Chapter 11:

Aiya

"Computer, run a system-wide diagnostic of all portions of the ship that were repaired while you were at port."

"Diagnostic underway."

Aiya sat back in his chair as the computer ran through a system check. He wanted to make sure the Pantrian engineers that worked on his ship didn't get wind of what he did on their home planet and try to sabotage it. While waiting on the results, Aiya started going through the list of potential jobs for him. As an intergalactic mercenary kaiju, he hired himself out to all sorts of characters, but his jobs generally stayed the same. Either kill a kaiju that's attacking a planet, or attack a planet's defenses to soften it up for an invasion force. Occasionally, he'd be called on to rescue a hostage or prisoners of war, but these instances are rare. His asking price is high, seeing as how he's never failed a job in all his years of doing this line of work. Aside from that, he prefers to stick to kaiju killing and attacking planets. It's fun.

Two jobs in particular catch his eye, and an idea forms in his head. The first job entails attacking a planet in the Milky Way known as "Earth." He'd never been to that region of space before. It'd be a good idea to scout it out and see if there's anything else worthwhile.

The second job is an assassination. Someone is offering him a large sum of money to kill a Karimian by the name of Myston the Champion. Even Aiya had heard of Myston. A Karmian warrior who is said to be immortal, and dedicated to perfecting his physical body and fighting skills. The prospect of having a good 'ol fashioned fist fight with a guy he could actually go toe-to-toe with, put bluntly, started to give Aiya a hard-on.

"Yeah, a guy like that and me could really rip the place up…and if we happened to do it on Earth…all the better. Two jobs at once. And more money then I could shake my dick at." Aiya said with a devious grin.

"Diagnostic complete, all systems running within acceptable parameters."

"Perfect." Aiya tapped a few keys on his control monitors, accepting both the Myston assassination and Earth jobs at once. Next he put his plan into action. He opened a communications channel to the Karmian Home world.

"To anyone listening, this is Aiya, the Kaiju King. I want all you Karmian losers to listen up. I'm issuing a challenge to your pride and joy, Myston. If he's got a sack between his legs, he can meet Big Daddy Bad in the Milky Way on the planet Earth, and prove that he's not the worthless sack of Karmian shit I've had him pegged for!"

Aiya closed that channel and sat back in his plush chair, smiling to himself and counting the money he was about to come into in his head.