(Til Death Do Us Part) 9: Mountainside Manor
28 Feb 2023Silvia Sharpe
Silvia and Jules are laying in bed catching as much rest as they can before they depart to the next system, when the door to their room is blown open by a breaching charge. They jolt awake startled by the explosion. Jules rolls off the bed as 3 armed men all about 6'4" rush into the room holding plasma rifles. She launches herself off the wall and tackles one of the men breaking his neck as they hit the ground. Jules rips the rifle out of the mans hands and fires at the other two as she runs out the door yelling at Silvia.'Silvia grab my shotgun! We have to get the hell out of here now!'
Silvia grabs the shotgun from the side table and fires 4 rounds at one of the men killing him. She limps out of the room after Jules and the other man. As she leaves the room she is pulled backwards by her hair. Silvia screams out to Jules.
'JULES! HELP!!!!!!'
Jules turns around to see Silvia being drug down the corridor towards one of the hangars. She shoots the man that was following her and rushes past him ramming her cybernetic hand through his face. Jules reaches the hangar as the final man is dragging Silvia onto his Adder. Jules runs as fast as she can to the hangar her ship is located and takes off. She makes her way just outside the no fire zone and waits for the Adder to surface.
Onboard the Adder the bounty hunter throws Silvia into a compartment and locks the door. He makes a call as he enters the cockpit of his ship.
'I've got one of the girls on my ship. I don't think the other one made it off station.'
A garbled voice can be heard on the other end of the call.
'You were told to bring them both alive! You will only get half now!'
'Don't you dare think you can short change me! I got the most important one! Stiff me and you will regret it!'
The man hangs up and take off from the landing pad. Jules immediately opens fire on the ship. She knew the dangers of firing on a ship with a friendly onboard but she was not about to let this man take Silvia. She strips the ships shields with her beam lasers and opens fire with her multi cannon on the ships cockpit. Jules watches as the rounds break through the canopy and rip through the pilot. She is screaming as she slams her ship into the top of the Adder forcing it to deflect downward and slam into the planetary surface.
'Not today bastard!'
The ship grinds to a halt becoming partially buried in the dirt. Chunks of the ships hull are scattered around. As the ship comes to a rest Jules touches down next to it and runs to the crashed Adder to recover Silvia from the wreckage. Jules hears Silvia screaming from a random compartment and makes her way over to it. The door is mangled pretty badly and can't be opened by normal means. Jules taps on the door to let Silvia know she is going to be right back. Jules searches the wreckage for a plasma cutting tool and after about 20 minutes of searching she finds one on the dead pilot and returns to the door.
'Silvia Cover your eyes and stay away from the door. I am going to have to cut it down.'
Silvia activates her helmet visor and tucks up into the corner as Jules begins cutting the door from its frame. There is an explosion behind Jules just outside the ship. Jules turns around and sees a second ship rushing towards the wreckage firing missiles. Two more missiles strike directly outside the wreckage. Jules flinches as the shockwave from the blasts hits her. She makes the last bit of the cut then rips the door out of its frame, her suits armor protecting her hands from the high heat of the metal. Silvia turns around and grabs Jules hand. The two of them make their way to Jules ship as missiles strike the ground around them. Pit Vipers point defense system fires off doing its best to protect the airspace from the bombardment of missiles.
A Vulture drops into the airspace and begins firing at the other ship. Jules and Silvia make it on board Pit Viper and Silvia makes her way to the passenger cabin as Jules runs to the cockpit. Jules fires up her thrusters and retracts her landing gear before boosting out of the conflict zone. A missile strikes the ship as Jules picks a system further out from their location and further still from 69 G. Carinae. Jules activates her FSD.
Once the ship leaves the system Silvia makes her way up to the cockpit once again and opens up the galaxy map on Jules side console and plots a course to Sol. Jules looks at the map and seems confused.
'Why Sol?'
'I have a home in the mountains on Earth.'
Jules heads to the location Silvia marked, stopping at a few stations only long enough to fuel up. Once in Sol Silvia gives the exact location of her home on Earth in the Rocky Mountains. Jules makes her way to the point and upon arrival sees a beautiful mountain side mansion. The house is covered in snow, a large black landing pad stands out against the white landscape. The ship touches down gently and drifts of snow blow away as the thrusters activate to slow the ships descent. Jules and Silvia depart Pit Viper both taking a deep breath and enjoying the scenery for a few moments before heading inside.
'Welcome to my family home. Make yourself comfortable.'
Silvia walks through the large living room and down a hallway to her bedroom. She begins changing out of the armor that Jules had given her, taking her time so as to not cause injury to her slowly healing knee. Jules watches Silvia change from the doorway taking in all of the details of her body. Silvia turns around and notices her watching and motions for her to come closer. Silvia's tone is calm but a hint of excitement and a faint Irish accent can be heard as she calls over to Jules.
'Julia come here. It's fine you don't have to hide in the shadows.'
Jules steps through the door way and proceeds to the bed. She takes a seat on the bench at the foot of the bed and begins to remove her clothing. Silvia dissappears into the bathroom attached to her room and turns on the shower. Jules picks out a set of clothes from Silvia's extensive collection. She settles on a dark gray plaid top and bottom the have a pastel pink accent. The fabric is soft to the touch.
Just as Jules is about to get dressed she hears Silvia singing angelically from the bathroom. She walks over to the doorway and listens to the wondrous melody. Jules finds herself entranced by the lyrics. She had never heard the song before nor did she understand the language in which is was sung.
Silvia finishes singing and shuts the water off. As she steps out of the shower Jules steps away from the door cautiously and dresses herself. Silvia steps out of the bathroom wearing only a powder blue towel wrapped around her body. Jules turns to Silvia and is taken by surprise as Silvia's towel drops away from her body.
'Wow. I know I've seen you before but this is much different..... Sorry.... What was that song you were singing in there?'
Silvia smiles at the comment and pauses to think about if she wanted to answer the question Jules asked truthfully. She walks towards Jules who is sitting on the bench and sits on her lap. She crosses her legs and wraps her left arm around Jules' neck. Then in a gentle tone, her irish accent becoming more clear, she replies to the question asked by Jules.
'The song is called Dheanainn Sùgradh. As for the language well it is Gaelic. Very few speak it anymore.'
'Im sorry what?'
'Haha sorry it is called I would play.'
With that Silvia places a gentle kiss on Jules' cheek without hesitation. Jules looks into Silvia's Emerald green eyes and attempts to speak.
'Silvia......'
'Shhh. Just let me have this please.'
Silvia interrupts before Jules has a chance to say more than her name. She knew what she had done but was in no mood to care about the consequences of her actions. Jules picks Silvia up and places her gently on the bed. She walks around to the other side of the bed as Silvia watches cautiously. Jules lays down in the bed beside Silvia. Silvia rolls over and places her head on Jules chest and drifts off to sleep. Jules wraps her arm around Silvia and rubs her back gently until she too drifts off to sleep.