Outlaw Star LoS

Legacy Of Stars

Space. Heroes, villains, excitement. All these words make up this endless plain of adventure. Everyday someone new starts his or her own chapter with a ship in this endless book of space. Such is one Gene Starwind, one who endlessly promises to 'make it big' and pay people back, one who also constantly searches for treasures and excitement.

Thus his journey his closing; instead a new journey begins, in the life of his daughter, Sable Starwind. A very curious thing when a highly advanced bio-android gives birth to a living human. None-the-less the parents are proud of this little girl, one who has taken to piloting the Outlaw Star during small adventures, even using the grapplers, and occasionally acting as the ship's navigator the same way her mother does.

So now we start. We start with a ship, floating silently through cold space… Sort of.

Chapter One: Burning Flame.

Gene Starwind was up again, sitting in the pilot seat reading over the log he kept. He stopped on the one he knew by heart. April 15, space year 2000.

"Gilliam read me the log."

"Certainly."

There was a beep as the log was sounded, Gene mumbling every word.

"Space year 2000, April 15, Earth standard. Today was the day. A day I'll remember through all my life. My wife, Melfina, final gave birth to our first child. We've decided on the name Sable for this sweet little girl. Then it proceeded to take us an hour to think of a middle name. Her full name is as follows; Sable Hilda Starwind. Most of the hour deciding on the word 'Hilda' was spent from me and Mel arguin' about if it was proper to do that. I gave up and allowed it, now I'm glad I did too because it does fit her. More to come friends."

The ship beeped as it stopped reading.

"Gilliam, date please. Earth standard." Gene whispered.

"Space year 2016. April 20 sir."

"Time?"

"10:55pm Earth central time."

Gene looked down the corridor towards his daughter's room. He could hear the soft music she listened to as she slept playing. It brought a smile to his face. She was doing well here in space. Already as good as a navigator as her mother, possibly better, she was also a good pilot and skilled at grappler combat, and more to Gene's surprise she could control the grappler arms from inside the navigation tube.

"Gilliam, picture file 598 please." A new voice chimed in.

A beep and the screen filled with a picture of Gene and a girl with dark red hair with black streaks. Her eyes were blue and she wore a black miniskirt with suspenders, a white button up shirt with a tie, some black pantyhose type thing, and a golden ankle bracelet and over that was a yellow jacket type of item. Both sets of clothing she bought with her own money, deciding to have a bit of both to match her parents. This was Sable Starwind. In the picture Gene and Sable were standing besides A Ctarl-Ctarl, none other then Aisha clan-clan who forced herself into the picture to enjoy her first day off in a long time.

This brought a smile to his face. He remembered that day. It was Sable's 15th birthday. Aisha had gone crazy that day too; almost destroying the town they were staying at. Gene turned and looked up as he felt someone's hands on his shoulder.

"Gene…" Melfina whispered, "You should be in bed."

"I know… I just wanted to think back on how much sable's grown. Tomorrow is her 16th birthday, and I feel bad about not being on Sentinel 3 to celebrate it properly."

"Does Jim even know we're coming?"

Gene nodded. "Yeah, he's looking forward to seeing Sable again, I told him we might be there tomorrow if we speed up a bit."

Melfina nodded and pulled gene up. After a small kiss she pulled him away from the cockpit. "Come on, bedtime. Gilliam shut down the pit please."

"Certainly Melfina."

The lights dimmed in the cockpit as Melfina and Gene disappeared down the hallway.

"Wake up! Wake up!" a voice yelled.

Groaning Gene stood and answered the door to his smiling daughter.

"We're up.." He groaned.

Melfina stood with a yawn, and slipping on a robe over her nightdress she was walked out into the cold ship's hallway to make breakfast.

Gene smiled at his daughter. "Happy birthday Sable."

She smiled back, which caused Gene to laughed. That smile reminded him of Melfina so much, especially since Sable was wearing her skirt and shirt ensemble again.

