running.
Right always fixing Korso with my eyes. Finally we reached the space port entry where our ship was. But the guards were there right in our way.
"Oh no! We can´t go enter the ship with just us ourselves!" Korso said.
"Why not? I now have a gun!" I said, showing it to him, "I can shoot them all down now!"
"Preed you fool! They have plasma guns, they fire on you and you are just a piece of ash!" Korso growled.
We hid ourselves in one back alley where there were fewer people.
I gulped "And how do we get back to our ship then?"
Korso led me in a dark slid between two houses. "We will get it back with a trick!" he said with an evil grin on his face.
"I hope you have a good idea!" I said, finally going deeper into the small way and sat my self down.
"Well, for now we will wait to the night. The sun soon will be on the other side and then the docking station is all in the dark. Let´s hope they will just keep one guard at the entry." Korso said his voice covered with concern.
"Oh yeah, let´s hope that. I don´t wanna have a guard catching me again and I will be for sale on a slave market a..." and when I was going to finish my sentence, I saw something twinkling on the edge of the way. A small silver metal piece peeked out of the mud.
Korso looked at me: "What is it?"
I went over to it and saw it was nothing small but something's long and very dirty. So I picked it up and held a sword in my hands.
"Oh please, throw this giant tooth picker away!" Korso groaned in frustration.
"Why? Do you have a problem with an Akrennian who is armed heavier than you?!" I asked, polishing the dirty blade. "It needs just some wash and some sharpening, but it looks like a good sword, from what I know about blade arms." I said.
Korso rolled his eyes: "No, it is just about this old thing. Are you sure, you can handle it? I mean, a sword is not a small knife and of course not a laser pistol."
"If you think I can´t fight with a sword, you actually are wrong!"
I waved the sword right into the air and placed the tip close in front of Korso´s face.
He pulled out his gun: "But you know that a laser gun is faster, do you?"
"Oh yes that I already know, but it is not a bad thing to have a sword." I said, placing it down again to show, I am not going to fight.
He also put away his gun and turned to the bright light of the streets. "Ok it is time to go now!" he whispered.
We sneaked out of our hiding place. The streets now were empty and people were at home. The only things seen and heard were pale sepia colored lights from lanterns, rusty streets and houses, dark shadows and the noise of the electric generators supplied power for the lights. We kept being in the shadows and sneaked along the houses right to the station entry where our ship docked. Two Pikad guards were standing there on the entry. They looked very tired. One of them already closed his eyes, but he tried to hold them open desperately.
Korso made a gesture that I should sneak to the left guard from the side and he does the same from the right.
So did I. There were many boxes and other crap standing around where I could hide myself.
Korso and I nearly reached them from the side at the same time. But then I heard a 'klang' from behind me. I looked back and noticed, my sword tipped the metal ground, making this noise and the guard looked down, seeing me.
"Hehe, you are not tired enough to think this could be just ...a dream?" I said.
The guard was going to grab after his gun, but I took my new sword, swung it from the right to the left at his chest which got a badly loud knack. Korso also pulled out his gun and shot the other guard fast and painless.
Both guards sank down to the ground and I found myself and Korso running the long way down to the docking entry of the ship.
Korso pulled out a card and let it slide into a slid of the door frame.
I looked back and saw a couple of guards checking for their dead comrades.
"Please hurry, I don´t wanna have those guards over there shooting off my ass!" I said.
"Yeah I know, I'm doing my best!" 'Kling' and the door swung open.
The guards saw us entering the ship at the last moment, but it was too late for them. We were in and the door closed right in front of their noses. Korso was on the bridge very fast to fire up the engines of the ship and I locked the door from the inner side.
We right were docking off and I looked out of the little window in the door.
All I could see was two angry guards trying to shoot at me.
"Ahhrrgh" I was shocked and pulled my head away from the window.
Even though the door was safe, it is not nice to receive a shot right into your face!
So I went to the bridge and saw Korso piloting.
I sat down and sighed in pleasure.
"Ahh this was nice, was it?" I grinned, but Korso didn´t seem to be so happy.
"Hey Captain, is something wrong now?"
"Well, it wouldn´t have been necessary to kill those guards if you wouldn´t be so clumsy and drop down that stupid sword!"
I held it tightly to my chest: "I found it, so it´s mine!"
Korso rolled his eyes: "Yes and you can keep it, but next time, be more careful, or I play scientific research with it and your guts!"
That phrase made me grin: "Oh haha, it doesn´t surprise me that humans always think, we non-earthlings always wanna cut into such primitive beings, called the human!" I said in my typical arrogant way. Korso had a slightly annoyed look on his face. "Just think about it! It is you who came up with this ideas, so I guess you humans are the ones who want to make scientific research games" I said with a slight laugh, but right in one second, his hand landed on my nasal horn and over my nostrils.
I couldn´t breathe through them and was rather shocked about his reaction.
He pulled my face to his and looked deep in my eyes: "And if you don´t stop talking like that, you are my fist victim!" He snarled.
I gulped, wide-eyed, looking up to him: "Ok-ok, I said nothing!" I whispered in a nasal tone.