Outlaw Star Fan Fiction ❯ Pirate's Lair ❯ A Family Life of Adventure ( Chapter 3 )

Outlaw Star Fan Fiction
A Family Life of Adventure

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Melfina smiled and shook her head. For the last six weeks everyone had
been fussing over her. "You know you don't have to do this." She started as
Gene brought her her lunch. "I like to cook and I want to do my own chores."
Gene smiled at her. "Sorry Mel, I guess I am getting a little carried
away. It's just... I'm not sure how to handle it."
Melfina giggled. "Well neither am I, but..."
Gene laughed, "In that case you'll take your rest and like it!"
Melfina sighed and took her sandwiches and juice. "Well alright. Not that
it will do me any good. Morning sickness is really awful."
Gene kissed her cheek. "You're telling me."
Melfina grabbed his cheek and pulled it to the side, looking at him
playfully. "What was that?"
"Ow! Um... nothing." Gene said. Melfina let him go and he rubbed his
cheek. "Anyway it's not like I'm the worst one."
Aisha peeked in from the kitchen. "Oh yeah Gene? Who was it that insisted
that we take over all her chores."
Gene looked at her. "And who was it who tried carrying her around for a
whole day?" Aisha sniffed and ducked back into the kitchen.
"I can solve this," Suzuka said. "You're all impossible."
Jim laughed and looked at her. "Oh? And you weren't absolutely insisting
on cooking for her last week?"
Suzuka tried to look dignified. "Well I didn't want her to be subjected to
Aisha's cooking."
Aisha growled from the kitchen and Melfina giggled. "Well I am glad that
you all are helping me out, but I can still do things on my own."
The Gilliam robot by Jim's hand looked at her. "Well Melfina from what I
can tell your life functions are normal for someone in your condition."
Melfina smiled. "Thanks Gilliam."
Gene looked over at Jim. "Hey Jim, do you have any jobs lined up for us
yet?"
Jim shook his head. "Sorry Gene, but since we're at the edge of the Tai
pirates territory we're not in the main lanes."
Gene nodded. "Well we can't go in any farther. The closer we get to Earth
the more the laws are inforsed and a lot of the things we do bend them a
little too much to take the chance."
Jim nodded. "Like when we bribed that guy to let you into that contest. So
we'll have to wait until someone wants to hire us. We should be alright for
a while though. After all, we still have some of the Kae pirate's treasure
left."
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Everyone looked at it. "Jim, pull
up the security cammeras."
Jim pushed some buttons on his computer and four separate images appeared.
Jim stared in disbelief as Gene walked up behind him. "No way! He's supposed
to be dead!"
On the screem was Shimi, the first of the Onten seven that they had gone
up against. Also the one that had kicked their butts. He was standing
outside the door. "Gene Starwind! I want to talk to you."
Gene ran to the door and hit the large red button. Blocks of three foor
thick solid steel dropped down over the windows and door. "Speaking into the
intercom by the door Gene said, ""What do you want?"
On the screen Shimi smiled and looked up at the camera. "I want to hire
you. Don't worry, I left the pirates after our little skirmish."
Gene looked at Jim. "Think we should trust him?"
Jim shrugged. "I don't know Gene. It could be a trick. In fact it probably
is."
Gene nodded. "You're right." Backing up from the door he hit the button
again and the blocks rose out of the way. He opened the door and let the
ex-pirate in. "Well Shimi, what do you want?"
The man smiled. "It's just Lealong now. And like i said, I want to hire
you."
Gene smiled and lead him into the makeship livingroom. Since they had
converted the place from a werehouse it had a very big living room. Aisha
and Suzuka watched Lealong closely as he sat down on the couch. Turning he
smiled at them. "Um... sorry about blowing you up and that knife to the
gut."
They stared at him in silence and Jim said, "Yeah, about that. Aren't you
dead and buried?"
Lealong laughed. "I rigged the fight. I think I'm going soft." He looked
at Gene. "Besides it wouldn't have been fair with the way you were hurt."
Gene gritted his teeth. "Well as I recall we also buried you."
Lealong nodded. "Yeah, and deep too. It took me a half hour to dig my way
out of that hole you put me in. What I can't figure out is how you are all
still alive."
Gene smiled. "Well the short version is we beat those Onten guys, found
out way into the galactic ley line, then once we got out we helped some
people loot the Kae pirate's treasure vault."
Lealong's eyes widened in shock. "You what? How did you... I mean I 've
been there. Are you sure it was really the vault?"
