"Don't say that in front of Zob, you'll make him hungry."

 Koffel's  place..

  Fire  Control reached the   place   along  with  3  Med Tech VAns  and a Black 'meat wagon"

 The  Foam    was sprayed  first letting it   settle  in before    water  was used..The filters in the     'ground' would slowly feed it back to  cleaning plant  or mix  with teh sea water  for  'people use'.

    After the Bodies on the Ground  were  put in the meat wagon..( except the Dogs  with were sent  to the Bio Tech to use to  feed  other  animals)..the  FUJI SEC  CAptain on scene  sent  for  3  more..

 a Reporter   reached  him, and  he showed up on the Vids  when asked if there was a statement The CAptain  looked  very confused , and  down right sad...well Man.. we are still digging   bodies  out... but  i  thick, what we have her  is   some kind of   misunderstanding?.... A Landing Shuttle, that should not have been in out  airspace... Collided with  The Koffel's personal  shuttle.. the  resulting    wreck destroyed the Building  and Killed   Mr and Mrs  Koffel .. the Confusion   of the collision, cause  the Koffel  house guards to   fire on the  Shuttle troops  who were trying  escape?   and they ended up shooting  each other..one of My Troopers   saw  an Marking from the Viper Fleet in  Mr Koffel's  office? so we cannot  rule  out  an assassination.. we'll know  more  as we  scan the bodies  , whose chips   haven;'t been destroyed.

 we did  find 4 of the kitchen staff staff managed to escape.. 2  won't  say anything.because they are afraid of  reprisals .. the other two have  conflicting stories..  of  a Man and some kid shooting up the   building?..so..yeah.. we aren't taking that  to seriously.. Mr's  Koffel was  found  under the wreckage of the LAnding shuttle.. Mr  Koffels  was  found  burned from the waist down.. as the roof  collapsed on him and the  fire portection sprays went off...  I'd have to say that is a bad  way to go...

 the CAptain looked at the Vid  CAM,..it would ne like a fighter pilot  trapped in a burning Cockpit... hell of  a way to die...

..how  many people would you say  were killed or injured?

  we still have   a few floors of   debris to sift through, But we have  found  36 dead so far..alot of them  crushed or  burned....there were no Injuries?

 Moring after   Beach Party...

  Rivets   leaves the shuttle with a  10 cvred tip for the driver, then walks with a  Cooler    and a Jacket...I'm  O'Rielly.. which one's , me boat?

 Two   younger  men came out, showing him a   small, one sail sloop.. He  climbed  aboard putting the  Cooler in the well and  waiting to see if   Sarah was  Coming.

 LAst  day of Fuji shore Leave.....

   Close  to 10:00 station time, Henry  and Melia  Arrive at the   ESN   HQ in the Lowers. Like Msot station HQ's  it is  surrounded on  one  side  with Flags of Earth and her Colonies, while the Other side  had allies  and thier colonies. In the center  , surrounded by a  fountain that had  differant   spouts  of water from time to time, and Benched   around the   Fountian, was a Flag that  stood 20 feet higher then all the Rest..The APF  Flag.

 walking towards the  entrance, Henry can see  many  FUJI SEC  troopers    outside of the  grounds   that contain the  Fountain and other   resting spots  for Lunch or to get pictures.  Near the Building,  APF  troopers  of   every  race,  stood  guard.

 Henry Noticed  a  good  Lookign  woman with a  creature on her  shoulder, that looked like a cross between  a Cat and a  Chameleon..its  large  eyes  rotating,  but it had  sharp   fangs  as is  open its mouth o=in a Yawn.., it  had the same sort of tail. but  its  front legs look like  human , leather covered, hands   and  its  Back Legs   were like that of a Rabbit.

 AB  APF trooper  , an Occui.. stopped   Henry,..hey Doctor?... Christie, if I am right.. I need Your scan  for Conformation.... he had  a small Vidboard on his left arm,, that had a 'pen' type  scanner,, as he   passed it over the wrist chip area...on the screen it showed his   Pic  and  a tiny  bit of  profile..and a Pic  of   Mila.

