Secretly, Kiyone and Mihoshi led the two ex-space pirates to their elaborate office in the upper section of the Galaxy Police Headquarters. The chiefs had a brilliant view of the vast planet system they were circling this week, the planet system was enveloped in a golden cloud nebula and bright yellow stars. Three of them sat down at a round silver table near a window, while Kiyone messed around with a computer across the room trying to pull up the screen that would replace the window.
"Isn't this a great view?" Mihoshi clapped her hands together in a dizzy sort of matter; she was always one to be attracted to shiny objects.
Puck rolled his steel-hued eyes, "Just riveting..." he glanced over to his right to see Ryoko frowning at the window. I hope she can handle this...poor girl... Biting his thumb impatiently, he turned his attention over to Kiyone who was having trouble with her computer. "Just let me handle the damn computer, and how about you start telling us why the hell you had us arrested, eh?" He jumped up from his comfortable seat at the chief's table and quickly took over the controls on the computer; in a matter of seconds he had the window replaced by a holographic screen.
"This ship-" Kiyone coughed to Puck to have him start the computer program, "This ship was found entering the Jurai sector five days ago... Unknown to our ship's computer, we can't identify the owner right now. But the frightening part is, when the owner was off of the ship-they looked just like you, Ryoko. This-um...imposter killed six of the guards, attacked the royal family and managed to kidnap Princess Ayeka. Twenty-four hours later, Tenchi was kidnaped from his home in Tokyo by the same ship with the same imposter... Since Mihoshi and I are the only chiefs in this sector, we had to send three officers and six ships to rescue Princess Ayeka and Tenchi. They were all demolished in a matter of minutes," Kiyone lowered head solemnly, "Thankfully, we still have a tracking system on Tenchi's jeweled sword-but the ship has ventured into an asteroid field and the tracking system has been cut off due to the interference. I'm at a loss of what to do...the imposter has not made any demands with the Galaxy Police."
Examining the holographic image of the spaceship that had kidnaped Tenchi and Ayeka, the female space pirate wondered if she had ever seen that ship before. The framework looks familiar...but nothing else does-it's an obvious space pirate ship, it's built for speed. "Puck? Do you recognize this ship's framework at all?" Ryoko finally pulled her yellow eyes away from the window to see his reaction to her question.
"Are you kidding me? It's my sister's bloody ship! I thought the Galaxy Police took the ship-" Puck plugged some numbers and letters into the computer to take a closer look at the ship. "Sweet mother of hell..." he grumbled, "That is my sister's ship-but by the looks of it-it's been modified by the new owner..." He narrowed his steel eyes to examine his old ship even more, "New weapons placed on the left wing, looks like they even updated the hyperdrive system-no wonder it's so much damn faster."
Kiyone tapped her fingers on the silver table nervously, "We won't be able to catch the imposter in any of our ships-I don't want to risk another suicide mission with the remaining six ships I have left."
"What about Ryo-oki?" Mihoshi asked Ryoko in a tiny voice, "I bet she's fast enough to catch that ship, right Ryoko?"
"I highly doubt it Mihoshi," Puck busily tapped the cabbit's rate of speed into the Galaxy Police's main computer memory, "As long as it doesn't use its hypderdrive system, Ryo-oki has a chance...otherwise we are shit out of luck."
Watching Puck type calculations and probabilities in the computer suddenly made Ryoko remember about her mother, "Washu could help us!" she jumped out of her seat without any warning. "We have to find Washu-she can help us track down that ship and maybe make Ryo-oki just fast enough to catch up to save Tenchi!"
"Don't forget about Ayeka," Puck added in a semi-jealous tone of voice.
"Yes, yes-her too," Ryoko waved the idea of her old arch rival for Tenchi's heart away, "It's perfect! We'll have those two saved before the end of the week!"
Kiyone and Mihoshi fell silent and the hopeful shine in their eyes dimmed slightly, "We can't come with you this time Ryoko-we're stuck here and we can't be seen around you, remember?" Kiyone sighed unhappily while Mihoshi was about ready to burst into tears.
Before Ryoko could say anything, Puck stormed away from the computer and stood in front of the silver table, "Oh no you don't. You're the ones who dragged us into this mess and you're coming with us! Besides, I have the most brilliant plan...and I don't like to throw my genius plans away-I don't get to have that many in my lifetime." Folding his arms across his chest he impatiently waited for the two chiefs to nod in agreement while his wife smiled brightly at him; she was glad that he was going with her to save Tenchi and Ayeka.
