So...took me a while to do this, didn't it? :P Oh well, chapter 2, and look who's in it! ^_^ There isn't enough Smuggler fanart around, though he's awesome! ;) NOTE! He's younger in this story, therefor he's a bit different: READ TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT MEANS!
CHAPTER 2: THE TALL BLUE MAN
"Whoa, watch where ya going..."
A tall figure turned to face Talwyn, only to find no one next to him. He understood to look down to his feet when he heard a small whimper coming from below. "...kid?" he finished his sentece with a very suprised tone after seeing a little Markazian girl sitting at his feet with wide eyes.
Talwyn had never seen anyone like him, and she'd seen a lot of different folk. First of all, in that moment she was sure the man was the tallest person she had ever seen. His skin was blue and he had some darker color markins in his upper arms and his head. In his small bright yellow eyes they was a sharp gaze that gave Talwyn shivers down her spine. He had a long sleeveless jacket with a high collar, big brown boots and a armor part in his shoulder and his arms. What made him frightening and fascinating at the same time was a huge gun he carried behind his back. He looked at Talwyn a little confused, like she didn't belong.
"This yours?" the man shouted still looking at the little girl. Talwyn quickly got to her feet when she reliased the man was talking to her dad, who had now caught Talwyn at last.
"Ye...Yes..." he said after a pause exhausted from the running. He leaned to his knees and breathed heavily. He wasn't a young man anymore.
"Gotta tell ya, didn't think of you as family man", said the tall man with a smirk in his muzzle. "Where's the Mrs.?"
"He doesn't have one", Talwyn said looking at her dad and turned to gaze the tall man into the sharp yellow eyes. "And he's not a family man..."
The tall man raised a brow and smirked even more wider. "Well, aren't you sassy, little Miss Apogee!" he laughed and Talwyn really didn't know if she should be offended.
Her dad, who was finally able to breathe normal again, put a hand on her daughter's shoulder and said to the man infront of him:
"I think we're done here, Mr. Smuggler. If you could please go to my office, I'll be with you in a few minutes." Talwyn noticed the it's a grown-ups's matter -tone in her dad's voice that was meant for her.
The man called Smuggler simply smiled suprisingly politely and said: "Well, that sounds just fine, Mr. Apogee, since you're the one...providing the monetary compensation." He grinned again and Talwyn suddenly felt her dad's grip on her shoulder tighten. There was something going on Talwyn didn't know, which made her curiousity grow even more.
"Pleasure meeting you, Miss Apogee", the man nodded to Talwyn and turned to walk away to the office. Talwyn didn't answer. There was something odd about the tall blue man.
Chapter 3 will be up sooner, I promise :) And it'll be a little longer as well. The whole story will be 4 chapters long, so hang in there! ^_^ Please R&R