 ..Right you are... head    straight in, aroud the Middle  stairs to the BAll room, that's were all you  animal Handler types are going... Have a good conferance

"Yes, I'm Henry Christie," said that worthy, extending an arm to let the trooper scan his chip.

"And this is Mila."

The dog wagged her tail in a friendly manner.

Henry followed the directions he was given and soon found the conference venue.

   Entering the  Ball Room  Chairs  were  set , well apart , there  were leashes  and chains available, and  some   angelsteel rings , set into the  foor    to tether  animals  too , if the handler felt they were needed.

  Henry saw many types of  Dogs.. He  saw  One Wort that was tethered  down with a  Chain. I slight looking woman  stood near  the creature  talking to it  as its  eyes  shifted  abck and Forth.

Some Flying creatures where  about Mostly  alien, they all were tethered  to teh HAndler's  wrists.. two Hawks were seen..one  Drago9n Fly looking creature that had   almost Human eyes,  But claws on its  front   legs  and   nasty looking jaws..there was  a 'lighting bug' with leather  lings  and  the   glowing on-and-off abdomen,,   but etes  like a cartoon demon  and   a maw  full of   jagged teeth.

There was a  'portable' water   containment system..  with  5  chambers... three  chambers   had  some  sort of  fish...Including  an earth type shark.. the next one  had, what looked to be, an armored  octopuss..the last  was VAcant.. there was a distraught   wone   by the containers  being talked to  by several people with NAme  tags  Like the one  Henry was given.

Henry, with Mila trotting at his heels, began to circulate, introducing himself and chatting with the other animal handlers and conference attendees.

---> Fuji Condo

Upon finding a car they could borrow, Harry would get behind the wheel and start driving towards the barracks, with Abby giving directions as and when they were needed. It was as they were sitting at a set of traffic lights that Harry would cautiously ask her sister a question brought about by Will's theory from last night "So...um...Abby I was just wondering...did Daddy ever tell you how he managed to get you adopted so quickly?...only... five days seems awfully quick, I just wondered he had some information or something that allowed him to get it pushed through?" she asked, knowing that it was probably a long shot that she would know anything. On the plus side at least it would allow her to start getting to know her a little better.

 They had to Head  down to the Lower  Hangers, where those piltos  were in Barracks  and  the  FUJI Academy  was also in the lowers   HAnger, since the  ESN HQ  was there.

  As they entered to teh Stem  and HArry asked her  Question, Abby Nodded,   as she  Looked out  the  window, O?..yeah... well they Way  My Mum says.. Your folks and Mine  where  watching Cricket.. Some Leeds   team  against    Some  team near  London?.... anyway.. Our Dad, makes  a  Bet  with My Mum's Husband... whom ever   won the MAtch.. the  bloke  got  a Night with   his wife?... well.. they were  for that!... ..Our Dad won... and   a Bit Later I was born.. that's  why they called  me Abby..cause of   Westminster   Abby?.. I didn't Know  Until They brought  me in though... the  accounts  knew though, caus eme chip   was tagged   to  Our  Dad and Me Mum.....They were a Randy pack, they were.....least?  Back then... After    My Mum and  her husband  was  killed... Your Mom thought  i should  know...said  it would  make  me feel better  bein' there?... It did..a bit, i should say?... Made me feel  Bad  for , me Mum though..It was   all for sport..but.. i guess they were a bit tispy and didn't worry 'about a baby.

 She shook her head,..they said?.. if the bloody EDT bastards  hadn't   kilt them off.. we'd never known...But?.. Its better this  way, knowing  me Sis?... not the whole dead  PArents  thing..

    The car was an older  convertable, one that a sailor might   rent to   entice  some ladies, but still in  the   Cred  comfort zone..

   The   car settled   down in the  BAck  Lot of  the Crossed  Comet.. Entering   Shadow tapped On the Counter...