"Where's your jacket?" Gene asked.

"In my room. Too hot to wear it."

"Only to you squirt." He placed his hand on his daughter's hand and ruffled her hair. "To me and your mom it's cold, we haven't been up for less then 5 minutes."

Sable just smiled, then giggled. She hugged her father and ran off down the hallway to the kitchen area. Gene just sighed and looked out after her. He walked back into his room to get dress, and grab the present he got his daughter.

The breakfast consisted mainly of rice cakes and juice as the family sat and enjoyed each other's company. Then presents. Sable smiled as she unwrapped her mother's gift first. A black ribbon for her hair, a new music disc, and… caster shells? Sable looked up at her mother, somewhat stunned and confused. Melfina just smiled as Gene pushed his gift forward.

"This gift is special. Use it wisely and it'll be a good friend, use it wrong and you could hurt yourself."

Sable was getting excited as she opened the square box." Daddy!" She yelled, pulling out Gene's old caster.

"You… Gave me your old caster? But… you love this so much…. I couldn't."

Gene smiled. "I know how much you've wanted it, and now it's yours. I've taught you how to use it, it shouldn't be too hard. I'm sure you'll give it a good home."

Sable smiled and hugged her father tightly. "Thank you dad." She then hugged her mother. "Thanks mom."

The small family all smiled and shared a group hug. For a sweet 16 when you're Sable, a caster is the best gift of all.

"Sorry to break up the party." Gilliam's voice said, penetrating the silence. "But three unknown ships are approaching. They aren't responding to my hails."

Gene let go of his family and ran towards the cockpit, the other two in his wake.

Gene climbed into the pilot's seat and Melfina went into her tube." Sable to your room!"

Sable ran back to her room as Gene stared at the picture filling the screen. 3 grey ships were approaching fast. The engines on the Outlaw Star roared to life as the ship moved.

Back in her room Sable knew the drill. Buckle in tightly and hang on. If she starts to worry put her headphones on. She screamed as the ship shook with fury, ten it was still. Too still.

"We've been hit!" Gene yelled. "Dammit!"

"Engine output at zero." Melfina's voice rang out. "continue use of the Newton reactor is unadvisable as it could self-destruct from a lack of input from the engines."

"Dammit!" Gene yelled. "Gilliam opened the engine room, Melfina come help me!"

Sable heard the engine fade out. Her door was opened, her father standing there. "Go sit in the pilot seat with the intercom on. Do what I say when I say."

"Yes dad." Sable stood up and rushed to the pilot seat, flipping the ship's com system on.

The ship beeped." They've attached a ramp and are attempting to open the door."

Sable started shivering. "Gilliam, ship map please!"

On screen a map of the ship appeared, showing where the ramp was. And where 3 people stood, trying to pry the door open. She could see two more dots in the engine room, working hard to fix it.

"3 intruders have entered the ship!" Gilliam sounded.

Sable could hear her father's cursing. She watched on as the two dots in the engine room ran towards the door. She then heard gunfire and screamed, ducking behind the pilot seat. She heard her father's voice." Sable get into the tube now!" She hastily got into the navigation tube her mother used, her eyes glued on the ship map that was still onscreen. The three dots were pushed back into the corridor by the two dots. Then, one was gone. Sable gasped. The other one left too.

"No..no.." she whispered. She heard her father's voice once more.

"R… run Sable… fl…fly away.."

She saw the three dots approaching the door again.

She closed her eyes and willed the engines to life. The ship shook as it blasted away, breaking off the ramp attached. The airtight door hissed close. Sable was safe. But the image of two dots fading from life echoed in her mind, bringing tears to her eyes.

"Ether mood reached in, 5, 4, 3, 2,1."

The ship shook as it entered sub-ether space, leaving behind three empty pirate ships, one with a ramp, where nearby three pirate bodied floated, dead from airless space, and two more bodies floated, dead from gunshots to the chest. Floating in endless space, as their only daughter, lived on.