Ch. 4
"We need to go to the bar to meet the spy, José," Miguél said when we landed in the slightly busy base, the base had a freighter the size of a destroyer and a group of explorer-looking Sabres, if I would've payed attention more, I would've noticed the Outcast icon on the freighter and the Hessian icon on the Sabres.
"Alright, lets go," I say and follow Miguél through the dark hallways of the Freeport. We passed several groups of bounty hunters, but since they're on a Freeport they can't attack, stupid, law-abiding chumps. We passed a group of Corsairs heading to the hanger, and a group of traders, most likely Zoners, no regular trader would be this far from the colonies.
"Alright, here we are, Freeport 9 Bar and Tavern," Miguél said with satisfaction.
"All we need to do is find our spy," I say and enter the bar, what I expected to find was a place full of Corsairs and bounty hunters, but what I saw was Red Hessians on one side of the bar and the Outcasts on the other.
What the hell is going on? Why are the Hessians and Outcasts doing here? I thought at lightning speed.
Then I done something right out of the Corsair instinct, I shot one of the Outcasts and shot one of the Hessians, with one shot of my laser pistol.
"Corsairs!" both the Hessians and Outcasts screamed. They grabbed their guns, but some were dead before they even got their hand near their holster.
"Outcasts! Hessians! Attack my brothers!" I yell at the top of my lungs. We had our guns in our hands and began shooting under five seconds, another of the Corsair's instincts. Half the Hessians were dead before the Outcasts even got to pull out their pistols.
"Charge!" the Hessian leader ordered, I shot him in the back of the head.
"General!" one of the Hessians yelled. He grabbed his weapon and shot one of us, Miguél, shot him in the shoulder.
"Miguél!" I yell and run to him, I pick him up and take him out of the bar, I used a med-pack on him and returned to the battle.
"Give up, Corsair slime!" the Outcast leader yelled. I shot him square between the eyes.
"Kill the rest, Corporal, I need to get Miguél back to the ships," I order.
"Yes, Lieutenant José," he responds and returns to battle. I pick up Miguél's slightly crumpled frame.
"José... Thanks for saving my life... You could've just let me die... Like any other Corsair would," Miguél rasped out.
"Miguél, your like my brother, I would never let you die," I swore to my friend.
"Thanks.... Man," he gasped with agonizing pain. I reached the hanger and set him the med-bay of one of the ships, I activated the medical robot and slumped his friend in on of the medical pods.
"What is the problem, Lieutenant José?" asked the robot in a very emotionless voice.
"Captain Miguél is severely hurt, can you be able to keep him alive until we can get to Crete and take him to the medical center?" I ask the robot, the robot goes over to Miguél and scans him.
"Lieutenant, with our med-bay, I can keep Captain Miguél alive for two days, but yes, he'll need Crete's medical center if he's going to live," the robot gives the analysis.
"Good, see to it he stays alive," I say and walk over to Miguél, "I'll see ya later buddy."
"Cya.." he rasps. I walk out of the medical ship and head back to the tavern.
"Corporal, how did the fight go?" I ask.
"We lost two men, two were hurt, but not as much as poor Miguél," the corporal replied.
"The enemy?" I ask as if I'm interrogating him.
"All dead, we sent men to check their ships for valuables," he answered.
"Good, any sign of our spy?" I ask another question.
"No, but if he's on the station, the meeting can still take place," he said.
"Looking for me?" a man appeared out of nowhere.
"You our spy???" I ask, my eyes like twin lasers.
"Yes, and I just need to tell you, the Outcast fleet is currently getting organized, I think they are preparing for war, the Hessians too," he said. The Hessian's fleet was no surprise, but the Outcasts fleet intrigued me.
"Outcasts?" I ask with shock.
"Yes, Lieutenant," he replied.
"The Elders will be interested in this, I will report this to them immediately, I'm going to go check on Miguél," I say and walk out of the tavern and head back to the hanger, the Corsairs were really seaching those ships, almost looks like they're stripping the ships apart. I went into the medical ship and walked over to Miguél.
"What you.... Find out?" he asked.
"The Outcasts and Hessians are preparing for war, but I'm pretty sure they're not going only against each other," I say with a sad and angry tone in my voice.
"Better report... That to the Elders," he says.
"That's the plan, man,"