 A Lazy lookign  older man  asked what  he wanted..  Shadow  kept his    smile up, and Showed him  the COM.....I want them... and?  befo9re you try to make excuses... please  Undestand... that part of  my job is  gettign secrets  for   people..Humans..Aliens..whatever..the bad thing is?.. I'm not  real good  at it.. so..if  I have   to use  my Skills, there won't be much left of you when I'm done...

 Then Fellow looked, his face   went from annoyed, to sarcastic.. to afraid....One of them is here.. the Guy who rented the room.... I think he might have a girl in there.

 ..and?

 ..Room  3 C?.. close to the    side door.. they brought  some girls  in yesterday too

 ..see?... how  easy that was...  he peeled of a 50 Cred  Bill,  one of his throwing daggers  in his hand..

..what is that for!...

 ..That's  what i use to  peel skin  off  folks  until they  tell me what I need?.. Glad i didn't have to  use it..but..hey?  they day's  just starting!

   Every Captain and thier XO, from  every ship in the Delta Fleet  attended the  short Meeting.  90%  were Humans.. But Felrites, Hyrians,Nivarians, Verians,Sanri and Occui were here...As a show  of Respect.. the  ranking  Officers  from the Ape  Folk...Gava  and  Naragrans  where  also  there.. to listen  and learn... Most of the Time  was  spent  socializing .. then  came the Time  For Admiral HAck to take the   podium .

 .. Time is running  out  on Shore  leave, so I will make this   quick as i can... Then you can   get back to Mingling..or  the beach..

  As we   cast off.. we have  a Number of interesting places to go..... Matterhorn, needs  to be shorn  up.. it    right on the edge of  our road to  ending this war... sadly  we  have a couple  More stations that may need  turned  around.. I  am not sure  if we can start invading our own Stations   yet..but a  fear the tie will come...

 ..There  are  some issues  in Vampic  Space.....though, the longer  we stay from there from there.. the more they  can kill each other off.. and ..perhaps, aid  us in helping the Rebels there.... There is  the Viper Fleet and  Lady V... nestled in teh safety  of that damned Asteroid  field... and..we ahve  rumors  of  a Station that is near Completed , on the  other side.. It would be  the  first..ever  , pure  Bread  EDT  station..which?... we  cannot  alot to remain intact.

 ..The SSN  has been turning out their  City-class Cap ships... No Civies  aboard..  an extra gun each side.....there's  a damn Good chance  we see them, if   we  go out Astra  way... they tend to escort   EDT  transports..  Fuji's Home defense  ships  rotate.. , they send  3  ships out on a  patrol  toegther... Thus far, since the time  we left.. they have lost one ship, captured   4 transports and  One SSN cap ship.. and destroyed   16 transports and  5 Cap ships..needless to say.. some of the destroyed Transports  had   Prisoners  that were ehaded to the   Empire Meat wagons... so?  they had a cleaner death.

 ..there  are other  issues  of  course.. and there  wil be others  I haven't  though of... but  for now.. I just wanted to give you all   a Briefing, face to face for a change

   The two went Up the  stairs,  Shadow's smile was Gone now, But he  adjust his  goofy backwards  hat, and  glasses   as they went up the  steps... reachign teh  3rd  floor, they  Found  3c.. Shadow ...oh-so-gently.. grasped the know  and turned it.. it was  Locked.

  Taking out  the Throwing  Blade he had  before, He  slowly ..painstakingly  began to slip the blade  into the  seam .

 his whisper  was low as he told Roy,..can't  do this  with  Magna Locks..you have to   cut the  lock wires..the few places that have keys?  you can stick pick the old fashion way.. these. have the  slides... so you have to  get in between  and  for the slide  back out...

  the Blade  was  forced in, with a bit of a wiggle,a Millimeter at a time...as he worked he said,Roles was  great at this..he  said I didn't have the Patience  for  picking locks...Imagine that?

 it took , two minutes or  so, until a  Click was Heard..Shadow  listened..there was no sounds.....we go in?  any guys not in Bed  we  put  down so we can give them our lecture.... anyone in bed?.. will most-like, not   be in the  postion to  try and stop us...

 slipping the Blade Back into his belt, he turns the door know..as Hiss of. 'what..the….'.. and  the LC  Burst into the Room Breaking to the Left.. a woman was one the Floor  with a Pillow  and a Blanket as One Guy  tried to Get  up.. he was slammed Into the  west ( left) wall  by  a   shoulder Tackle that  Knocjed the Breath out of the Unsuspecting   fellow...

