Rakat was about to put her ship into hyper drive when movement from behind her caught her attention. She glanced over her shoulder and glared at Zorg, who was sitting at the small table.

"Look, you either be quiet or I'll drop you off at Pluto"

Zorg frowned at her, and stood up to take the seat next to her. Once he had fastened himself he turned to look at Rakat.

"So, why are you so touchy?" he asked. Rakat kept he eye to the windscreen.

"I didn't think I'd have to take you somewhere, especially to earth," she said.

"Don't like earth?" Zorg questioned.

"Nope"

"But it is your birthplace, right?"

"Yes, in the slums of New York"

"Oh"

The conversation was cut there. The ship bleeped and announced that the path was clear in hyper space. Rakat changed gears and tightened her seatbelt.

"Hold on," she instructed. The ship was launched into hyper space.

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When Zorg had asked her for help in the bar, she could do nothing but listen. He described how, for some reason, no one would take him to earth. Rakat was not interested in returning to earth. Zorg bribed and talked her into it, for a large sum of money of course. When leaving Fhloston, Rakat had a feeling Zorg was keeping something from her.

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"Ship register 10826," Rakat told ground control.

"Enter"

Rakat's ship shot towards earth.

"There's a private pad on top of my building," Zorg instructed, "it's meant for smaller crafts, but I think that you'll be able to do it properly".

Rakat nodded as she controlled she ship on entry. The ship bumped a bit and then it stopped. They flew over wasteland and came in view of New York's sprawling smog with buildings piercing the sky. Zorg pointed to one of the medium buildings.

"What? Not the largest one there Zorg?" Rakat teased. Zorg just scowled.

"Funding problems" he said.

Rakat pulled up as they entered the New York traffic. The flow was constant and heavy, they got to the building in five minutes. Rakat pulled the ship upwards when they reached the Zorg Building.

She carefully landed it onto the top and shut the ship down.

"Here we are," Said Rakat, stating the obvious. She still wasn't too pleased about being in New York again. The both unbuckled their belts and went outside, where the wind was buffing them.
Zorg fumbled in his pockets and bought out two thousand credit bars. He handed them to her.

"I'll send the other three thousand when I get to the bank," he promised. Rakat just nodded.

"Make sure you do."

There was an awkward silence for a while.

"I appreciate you taking me Rakat" Zorg said. Rakat grimaced.

"No problems. I'll leave in a few minutes, one of the parts came loose in re-entry" she told him. Zorg jerked his head.

"Well, see ya" he held out his hand. Rakat eyed it, and then carefully shook it. They both held eye contact for a second, and then Zorg turned around and walked towards the elevator doors his leg making its distinctive clinking noise.

Rakat watched as he entered the elevator and the doors closed. She hoped it would be the last she saw of him. She opened a compartment on the outside of the ship. There was a bunch of wires, some which had come loose. Rakat set to work.

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Zorg thought about Rakat as he took the elevator down.

Cute girl, he thought, but not my type. The elevator bleeped as it stopped at his floor, he took out a card and swiped it to open the doors.

He let out a sigh as he walked down the short corridor, finally home. He glanced at his receptionist's desk. She wasn't there, but that was expected. She was probably trying to look for him.
He walked through the large doors and his eyes were greeted with familiar surroundings.

But something wasn't right. Zorg frowned as someone sitting at his desk looked up, a thin red haired man in his middle ages.

"Who are you?" Zorg demanded. The man just smiled.

"My name is Thomas Merridew," the red head announced. Zorg just frowned.

"I'd advise you to get out of my chair before I call security"

Thomas laughed.

"I'm here on business, Zorg"

"What type?"

"Mr. Shadow's"

Zorg paled and swallowed the lump that had formed in his throat.

"Wh- what do you mean? He should be dead"

"Oh no," replied Thomas, "evil never dies"

Thomas got up from his chair and went to stand near the window.

"Mr. Shadow is very disappointed in your failure. He has instructed me to do away with you, to bring down your empire, exploit your weaknesses and finally, to kill you."

Zorg just stared, wide eyed. Thomas smirked.

"Nothing to say, Zorg? That's a first"

"Why are you doing this?" Zorg asked. Thomas's eyes narrowed.

"It's you. It's your fault my life is in ruins. It's you fault that my wife left me along with my children. It's your fault that I have nothing to live for. It's your entire fault"

Zorg realised that he was talking to a crazy man, and that he had to defend himself. He glanced around and spied a ZF-1 gun displayed on the wall. Thomas followed his gaze and laughed.

"You think it would be that easy, Zorg?" Thomas pressed a button on the large desk and Zorg turned around to find two large body guards.

