Voyages of the Solar Wind 1: A Fire in Heaven Read Online Free
Author: Michael Erickston
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Rilar twirled and holstered her weapon without even looking. The short white hair on her head gave her a sexy tom-boy type look, and I was down with that. She's the sexiest best buddy I've ever had!
"Great shooting as always, Ri." I grinned and hugged her.
"Thanks, Dex." Ri grinned and hugged me back. "That felt good!"
"Killing bad guys usually does." I admitted.
We got the rest of the way back to the ship after watching the cleaning droids remove the bodies and Port Royal Security get there, late as usual.
Rilar decided then and there that she didn't like Port Royal station. "If this is going to become a regular thing, I would prefer that we not come here to get contracts, Dex. You never know when someone might get the drop on us."
She had a point. "I know, Ri. I hear ya on that."
We got aboard and back to our quarters. We had to get some shuteye. We stripped down to our birthday suits and got under the sheet on our bunk. Rilar cuddled close to my chest that night, and I fell asleep with her breath on my chest.
We awoke the next morning to the com beeping in the cockpit. I got up, stretched, then pulled on a flight suit as Rilar slept on. I looked at her and admired her beauty. Then the beeping cut through my daydreams and I ran up to the cockpit to answer the call.
"Solar Wind, this is Administrator Jeka. Come in, Dex."
"Go ahead, Jeka. Sup?" I asked, still shaking off the sleep.
"There you are, I thought you and Rilar had finally quenched your unrequited lust for each other." She joked.
"Ha ha. You know that's not gonna happen. What's the skinny, Minnie?" I chuckled.
"Got a job for you, Pick-up is on New Haven, and the drop-off is on Gurhin. Half hour trip after the two and a half from here. Pretty quick." She informed me.
"What's the payout, darlin'?"
"Two K. Interested?" She asked. Two K was a lot to me back then, and would go a ways toward refilling me and Ri's account after refurbing the ship.
"Lords, yes! Send me the veggies, and we're on it. Thanks, Jeka!" I like Jeka. She still creeps me out slightly, but hey. I'll take any friends I can get, and she's one of the best!
She sent the file and I scanned it. Food run, high end. Two crates for some Gurinkan big wig's retirement party from the planetary government. I grabbed the contract in a mad second.
"Ri! We got a gig! You ready, sweety?" I shouted back towards our quarters.
"Mmppphhh. Mmk, Dex. Mm'll be up inna moment." Her soft and groggy voice came back. I smiled. She's just adorable.
I did the preflight checks myself, jumping from my seat to Ri's and back. I got everything good to go and lifted. I plotted a course for New Haven as we exited the docking bay into space and hit the Slipdrive.
Ri staggered up to the cockpit as we entered the slipstream.
"What's the gig, hon?" She asked.
"Food run from NH to Gurhin City. Two K paycheck." I smiled at her, and she smiled back, now fully awake.
"Our first paycheck, sweety!" She jumped into my lap and hugged me. I hugged her to me and we were now seeing our dreams become reality. We were gonna get paid to have fun!
We talked and ate and drank a few beers, wondering how we were going to spend our new money.
"First of all, we need beer," she said, and I agreed. We only had a six-pack left from Helliot II.
"After beer, we need food." I have my priorities straight. Trust me on this.
"After food, we need better sidearms and ammo." Ri said. She's a gunner. It's in her blood. Her father, General Keldor, came up as a Gunner in the Confederate Army, Armored Cavalry. It was in her genetics.
"Ok, so after beer, food for what? Six months just so we don't have to buy it every time we dock?" I asked and she nodded enthusiastically. "Then some RailPistols and a few thousand MagPellets in the right caliber. Anything else?"
"Ground transportation in case we want to go sight-seeing." I hadn't thought of that! That's one reason I love my best buddy.
"Hovercycles?" I grinned.
"Fuck yes!" She grinned back
Rilar twirled and holstered her weapon without even looking. The short white hair on her head gave her a sexy tom-boy type look, and I was down with that. She's the sexiest best buddy I've ever had!
"Great shooting as always, Ri." I grinned and hugged her.
"Thanks, Dex." Ri grinned and hugged me back. "That felt good!"
"Killing bad guys usually does." I admitted.
We got the rest of the way back to the ship after watching the cleaning droids remove the bodies and Port Royal Security get there, late as usual.
Rilar decided then and there that she didn't like Port Royal station. "If this is going to become a regular thing, I would prefer that we not come here to get contracts, Dex. You never know when someone might get the drop on us."
She had a point. "I know, Ri. I hear ya on that."
We got aboard and back to our quarters. We had to get some shuteye. We stripped down to our birthday suits and got under the sheet on our bunk. Rilar cuddled close to my chest that night, and I fell asleep with her breath on my chest.
We awoke the next morning to the com beeping in the cockpit. I got up, stretched, then pulled on a flight suit as Rilar slept on. I looked at her and admired her beauty. Then the beeping cut through my daydreams and I ran up to the cockpit to answer the call.
"Solar Wind, this is Administrator Jeka. Come in, Dex."
"Go ahead, Jeka. Sup?" I asked, still shaking off the sleep.
"There you are, I thought you and Rilar had finally quenched your unrequited lust for each other." She joked.
"Ha ha. You know that's not gonna happen. What's the skinny, Minnie?" I chuckled.
"Got a job for you, Pick-up is on New Haven, and the drop-off is on Gurhin. Half hour trip after the two and a half from here. Pretty quick." She informed me.
"What's the payout, darlin'?"
"Two K. Interested?" She asked. Two K was a lot to me back then, and would go a ways toward refilling me and Ri's account after refurbing the ship.
"Lords, yes! Send me the veggies, and we're on it. Thanks, Jeka!" I like Jeka. She still creeps me out slightly, but hey. I'll take any friends I can get, and she's one of the best!
She sent the file and I scanned it. Food run, high end. Two crates for some Gurinkan big wig's retirement party from the planetary government. I grabbed the contract in a mad second.
"Ri! We got a gig! You ready, sweety?" I shouted back towards our quarters.
"Mmppphhh. Mmk, Dex. Mm'll be up inna moment." Her soft and groggy voice came back. I smiled. She's just adorable.
I did the preflight checks myself, jumping from my seat to Ri's and back. I got everything good to go and lifted. I plotted a course for New Haven as we exited the docking bay into space and hit the Slipdrive.
Ri staggered up to the cockpit as we entered the slipstream.
"What's the gig, hon?" She asked.
"Food run from NH to Gurhin City. Two K paycheck." I smiled at her, and she smiled back, now fully awake.
"Our first paycheck, sweety!" She jumped into my lap and hugged me. I hugged her to me and we were now seeing our dreams become reality. We were gonna get paid to have fun!
We talked and ate and drank a few beers, wondering how we were going to spend our new money.
"First of all, we need beer," she said, and I agreed. We only had a six-pack left from Helliot II.
"After beer, we need food." I have my priorities straight. Trust me on this.
"After food, we need better sidearms and ammo." Ri said. She's a gunner. It's in her blood. Her father, General Keldor, came up as a Gunner in the Confederate Army, Armored Cavalry. It was in her genetics.
"Ok, so after beer, food for what? Six months just so we don't have to buy it every time we dock?" I asked and she nodded enthusiastically. "Then some RailPistols and a few thousand MagPellets in the right caliber. Anything else?"
"Ground transportation in case we want to go sight-seeing." I hadn't thought of that! That's one reason I love my best buddy.
"Hovercycles?" I grinned.
"Fuck yes!" She grinned back
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