Stepsisters

[Sonja]

"Where are you, Yasha?"

Freeport 11 was a busy place, lawless and in the middle of nowhere. Gunfire rattled down the hallway sometimes, when Corsairs and Bounty Hunters encountered each other. Most times, things didn't get out of hand, but it wasn't uncommon for one side to throw caution to the wind and pull out a sidearm.

It was annoying. Noisy. Neither of them could get any good sleep in their rented quarters. Almost constant shouts of alarm and the pew pew of light laser pistols kept them from catching some shut-eye.

"Where are you, Yasha?"

There was nobody in the room.

"Oh, I see. It's hide and seek! I'll find you, sister."

Tenshi rummaged around, in all the hiding places she could think of. Under the bed, in the wardrobe, behind the sofa, under the desk. But Yasha was nowhere to be found. Nowhere at all.

"Hm... Yasha, you're really hard to find, you know."

A frown slowly crept over Tenshi's face, but before it could establish itself, it was replaced with an innocent laugh.

"Okay then, I will search everywhere until I find you! Where should I start...?"

Tenshi bounced out of her quarters with a spring in her step, and headed to the control tower. She couldn't see the people around her, frozen as their eyes tracked her across the corridor. Her only objective was finding her sister. For that, she would need to know the hiding places on the station, which meant knowing where everything was. Blueprints were required, and blueprints she would get.

The blast doors to the control tower were open, owing to the lax security on the Zoner installation. Even so, no Corsair or Bounty Hunter was stupid enough to start a fight anywhere near there, so there wasn't a need to close the door.

She skipped over to the averagely built man, who was busy dealing with the traffic into and out of the station. For a base in the middle of nowhere, Freeport 11 was a really active place. But that didn't concern her.

"Excuse me, controller kitty! Do you mind..."
"Go away, Im busy at the moment."
"HEY!"

Tenshi shoved the man to the ground from his chair, catching him completely unaware. He looked up at the agressor, at first dazed, but quickly recognising the situation. Standing above him a woman with a hostile look on her face, wearing Phantom colours.

"Oh. My. God."

The control room was completely deserted except for the pair. The night shift, even though there was no night or day in space.

"Now I shall continue. I am looking for my sister, Yasha. Have you seen her?"
"Uh... uh..."
"My sister! Have you seen her?!"
"I... sorry, no I haven't."
"Wow, Yasha must be really good at hiding. Or Im really bad at seeking... I haven't played this game for a very long time." Tenshi mused to herself, her hostility disappearing.
"Okay then, since you don't know where my sister is, I want something else. You will give me the blueprints for this place so I can find my sister. If you don't, you will be a naughty kitty and I will have to tickle you."

His eyes widened, obviously knowing exactly what the woman standing above him was talking about. He quickly scrambled off the floor and up to the control console. Pressing a few buttons, a small disk popped out.

"Its on here!"

Before Tenshi could say anything, the man sped away, out of the control tower and down the corridor.

"Huh... what a wierd kitty..."

Two days later

"Hmm... I've searched everywhere, and I can't find you. Maybe you're somewhere else...? Thats probably right, as no kitty knew where you were. Fine then! It's hide and seek with the biggest playground ever. I will find you, sister!"

With a smile on her face, Tenshi skipped to the hanger deck and jumped in her recently repaired Blood Dragon. Noticing that Yasha's wasn't there, she laughed.

"I knew it! This will be a hard game, but I will find you, Yasha. I wont give up!"