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"ALRIGHT, NOBODY MAKES A SINGLE MOVE!" Puck yelled at the top of his lungs as he held an unloaded gun at Mihoshi's blonde head, "If you let us get on the ship peacefully, we will consider releasing your two chiefs, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!"
Mihoshi whispered something in his ear, "You're hurting my ears Puck..." she whined pathetically as he had his right arm around her shoulders and pretending to force her backwards towards her and Kiyone's spaceship.
"Sorry Mihoshi," he whispered back, as he continued to hold a gun to her brainless head with his left hand. Puck couldn't help but grin from ear to ear, he had come up with a fool-proof plan to get Mihoshi and Kiyone to come help them rescue Tenchi and Ayeka.
Following Puck's example, Ryoko had her energy sword inches away from Kiyone's throat and they were backing towards the chiefs' ship. The Galaxy Police Chief had nothing to really worry about, she knew that Ryoko was very skilled with her energy sword and she wouldn't make a terrible slip up. As for Mihoshi though, the three smarter aliens knew better than to have a loaded gun or energy sword pointed at the blonde; she was so clumsy it wasn't even funny anymore. "They won't follow us, will they?" Ryoko hissed into Kiyone's ear as they were slowly boarding the chief's red spaceship.
"We can disable the tracking device on the ship and avoid the police outposts along this sector easily..." the blue-haired alien winked slyly to her old space pirate friend.
Glaring darkly at the Galaxy Police officers and the rest of the people standing in front of them on the ship bay, Puck told them all not to follow him or he would "exterminate" both of the "filthy Galaxy Police chiefs." Once the four of them were safely aboard the ship, Puck let a sigh of relief out, "Damn pig skins..." he muttered sourly as he started to load the gun.
"Fly us out of here Mihoshi," Ryoko growled as she thought about everything she had learned today. Sitting a seat behind Kiyone, who was busy disabling the tracking system that had been placed on her beloved ship, the ex-space pirate wondered if she should be worried about Puck or not. Yes, they had been married for ten years now-but wouldn't he be frightened to death about his sister's ship suddenly appearing back in action. Before all of this, Ryoko had trusted her husband completely and without any doubts, now she was questioning the decision she had made. I still love Tenchi...but I also love Puck just the same...Now I know how Tenchi must have felt when Ayeka and I always pressured him into deciding which of us he loved more. I hope he is alright...I don't know what I would do if he was-killed...
Then another thought took over Ryoko's mind, what if Puck's sister was still alive...? A long time ago it seemed impossible for her to have been alive, she believed that Puck had killed her. What had happened ten years ago was all a blur to Ryoko-she didn't even think that she would be standing here right now if it hadn't been for her husband. But what if all of it had been one large lie, to trap me and my friends in his sister's evil plans? Ryoko stopped herself from thinking anymore like that, It's been ten years...he wouldn't carry a plan out for that long...no one would. Or would he? Shaking her head, she ceased all of the ill thoughts from turning herself against the man she loved-Puck.
Sighing silently, the cyan-haired space pirate turned her attention to Mihoshi, who was already about to doze off because nobody was saying anything to one another, "Um...Mihoshi?" Ryoko asked in a fake pleasant voice.
"Yeah?" Mihoshi peered over her shoulder to give Ryoko a bright happy smile.
"You're going in the wrong direction Mihoshi... Washu is back that way-" Ryoko used her thumb to point behind her.
Blushing slightly, the blonde police chief managed to flip the ship in a ninety degree turn which nearly sent everyone falling out of their seats. "SORRY!" Mihoshi apologized loudly before anyone could put anymore blame on her.
"Why did you drag me into this?" Puck hissed to his wife as he helped her back up to her feet, "You know how much I hate family reunions..."
Notes: Greetings to all of the Yellow Eyes fans out there, I've finally finished all of my college and universities applications so now I can get back to writing all of my stories! Sorry this has taken a few months to update this story-I've been trying to meet the deadline on my HP story before the 6th book comes out and all. Talk about some critical readers in that cult... Anyways, I'll be udating this story once a week again. Sound better? I want to thank the first three reviewers for taking time to read both of my Tenchi Muyo stories and giving me some positive reviews about it. Thanks so much for the support girls!
xoxox Hunter