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that, too,” Coog gives his
opinion.
    Meek says, “Yeah, it does seem too good to be
true. Keep scanning.”
    “We are now at the vessel, Captain,” Mcloud
says. “There is cargo, but in lead casings making it hard to scan
the contents. No life signs, as the ship has no atmosphere.”
    Suddenly, three ships come out at light speed
right on top of their location.
    “Three Elemental Navy ships just dropped out
at light speed right on top of us. Two destroyers and a battleship.
The battleship has locked on a tractor beam to us,” Mcloud
says.
    “Wanking bait ship, damn it,” Meek curses out
loud.
    “This is General Hurt of the Elemental Navy.
You are in Elemental Space, so prepare to be boarded and searched
for illegal contraband,” blares over the shipwide intercom.
    Che says, “Well, that is one thing we don’t
have, ha-ha-ha. If they can overlook the seven wanted posters and a
stolen ship with fake papers, then we be all right.”
    “We are so busted,” Cogg says.
    Meek says, “Put me on audio only.” As he
starting to spin a lie, shipwide intercoms on all four ships
activate.
    Eve says in a smooth claim tone, “Greetings,
General Hurt. Looks like you have been demoted to smuggling patrol
since the last time we met. How humiliating that must be. I see you
have a shiny new battleship. It will be a shame for me to have to
destroy it like I did your other one...,” she says, with a sinister
laughter.
    Hurt realizes who is talking and yells, “Fire
all guns at will!”
    “Too late,” Eve says.
    On the bridge, the pirate crew looks out the
window of the pilot’s chair and see a huge electrical field hit all
three ships. Then collision alarms sound off. Both destroyers crash
into the battleship one on each side. Massive explosions ripple
down both sides of the battleship. One of the destroyer’s power
core explodes, taking the back part of the battleship with it. The
tract beam disengages.
    Meek yells, “Get us out of here before that
mess explodes and takes us with it!”
    Che moves the ship away as fast as sub-light
engines can go. The battleship sounds an ‘abandon ship’ order over
the intercoms.
    “Eve, I will kill you if it is the last thing
I do, you bitch!” General Hurt says, just as the battleship breaks
up after one final explosion.
    “Incoming debris, brace for impact,” Mcloud
informs.
    “Shields! Plot course and jump,” Meek
yells.
    “Already on it,” Che says, as the ship goes
to jump speed right before the debris showers the area just barely
missing their ship.
    “Holy crap that was close,” Cogg says out of
breath.
    “I think I peed in my pants,” Chad adds.
    Meek says, “Geez that was just too wanking
close.”
    Che says, “Just who is Eve exactly?”
    Python say, “I don’t care. She just save our
asses.”
    “Yeah, you got that right,” Shawn says. “She
is in sickbay at the moment. Doc is looking her over.”
    Mcloud’s right leg pops off and hits the
floor.
    “Damn it!”

 
    Chapter 3
    Eve flails around on the table in sickbay as
her mutation spirals out of control after using so much PSI power
to destroy the Elemental Patrol. She lights up so bright it becomes
blinding. She screams in pain as the last remnants of her humanity
are assimilating into a Space Dragon.
    “She is losing control. We need to get her
off the ship now before she changes into a Space Dragon,” Doc yells
over the intercom to the crew.
    “Drop out of jump speed, Python. Chad, go
down there and help get her to the cargo hold,” Meek barks.
    A minute later, the two men see Doc and
Gothica trying to drag Eve to the cargo hold, but she is too big
for them. They grab her and pulling her down the hall to the cargo
hold.
    “Gee, she weights a ton,” Python says.
    “More like two tons or a hover car is more
exact. She is made out of pure enchanted metals,” Doc says in a
serious tone.
    “He isn’t good with math,” Chad snickers.
    “Oh, like you are?” Python huffs.
    They pull Eve into