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Chapter 18 : Between Systems
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The Captain, the Mechanic and the One Night Stand Chapter 19 : Crash Landing
Javier's POVStill disoriented from the incredibly rough landing, Mads and I climbed the steps into the main cabin area of the ship. Debris was hanging from the rafters. Metal paneling was torn up and scattered across the couches. The cabinets in the kitchen were entirely broken off and crumbled on the ground. There was a massive fissure through the ship so deep I could look up and see a blue sky from where we landed. Damn. The ship looked like shit. But I was alive. Thanks to Mads.I glanced next to me at the towering werewolf, who seemed to be taking inventory of all the damages as we made our way to the bridge. "Hey! You guys okay?" Daxton shouted from the busted-up hallway. He was limping in our direction as fast as he could. "Yeah. The engine room is a mess though," Mads replied, pausing so Daxton could catch up. "Do you know what happened?" Daxton groaned. "No idea. I was napping when, all of a sudden, I was thrown from the bed on the ride of my life." Ma
The Captain, the Mechanic and the One Night Stand Chapter 20 : Choices
Theodora's POVWhen I came to, everything ached.My ribs felt sore, my arm tucked to my side, feeling weak and unstable. Fuck, did I break my arm? The last thing I remembered was being catapulted across the bridge right into a window, so I'm sure that could have broken an arm.My other arm was stretched across the cot, fingers wound up in something cool and comforting. The last time I broke a bone, it was my femur in the wheel of a cyber bike. That one took a solid week to heal with the advanced healing serum. A week of being bedridden, but at the very least, we were traveling so there wasn't much I was missing out on either way.I groaned, slowly opening my eyes. Important to make sure I didn't have double-vision since I know I hit my head pretty hard. I flexed my fingers and whatever I was holding moved."How do you feel?" a silky smooth voice asked quietly."Javier," I murmured, blinking the sleepiness from my eyes to see him clearly next to me, leaning against the co
The Captain, the Mechanic and the One Night Stand Chapter 21 : A Walk Down Memory Lane
Theodora's POVMake amends with dad? Way easier said than done. He was pretty adamant that I shamed his entire military career with my actions and he didn't even want to look at my face ever again. I could only imagine how my mom cried and fought with him when she came home and I wasn't there.But if you asked me, it should be Dad making amends. Not me.I hadn't seen my mom in years at this point and I missed her so much. My dad, too. But I didn't want to visit them if they made me feel unwanted. Daxton and I walked to our family's farm while Mads and Benji borrowed my dad's massive cyber-rover to tow the ship into the barn. Neither Daxton nor I were in any physical shape to do that. Thankfully, I was feeling better. Breathing better. The advanced healing serum was working wonders on me. "How's Mom?" I asked as we continued our walk. The farm wasn't far and I felt like the boys and Ellie could use the ATV more than us right now."You're about to see her," Daxton rebutted.
The Captain, the Mechanic and the One Night Stand Chapter 22 : Lashing Out
Theodora's POVDinner was silent except for the scraping of silverware on my mom's good plates. Awkward. My entire crew lined the dining room table, aside from Mads, who took his portion to the barn to get a head start on repairs. Javier was sitting between Ellie and Benji, tentatively eating dinner. Cutting into the roast and vegetables. It smelled delicious, but I was too busy staring my dad down. Waiting for him to say something, but he never did. His icy gaze fixed on his plate, jaw strained tight even as he bit down on a forkful of food. I could practically hear his teeth clack against the silverware.Oh, fuck, he looked pissed. Just as angry as he was when he kicked me out.I knew coming here was a bad idea. We should've just stayed in the wreckage. I would have figured it out. But I knew my momma would be heartbroken if she knew I was so close and didn't visit. But I didn't want to have my father look at me like I was a disappointment again. I just knew he w
The Captain, the Mechanic and the One Night Stand Chapter 23 : Take The Edge Off
Theodora's POVMy heart was still pumping wildly, stuck in fight or flight as I stepped into the side door of the barn. A stack of scrap from Peacemaker piled in the corner. The smell of oil and hay. Peacemaker barely fit under the high ceilings. My dad typically worked on smaller crafts, but thankfully there was enough room to get the job done.And his hydrolift was strong enough to prop our ship a few feet in the air.Sparks flew from underneath the undercarriage, and the sound of a torch zapping drew my gaze to where Mads was. There was an empty plate on the workbench.At least he was able to eat before burying himself in work. My shoulders were still shaking, coming off the adrenaline. But it still fired through my system, making me jittery. The zapping stopped as Mads kicked himself out from under the ship, twisting off the blowtorch. He took off his welding mask, smoke clinging to his skin. His tattoos were glistening with sweat, clinging to his skin in droplets aro
The Captain, the Mechanic and the One Night Stand Chapter 24 : Unexpected
Javier's POVI felt useless. Sitting awkwardly in my seat as Theo fought with her father. Dark brown eyes glistened with tears that threatened to spill. Her father, Forest, shot back with some bullshit about giving up his career to take care of his kids.How he gave up everything for her. But that wasn't her fault. In fact, I got the impression her father didn't know the whole story. The way the past came back to haunt her. I got a taste of it after Zeus 9, but now, I saw her crumble completely. Her eyes became clouded with pure horror. A type of terror she couldn't hide.She closed her eyes tight, knuckles white with how hard she was gripping herself. The past had come back for her again, sucking her into an abyss. I wanted to do something. Help her as I watched her disappear behind her eyes. But I didn't know how to help her. In my one hundred and forty-six years, I had never seen something so horrifying it threw me into a spiral. I didn't envy it. But there w
The Captain, the Mechanic and the One Night Stand Chapter 25 : Shooting Range
Theodora's POVShame mottled my face. I can't believe Javier walked in on me and Mads. Fuck, how embarrassing. We were walking down a moonlit path, away from the homestead, down to a creek behind the barn I'd use for target practice when my dad first gave me his colt.I was sixteen and while most teenage girls on Gaea wanted a rover, I got a six-shooter. Nearly an antique that I took pride in shining and fixing so it would shoot. My dad told me it was one of the few things left from our earth's ancestors and he had been waiting to give it to me.Now that six-shooter was a key part of my identity. Something I poured my time and energy into master. I glanced over at Javier, his bulky shoulders, the line in his forehead."Javier…" I started, unsure where to take the conversation."How long have you and Mads been together?" he asked. "Were you together when you came onto me on Ilios?"Right to it then. "No. Mads and I have history, sure, but we broke it off before I met you," I
The Captain, the Mechanic and the One Night Stand Chapter 26 : A Broken Snowglobe
Theodora's POVThe next few days were all about fixing Peacemaker. Mads and Javier worked on securing the engine properly since they were the only two physically strong enough to move that massive hunk of metal around. Meanwhile, the other four of us secured the lights and used my dad's rivet gun to mend the panels to create a tight seal that would withstand the pressure of space travel. Fuck, it wasn't a minor job. The Pantomath wrecked Peacemaker, but I wasn't going to let him win. At the least, I had a leg up on him. Chances are that he didn't know about the Lunar Ravagers and was looking for us to leech information about Sol.He didn't know everything, and he would piggyback off me if he could.But, it was only a matter of time until he found where we crash-landed and I wanted to be long gone by then. If we were there, then there would be no reason for him to bring my parents into it. But regardless, that was a risk that I informed my mom about. I didn't want to leav
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