Story 2
(Part 2)
"I'm not alone anymore," I purred to myself as I sat on the bed. I was so excited about this trip, and yet I knew that I couldn't allow myself to lose control of my emotions like that. Because the next-- the next time I might not be alone and my secret would be found out. I thought about this, as my long black tail trailed is way in front of my waist as I sat down on my bed.
"It is kind of funny," I thought to myself," how something as insignificant as a tail can make all the differences in being alone in the world or not." I grab the black thing, which was my tail carefully, and I inspect the way it glistens in the light. To me it symbolizes my strength, my power, and my loneliness all at once, but yet now this thing of so much suffering also symbolizes my hope for the future. I than smiled to myself and lay down on bed and starting to daydream about a new life and a new beginning with the only other survivor of my race, Jim Hawking.
I have no idea how long I lay there as I was suddenly brought back to reality by a loud pinging noise. This was the signal that we had arrived at Sympa 5 as Mata call me from to the bridge. So, I quickly made my tail disappear from my side into the unknown void where it rests until I thought it was safe to be brought out again.
"We're here now!" Kemi yawned as soon as I reach the main room. "So are you going to tell us why you started to cry a while ago?"
"Just wait a sec," I snapped at her," at least lets get everything taken care of and then after we get a hotel room for the night I will tell you everything."
"Deal," she purred as she rushed out of the door.
"What have I gotten myself into," I whine. I knew that she had gone to find the Hotel room, while me and Mata was left with the hard jobs of talking to the mechanic to get the ship fixed and resupplied at a cheap price. And we also still had to start the search for people who could give us any information on the where about of the Outlaw Star. So Mata and me left the ship and prepared ourselves for the meeting with the mechanic.
"Well, lets get started, Hanmyo," Mata growled as he trotted toward me.
"Fine!"
So the first person we met after we had gone down the ramp from our ship to the spaceport was a small guy who seem like he was more machine than person as he approached us attached to a mechanic arm.
"Hmmm, " he said upon reaching us," this ship has a seen quite a few battles." He then rubbed the dent in the nose," I guess you want me to repair it."
I quickly answered yes as I reached into my pocket and pulled out a huge roll of cash. I laugh silently to myself, as the man's eyes grew wide in amazement.
"Wow, I guess that it paids to be a Space-Pirate."
My month dropped open upon his reply, which I quickly shut the minute I realized that I had done that.
"So I guess that you really must be that space-pirate that guy for the Outlaw Star was talking about."
"Huh," I replied as innocently as was possible. "What make you think that I'm a space pirate?"
"Well," the man began as he look me over carefully," the young boy aboard that ship described the ship that had attack them pretty acutely, and well you just don't normally see a ship that color everyday."
My heart skip a beat upon hearing these words, "did Jim know that I was the person that had attacked him?" "Was he eagerly awaiting my arrival or-or was he thinking that I had succumb to our formal captives." I didn't know, but I had to find out where the Outlaw Star was, so I asked the man.
"HAAAA, how stupid do you think I am?" The man laughed in my face. "If I tell you that then you'll more than likely to try and kill them." "And when you do there is no guaranteed that you won't do it inside my shop!"
"Well, what if I promise," I manage to said with venom in my voice.
"No way!" The man shook his head," it not good for business to let you kill one of my customers."
"Then I will triple whatever he is paying you just for that information." I growled. I hated the way this man spoke to me, and the way Mata was bristling up beside me told me that he didn't agree with my treatment either.
"Fine it is a deal." "You'll find the Outlaw Star in the west section docking station." The man than quickly shook my hand as the mechanical arm moved him away from me. "I expect my money upon repair of your ship." "Oh, and one more thing," the man smiled as it stop in midair," there was one more thing that tip me off that you was a pirate." "Most little eleven year old girls don't travel alone," he smirked as the arm continued on its way.
"Mata," I whisper to my guardian," remind me to kill him after he finishes repairing my ship."
"As you wish, Hanmyo," he meowed.
I smirked in return, "this was going to be easier than I thought," I said to myself as we exited his shop and enter the main section.