Gene nodded. "Big asteroid, lots of traps, guards like you wouldn't
believe, and only lets you visit once a year?"
Lealong nodded. "That's the place." He sighed. "You are one lucky man
Gene. You know I was supposed to captain the XGP. If Hilda hadn't stolen it
and Melfina..."
Aisha laughed. "Well she did and now it's ours."
Gene looked at her. "It's who's Aisha?"
Aisha grummbled something and sat down. Jim laughed and smiled at her.
Aisha winked and grinned at him.
"So what's this job you've got for us?" Gene asked.
Lealong smiled. "Oh that. Well it's no big deal really. I've been trying
out being an Outlaw for a while and I have recently ticked off a few of the
local Tai pirates. I need you to protect me from them."
Gene shook his head. "I can't do that. Even when I agreed to protect Fred
Loe I told him i couldn't do it forever."
Lealong nodded. "I didn't mean forever. You see these guys have a very
strict policy. Any grudge they have has to be dropped after forty-eight
hours. If they haven't killed me by then they have to give up and go home."
Gene rubbed his chin. "All right, but you and I haven't discussed the
fee."
Lealong smiled. "Well i only have forty hours left. What do you think
would be a fair price?"
Gene smiled. "I am thinking fivethousand wong an hour..."
Lealong nodded. "... and we each get to hit you in the face one time."
Aisha grinned. "Yeah! That sounds like fun!"
Lealong looked around the room. Both Jim and Suzuka were running their
fingers along the scars they had from Lealong's knife. Aisha was pounding
her fist into her hand. And Gene was smiling evily.
From the couch Melfina said, "Gene, I'm not sure about that."
Lealong held up his hand. "All right, it's a deal. Melfina you don't have
to if you don't want to, but it is fair considering." He stood up and looked
at them. "Gt it over with."
Aisha and the others gleefully lined up. Gene waited until the end. Jim
went first, hitting Lealong in the jaw. The man barely flinched. Next came
Suzuka. She hit him in the cheek, and actually caused him to step back a
bit. Shaking it off he waited. Aisha punched him in the forehead, knocking
him onto his back. "Ahh!" Lealong pulled himself up and smiled at Gene. Gene
waited until he was standing up, then punched him in the stomach. Lealong
grabbed his gut and doubled over. "You were supposed to hit my face!"
Gene smiled and Lealong realized his mistake. "As you wish." Gene leaned
back and punched Lealong in the eye. The man fell back and moaned. "Now
we'll take the job."
Lealong smiled and pulled himself up. "Thanks... I think."
Melfina looked at Gene. "Are you done?"
Gene smiled. "Yeah. So what can we expect from these guys?"
Lealong sat on the couch, still rubbing where they had hit him. "Well they
are not too big on magic, but their fighting technique is unmatched. I know
because I trained with them and had to join the Kae pirates because I wasn't
good enough to get past their first level."
Suzuka's eye twitched slightly. "You mean that compaired to these people
I'm..."
Lealong nodded. "Below apprentice level, yes. Though I suspect that you
may be a lot better than I am guessing, you still aren't at their level."
Aisha smiled. "Well what about me? I won the title of strongest woman in
the universe."
Lealong looked her over and rubbed his forehead. "You, might give them
some challenge. You see the secret to their technique is that they originaly
based it on Ctarl-Ctarl training techniques, then added magic. But instead
of attacking with the magic, they use it on themselves to hold their bodies
together as they train in increasing amounts of gravity."
Gene glanced at the huge pack Lealong carried. "I see. What gravty were
you at?"
Lealong smiled. "I made it to fifty times normal gravity." He looked at
Suzuka who was gripping the handle of her wooden sword.
Gene smiled and looked at Jim. "Think we can do it?"
Jim smiled. "No problem. All we have to do it keep him hidden for forty
hours. How hard could that be?"
Melfina looked at Gene worriedly. "Are you sure about this? I mean what if
the pirates find him?"
Gene smiled at her. "Don't worry Melfina. I'm sure everything will be
fine. Just relax all right?"
Melfina smiled. "Well I suppose."
Gene smiled and kisses her cheek. "Melfina I promised to protect you and I
meant it. I won't let anyone here get hurt." He looked around at the othes
who smiled back.
"Besides Melfna, with me and Suzuka around you know we can handle
anything, right Suzu?"
Suzuka grit her teeth. "Stop calling me that Aisha, or else."