 To the Right  a  woman who had marks on he face, was  in a   high backed   chair, the ropes and lack of clothing..showed she wasn't there  for a good time..at elast, not for her. a Guy was laying on the  Floor  Behind her  Jumped up as   a Marine would, when something happens … In the Bed   A fellow and  a  woman   Looked up..the  woman's make up was ruined from crying her  arms tied  above her to the headboard, the  H=guy in the Bed  Sat Up quickly  and was making a move  to  charge  Roy.

  The Admiral, Commander  Si, Hennings  and BAle  , MOved through the  crowd , people asked  questions ranging from  recruiting... aircraft..  to  Delta Nights and the   role..if  nay , the VAmpic  might have in the APF.

 Lilit  talked to many of the people as well, her 6 inch to 1 foot  difference in height  causing more then a few to   chose  words  carefully.

  Dusk   moved around, her questions were more personal , like how did she feel being   the Daughter of the LC... why is she  so differant looking  then her  brother..does  she feel  any loss  at  diverting from Vera...

 Hack Approached her  when some group moved away he  saw a  welt on her cheek as well.. it would vanish and appears  depending on if the plae  flesh tone shown, or the greyish   'verian'  tone  appeared .

 well?  Captain.. I see you have a MArk.. one of my pilots have such a mark.. I think your  Father and the SM  went to inquire  about the incident?... do i need to ask  then to search a bit more?

 She shook her head...her  eyes narrowed a bit...Kelt had to report back to   " Udens Promise"... i  walked up the beach..I was approached  By  a few  larger..human males.. they seemed to like my bathing suit.. when pressed  for me to come  with them?.. I refused, I wanted to  finish up at Father's  party...but they insisted, when I pushed one of them  down Into the sand, another Hit  Me with something.. I think I may have broken his  arm when i grabbed him....another one had to be carrier off... but they did not bother me after that...I figured it would not be  good to have  father see me thus.. so I went  back to  your  Condo to   get rest for this morning...

 Hack's eyes  narrowed  as well,..you did  well..  I will not  tell the LC  about this?.. But should you  run into him, and he asks..Make  damn sure you don't lie to him..better  a few MArines  get beat up, then your  father lose   faith in you..

 ..Indded, Admiral..Already done...

 ..good...  you should try to hit the beach   after  we're  done here.. I'm sure Dusk  , Shadow and Beth would like that... as well as  many of the others.

 She smiled,..If  Granmod doen't have plans  for  me, I will do just that...

 he winked at her  and gave her a brief  Hug,..Carry on, CAptain Shadow..

 and he moved of to   seek out others  who were  seeking him out.

The woman on the floor told Roy all he needed to know...the woman in the chair put him into combat mode.  As the guy from the bed charged him, Roy settled his weight, adjusted his stance...and grabbed one of the man's arms, twisting his body into a hip throw that slammed the man to the floor.  Roy followed him down, throwing his bodyweight behind a single punch to the man's solar plexus, traumatizing his diaphragm and the nerve cluster there.

Without stopping, Roy planted a foot and twisted on his knee, ready for another attacker.

  The  fight for Shadow could have been bad, Had  he not 'been around"..he wasn't  fighting an EDT flunky, this  Guy was an ESN  MArine, Though the  slam to the   Wall and Hurt him, His knee to Shadow's side, m, had  Hurt him. The only  thinking  keeping the  MArine for death ( so far)  was he was  ESN... you couldn't count on that  to pay the whole bill though.


 Shadow's  Left  Fist  Upper cut  the  man, even  as his right   fist   was  Blocked.. a  head slam into the Marines   nose  that Dazed the pilto, pout the MArine  down  with a shattered   Nose..

