This time, it was Eva’s turn to be stunned. The last thing she expected was a vote. She looked over at Miko, whose face was completely serious. Then she glanced at Lucifer, who was wearing a devilish grin. “The rest of the Ravens still have a vote to make,” the girl continued. “Personally, I believ
Eva, still stunned, turned towards Kali, the last to vote. She knew she had already lost the vote and it didn’t matter which way Kali went. But she still wanted to hear what she had to say. A part of her hoped it would be in her favor, but the look of awe on her face told her that wasn’t going to be
Planet UltraKeep Alpha, Sol Security Services Megacorporate System, Federal Inner Sector The small, frigate-sized cargo transport flashed near the planet’s primary teleport beacon with little fanfare. It joined the numerous other transport cargo ships floating in the space around them, most of whic
They greeted each other perfunctorily, then transferred some documents between their datapads. They reviewed and signed the Delivery of Repossessed Goods Form 255B, as well as Acknowledgement of Receipt 9F, then finally filled out and signed the required Peer Performance Surveys AA6, CM-96, and the
Not that they even looked. An administrator tapped away at a monitor, while a couple members of his security detail sat nearby. The two looked relatively bored, even though they were playing some sort of holographic card game. Freya pulled out a cottonball drone from a secure pocket, then released
Freya and Lucifer both ran down a long row of forlorn mecha. The machines sat in their stations on both their left and right sides, unmoving and still like statues from ages past. Whatever life they used to have had long since been taken from them, and were instead locked away in a vault far from th
“I was wondering why you wanted to come with me on foot,” Freya said. “Should’ve figured it’s ‘coz you wanted to steal shit.” “It’s what you’re doing, isn’t it?” Lucifer shot back. “This isn’t the same.” “You sure about that?” “Look, I-I’m taking my mecha back, alright. You’re taking someone els
Lucifer and Freya both leapt out of the gaping hole halfway up the gigantic warehouse, even as alarms and klaxons rang out inside and all around. They too fell down to the mega highway, smashed craters into the titacrete, and completely disrupted hopper traffic. At the same time, up above on the wa