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*Few days after the events in Freeports Bio-Tank storage module where Zakir was being held very close to death but somehow managed to survive*

*Zakir can be seen lying in a snow-white bed located in the medbay on the Freeport.Around can be seen only white courtains succesfuly cuting Zakir away from the world
on his right there can be seen a smal counter with water and one flower in a vase,On his left there is the aperature that watches over his pulse and breatch cycle*

*Zakirs eyes slowly open*

-Owww... My head...

*His hand automaticly rests on his forehead*

-What happened?Where am I?

*He started to slowly remember what happened in the previous days*

-Oh great I hope he made it out alright atleast.

*Zakir tired to get up but found himself partialy paralyzed At the moment he realized that he can hear a quiet calming ambient song playing*

-Great!And what place it is am I even still on the damn freeport?

*Zakir shouted*

-Hello? Anyone here?

*Silence*

-Hello?Needs some help over here!

*Sudennly a slim woman with long dark hair in a white lab coat pushed the courtains away for a second and then put them back on their place giving Zakir a quick glance on the road sign on the wall
that said "<--- Sylvania Dome Pub\Bar" *


N- Good day Mister.I hope you had a good sleep your injuries were pretty bad when you came here but now you seem to do just fine!

*She gives the aperature a quick glance and grins warmly*

N- I must admitt you did look pretty terible when they draged you out of that tube back then.I thought you would end up as another corpse.

*She walked few steps closer taking out a small water bottle and two glasses*

Z-Im fine thank you*Brief pause* Could you tell me where am I? Im still on the freeport right?

*The nurse pured two full glasses of water and gave one to Zakir*

N-Yes thats right the freeport medical bay right wing second sector room 14 to be precise

*The nurse grins*

Z-Great.. I man really great just one more question, when will you let me out Im not payed for lying here!

*She shrugs and chuckles*

N-Thats almost ready just one more day for the checkups to finish and we will be ready to sign you out

*A faint smile apears on Zakirs face*

Z-Thats great... Could I ask you to bring Robert here I need to speak with him urgently

*She gives another glance at the aperature and smiles*

N-Ofcourse thats not a problem I should be back in few moments

*The Nurse turns around and dissapears behind the Courtain once more showing Zakir the sign but now he could see Iva talking to Gabriel*

-I wonder if Robert will be able to explain whats going on here.I know he will nag and be a pain but still I can trust him in some part.

*Takes a sip of the water but the sudenly he hears a damped conversation*

N-No you cant visit him yet we arent sure if hes ready for the public...

*The nurse tries to calm Iva down*

I-But hes my family I cant just stand out here!

*She says that a bit louder than the others

G-Iva calm down he may be crazy we dont know enough to let him out.Robert will talk to him and we will make sure that he can be released

*Gabriel grabs Iva and tries to take her away*

I- But... But... Oh fine!

*She shakes off Gabriels grab and walks out angry*

N-Thank you for helping me Doctor Gabriel I wanst sure if I could do that on my own

*The nurse seems reliefed*

G-My pleasure Diana I want to ask you a thing before my leave though.

*Gabriel whispers something to the nurse*

N- Really? I... I.. I understand ... I will try my best doctor

*The nurse and Gabriel have left the medbay the Nurse seemed to be frightened by what Gabriel told her*

Not a significant amount of time passed before Robert arrived in the clinic, escorted by the nurse.

He didn’t even wait for her instructions that he began to turn and unveil the white sheets covering the patient’s beds one by one in a careless style, finally discovering Zakir in one of the beds.

“ Non problem. I own this clinic “ he said, looking at the nurse with an indifferent glare while holding the sheet ,which used to hide Zakir from the world, in his left hand and pointing downward with his right hand clutched in his fist, with his arrow finger stretch out, executing a circular motion while pointing to the ground. It is obvious that he said it to cut any attempt by the woman to stop him from talking with him.

Turning his view back to Zakir, he took a nearby stool and entered the veil of sheets surrounding his bed.