………….

  The  Guy from the Bed, though his re3actions  would have done the Corps  proud.  was  no match  as he was naked  and Barely awake, two a MArine on a Mission...

 Was He  Laid there  trying to get his  breath, the third   MArine  froze  seeing a   Bloodied faced Shadow   with a grimace that a  skull would die  for.. and  the   Other  fellow  who  just put  down his  Buddy.. the  Guy put up his arms

 ..who the fuck  are you guys!

  Shadow  used   a throwing Blade to  Cut  the  woman on the ground's  bonds.. the  smashed Nose  MArine  tried to   Move  and that same  blade  sliced  across the man's  ankle....You move again?.. I'll goy   2 and a half feet higher..Understood? the snap in  Shadow's  voice  was  almost Textbook parade ground as the   marine relaxed against the  wall holding his shattered nose.

 T   the woman on the floor go up   covering her  self with a Blanket, The Pilot     cut the girl loose from the Bed  who sat up and did the same,  Shadow Looked  at her  and  MAde an open  COM call.. so it would not be direct.....Pink  LAdy..  Tell Needles   we   have three  Females  that need  checked at the Crossed Comets in the lowers....and.. there may be be three  MArrines....

 Pointing at the  3rd guy he says .. where is the  4th one..Tell me ..right now  or you'll be  chewing  on what you were  just getting ready to use

 ..SGT  Heins  of the  Eastman...…he's in the Uppers..looking for some stuff...with a couple other guys...

 The Guy on the Ground     yelled,shut the hell up!,, .and Tried to sweep Roy's   Legs the  3rd  guy rushed Him..  the   nose shattered  Guy looked at shadow  and   just  sat there... giving his ehad a shake.

 OK..Pink Lady?.. a SGT Heins..may have some others with him, in the Uppers.. Have Tangerine Man hunt them down....

 ..Tangerine Man?

 ..yeah?  Like the old song?

 That's  Tamborine Man..goofy..anyway..I kniow  who it is.....Already Done...

The leg sweep might have worked if Roy had gotten to his feet.  Since he'd stayed on one knee,  and the man didn't have much leverage (and was fighting to breathe), it ended up being pretty ineffectual.

He grabbed the leg that had kicked at him, braced, and twisted as he pushed himself up to a standing position, leaving the guy on the ground with a choice between rolling over onto his belly or dislocating his knee.

As he came up, the hand not holding the leg snaked out as he sidestepped the rush, and struck with a knife-hand blow across the third man's throat.

"You three are a disgrace to the eagle, globe, and anchor...don't you keep track of your command structure?"

  Shadow  , Gently   Moved the Floor  Girl over to the woman in the bed..he pointed at  the shattered Nose  guy who just Nodded.

  he  kicked the   Guy from the Bed In the   ribs   as he made   His way for to the chair Girl, slitting  he Bonds  and Givign her  a Blanket..

 The Fellow  choking    was  trying to get up  , the Pilot just  kicked him in the ass  and sent  him face first again.

 ..now?.. what to  do  with three naughtly boys?... I mean..Rape... kidnapping.. that's  a walk in  The Black.. or a firing  squad..


 He looked at  Roy  even as  he  COM lit up,..Ok , Star Lord...Needles  is on the way..Tangerine Man  has  been contacted. will let you know when he's  on the move

 The    girl in the bed  sniffed  as she said,..they told us they wanted to   have a good time..but...but  we didn't want to party with them... they Just  sorta  grabbed us  and Punched us  and brought us  here..

From Fuji Condo's -->

Melia hopped out of the van ensuring that her sidearm was prominently displayed on her hip, bag over her shoulder before heading into the hotel with Stefi.

  Stefi  Sypped   at the desk.....lookign for  two guys one  looked goofy , with  a hat and sunglasses...course..he'd  look goddy without them,...but..you get my point...

