Smuggler's Legacy (The Galactic Outlaws Book 3) by Bradford Bates

Author:Bradford Bates [Bates, Bradford]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-11-22T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Captain Drake

I listened to Ice talk with her old friend Sally Kim. After a little back and forth and some laughter, it sounded like she was willing to help us. Ice looked at me as she continued to speak with her friend. I gave Maze the signal, and she sent the transfer through to Sally’s account. Ice laughed again, and I watched my screen waiting for the contract to show up. The last thing we needed was some other outfit trying to grab the contract before we could.

My screen flashed, and the information rolled across it. We would get about seventy percent of our credits back, but we would also be able to move around the planet with impunity. Not that our contract would keep the Solaris Corporation out of our business. They wouldn’t like us poking our noses in where they didn’t belong, and kidnappings were bad for morale. Worse for morale was some off-worlders flashing around credits showing people that there might be a better way to live off planet.

Ice dropped off of her call and slumped back into her seat. The fact that she was really heading home must have finally hit her. It wasn’t going to be easy for her when we got there. If I really thought she would follow the order, I’d have confined her to the ship. Knowing that she wouldn’t stay put meant we were going to have to keep our heads down, which wouldn’t be easy in a tight-knit mining community. People might not recognize her right away, or at all, but I’d feel better not putting her under any undue scrutiny.

I pushed off the wall I had been leaning against and walked over to Ice. “We got this.”

“I know.” Ice bent over the controls and checked our flight path before engaging the FTL drive.

It wouldn’t take us longer than a day to reach the planet. When we did, I wanted everything ready to go. Our last run in with a crazy cult had gone pretty well for us, and not so well for the men that had abducted Kyra. Still, there was always room for improvement. Those crazy bastards only had clients, this cult would have devout followers. The main difference being we were going to need more ammo. I’d sneak along a few less than lethal options too, but if it came down to their lives or the life of any one of my crew they were dead, and I’d still sleep like a baby.

When I got to the armory Gabe was already there. He had three riffles laid out before him. Two of them were shiny from being cleaned, he was still reassembling the third. I noticed that he had an array of pistols and blasters out as well. It seems as though I wasn’t the only one that wanted to be prepared.

“Anything I can help with?”

“Nah Cap. I’ve got this. You just make sure our girl is ok,” Gabe said with a smile.

“Not one for the emotional stuff, are you Gabe?”

“Never really seen much of a reason for it.

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