Tactically placing the stool at the side of his bed, Robert sat on it in a non-chalant, careless way, with his hands tucked under his chin in anticipation, supporting his typical wide and elusive grin.

“ Bonsoir, mon Cherie Zakir “ he said.

“ It’s nice to be back, non? “ he asked rhetorically, opening his hands wide in expression, engulfing the surroundings.

*Zakir was calmly lying in his bed when suddenly he could hear ramble behind the courtains
he could see them move aside under Roberts hands when he whispered and covered his face as the shine of many reflectors outside blinded him for a second*

Oh great...

*Zakir only had time to put away the glass on the table on his right when he heard Roberts words "Non problem.I own thes clinic"*

You like to show everyone whos boss right Robert?

*Zakir said that with an grin on his face and waited until robert sits down. He saw the nurse stading behind Robert there at the sign hopeless with her arms crossed.*

Oh its pretty easy to guess that its great to be alive again

*Zakir said that with an neutral expression while adjusting his postion to level his head with Roberts*

I could use some of my Vodka again though, the thirst is getting unbearable!

*He turned his hand into a fist and punched the pillow few times to make it more comfortable*

Plus sitting here isnt one of those things that I favour the most atleast I will get out tommorow!

*With these words he Sighes and leans on the wall*

I have some questions to you I hope you could answer them all right?

*Zakir seemed to be pure serious now and after few seconds he started baraging Robert with questions*

Tell me...
How long was I out?
What happened in that time?
Is Sean alright?
Did he make ot out in one piece?
Whats the status of my trusted spatial?
Any bigger changes when I was out?
How did Gabriel manage to keep the crew under control?
What happened to the Straight Curve?

*after the barage he stoped to take a breath and looked at Robert with a silent hope that he will answer all of the questions
and maybe could tell even more*

“ Well, allow me to tell you – “ Robert tried to say, only to be blatantly disturbed by the appearance of his nefarious yet committed comrade, Achille.

He sat motionless with the back at Achille waiting for his apparently endless speech to finish. His facial expression changed to a rather dull stance with his eyes carefully searching the ceiling while the rest of his face apparently maintained contact with Zakir.

Alerted by the flask of vodka thrown in Zakir’s direction, Robert was forced to pay notice to Achille’s speech.

His head slowly turned towards Achille with his eyes wide opened exactly as a traumatized child. It was only needed for his jaw to magically dislocate and drop to the ground in order to complete this fine cliché.

“ What the actual wench?! “ eroded in his mind, surprised at the choice of words Achille chosen. Needless to say, no one could tell whether Robert understood at least a fraction of them or not.

Robert decided not to give any reply to Achille at all, his surprised expression was enough to offer more than a satisfying salute he obviously thought.

Turning back to Zakir, still sitting on the stool, he said with a very gallant voice:
“ Here… is your vodka! “ he said, trying to express a subtle desire of stealing Achille’s merits.
“ You can thank me later. “

Robert paused for a minute. He took opportunity of this apparent moment of silence to rub his chin and resume his explanation for Zakir, the same explanation which was interrupted by Achille’s arrival.

“ Thing is… that, I do not know for sure how long you’ve been out for. And to be honest, we wouldn’t be able to find you without the help of an Outcast madame “ he said, clearly recalling the Emissary.

“ Sean is tres bien. He received but a petit scold for doing the inappropriate. You shouldn’t have dragged him into that Hell, mon ami. You know that he’s in the Commerce branch for a reason and that he lacks the expertise to deal with the matters you would deal in. “ he said thinking at the worse which could had happened back then.

The disappearance and possible death of one member of the fraternity was enough to shake the moral and well being of the entire Commonwealth. But if the count would have raised to two. The effects would had been more disastrous as the Commonwealth is a very united organization. And that is a well put fact! Because of their ties and fraternity, one would call the Commonwealth a family, and that definition is not that far as well, seeing the very peculiar population, unlike any other zoner organization. A last census revealed a count of twenty to thirty members of this healthy fraternity. Very uncommon when put into contrast with the hundreds of other Zoner associations.
This is simply because of the closed fraternity like society the Commonwealth formed. The members of its fraternity is what forms the true backbone of the Commonwealth, while they maintain use of other zoner associates, employees and other kind of outsiders to do less discreet works. The common crew member of a transport is a good example.

