Upon Silver Devil: Chapter Three

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[I can't say i've ever seen him drunk actually. I haven't seen him in nearly ten years.] Hmm that'd be interesting. [He got tall.] He smiled oddly, trying to make light of what was clearly pretty awkward and difficult.

Shane looked from one to the other then sighed softly. "There's some stuff I can't talk about, even not being employed by them anymore, I would still feel wrong to speak about if, but I guess you can ask questions, if you want."

"What did your boss do?" Swarm asked. "How did you come to no longer be working for them?" "What did your job entail?"

"He was a mob boss and I saved Ellie." Shane answered the questions then chuckled softly. "Vestia picked me up on Mars and we headed for Terra. We started to be friends and she wanted to look around, have a tour. So, I offered to show her around. My boss' people found put that I was back and took us in then threatened me by hurting her so I took her and ran back to Vestia. That's the last I saw of them."

Tala snorted in distaste. "You slaughtered him and scattered his blood across the fields for his insolence, I hope," she said.

"I did not have that chance, I was more concerned with getting Ellie back to safety." Shane said, shaking his head. "I was far from his only protector after all."

"Does that mean you cannot return to terra?" Swarm asked curiously.

"It would be dangerous to" Shane said with a nod before he shrugged "Of course, he also has reach off of Terra, so it's not safe really anywhere."

"Does he know you travel with Vestia?" Tala asked, flaring her nostrils. "Such knowledge could make our return to Terra difficult."

"That seems to be the case for many of our crewmates." Swarm observed.

"I don't know, possibly." Shane said then sighed a little. "He would know that's the ship I came 'home' on and left on but he shouldn't have a way to know I would still be on her."

"That is unfortunate," Tala said. "Well if we must, we shall overthrow him and his people to obtain safety. Then we shall have no problems concerning him."

"I can change my looks and name if I have to." Shane reminded them then shrugged.

"Very true!" Tala said. "And should they bother us anyway, we will destroy them as I said." She must be in a warlike mood this morning. Maybe it was the smell of blood in the air.

Shane chuckled softly and nodded "True enough." He agreed though that was a last resort to his mind.

Tala was pleased with her plan. "Did your boss know you were a dragon?" she asked.

Swarm nodded. "With luck he will be smart enough not to try to hurt you." "if not, the crew will show him the error of his ways." "better to avoid a fight though."

"Everyone thought I was human when I lived on Terra." Shane said then smiled a little "I didn't learn about my dragon until I met Starr" Shane replied.

"Well that is fortunate, it makes you a less valuable target," Tala proclaimed. "All shall be well."

"The only reason he would be looking for me is if he took it as an insult that I helped Ellie, chose her over him." Shane said and shrugged.

"Such secrets are useful." Swarm agreed. "an advantage."

"Or he might hunt you because he may object to your sudden departure, and what you know of his secrets?" Tala suggested. She shook her head. "We shall be watchful."

Shane shrugged then nodded "Yeah, we should remain watchful. I changed my bone structure a little after I found out what I was, I hope it'll be enough to not get attacked."

"Good," Tala said cheerfully. She looked to a clock, "The time for the meeting draws closer, do we wish to seek the ship of Hytar soon?"

Shane nodded and looked around "Where's Rigel?" He asked curiously

"He is resting. Rigel!" Tala called, "Shane asks after you!"

"Oh my god Tala, you gotta stop that!" James yelled from another room.

Luka winced. Damnit Tala.
She sat up. "What's going on?" She asked groggily.

"We believe we know where this man's ship is, his crew were in a bar earlier." "We saw them" "Felid almost started a fight."

Rigel came to his door and looked out then sighed and grabbed a jacket, putting it on and coming over to the group "Almost time to go everyone."