VFF The Book Continues Part 6
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Grayson paced in the cockpit of his ship.
She's pregnant, he thought. What was she thinking about?
If he had to relocate her quickly, it was bound to be delicate, especially if it ended up being around her due date. The slavers had gotten way too close to her on Newhall. It would only have taken a close look by someone in the know to reveal her true identity. And if she was ever found out, she'd be dead or worse. He could picture her being turned into a slave herself and sold to the highest bidder.
And now there was a child to think about. Things had suddenly got more complicated. Way too complicated.
"She can't go through with this pregnancy," he muttered. "It's too dangerous. She's got to see that."
He sat down and waved his team.
"We need to finish up the relocation papers for case#GC3498A name is abbey. I also need to add a relocation request for case#GC3499Y name is Oram. Put them together," he explained. "Let's plan for a fast extraction, taking them by force if needed. Danger is at the highest level and subjects are unaware or unwilling to recognize their predictament."
He paused for a second, then added.
"And have a doctor standing by. One of them needs medical attention."
He disconnected the wave and paced a little more.
"She'll understand," he said aloud. "She's got to see that this cannot come to fruition."
He felt it was too dangerous for her and if she was ever found with a child, the fate of that child would be tragic.
Now... He just had to figure out where they had went.
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Colt quickly got dressed and ran to the cockpit.
Wash They're coming up from behind us.
Colt moving to the console: Gimme the vid.
What he saw behind them made his blood run cold.
Colt whispering: Ai ya! Women wanle.
Wash: What is it?
Colt: Reavers.
Colt walked over to the loadspeaker.
Colt: Sky and Mobbex. Come on up to the bridge. Ma shong. 
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abbey was standing on the catwalk overlooking the cargo bay lost in thought about her and Colt's predictament when she heard the page for Sky and Mobbex.
That can't be good, she thought and started on her way up there too.
When she got to the foredeck, she saw Sky climbing out of her bunk just a few feet before her. abbey followed her up into the bridge.
"What are you doing here?" Colt asked her, slightly annoyed. "Did I call for you? Go back to your shuttle."
abbey was slightly taken aback at his deameanor. Hurt, she took a couple of steps backwards when she heard Wash speak.
"The Reavers are gaining on us," Wash said with a little anxiousness and fear in her voice.
"Reavers?" abbey asked, her hand slightly covering her mouth.
Colt ignored her.
"How far?"
"Almost at door knocking distance."
Colt looked backwards towards the foredeck and still didn't see Mobbex.
"Where in the Hell is Mobbex?"
abbey backpeddled into the foredeck and pounded on Mobbex's bunk hatch before kicking it open.
"Mobbex! Get up here!" she yelled. "We got Reavers!"
Sky leaned over and whispered into Colt's ear.
"I guess this is as good of time as any to tell you that I'm getting off at Ezra," she said. "That is if we don't become their main course tonight."
Colt just looked straight ahead and said nothing to her. He had more important things to think about right now; mainly abbey, their child and the intense need for him to save this crew like he couldn't with his last.
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Meanwhile, down in the engine room. Brit was watching Spots work as he did some basic maintenance.
"You should clean that contact there," she said pointing at a small piece that only worked when they were at hard burn.
"It's fine Brit," Spots told her.
"No. It's not. Clean it or we can't go to hard burn."
"It's fine Brit," he repeated.
With an annoyed look on her face, Brit reached around him and yanked out the contact component.
"See? Dirty," she showed him. "They're hungry."
"Yeah, I'm hungry too," Spots grumbled as he cleaned the component. To his chagrin, she was right.
"No. Not you," Brit said with a far off look. "They're hungry. We let them eat and no one will be able to help Issy."
Spots gaze snapped to Brit's.
"Hurry!" she pleaded.
He cleaned it well and slammed it back in place just as he heard abbey yelling for Mobbex and announcing they had Reavers on their tail. Spots and Brit both got up and ran for the bridge.
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Something had woken her…
Wincing in pain as her injuries reminded her not to sleep in a curled up position, Oram opened her eyes and looked around, monetarily confused of where the hell she was and why a foot was in her face.
“Mobbex!” someone screamed from above, “We got Reavers!”
