Chapter Seven

Vulcan started to walk towards Moxi's and when he entered to played slots for a few spins and pulled up a stool. "What's your strongest drink?" Vulcan asked Moxi.

"That would be Borracho real jugó rápido verdadero." She then got the bottle and started to pour in a glass but Vulcan stopped her.

"Leave the bottle." She then started to leave, he started to chug down the bottle till he heard a name he hasn't heard in a while.

"Hey, your Tinderbox right." said a Female voice. Vulcan turned and saw a young,beautiful, white haired women no older than twenty-seven.

"Haven't heard that name in a while, and yes the most recommended merc on pandora." Vulcan then turned around and took a sip of his drink.

"Actually second most recommended." Vulcan turned around and spoke up.

"No, number one."

"No, second. Number one was the Ice Queen."

"Oh her, she's no merc she child."

"Excuse me, I am more than a child and twice the mercenary you are." She said giving him the middle finger.

"Ya right." Vulcan got up towards the dart board. He threw his trench knife and hit above the center. The Ice Queen got up and threw her double sided blade and hit the got up and grabbed her knife and Vulcans and she handed him his knife. "Oh, ah you can throw a knife." He started to walk away but stopped dead in his tracks. He checked his ear and saw a little blood and saw the the girls knife stuck in a piece of wood just in front of him. He grabbed his gun but stopped.

"What is your problem with me."

"You're a child. You're inexperienced."

"No, i'm not. And tell you what let's make a bet, we'll see whos the best merc, I win you give me respect, you win I'll give five thousand."

"I bet you don't have the cash." Then the girl pull out the cash. "Alright, whats up first and if i'm going to be betting I should know your name."

"Gale Frost."

"Vulcan, to prove who's the best lets do target practice." They then went to Marcus shooting range. "Five shots only." Vulcan pulled out his revolver and shot at the target head and only missing once. Gale pulled out her frost shotgun and hit the target head all five times.

"Ha, so lets see who can do the most kills with their specialization."

"Alright." They soon left Marcus shooting range and went to the fast travel station and punched in codes for a bandit camp. "Ladies first." She stepped up and hordes of psychos,bruisers and marauders came rushing towards her. She released a sprinkler like device that covered the bandits in a blue liquid that froze them to ice.

"Twenty-three." She stepped back and waited till the next wave of bandits. When the second wave appeared Vulcan lit himself on fire and rushed towards the horde. He set fire to many bandits and set back after the flames died down.

"Twenty-one. One last test first one to kill ten bandits with a melee kill wins, double or nothing." Gale pulled out a katana and Vulcan pulled out his trench knife. Gale and Vulcan rushed towards the bandit horde. Vulcan slashed at a psycho but was shot in the leg, the psycho raised a large metal pipe but his head came off. Vulcan looked up and saw the young women extending her hand and Vulcan grabbed it. She then pulled Vulcan up and carried him out. When they were in a safety she lied him down. "Why did you help? I'm mean I was being a dick to you."

"I don't know." She said grabbing his knife and cleaning. "You mind handing me that." Vulcan handed her the tinderbox. She first cut his leg digging out the slug then lit the knife and cauterize the wound. "Nine."

"What?"

"Thats how many guys I got. What was your number?"

"It doesn't matter and I can see why you're the number one merc on this planet. Hey you think I can buy you a drink at Moxi's." Vulcan said with a smile.

"I'd like that." They then went to the nearest fast travel stations and went to Moxi's. Vulcan pulled up two stools and ordered,

"Two whiskey on the rocks." Vulcan said to Moxi. "And put it on my tab. So Gale what does a gal like you doing on a planet like this and Where did you to shoot like that,"

"Well I came here for work and how I learned to shoot like that is from guarding my dads cold oil rigs."

"Where are you from?"

"A border planet call Thoth. Its lawless like pandora but freezing all over the planet. You."

"Born on pandora but left when I was in my teens but came back about four years back. Hey quick question whats cold oil?"

"Oh that stuff. Its like oil but it burns cold as Ice, fun fact Thoth is the second planet from the sun but it's the coldest, all because of cold oil. It's a waste product that comes from this bacteria and it's nearly unlimited so my dad got rich from gathering this stuff.'

"If you're rich way are here on this backwater planet."

"I wanted to do good and get paid for it, that and I love hurting bad guys." Thought the rest of the night the two laughed and had drinks together after they were done Gale walked

Vulcan home he turned to her and spoke. "This was fun, do you want to do this again?"

"I'd love that, heres my number." She then jotted down her number on a piece of paper and they went their separate ways. Vulcan then put the piece of paper in his wallet and went to bed with a slight smile.