Aisha stuck her face in Suzuka's. "Or else what?"
Suzuka looked her right in the eyes. Or else I'll hide the food where you
can't find it."
Aisha bit her lip. "Fine... Su-zu-ka."
Jim smiled and tweaked the end of her tail. Aisha looked back and saw him
grin at her. She smiled and shrugged, backing away from Suzuka.
Lealong looked at Gene. "I think I might have been safer with the
pirates."

The first pirates arrived about five hours after that. Gene had blocked
off the doors and windows again by that time. "We know you're in there
Lealong! Come out now or we'll drag you out." A man yelled.
Gene walked over to the intercom. "I'm sorry, but you must have the wrong
building."
"Don't give us that. We've had people following him and he is definately
in there." The man yelled.
Gene shut off the intercom. "Well so much for that plan."
Suddenly something began pounding against the door. Watching on the
monitor Gene saw a guy pounding on the door. The disturbing part was that
his fist was making dents and the hinges seemed to be giving way. "Gene,
these guys are tough."Jim said.
Gene nodded and looked at him. "Start up the security system Jim."
Jim hit some keys on hsi computer and a red light began flashing. Lealong
looked at Gene. "What kind of security system is this?"
Gene smiled. "Well first we shoot twnety thousand volts through the door
and these metal blocks. We don't like using it because it costs a lot to get
that much energy." On the monitor the guy took another swing at the door and
shot back twenty feet, twitching on the ground. "Next we do this." Missle
ports opened along the outside walls and aimed at the pirates. A recorded
voice began to count down. "Five... four... three... two..."
Several of the pirates ran, but a large group simply stood there looking
anoid as the missles fired. When the smoke cleared they stood there shaking
their head. Gene looked at Lealong, "Please tell me they were using a light
shield or magic."
Lealong shook his head. "They don't need them."
One of the men on the screen walked forward and looked closely at the
doors and windows. Jim smiled. "Ha, there's no way in."
The man on the screen pulled back his hand and punched into the wall.
Everyone looked up as they saw his fist begin to tear through the steel
walls. He leaned in and looked at Gene. "Give us Lealong and we might let
you live."
Gene shrugged. "Sorry, but he's paying me alot of money for me not to do
that." He pulled out his caster and aimed it at the man's head.
"A caster!" The man began pulling his head out, but was too slow. Gene
shot him right between the eyes, leaving him slumping there dead.
Turning to the others Gene said, "O.K. everyone. Time for a field trip."
Jim and Melfina ran towards the bathroom, followed by Gene and the others.
Lealong was in the middle of the group. "Where are we going?"
Jim reached the bathroom and opened the underside of the sink. Pushing
down on the faucet a trap door opened in the bottom and Jim jumped through.
Aisha sneered. "I can't believe you're running away again Gene."
Gene smiled at her as he helped Melfina down. "If you want you can stay
here and face them Aisha."
Aisha looked behind her and saw more pirates tearing their way through the
walls. "Um... I think I should come with you guys... to make sure you're
safe." She jumped down the hole after them and Gene hit a button. Above them
the bathroom exploded and buried the place in rubble. Gene smiled and lead
the way to a small track.
Lealong looked at the rusty cart sitting there and said, "It looks like an
old roller coaster."
Jim smiled at him. "It is. We bought it from a guy at the junk yard and
hooked it up to the sewer system. It leads to three other buildings that we
own in the area."
Lealong reluctantly got into the cart with the others. Gene flipped the
switch in front and is began to take off. From behind them the last thing
they heard was someone digging through the rubble.

By the next day Gene had about had it. The pirates had already beaten them
to their other buildings. At the last one they had gotten word about the
track and had ended up chasing them through the sewers. Finaly Gene had
found a manhole leading up to the street.
There was what looked like an abandoned fair ground near by and he had
lead the others into the fun house. With ten hours left to go they had
agreed to take turns sleeping, but it had ended up with Gene being the only
one to stay awake the entire time.
He looked over at Gilliam. "So what do you think? Think they'll find us in
here?"
The robot shrugged it's tiny arms. "I don't know Gene. Most of the
information I have is on the Kae pirates, who would have used their magic
by now and found you. But these pirates seem to use it solely for phisical
purposes."
Gene nodded and looked around. He saw Lealong open his eyes and look up at
him. "So what did you do to piss these guys off?"
Lealong smiled. "I got caught with their leader's wife."
Gene laughed. "Figures."