At those words, Oram's blood ran cold. Oh, she'd heard about those monsters and what they did and didn’t want to find out if the tales and rumours of men gone wild on experiments were true.
With his name being screamed, the Merch jolted awake, stared at Oram in confusion for a few seconds, before racing up the ladder in only his boxer shorts. Following him as best as she could, Oram ignored the looks she got from the crew, especially Abbey and took a deep breath as she stood just behind Mobbex as they took in the situation.
It certainly wasn’t her fault she was only wearing a red tank top that had crawled up her side, exposing her injured back and skin, with rumpled purple sleeping shorts that had also decided to try escape by climbing upwards.
Blinking, she tried to assess the situation. Where they going to run? Hide, or was the Doctor going to have to be forced to do the unthinkable to the crew as the monsters brayed for their blood at the front door…
She really wished Abbey would stop looking at her like that though.
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Mobbex jerked awake as he heard the combination of his name with the word Reavers. He then noticed Oram in his bed. He wondered how much he had to drink the night before, but dismissed any kindof sexual activities since he still had his boxers on and she still had a modest amount of clothing on too. Later, he'll have to ask her what the rutt she was doing in his bunk.
Not really waiting to get dressed, Mobbex scrambled up the ladder just wearing his boxers. When he got to the bridge, he looked down at the vid and saw the danger behind them.
"Rutting hell, as if'n our last day or two couldn't get any worse..."
Then he heard a voice from behind him.
"They're hungry," Brit stated matter of factly.
Mobbex turned and looked at her.
"You think?"
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Wash: Captain their closing on us. What are we doing?
Mobbex: I’ll tell ya what we’re doing we’re getting the hell out of here.
Colt checks the screens again: No we can’t out run em. *he goes to place a comm to Spots but notices the whole crew on the bridge. He takes a double look at Mobbex and wonders why he just has his boxers on* Spots get to the engine room. We may need some on the fly modifications. Sky, go help him. *Turning to Wash* Let them get in closer.
Wash: Closer?
Mobbex: Closer! You’re going to get us all killed.
Colt moved close to the big merc and spoke softly: You don’t get it? We were dead the minute they turned in after us. Might be able to buy some time dancing around them but we can’t outrun them. We ain’t got the guns to shoot em down. Now listen. Time comes they have us I want you to take Brit, Abbey and the Doc and cut loose in Abbeys shuttle. Sky and I will hold them as long as we can but you got no place you can reach from here with the shuttles range. Maybe they chase you maybe they dont, but if they catch up to you….you make sure those animals don’t get my crew alive. Sky and I will do the same for Wash and Spots.
Mobbex stepped back and swallowed hard before answering. I’ll take care of it Captain.
Wash: You wanted them closer Captain. Their right on top of us.
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Running back to the engine room each step sounding like thunder in his head, because he knew the consequences of what he was about to do.
In the engine room his hand became a flurry of switches, dials, and connections. than his eyes fell on the button, it was about the size of his palm. Over it he had put a yellow sticky note that read "if all hell brakes"
Spots "over the com" : Captain I need to show you something back here.
{In moments Colt arrives}
Colt: what is it?
Spots: it looks like your gona put up a fight, i had this rigged for a while now (points to the button) but I never thought it would get used.
Colt; Spots i need plan speak here we're kinda busy
Spots: you mash that button and boom. it works on the same Principal of the burn, but instead of shooting the explosion out it contains the blast and will wipe out any thing in a size able proximity, Reavers anit no way to die and I dont want my girl falling into the hands of those mad men to be twisted to some sort of monstrosity.
so if you find yourself pushed back to here push it and be done with it.
Colt:well have a talk about the why later but thanks for the offer, but everyone is gonna be ok including the book 
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abbey couldn't help but stare at the sight she saw when Mobbex's bunk hatch opened. He was the first one through, wearing only his boxers and after him slowly, came Oram at the same time straightening her clothes (which pretty much amounted to underwear).
Were they...? Would they...? abbey tried to banish the thought in her mind, but was so shocked she couldn't.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Colt whisper something to Mobbex then left to go follow Spots.
Then her gaze went back to the two. What was Oram thinking? And him? Didn't he know that she was hurt? Surely, they couldn't...
abbey was brought out of her thoughts when Mobbex touched her arm.
