GTS Part 3

Posted on Sat Mar 15th, 2025 @ 6:08pm by Commander Rhupert Tyree & Lieutenant Tavana Kolan, Daughter of Kretorg & Lieutenant Katya Davi & Lieutenant Amy Gordon

2,267 words; about a 11 minute read

Mission: The Foragers
Location: Crash Site Bar / Wolf's World
Timeline: Two weeks after Get the Party Started

The arrival of Daniel,Natasha gave a frown, then turned to Nob, "Sorry for the interruption, you had asked me what I could do for you-" she was interrupted for a second time.

Daniel had two others with him, who stood back but keeping an eye on things while their boss approached, the redhead.

"Natasha, Natasha." he repeated her name once more."

"That's my name don't wear it out.What do you want? I am busy talking with Nob here. Just go away." glaring at Daniel.

Daniel shook his head, "Sorry love, no can do." He looked at Nob.

"Sorry Nob, this lady is mine. Aren't you baby?" Daniel Watkins purred as he neared Natasha, the redhead he desired. He reached out to run his fingers along her shoulders. That first initial touch upon her left shoulder, Natasha smoothly sidestepped to the right,followed by another step away from Daniel. She faced him, her dark eyes were aflame with irritation.

"I said I wasn't interested, Daniel." Amy keeping track of others in her peripheral vision.

"Oh you can't mean that, you were wanting to get away from here, and I can provide that escape for you." Daniel flashing a charming and coaxing smile, and moving towards Natasha.

"Nope, not going with you." Amy moving a little bit away from the table where Nob was seated. It looked like Daniel wasn't going to be giving up,taking note of the two others who had been hovering near Daniel when she was at the table gambling.

Daniel lunged towards Amy, his arms reaching out towards her,Amy took advantage of his forward movement grasping his arm and yanked, sending him sprawling to the floor.

"I said no." Natasha growled at Daniel turning to go back to Nob. When another hand reached out grabbing her by the upper arm from behind "Where do you think you are going? The boss wants you."

"Oh really?" Natasha stepping backwards towards the man who grabbed her arm, elbowing him in the solar plexus stomping on his instep, following up with an elbow to his nose, a slam to his groin, moving away quickly

He bent forward groaning Natasha had turned, shoved him backwards. The man lost his balance, causing someone to lose their drink, spilling it over another patron. Annoyed at that, the patron who got spilled on turned and punched the man who spilled the drink. And fists began to fly...

Because of their practice, Kat instinctively reached telepathically for Rhu. This was getting out of hand and if they had to fight, she was willing to coordinate with him. She stepped out of the way of two brawlers and prepared to defend herself.

Amy didn't want the brawling to get too close to where Nob sat at. In a brief glance towards him, Amy glimpsed Nob leaning back, puffing out a smoke ring it floating out towards where the fighting was occuring. A fist flew towards her, breaking through the ring of smoke, Amy barely moving her head back in time. Still though she felt the brush of the fist along her chin, making her stagger backwards, her back ending up against someone else's back.

Towards Kimi (Katya) came a woman, who didn't like the look of her, Kimi was just way too pretty and the guy the woman was with had been eyeballing Kimi. She moved in, a fist already arcing towards Kimi.

Kimi ducked, avoiding the blow, then spun around and kicked the woman in her butt. As she was already off-balance do the the failed punch, the woman fell on the floor.

At that moment, a man grabbed Kimi from behind, wrapping a meaty arm around her waist. "No ya don't darlin'. That's my girl." He pulled her tightly against him. "But if you wanna play nice, we can go in the back. If not, well, I may have to hurt you."

Kimi let herself relax, hoping to catch him off guard. There was no way she was going to let him do anything to her. But instead of loosening his grip, he picked her up off the ground. So, she kicked him in the knee. This time he did let go. She dropped to the floor, rolled, and got back to her feet, facing the man, her hyperspanner still in her hand.

The man swore and pulled out a knife.

* * *
Rhu (Logan) could feel the fight coming. Well, he could sense intent. He took a drink as he watched Natasha (Amy) and Kimi (Katya) engage with other patrons. He felt Cadice tense beside him, her heart rate accelerating. Her body shifted as her free hand brushed toward her boot, then stopped as her head turned toward ever so slightly as if she was watching for his reaction.

She'd telegraphed a weapon in her boot but wasn't going for it just yet and Rhu needed to decide what Logan would do in this situation. So far the fight didn't involve him and Logan didn't know Kimi or Natasha (probably). Hiding a grin, he tossed off the rest of his Nettle, which turned the grin into a grimace and he said. "Looks like the kiddies are blowing off some steam. Think we should get out of here? Provided you have somewhere we could not be here together at? Since I don't have a berth?"

Cadice was caught slightly by surprise. Screening potential hired help usually included a fight but Logan's tone was slightly bored and she decided since he was old(er), bar fights might not be his cup of tea.

She mentally flipped a coin and decided she might be tea tonight. "You a lover not a fighter, Logan?" She trailed a hand over his chest slightly, trying not to be obvious as she checked for weapons.

Rhu spared a glance and smiled at her before turning his eyes back toward the growing brawl. "I can do both, but I prefer more one on one sparring. What about you Cadice?"

Cadice chuckled deeper in her throat as she anticipated a more interesting interrogation and said. Well. Lets explore a one on one setting then, yeah?"

