As she noticed the nervous look of the man right next to her she put her hand on his arm. "No need to panik here, Mister Pistols gave me his word that I'll get through this unharmed and I gave him my promise to meet him alone. You don't have to look out for any people following you or me."
"I guess we're both in an unfamiliar situation here, right? You've gotta work with me, the Security Force and I gotta trust you and everyone else on this journey. So why didn't you sit down and relax while we're on our way?"
She changed her seat from the aisle to the window of the shuttle and put her hand on her old seat for a second.
"You see, I bet you know who I am and that way you should know that I don't break promises. Even if we're on opposite sides here. All I want is to get the information Mister Pistols offered me and than I'll be gone."
With a slight smile on her face she took the earplug out of the envelop and put it in her left ear so she could still hear what this man right next to her would say.
So, this shuttle goes to Thunder Bay, and then all the way back to Colorado. I will leave when we arrive to Cali Minor. I see you got the earplug. The password will probably be a riddle, Dialectius likes that. Once on Thunder Bay, you'll have to say that password to the Barman. He will understand.
At that moment, Brutus was desperately looking for something to say. He checked his watch in his Neuro-Implant. 5 more minutes to go.
"Oh, we're going right to the Junk Places? Guess that's kind of interesting." She laughed a bit until she focussed on her new neighbour. "Weather? It seems the environmental controls for the shuttle are working just as they have to. The crew should fix them when they got some spare time."
Nice, smalltalk with a hacker. Girl, what the heck are you doing here?
You're right, I'm not into that kind of talk. Let's just say I was working for Ageira when a friend of mine got assassinated because he knew something he shouldn't have known. After that, I decided to flee. Then the usual part : sheltered by the Rogues, then made it to our lair.
Brutus was still staring through the porthole.
I'm sure you understand why I am not willing to tell more about my past to a LSF agent.
Besides I doubt you are receptive to what your government calls "Hacker propaganda".
And you, why did you join the Security Force ? Old dreams of defending the citizens against thieves ?
"Sure, I understand your decission. Neither would I tell my story to a spook if I would be in your position."
For a second Sonya was kind of frightened. Isn't that called fraternization what you're doing here, girl?
"Well, my story..." She run her fingers through her hair. "I started within the LPI, not a fine job though. In my last days before I came to the LSF I was stationed as flight control on Fort Bush. Those days it seemed that that'll be the end of my career there when I met some spooks."
For a long time she hadn't thought about her job for LPI and now she was about to uncover some information about the owner of LPI. The first time the directorate put her in charge for this investigation she was confused. Even if it was mass murder, it was LPI's business to investigate it until she was informed that an IND captain was killing the innocents.
"I joined the LSF not to play cops and robbers. There's something bigger behind my reasons but I can't tell you about it. Classified stuff, you understand?"
Classified, the common excuse. II have to admit there's not much difference for me between the Navy, LPI and the LSF. All of them want us dead. [Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to moor on California Minor Orbital Fixture. The next stop will be : Thunder Bay]
Brutus was surprised by how the time went quickly while discussing with Mosby.
Well, time for me to go. Remember you will be given the password you must tell to Thunder Bay's bartender with the earplug. Also, it's not a place where government agents are welcome, so I suggest playing it stealthy.
Paco stood at California Minor Orbital Fixture in the waiting room. He wore a coat and a hat along with his sunglasses, checking everyone around. He turned on his neural-net implant and hailed Dialectius.
"Change of plans Mr.Dialectius, you're free. I'll contact you once the mission is over." Dialectius confirmed Paco's message.
He held an envelop for Mr.Clay in his hands, where the new guidelines were imprinted on a chip for neural-net implant. There was a specific task he had to contact Miss King about along with a new plan. Paco stood on boarding gate monitoring all the people coming out from shuttle. He spotted Mr.Clay who was surprised to see him there and put his finger on mouth to show Mr.Clay he should keep quiet then silently passed him the envelop. They just gave a nod to each other.
Paco entered the shuttle like every ordinary citizen, and slowly walked amongst the passengers until he found Miss Mosby. He took of his hat and shifted his sunglasses : "Good day miss, is this seat taken ?"