"Cap'n said I have to take you, the doc and Brit to your shuttle and get ready to bolt if needed."
"No," abbey said absently. Then she jerked her arm away from him, stumbling back a couple of feet. "No."
Colt chose that time to reappear. He shot an annoyed look over at Mobbex as he went over to the comm and turn it to the "always on" position.
"Why aren't they gone?" he asked.
"She won't-" Mobbex started but abbey interrupted.
"I'm not leaving," she stated firmly.
Colt leaned up and whispered into her ear.
"This is not the time to question me. You have... we have other things to think about," he said.
She knew exactly what he meant... the baby.
"No," she stated firmly again. "If I die, and you know we will most probably will, I want to stand at your side."
"abbey, stop being so..." Colt started in a louder voice. "Being so... YOU!"
"I'm not-" abbey started to say again, but a sharp climb by Wash sent her careening towards the stairs that lead to the bridge.
With lightning reflexes, Colt reached out and grabbed her shoulders to keep her from falling.
"YOU WILL GO WITH MOBBEX!" he yelled at her. "I WANT YOU AND THE BABY TO HAVE A CHANCE!"
Everyone on the bridge and throughout the ship heard him blurt out the revelation. The crew in the bridge gaped at him, except for Oram and Sky and of course Brit.
"I knew you were rutting her!" Sky exclaimed as she turned and left the bridge. "I'll be with Spots."
Colt placed his hand tenderly on abbey's stomach.
"Please go..." he pleaded. "Mobbex will make sure those monsters don't take you... or the others."
abbey looked at him, her expression softened and her eyes filled with tears.
"OK," she relented as she turned away from him and started down the stairs.
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Mobbex shooed abbey, Oram and Brit into abbey's shuttle.
"Sooo..." Mobbex said as abbey shakily got the shuttle prepped to go. "Cap'n knocked you up, huh? I didn't see that comin'."
abbey glared at him.
"So was it a one time thing?" he continued. "Or have the two of you been rutting like bunnies for a while now?"
Mobbex suddenly chuckled.
"The grav failure? Now I know why you had no undies on!" he laughed harder. "You were shagging the Captain, weren't you?"
abbey walked over to him and slapped him... hard.
"Ching-wah tsao duh liou mahng," she hissed. "Our personal life is none of your business."
"Soooo..." Mobbex smirked at her. "Obviously, you've been doing the Captain for a while then."
He punctuated it with a big guffaw.
abbey turn and bolted from the shuttle. Mobbex turned to Oram.
"She'll be back in a minute. No sense on running after her."
"You're a jerk," Oram told him.
"Mebbe," he admitted. He focused his attention on her then. "What the good gorram were you doing in my bunk last night?"
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Wash: You wanted them closer Captain. Their right on top of us.
Colt checked the screens again: Wash they are going to try and grab us with that magnetic grappler. *pointing the screen capture of the Reaver vessel* They do and this is a short fight. We should be able to see a power spike before when they turn on the mag. You see it you need to get us under them. Close as you can. You need to match their maneuvering best you can to keep us under or behind them. Don’t think they will use the top gun, they want us alive, but lets not find out *Checking the screens again* Get ready. *He spoke loud enough that the comm he had set on 'always on' would easily pick it up.* Strap in people.
Wash reacted so quickly Colt didn’t even see the power spike. Before he could blink she had flipped the Book over and cut the thrusters. With a jerk of the controls the Book settled right underneath the large ship.
The Reaver ship didn’t react immediately. The Book glided safely underneath them for almost a minute before they made their move. They banked back and forth but Wash easily matched them. They try to roll over and cut speed but again Wash meets the challenge. The battle plays out for another 20 minutes. Each time Wash keeps the Book safe.
Colt: You ok?
Wash: Their feeling us out. Trying to suss out how maneuverable we are.
Colt: You sure bout that?
Just then the Reavers blasted away from the Book. Wash couldn’t match their speed as they banked around and headed back to towards them. Wash turned hard away and they turned to intercept. Soon they were chasing the Book into a wide turn. Wash was able to maneuver back into under them eventually but no sooner than she did they blasted away again.
This time they fired their cannon at the Book when they came about. The bright streaks filled the windows as Wash dove the ship narrowly avoiding the blast.
Wash: Looks like a definite there.
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