That being said, it’s obvious why even the death of one member was a big hit to the entire organization.

“ And… I think Achille may know more about your spatial “ he said with a half mouth, recalling the not very subtle entrance Achille possessed.

“ Oh, by the way, regarding the Curve and Gabriel… “ he said with a rush, trying not to forget this.

“ … The ship had been destroyed and the entire crew had been sold to the Outcasts as slaves to prevent the overcrowding of Freeport 10! “ he said with a big grin on his face

“ I’m just joking, mon ami …The Curve has been disposed and replaced with a newer model, courtesy to Iva. And Gabriel managed to do a fine job, under Iva’s voluntary supervision “ he said, trying to whip the fact that Iva failed to come up to some of the conditions put in the debate which made Robert’s previous statement to turn from a fact to a now silly joke

Before he could end his speech, Robert took a closer glance at Zakir and in a warm manner he said:

“ Listen, I know there was some form of antagonizing, let us say, between ourselves. But I’d like that, for the well being of the Commonwealth, for this form of relationship to finish. We are a fraternity for a reason and unity is one of them. “ he said

It is true that Robert and Zakir had some form of feud in the past. Mainly because of Zakir’s rash behaviour. Still, Robert was looking to overlook those. Not only because such a continuous feud would have brought a bad reputation for the Commonwealth and ruin its unity, but also because some of the actions Robert took in “ Finding “ Zakir would put him in a not so advantageous spot.

The next moment, Robert leaned back on the small stool he sat on. He would have fallen in a second if he wasn’t too careful.

Still, the absence of any reply or speech from his part was the sign that the opportunity was given to the other two members of this conversation to step up

*Zakir was calmly sitting on his bed being quite suprised by Achilles sudden apearance in the small medbay*

Great now we have the full family here to talk!

*After that quietly added in russian *

Like this place is spacious enough

*Zakir stared calmly at Achille waiting for him to end his speech from which he didnt understand few words*

Dont tell me its the thing I think it is!

*Zakir caught the bottle in mid-air and started to inspect the bottle *

Thats an old SCRA Vodka!Where did you got oe of these?

*One could see on his face that he was amazed with Achilles possesion*

Im not somekind of a nomad infectee or something then why the tentacles out of a sudden?
Of course you can ask away whatever you may want

*Zakir smiled put the bottle on the counter alongside the Glass filled with watter*

So Robert about me draging Sean into the omicrons...

*He cut for a moment to catch his breath and think of a sensible response to Roberts question at hand*

I went there because I was fascinated... Too fascinated I lost the knowledge of my and Seans life worth
there was only one objective... Find, Find and discover whats behind

*Zakir made another stop for another breath*

I didnt even have an idea that there could be a Marduk hiding it was something I least expected to happen

*Zakir gave a quick glance at the Nurse wich was still standing back listening to the conversation*

Im fine miss you can leave me alone for now.

*The Nurse turned around without a word and left the Medbay by the staff exit at the same moment Zakir turned back to Robert and continued his speech*

So Robert I cant possibly tell you what draged me to do this and I will say this three words because I know the bad my actions done...

*Zakir cut his speech for a moment and smiled*

Dont get too used to it I wont be saying those for quite some time to come

*He retuned to his normal state and said those three words*

I'm Sorry

*He leaned on the wall again and relaxed for a bit then continued*

So Achille you wanted to ask me some questions as long as they are in understandable sirian then I can reply to them

*Zakir sat awaiting Achilles questions *

Zakir can be sees sitting on the bed and leaning on the wall to speak with Achille better and started to answer his questions

I really have no idea what happened past these days when my ship was destroeyd all I remember is a big black hole thats all!