 He Points to the stairs.....3c....
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With a growing look of horror Harry would listen to Abby's tale of how their parents had made a wager on a cricket match that had resulted in her gaining a half-sister, and had her parents not been assassinated by the EDT that they'd have both been none the wiser "Nine hell's Abby...it must have been rough finding that out!" Harry said as she pulled out into traffic and continued on towards the barracks with her trying to figure out how such a conversation would even go; "Sorry about your parents being killed, but by the way your dad isn't your dad and you were only conceived because we were drunk and Surrey managed to beat Yorkshire" "bloody hell this is so messed up...I can't even begin to imagine how you must be feeling" she quietly said, wishing that Julie was here as she was oh so much better at this kind of thing.

Unsurprisingly casual conversation became a touch awkward after such a bombshell with them mostly driving in silence the rest of the way. Upon arriving at the barracks Harry would flash her ID at the trooper manning the gate before driving to Abby's block and parking a short distance away so as to avoid a telling off from the SWO for parking too close to a building. Getting out of the car Harry would awkwardly stand there for several moments before speaking to her sister "Look Abby, I know neither of us asked for this or the crap that led to it happening but...just so you know...as baby sisters go...I...I could do a lot worse than you" she said, knowing that she was making a complete hash of it but hoping that Abby would understand what she was trying to say, before stepping over to her and giving her a hug. she would hold her for a short while before hurriedly stepping back with an embarrassed look on her face "right...well...I suppose I'd better try and look after you seeing as my parents have done a piss poor job so far, go on show us to your room, the sooner we get this sorted the sooner we can get a massage or...something" she said, clearly knowing absolutely nothing about spa or what one was supposed to do at one.

    Abby  didn't  seemed botherd,  as they Drove,..It wasn't such a bad thing?... I mean.. it didn't change  the way they took Care of Me?.. did change goin' ta  school an' all..they didn't look me in the bleedin' attic  or  nothin'...

  ..I was Just a bit 'o mistake is all? an' they didn't punish me fer it?.. There  some Blokes  i went to school with ..treated  much different?..So?  I can't  complain, now   can I..?

 when thye  got out ,She  Could see  some others   carring Duffles or dragging a chest to   Buses that were  LAbeled  by Docking arms  or Orbital Docks

 when she Got the hug, she hugged back.... our  other sister  didn't like me much, Don't bleedin' know why..but.. she ain't there no more  either, so's   she ain't much better off..fact of the matter? she's worse.. cause  i can shoot the bastards up with me  fighter...

 then she Smiled,..besides.. how many out here  can  say they  fightin' with thier sister.. an' its a good thing! as the enters the barracks   people are scrambling trying to make it to the Busses  to make sure  they don't arrive late.

 ..I don't have  Much... Just  me Uniforms.. caouple side arms... some street cllothes  and   a  few action figures..

Roy looked at the trio in disgust.  "Hell, assaulting a civilian is enough to get you drummed out of the Corps.  Multiple, premeditated cases of it?" He shook his head.

"The lot of you, combined, have less collective intelligence than the stuff the larg leaves behind after his morning walk.  This cesspool you've dug for yourselves would be bad enough during peacetime...you might have been stuck with life at hard labor in a penal colony.  During wartime?  Well...the rules get a lot tighter."

He gave another shake of his head, a look of disbelief on his face.  "And to top it all off, you had the blind stupidity to do it all when there's a member of the Corps Command cadre on the station."

Standing there, with the guy from the bed on his belly, with one leg twisted uncomfortably in Roy's grasp, Roy stepped in close, one foot nestled in between the man's legs, and leaned forward, putting weight on parts of the man's anatomy which, up until a few minutes ago, the guy had likely considered his best friend.  "You're supposed to do your thinking with the other head, you sorry excuse for an abortion gone wrong.  The three of you have about ten seconds to explain why I shouldn't force-feed you your own genitals.  MAKE YOUR CASE NOW." The command was accentuated by a little more pressure with his foot.

  Shadow was  On his  way Back to stand by 'broken nose' when 'throat Guy  gasped,..its not like anyone Gives a damn.. this whore  would have been  Hum....