This was nuts. There was no other word for it. Kimi (Katya) could see no purpose for a bar fight. Well, there was no purpose for most bar fights, but this seemed to erupt out of nothing. She looked at the knife, then back at the man. "Look, I don't want to hurt you, so take your girlfriend and leave."

Which was the wrong thing to say--not as if anything she did say would be right. The man lunged with his knife.

Kimi spun and kicked the knife out of his hand, then followed through with a hyperspanner to his face, breaking his jaw. She glanced at the girlfriend, who was now crawling over to him. The emotional furvor of the fight was giving her a headache. Now that her two opponents were basically out of the fight, she decided a retreat to the bar was in order. She had no idea where Nuak was at this point and it was probably moot, anyway. Amy was still in the thick of things and Rhu...She didn't want to know what was going on there so she quickly changed her mental focus.

The bartender was busy pouring drinks and dodging fighters. Kimi wondered if it was a common occurrence and if they sold enough drinks to pay for the damage. She ordered a mug of whatever was on tap and turned to watch as it was far safer if she could see a problem heading her direction.

It also let her see Rhu and Cadice. Kimi considered walking past them and accidentally spilling her drink on the woman to cool her off, but then she thought better of it. That particular breed was always in heat.

Kimi's headache was getting worse. She looked around, not seeing Nob or Nuak. But she did notice the woman she punched and realized she was radiating hostility. Kat tightened her shields and sat back to watch Rhu and Amy...negotiate.

Nob monitored the brawl and chuckled. He'd seen enough, Mudfoot had alerted him that there were newlies in the bar and they'd passed first muster. They'd came ahead and been filtered by his trusted crew, they reacted within expectations and he wanted normal noise. There was much to do. Nodding to one of his enforcers, the half kliingon nodded and bellowed out. "Alright. Knock that buy' off."

As the noise gradually subsided, Nob stood and crooked his fingers at the three newest newcomers. "You three wanted work. Well come talk. Enough with the playing around."

Kimi waited for most of the brawlers to clear out before walking over to the table, her drink still in her hand.

Balked, Logan (Rhu) half turned and glanced around as if to make sure Nob meant him, though he could read the pirate captain's intent. Behind him, he heard Cadice snicker slightly as she pushed him toward s Nob's table. As he looked over his shoulder, shrugged and blew her a kiss, she staged whispered.

"Come find me later if the Captain doesn't tell you to get lost."

Moving up to Nob's table, Rhu slid into a chair, then looked around to watch the rest of the happenings, figuring Nob wouldn't waste breath until everyone he wanted to talk to found a seat.

Kat (Kimi) turned a chair around, sat down, and set her drink in front of her. Then she looked at the four and nodded.

Amy didn't know whose back she had run into, but whoever it was, they didn't move from where they stood. It ended up being Amy and the unknown person fighting back to back fending off drunken attackers. When the bellow of the half-klingon cut through the noise level causing things to die down, Amy turned to see who had her back. Whoever it was, they seemed to have faded away into the crowd. She will have to mull over just who it was and think of what her other senses may have picked up. In the meantime, she noticed that Nob was beckoning towards her, Rhu and Katya. She obliged walking over, pulling up a seat turning it backwards to where her forearms were draped across the back of it. She also had it angled slightly to sort of keep an eye as to who might come up behind her. She pulled out a blue kerchief to wipe away the perspiration that was trickling down the side of her face and waited to hear what Nob had to say.

Tavana eventually found the bar she was supposed to go and she got closer her senses were prickled by the turmoil and undertones of agression and anger coming from the bar. She chose Kala as her undervover identity. Not being a full Klingon, she was rejected by her family, so Kala, a drifter, had to fend for herself from a young age. When she was not working on a ship, she was hired for personal security. Dressed in typical Klingon pants and a coat covering a cropped leather top, she weaved her way towards Amy and Rhu and the pirate. "Someone pointed me here, saying I might be needed. So, what is it, what did I miss?" she asked, taking in the pirate and her crew-mates as if she saw them for the first time.

Glancing up, Rhu weighed things a moment, then gestured toward a chair and said to Tavana, "Grab a seat. The Commodore here is apparently hiring and you just missed a sort of interview." This last was said toward Nob who grinned and shrugged.

"Everything's a test, till you're crew," Nob said, looking at the newcomers. He didn't recognize any of them but his crew had been doing a little screening, though none had spoken to the newest arrival. Swiveling his chair, the portly pirate said to Tavana, "You looking for work? Who be you and what do you do?"

Tavana regarded Nob as if she was interviewing him, rather than the other way around. "I could be looking for something, if the price is rightm" she said. "I am Kala, I work security," she said shrugging. And I am pretty good at relieving people of their possessions," she said.

"Handy," Nob added, glancing among the new comers. He was slightly skeptical but he was also getting desperate. The job was coming up and to do it right, he needed bodies. "So you're a thug. Any tech savvy between those ears? Right now I have thugs a plenty and need people that can crew a ship more than beat on idiots or warm a bed."

"I'm not a thug," Kimi said, deciding this was a good time to speak up. "I fix what thugs break. If it uses power, I can generally fix it."

"That'll remain to be seen, I suppose." Nob said, looking over the table again. "Alright. I'll say this once. You sign on for this you're in till we're done, dead or in jail. Two out of those three results will require you to keep your yaps shut and do you jobs. The third, well. We'll just dump you with the trash. Introduce yourselves. We'll talk about what you'll be paid for this and we'll get to the next auditions. Have to make sure you all know one end of a spanner from another and can fix drahk."

And with that, Nob began sorting details, drawing them all in.

 

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