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Janet opened her eyes . Where was she? Oh yeah. On that ship the Andromeda. Trance had told her to rest. She must have fallen asleep. She heard a noise to the left of her and looked over. There she saw a Magog entering the room. She froze for a second or two and then leapt up to defend herself.
"Don't be afraid I won't hurt you." Rev said.
"I won't let you." was the reply.
Just then Dylan entered. "I've convinced Thor to to wait a while. I want to know what happened and you can tell me." He then noticed the look on Janet's face and looked over at Rev. "Oh Janet this is another member of my crew Rev Bem."
"I see" Janet said coldly. She still didn't trust the Magog in fact she didn't trust anyone on this ship. Why was the captain so intrested in what was going on? The only way to find out was to ask. "Why are you so intrested in this feud between me and Coyote Pride?"
"Because I answered your distress call. You need help and I intend to help you."
"Your help is not necessary. If you let me leave your ship I can enter slipstream and escape. They will pursue me but I might be able to get away. They can't chase me forever."
"And you can't run forever." Rev pointed out.
Janet opened her mouth to say something but stopped. She'd been running since she was 14. She had run from the Magog and the people who hated her because she was a Nietzschean. Now she was running from the Nietzscheans. Eventually she would have to stop and now was as good a time as any. Maybe she would comply with what the captain wanted. With these thoughts in mind she finally said "Alright Captain Hunt help if you want to but I'm warning you. They'll stop at nothing to bring me back."
"Call me Dylan. We're on a first name basis on this ship. Now why are they so intrested in bringing you back?"
"The Odius that Thor was talking about was the Alpha of Coyote Pride. Whoever brings back his killer becomes the Alpha."
"And they think you're the killer?"
"I am. But it was in self-defense, he was going to kill me. I never planned to kill him."
"Why was he going to kill you?"
"Coyote Pride kept slaves. I couldn't stand the cruelty of it. So one night I got a ship ready and let the slaves out. I told them to go to the Hangar that a ship was there and to take it. Unfortunately some of them decided to pay Coyote Pride back for everything they'd done and attacked. It was all so sudden I couldn't stop them. Nineteen Nietzscheans were killed. The slaves that didn't escape were executed or killed in the fight. I suppose Odius knew it was me who let them go so he tried to kill me only I... stopped him."
"So you ran."
"Of course. Odius wasn't the only one who wanted me dead for freeing the slaves, a couple of others did too. Now the whole pride are calling for my death."
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On the Nietzschean ship...
"We don't have time for this. We should be bringing the traitor back to our home right now." One of the crew members was arguing with Thor.
"That ship is a High Guard Ship of the Line, if we go in and try to take her by force the captain won't hand her over to us and we'll have no chance of getting her." Thor replied and promptly hit the questioning crew member knocking him to the floor."Don't ever make a stupid suggestion like that again." He turned to the rest of the crew. "We will have the traitor soon. You can be sure of that."
Janet opened her eyes . Where was she? Oh yeah. On that ship the Andromeda. Trance had told her to rest. She must have fallen asleep. She heard a noise to the left of her and looked over. There she saw a Magog entering the room. She froze for a second or two and then leapt up to defend herself.
"Don't be afraid I won't hurt you." Rev said.
"I won't let you." was the reply.
Just then Dylan entered. "I've convinced Thor to to wait a while. I want to know what happened and you can tell me." He then noticed the look on Janet's face and looked over at Rev. "Oh Janet this is another member of my crew Rev Bem."
"I see" Janet said coldly. She still didn't trust the Magog in fact she didn't trust anyone on this ship. Why was the captain so intrested in what was going on? The only way to find out was to ask. "Why are you so intrested in this feud between me and Coyote Pride?"
"Because I answered your distress call. You need help and I intend to help you."
"Your help is not necessary. If you let me leave your ship I can enter slipstream and escape. They will pursue me but I might be able to get away. They can't chase me forever."
"And you can't run forever." Rev pointed out.
Janet opened her mouth to say something but stopped. She'd been running since she was 14. She had run from the Magog and the people who hated her because she was a Nietzschean. Now she was running from the Nietzscheans. Eventually she would have to stop and now was as good a time as any. Maybe she would comply with what the captain wanted. With these thoughts in mind she finally said "Alright Captain Hunt help if you want to but I'm warning you. They'll stop at nothing to bring me back."
"Call me Dylan. We're on a first name basis on this ship. Now why are they so intrested in bringing you back?"
"The Odius that Thor was talking about was the Alpha of Coyote Pride. Whoever brings back his killer becomes the Alpha."
"And they think you're the killer?"
"I am. But it was in self-defense, he was going to kill me. I never planned to kill him."
"Why was he going to kill you?"
"Coyote Pride kept slaves. I couldn't stand the cruelty of it. So one night I got a ship ready and let the slaves out. I told them to go to the Hangar that a ship was there and to take it. Unfortunately some of them decided to pay Coyote Pride back for everything they'd done and attacked. It was all so sudden I couldn't stop them. Nineteen Nietzscheans were killed. The slaves that didn't escape were executed or killed in the fight. I suppose Odius knew it was me who let them go so he tried to kill me only I... stopped him."
"So you ran."
"Of course. Odius wasn't the only one who wanted me dead for freeing the slaves, a couple of others did too. Now the whole pride are calling for my death."
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On the Nietzschean ship...
"We don't have time for this. We should be bringing the traitor back to our home right now." One of the crew members was arguing with Thor.
"That ship is a High Guard Ship of the Line, if we go in and try to take her by force the captain won't hand her over to us and we'll have no chance of getting her." Thor replied and promptly hit the questioning crew member knocking him to the floor."Don't ever make a stupid suggestion like that again." He turned to the rest of the crew. "We will have the traitor soon. You can be sure of that."