"Restrain him," Thomas ordered. Zorg's eyes darted to the body guards that used to pledge loyalty to him then to the gun on the wall. The two large men advanced on Zorg, as they grabbed at him Zorg ducked under their arms. He considered grabbing the gun, but there wasn't enough time.

"I said get him," Thomas yelled from behind. Zorg didn't look back as he ran towards the elevator; he jabbed at the button waiting for the doors to open. He glanced over his shoulder and saw the two men running down the corridor. Zorg entered the elevator and pressed the button to close. Just as the men reached the elevator, the doors hissed shut. Zorg let out a sigh of relief, and then a loud siren pierced his ears.

Thomas had alerted the security and police, Zorg figured. The doors hissed open again and he realised he was on the roof again. Thankfully Rakat was still there; she had just closed the compartment with a snap and turned around.

"You set off the alarms?" she asked angrily.

"There's not time to explain, get in," he quickly said. Rakat kept her ground and sneered.

"Why should I?"

The elevator doors opened again and five large security guards poured out. One of them raised his gun and took a shot; it hit the side of the ship. Rakat frowned.

"Get inside," she instructed Zorg.
Pulling out her pistol she made two shots which found their mark, killing two of the men. She let off another shot before following Zorg into her ship and closing the door. Rakat heard shots ringing off the ship as she slid into her seat. The security men had made their way to the windscreen and were shooting at it. Rakat lifted off, and using one of the ships guns downed two more men. She noticed more men pouring out of the elevator. As the ship went over the edge of the building the computer warned of three police cars targeting her. She glanced over to the left and saw the cars positioned and waiting. She frowned slightly, and then pushed the steering controls towards the ground. The ship nosedived down the building; Rakat clenched her knees to her seat to stop falling. Zorg wasn't so lucky; he smashed into the back of her seat with a cry. Rakat nearly lost her grip, but she kept holding on. She levelled out the ship just before the smog. Glancing at her radar she saw no police cars followed behind, and then she noticed two in front of her. They let out a round of shots, shattering the windscreen making heavy duty glass spray on her.

Frowning, Rakat prepared one ship missile and with careful aim, she sent it spiralling towards the first police car. It hit on the side, making the car loose half its side and propel into the second car where it caused much damage.

The radar showed three more police cars approaching. She didn't wait and pushed the ship down into the smog and was lost to them.

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Rakat wiped at the dirty mirror in front of her.

Rakat had led them to a slum apartment. She had told Zorg that she owned it, and hadn't visited it in seven years.

She sighed and cleaned the glass to look at her face. There were tiny rivers of blood from where the windscreen glass had pierced her. The grimaced as she removed the glass and washed her face from the dirty dusty sink.

When she got to the kitchen she found Zorg sitting at a chair with his head in his arms. Rakat to the seat across from him and cleared her throat.

"What happened?" she asked, "did you know this was going to happen?"

Zorg looked up.

"I did know I was a wanted man, in Fhloston none of the travel ships would take me in fear of bounty hunters. That's why I came back to you. There is a man named Thomas Merridew who has taken my company and it planning my downfall," Zorg became silent, "all because of a promise I didn't keep"

Rakat waited for him to continue.

"I was an accomplice to Mr. Shadow who was planning to destroy earth," Zorg said quietly. Rakat frowned slightly.

"Now this Merridew guy is going to find my skeletons in my closet," he continued.

"Well, that's a fix," Rakat told him. Zorg nodded.

"Will you still help me? I want to hire you as a personal body guard" he asked. Rakat smiled.

"I don't know, I'm sure to get a large amount of money if I hand you in. But I don't want to hand you to this Shadow man who wanted to destroy the earth. Infact, why did you want to destroy it?"

Zorg looked ashamed.

"Money"

Rakat nodded and fell silent.

"Despite what I feel, I think that I should help you," she finally said. Zorg smiled for the first time.

"Thank you, Rakat"

Rakat coloured slightly and shrugged.

"Might as well, money is money. What are you planning for tomorrow?"

"I'm going to go to one of my storage containers, and then I'll contact one of my people to see what's happening. I'm a wanted man now, so your work will be cut out for you"

Rakat just nodded in agreement.

"Might as well get sleep for tomorrow," she said.

"Right," Zorg agreed.

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Thank you to my reviewers- NajaMoonshadow, BlackSparrow06 and MartenKeeper. You all make me want to write more chapters, which is a good thing. Thanks

Wow, I don't know why Rakat want's to help Zorg... Just goes to show I'm not a really good writer :P

Actually, I'm not sure if I can write Rakat's character well. She's a tough chick who would kill at the drop of a hat. But I'm a girl who's never fought in my life, so I'm not really sure how to write her… I guess I'll figure it out :P