challenge.
“Veronica’s a definite ball buster,” Dylan continued. Spacecraft flew around them. They approached New Monaco’s spaceport. It wouldn’t be long now.
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“If Veronica lays one grimy finger on Tyler, I’m going to have to give her a few reminders of what happened to her the last time she went up against me,” Samantha threatened.
“Hang on, Tyler, we are coming.”
Johanna began speaking to the space traffic controllers, “New Monaco Space Traffic Authority this is the star ship, Excalibur requesting permission to enter New Monaco’s planetary atmosphere.” Samantha fell silent at Johanna’s gesture to shut it. She pushed herself up from her chair, and yawned while she stretched.
Ambling over to the refreshment bar, she absently poured herself another cup of steaming coffee. Johanna hated the precious brew, but Samantha couldn’t seem to get along without it. It was her life force.
She loved Johanna dearly, but they were as different as night and day. Samantha loved excitement and adventure, and Johanna loved piloting the spaceship, and staying out of the dirty part of the business.
Johanna was as adept at ass kicking as Samantha was, though Johanna hated to put herself to that much exertion. So, they had made an agreement early on, Johanna would do the driving and Samantha would do the fighting. Besides, as Johanna never failed to point out, Samantha loved to kick ass. And when she really thought about it, it was one of the highlights of her job. The scum they dragged in usually deserved everything she handed out to them.
They always made sure to use their aliases when on a job, and preferred that their colleagues referred to them as Sam and Jo, since it made them seem more formidable.
Sadly enough, even in their sophisticated age, men still dominated the bounty hunter work force. And if Samantha and Johanna weren’t so competitive the men nearly always made the most cash. Samantha quietly sat back down beside Johanna, and watched Dylan slip back into the hallway.
Samantha knew that he loved his brother, and she knew that he was tormented by the thoughts of what might happen to Tyler. But at the moment she didn’t want to entertain any of those notions.
No one was going to keep her from her man, not even a self-vindictive bitch, who had given her more trouble than she could handle.
“Thank you,” Johanna said, to the amiable man on the other end of the communiqué.
“We’ll find him soon, Samantha. Don’t you worry your pretty little head.”
Samantha smiled over at Johanna. “If anyone else had told me not to worry my pretty little head they’d get a punch in the nose. You, dear sister, get a pass.” Her sister’s upbeat tone almost made her believe in happy endings.
They
entered
New Monaco’s atmosphere, and Samantha groaned as she stared at all of the flying spaceships. If she kept looking at them, she was going to get a migraine the size of Earth .
Samantha leaned back, deciding to let her sister take control until the moment was right for her to take command of the situation.
“Lucy,” Samantha said, as the AI moved toward her, and leaned over her shoulder. “Do you think that you could possibly narrow in on our dear Veronica, and see where she might be at the moment?”
“Only if you promise to never tamper with my systems,” Lucy purred into Samantha’s ear. Samantha bristled, but managed to keep her mouth shut. Why did Lucy have to be so bloody brilliant?
“Fine,” Samantha agreed, wishing that Dylan hadn’t given Lucy such a stubborn RECKLESS BOUNTY Marly Mathews 32
personality. She hated how Lucy always questioned everything, and never gave in, no matter what.
Then she formed her lips in a thin line, and realized for the first time that Dylan had not only made Lucy look like her. But that he had given the AI her personality as well. This time Dylan had really stepped over the invisible
“Veronica’s a definite ball buster,” Dylan continued. Spacecraft flew around them. They approached New Monaco’s spaceport. It wouldn’t be long now.
RECKLESS BOUNTY Marly Mathews 31
“If Veronica lays one grimy finger on Tyler, I’m going to have to give her a few reminders of what happened to her the last time she went up against me,” Samantha threatened.
“Hang on, Tyler, we are coming.”
Johanna began speaking to the space traffic controllers, “New Monaco Space Traffic Authority this is the star ship, Excalibur requesting permission to enter New Monaco’s planetary atmosphere.” Samantha fell silent at Johanna’s gesture to shut it. She pushed herself up from her chair, and yawned while she stretched.
Ambling over to the refreshment bar, she absently poured herself another cup of steaming coffee. Johanna hated the precious brew, but Samantha couldn’t seem to get along without it. It was her life force.
She loved Johanna dearly, but they were as different as night and day. Samantha loved excitement and adventure, and Johanna loved piloting the spaceship, and staying out of the dirty part of the business.
Johanna was as adept at ass kicking as Samantha was, though Johanna hated to put herself to that much exertion. So, they had made an agreement early on, Johanna would do the driving and Samantha would do the fighting. Besides, as Johanna never failed to point out, Samantha loved to kick ass. And when she really thought about it, it was one of the highlights of her job. The scum they dragged in usually deserved everything she handed out to them.
They always made sure to use their aliases when on a job, and preferred that their colleagues referred to them as Sam and Jo, since it made them seem more formidable.
Sadly enough, even in their sophisticated age, men still dominated the bounty hunter work force. And if Samantha and Johanna weren’t so competitive the men nearly always made the most cash. Samantha quietly sat back down beside Johanna, and watched Dylan slip back into the hallway.
Samantha knew that he loved his brother, and she knew that he was tormented by the thoughts of what might happen to Tyler. But at the moment she didn’t want to entertain any of those notions.
No one was going to keep her from her man, not even a self-vindictive bitch, who had given her more trouble than she could handle.
“Thank you,” Johanna said, to the amiable man on the other end of the communiqué.
“We’ll find him soon, Samantha. Don’t you worry your pretty little head.”
Samantha smiled over at Johanna. “If anyone else had told me not to worry my pretty little head they’d get a punch in the nose. You, dear sister, get a pass.” Her sister’s upbeat tone almost made her believe in happy endings.
They
entered
New Monaco’s atmosphere, and Samantha groaned as she stared at all of the flying spaceships. If she kept looking at them, she was going to get a migraine the size of Earth .
Samantha leaned back, deciding to let her sister take control until the moment was right for her to take command of the situation.
“Lucy,” Samantha said, as the AI moved toward her, and leaned over her shoulder. “Do you think that you could possibly narrow in on our dear Veronica, and see where she might be at the moment?”
“Only if you promise to never tamper with my systems,” Lucy purred into Samantha’s ear. Samantha bristled, but managed to keep her mouth shut. Why did Lucy have to be so bloody brilliant?
“Fine,” Samantha agreed, wishing that Dylan hadn’t given Lucy such a stubborn RECKLESS BOUNTY Marly Mathews 32
personality. She hated how Lucy always questioned everything, and never gave in, no matter what.
Then she formed her lips in a thin line, and realized for the first time that Dylan had not only made Lucy look like her. But that he had given the AI her personality as well. This time Dylan had really stepped over the invisible
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