New Beginnings by Tim Rangnow

Author:Tim Rangnow
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Vagabond, Erik Frost, Guild Series
Publisher: Tim Rangnow
Published: 2021-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

WALKING THROUGH THE docking facility as he returned to the Vagabond, Erik was shocked to see two men standing beside the airlock. They looked like twins to the men trailing Lenny Hagg around in the park. They glared at him as he got closer, matching his own angry look at them.

“Who are you?” one of the men said, stepping in front of the airlock.

“Who are you?” Erik demanded. “This is my ship, so move out of the way.”

The big man chuckled but did step aside. “Enjoy it while you can. It’s only yours for another week.”

“And don’t bother trying to run away,” the other man said. “Mr. Hagg has placed a docking clamp on your ship. That junk heap doesn’t leave the pad until he says it can.”

“We’re here to make sure you don’t try to rip out all the valuable parts,” the first man added.

Erik was growling as he stepped into the airlock and waited impatiently for the pressurization to complete. He almost ran through the docking tube and into the Vagabond. John and Fynn were waiting in the airlock antechamber.

“I guess Lenny the Leech found you,” John said, a sad look on his face. It was an appropriate name for the small man, one Erik wished he had known before meeting him.

“That little weasel thinks he can take this ship from us?” Fynn said, almost shouting. “We’ll fight them if we have to. This is our home, and no one is taking it away from us.”

“According to Syndicate law, they can.” Erik had stopped in at the Armstrong administration building on his way back. The person he spoke with there almost gloated as they confirmed everything Lenny had said. The ship would belong to the loan shark if Erik couldn’t pay the debts back at the end of the given week.

“What do we do?” John asked. Erik was surprised to see both of the older men looking to him for guidance. He was so accustomed to being the one taking orders that it hadn’t occurred that he was now in a position where he was expected to give them. The ship was his, at least for another week, and he was the captain.

“We fight it,” he said. “I’ve got an appointment with Aldrin administration tomorrow. The Coalition government might be able to help us with this, especially since I serve in their navy. I have to hold some rights to keep a Syndicate loan shark from taking my property.”

It was a mindset that he held onto for ten and a half hours, until a bureaucratic middleman in the administration building told him the agreement had been willingly signed and was therefore valid. As for his being a serving member of the Coalition navy, that would only provide protection if the contract impinged on his ability to perform his duties.

“I think broken legs would prevent that,” he muttered, walking away from the administration building. He was halfway across the square before he realized that a familiar figure was grinning and waving at him from the outdoor café where he’d met the Vagabond crew at the day before.

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