Two hours later everyone was wide awake, except Gene who kept nodding off.
"Are you alright Gene?" Melfina asked.
He nodded and yawned. "Yeah, I'm just tired Mel. And after this I say we
get out of this place."
Aisha looked at him. "Why? We flew all the way here through space and now
you want to go back?"
Gene yawned again. "Yes. Look, the Kae pirates are totaly split up now.
And atleast the Ban pirates can't tear through solid steel like it was
toilet paper. Besides we have no contacts here and these guys tore up all of
our offices already."
Aisha shrugged and Suzuka nodded. "That seems like sound reasoning Gene."
Suddenly a fist punched through the wall next to Sazuka's head and grabbed
her by the throat. She was thrown aside into the wall and fell like a rad
doll.
"Suzuka!" Gene yelled and turned back to the arm. Slowly a body followed
it and a man who stood about seven feet tall stood there. He eyed each of
them and focused on Lealong. "You. Come here."
Gene jumped infront of him and fired his caster directly into the man's
chest. The energy bounced off him harmlessly and he swatted Gene aside.
Melfina ran to his side. "Gene! Gene wake up. Please Gene." A drop of
blood spilled onto her hand from the wound in his forehead.
Meanwhiile the other man had begun working his way through the others to
get at Lealong. "You shouldn't have touched my wife."
Melfina grit her teeth and reached into her dress pocket. Then she picked
up Gene's caster. Slipping in a shell she pointed it at the enormous man.
"Hey you!" The man turned to look at her. "Don't hurt my family." She fired
the caster and it jerked in her hand. A ball of black energy shot out and
slowly flew towards the man. He barely had time to scream before he was
sucking into it.
Suddenly what looked like black lightning shot out of the ball and into
Melfina. Gene, who if you'll recall was linked to her by the ley line,
twitched on the ground and screamed at the same time she did.
As Melfina toppled over she looked into Gene's eyes and smiled. Gene
looked back at her, "What... what have you done Melfina?"
Melfina whispered back. "I saved one of those number fours. I thought we
might need it."
Gene closed his eyes. "But what if it hurt the baby?"
Melfina reached out weakly and rubed his cheek. "I think the baby would
understand... I can't loose you or any of the other's Gene. You are my..."
She closed her eyes and lost consiousness.

Three days later in the Outlaw Star, Gene and Melfina sat side by side as
Suzuka and Aisha fed them soup. "I can't believe this. You don't need to
baby me like this you guys." Gene complained.
Melfina giggled and looked at him. "Welcome to my world." Suzuka tapped
her on the forehead with her spoon. "Ouch! What was that for?"
Suzuka frowned at her. "For almost getting yourself, Gene, and the baby
killed. Next time discuss this stuff with us first."
Aisha nodded. "Yeah, incase you forgot I'm immortal. I could fire those
casters off as much as I want. But no, you had to play Mrs. Hero."
Gene smiled and put his arm around her. "Well you don't think she can hang
around me and not pick up a few thing do you? I'm just glad those other
pirates decided that once their leader was gone they didn't have a beef with
us any more."
Jim nodded from the tabled across the room. "Yeah, and the money Lealong
paid us shoudl just about cover our trip back to Ban space."
Gene sighed. "Well this has been a total waste. Make a note Jim. We don't
take cases involving nearly unstoppable killers."
Jim typed it into the computer. "Duely noted. So where do we go now Gene?"
Gene shook his head. "Well let's see if we can get our old place on
Heifong back. If not we can try someplace else."
Jim sighed. "Your problem is that you don't plan anything Gene."
Aisha smiled and rubbed Jim's head. "Cheer up, atleast he has you to keep
him in line."
Jim smiled at her. "Thanks Aisha."
Gene grinned. "All right, enough of that. Let's hit the ether drive and
get back home." The others cheered and ran to the cockpit. Gene took
Melfina's hand and they both managed to limp to their places. Gene took one
last look back the way they had come, and then they were gone.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Hey, it's me Gene. Well we're back on Heifong. Seems some of the Kae
pirates are there waiting for us. They trashed our old office and it looks
like we're going to have to fight them. After those Tai guys this should be
easy. But that's not the only thing. That pirate girl who Jim thought was so
hot has shown up too. It seems she's ready to pleadge undying love to my
young partner. How's he going to tell her that he's seeing Aisha? How is she
going to take it? And how is Aisha going to handle this?
You'll have to wait until: CAT GIRLS IN
HEAT.