Zakir Sighed and took the glass with water from the counter

And the strange behaviour of my AI it must have all ben because of the jump gate

Zakir lived up and corrected his position on the bed for more comfort

The day when me and Sean went to Minor to see the Gate I told you about we found the gate inactive
I wasnt sure if it was on purpose or because of the damage over the years
I asked Sean to help me scan the Gate see if its still alive
Moments later Sean somwhoe activated the gate and we were sucked inside the wormhole
It was like something Ive never seen before... Unique

Zakir stoped for a while to catch his breath and take a large sip of water

After we jumped out we found a very strange system
It looked like it had a floor made of metalic substances
and above it there was floating a planet!
We felt very small as we moved trough the space to the great wall
when we arrived there was a small hole leading to the inside I belive
not sure because it was Closed and we were attacked shortly after we got there
we were attacked by a Nomad with its size you could say a battleship
I told Sean to run and engaged my cruise engines... They didnt work
I tried to fight the bease but like it seems I failed
I dont remember anything what happened after that

Zakir Sighed and put the now empty glass on the counter when the Nurse came inside the medbay acompanied by a doctor and she spoke to the two visitors

Im sorry gentlemen but the Clinic visiting hours are over and we must ask you to leave

The nurse gave a quick glance and the doctor wich noded and accpeted with the statement

Robert was listening to the conversation of the two with somewhat indifference. He only took his hat off just so he can scratch the back of his had, thinking about what has been told. To him, it appeared as if Zakir had a bit too much Coalition Specialty ( Vodka ) for one night only.

" I still think you had too much vodka and hit an asteroid, mon ami " he said with a very dried tone as if he forgot Zakir's condition.

" Still, it's good to have you back and in one piece, non? " he said, patting the russian's shoulder

Still sitting on his stool, Robert noticed the nurse's appearance.She was accompanied by the doctor. It was obvious that the two wanted the departure of Zakir's visitors so that he could rest.

Robert's eyes widened expressing a satirical indifference towards the nurse and her companion.

He leaned backward on his stool as a sign of disobedience only to imbalance and fall off. To his fortune, his meticulous hand managed to grab hold of the counter ,where Zakir also had his glass placed on, preventing a very humiliating scenario.

" Non problem, I said I own this clinic. " he said again to the nurse, with the same tone as before, while trying to position himself back on the stool and re-finding his balance

" Et... " he said as he lifted his hand upwards, his finger stretched, in an excited way while carefully getting off the stool to stand up.

" I also want you to change the visiting hours to something more convenient, bien? Merci beaucoup! "

Moving towards the exit, he made an elegant turn and extended his arm towards Zakir.

" Au revoir! Get well soon, mon ami. Remember: Divitiae et Unitas " he said with his typical devious grin.

" Et toi, mon beloved nurse, as I own the clinic, you have no authority over moi. I can leave whenever I want, and I want to leave now. There is nothing your devious and devilish beauty and elegance can do to stop me. Au revoir! " he said to the nurse before vanishing from Zakir's clinics for the duration of this day.

“"Hit an asteroid"? Achille delivered the parting shot, “Ah Robert, you'd be quite the cynic if it wasn't so obvious you weren’t persistently ad lobbing... apologies for running a large train through your immaculate repartee, of course”.

He swivelled to the nurse.

"Visiting hours over already cheri, well that's slightly untoward of you isn't it? How exactly is one meant to interrog..." He halted, checking himself, slowing slightly. "...greet... an amiable old friend in his declining health without the luxury of fellowship hmm? Companionship is a great aspect of our fraternity cheri, surely you wouldn't wish to impinge that, no?"

He sidled to a stand, dusting himself.

“So my dear, in the interests of our individual freedoms, would you mind if we (I.E, me and Robert), could... observe the ever improving state of our excelsior comrade in an adjacent room oui? Preferably one with something unobtrusive, say, a video feed? We’d hardly be ‘visiting’ as such, cheri, merely aspects of the backdrop. Surely...” He flourished, licking his finger tips, such a ‘fly-on-the-wall’ perspective wouldn’t be too obtrusive now, would it?”

A vulpine smile danced into his face.

“Would it”?