"Goodbye" - he said. I tried to control myself, unfortunately, until he has not yet got into his old ship, on which, at his young age once he proudly wrote "ATHENA", Goddess of Olympus, which protects the scientists and researchers, I hug him ... my own father ...
He turned at me, smiled pleasantly and said: "Pray for Olympians"... then he turned on the engines, rose, and disappeared somewhere in the crowd among the other ships flying in Manhattan.
It was a week ago. No news ... until now...
I heard the doorbell. "I will soon!" - I Twisted. But they did not expect to wait for me. "We are police officers of Liberty!" - I heard from behind the door. I put an old father's notebook away and rushed to the door. I glanced at the safety console's screen; security camera filmed the two guys with the uniforms, so they were really officers.
I tied up my hair (a few days, I slept poorly), then opened the door.
- Linda Buckey? - Said one of them.
I nodded my head. Then the same man showed his badge.
- I am Edgar Leim, the police officer. Can I come in? - He continued.
- Of course - a little confuse I said.- please.
Both officers sat on the couch.
- Do you want something: tea, cookies? - I have offered.
- No, thank you, - other officer said - we are here not for long.
- Please sit down. - Said Edgar Leim.
Without any words spoken, I sat on the armchair. My heart started to struggle, "what happened?" - I kept repeating myself.
- Is your father's name is Alexis Buckey?
- Yes ... why ask?
- Does he pilot Series YX "Dromedary" Border Worlds Freighter?
- Yes, but can you tell me why ... - I have not finished my sentence.
- Does the name of ship was "ATHENA"?
My heart began to struggle even more quickly. I realized that something happened to my father. Everything began to run into a whole, I was started to think that I will faint soon.
- Miss Buckey? MISS BUCKEY?! CAN you hear?!
Then I sort of woke up.
- Yes? - Silently I said, but the officer heard me.
- We found your father's ship.
- Is he all right? - I answered.
- The ship?
- Of course not! Father!
- Yes ... I don’t know how to say ...- thought Leim.
His colleague interrupted him:
- The ship was without ... Alexei...
- Do you have in mind ... It was without a pilot..?
Those words sounded quite calm, but I felt like I was watching to the eyes of Hades.
- The ship was floating in… chem.… Omicron Kappa. One Zoners explorer’s vessel has found it. It…- I didn’t hear anything more, suddenly everything started to blur, I felt dizzy, and… fainted…
Gates ... Nebula ... place in which I had never been ... my subconscious says that this is a dream, but still can't wake up, I hear a woman whispers: "Calm down ... fly ... do not be afraid ..."... everything looks so real... I came closer to the gates, such as those my father was drawn in he's notebook ... whisper again, "Dock ... afraid not..."... after the momen I feel my ship shaking in tunell of jump...Now I look at a strange station ... it seems it's alive ... breathing... whispering something... *PEEP* *PEEP* *PEEP*
*PEEP* *PEEP*
I woke up ... a little confused, but suddenly I realize that I am in a hospital in Manhattan. I'm trying to remember what happened. "Police... officers... Dromedary... Athena... father ..."- all of these images fast runs before my eyes ... I understand ... my father is gone...
// ATTENTION: This player is leaving the game (and I think she won't back), so I (as her brother), taking this her character as my own (with all agreements, off course). She already wrote most of the story of this character in Lithuanian, only thing I'll gonna do is translation and publishing it (with some editing). If you had any unfinished bussines with Linda.Buckey or player (I hope there will not be such things), contact me.
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