   Shadow  Kicked the  guy in the ehad,  Grabbed  Him   and send him, in a Bum's  Rush into the wall  where Broken Nose was.., Just  as   Stefi and  Melia    entered... Stefi Grabbed  Shadow's   left arm and got  pulled along  but managed to stop  his  motion as the    Guy cowered in  the   corner.. Broken Nose   just  watched...

  SHadow   stared   at the  Man who  shivered in the corner.. Then he  looked at the three battered  Girls   on the Bed,..This.... nice LAdy ..is goign to chack you out...maybe   even this one..

He Looked at  Stefi  who   Just gave him a shove out of the way.....lets go LAdies... we're Going in the Bathroom and  we  two will  check you out, and see what needs   attended to...

 The  Man  On the   Ground   huff  and puffed   taking into the   carpet...look man...  they rotate the transports.. we're Lucky we get 4 hours  of shore leave..while others  get  whole nights..and even days!... We had  three damn days , the first day  and a half, no one wants nothing to do with us... they are chasing  down  Sailors  and Piltos  who have those   big assed  parties.. so.. we had to make sure we could have some Company.... and..let's face it.. them  girls was lookign for the same thing we were.. they Just didn't think we could give it to them...

 Shadow  Took off his  cracked Glasses..a bit of a cut  on the Bridge of his nose....You assault, a Pilot..... not just any Pilot... But a Pilot  who transferred out of Etna, ebcause  of crap like this..and?..not only  was she a Pilot?.. she was a Hermes Pilot...what does that tell you , about how much fun you'er gonna have  in the next few hours...

 He Looked at  Roy,..Don't  care  whose  uniform they wear... you don't  do this  to LAdies....  I know what i wanna  do... but  I'll defer  to you on this...
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Roy cranked on the ankle of the guy on the floor.  "Y'know, growing up on the Res, I learned a thing or two about training horses.  One of the best techniques was, when a horse exhibited behavior you didn't like, you made the horse run...and run...and run, until it was too tired to argue.  Since our little boys here can't comport themselves like responsible men...what say you and I take turns running them, until they either grow up, drop dead, puke out their balls,  or quit.  If they can convince me they've seen the error of their ways, they can get a discharge and got to a colony as a free person."

He dropped the man's foot and stepped back.  "Or you can take a crack at trial by combat...but I don't recommend that.  Fight me and you'll wind up crippled." He gestured at Shadow.  "Fight him and you'll get gutted like a fish."

He gave them all a hard, penetrating look, then added,  "Or we can just turn you over to the proper authorities, where you'll get a dishonorable discharge to get sent to your next of kin along with the notification that you were executed for committing capital offenses.  But right now, we're looking at charges of rape, kidnapping, conspiracy, assaulting an officer, assaulting civilians...multiple counts of each, since you said you've got at least one buddy who's out on the prowl again." He looked at them all again with visible disgust.

"Now, that's the easy way out for you.  But this shit doesn't fly in the Corps...I've seen better men than you face a firing squad for less.  So, what's your choice?  Run, fight, or die?"

If they lived, Roy wanted them to be the example of what 2ould happen to anyone else who tried something similar.

Stepping back from the hug with an embarrassed smile on her face, Harry had been surprised to learn that Julie hadn't liked Abby for some reason "Really? that's surprising...then again you  do kind of shatter the illusion of the perfect little family Julie and I had...easier to blame you than to admit that our parents aren't quite as wonderful as we always believed them to be...don't I'll talk to her when we get her back" she said with a smile before nimbly sidestepping a recruit over loaded with kit bags running for a bus and entering the block "Action figures huh? You ought to see my quarters, it's like a bloody toy shop in there...you know? Give it time and they'll probably put us together in a multi-pack as the Kick Ass Sisters or something" she said with a laugh as she imagined the toy companies falling over themselves for such an opportunity...if not that particular name.

Once they reached Abby's room they would set about gathering what belongings she owned and stuffing them into her kit bags, with Harry noting that one of Abby's jackets looked suspiciously like one she'd owned back when she'd been living at home. All in all it didn't take them long to get everything packed into bags and carried down to the waiting car.