It started with her and she thought she was alone. She carefully disguised herself and her background. She booked her passage as a hired hand and went about her work as was expected. She never called attention to herself. Then one day, a month out of earth orbit she found herself in the perfect situation. The man who destroyed her family, who worked as a Crew Chief for MALU Corporation was in the commons, drinking with his subordinates. She made her move but it wasn’t enough. There were to many of them and they found her out. The questioned her and then beat her to an inch of her life. She knew she was going to die. She had no friends and none of the ordinary folk would cross the company. Late that night she felt gentle hands probe her neck, feeling for her pulse. She waited for them to finish the job that was almost complete bit they did not. Instead they began probing the rest if her injuries. She tried to see who was there but the stranger was hooded and she was in to much pain to do anything about it. Then a soft, firm voice reached out to her and said, ‘why did you do it little sister?’ she tried to tell him that it was for the ones who were used and misplaced by the bad people in the MALU. It all came out garbled and mushy. He asked her, ’ can you drink?’ Shr answered, ‘yes I can swallow.’ Then, just like the voice, strong gentle arms picked her up and began to carry her. She did not know what time it was, local, but it was still dark. As he walked in the shadows, avoiding the light she began to drift. Her last thought was that be must have drugged her and then she faded out into the blackness.
3/15/2009 ~ 2 min read
