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would get to take her talent to the stars in search of the being that killed her family.
     

Chapter Six
     
     
    “So, let me see.” The outfitter looked her over, and her eyes went from pansy blue to black on black.
    Uli started to make a list as she stared at Lee with that eerie gaze.
    Lee held still, and even Krix was immobile as they were assessed. Parts of her were still smouldering a little from the energy-dispersal class, but she was standing tall.
    The list began to get longer and longer on the display, and some of the items were a little eyebrow raising. The amount of knives was surprising. Lee didn’t know where she was going to put them all.
    Finally, Uli, the outfitter, relaxed and looked at the list. “Well, I think I have just about all of this here. You will have to go to medical for those jabs, but the rest can be ready for you in about an hour, including rations.”
    Uli smiled brightly, her pansy eyes bright in her yellow skin.
    “Thank you. I am sure it will be very helpful.”
    “Thank you for making eye contact with me immediately. Many folks lose their nerve after I do my assessment.” Uli chuckled.
    “You are most welcome. Now, thank you again; I will be back in two hours.”
    She reached up and stroked Krix as she headed to medical with a copy of her list.
    Canevor was on duty and he grinned. “I hear you have made it through training.”
    She nodded. “I did. It took a lot of effort and quite a bit of work on Krix’s part, but I got through it.”
    Canevor opened her file. “Well, we will begin with the baseline scan and then get to the injections.”
    “I just came for the shots.”
    “It doesn’t work that way. To go on assignment, you need a medical check. When you return, you will be scanned again for damage or viruses. To do that, we compare your before picture to your after image.” He blinked all three eyes at random and then grinned.
    “Fine.” She set Krix on the floor, and he went hopping around the centre, ducking out the door. “Coward.”
    Canevor helped her into the scanner and ran the imaging unit over her from head to toe. When she had every organ on record, he kept her in the scanner while he injected her immunizations.
    She shivered, felt hot and then cold.
    Canevor scowled over her injections and patted her hand. “It will be over soon.”
    Krix came skidding across the floor, and he jumped into the scanner before the healer could stop him. Just the small contact with him helped Lee relax into the riot in her body as she rode it out.
    She asked through gritted teeth. “What did you give me?”
    “The shots on the list. Your body is just not used to being hit with wounded types of diseases from a dozen different worlds.”
    She rolled her eyes and gasped, “Do you think that putting in one at a time could have worked?”
    He shrugged. “We will never know. Ah, you are coming out of it now.”
    Krix rubbed against her.
    Canevor looked at the scanner. He made a surprised sound. “And it seems that Krix is about to begin transformation. It looks like he will have quite the clutch of little ones.”
    Lee looked down, and Krix was looking up with a pleased expression in his eyes. “Are you going to wait until we get back, or do you want to stay here with Veera?”
    The peck on her leg was enough for her.
    “There. Stable. Now a secondary scan and you are good to go. Come on, Krix. Out you come.”
    Krix told him off but hopped out of the scanner. The full imaging was done a second time and Canevor was satisfied.
    “You are cleared for assignments. I will put it in your file.” He nodded and went to his terminal.
    “Thank you, Canevor. I will see you when I get back.”
    “Take care.” He grinned and waved her off, lost in the readouts.
    She scooped up Krix and put him back on her shoulder. He wasn’t really built for it, but he hung on like a mad thing, and he always healed the punctures.
    She checked her wrist display and she still had an hour before it