Part 2 (1)

To the passer by, this huge behemoth of a locomotive would have easily been mistaken for a fortress, 300 meters of cold black steel, bearing no symbol apart from a large golden aquala, the symbol of the imperium, it must have weighed at least 1000 tonnes, the grotesquely large train was bristling with gun turrets from front to finish, 3 inches of ceremite and steel encased the trains mysterious cargo.

It made its way at a decent speed along the sparely used track, gouting thick black fumes that made the blue sky seem non existent and extinguished the sun in its choking smoke, the train threw out a thundering raw that almost deafened the two passengers 'well so much for discretion' shouted the first of the travellers as he tried to stifle the trains horn by covering his ears as best he could,

Jet, as he was named by his birth mother having not been able to think of a better name for her son, was short by human standards but well muscled, he wore dark red carapace armour over his chest, beige puffy flack pants and a large cream long coat with gold and red trimmings, a black leather scabbard swung loosely round his left thigh, a holster housing a bolt pistol hung to his right, he removed his goggles as the train stopped momentarily to refuel at an automated station, he wiped the smog and filth from his weary face, he had short cropped pitch black hair and bright hazel eyes, he slumped to the trains solid roof and lay back to take a brake. 'hey, get your lazy ass of there and come help me with this, there's still ten tonne of bloody work to do' shouted Rei with an look in her eyes that could have made a grown man cry, Rei was roughly the same age as Jet, around 16 winters, she had shoulder length black hair with purple stripes running down its length, she wore a black leather work suit with various tool kits attached to a belt around her waist, a powerful auto rifle lay beside her, an auto pistol in a holster strapped to her right thigh 'now get some work done or I'm gonna get medieval on your ass with this here wrench' she added as she brandished the large oily work tool menacingly

'yes mistress of course mistress anything you say mistress would you like me to shine your shoes and arrange your collection of cloths by colour and order of when your going to consider about wearing them mistress' Jet said with an obvious sign of sarcasity

'Hey you calling me that's kinda a turn on ya know' Rei said, her voice oozing seduction as she winked teasingly at at Jet

'…Im working im working' Jet said as his eyes widened and panicked himself with fetching tool boxed and canisters.

Rei busied herself with the seemingly endless mechanics of the trains interior electronics 'Ah that's it, I think ive fixed it' she shouted excitedly to Jet who was returning with a crate of assorted tools and gadgets

'Great now we can send a communiqué to Lord Kessel' stated Jet with a genuine sign of relief in his voice

'Phew now that's over im gonna go take a shower' Rei replied as she wiped the grime and sweat from her forehead

'And I needed to know that because?' acknowledged Jet

Rei replied with a shrug of her shoulders as she gathered up for tools

'The words 'welcome to the jungle' spring to the mind' Jet said as he shivered at the thought

'Oh you know you love it' replied Rei as she backed down the ladder'

Jet rolled his eyes as he began to tidy up the mess of tools and wire.