Questions, part 1

Posted on Wed May 16th, 2012 @ 2:42pm by Master Chief Petty Officer Apu Barnum & Lieutenant Commander Damion Wolfe

944 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Subjugation
Location: In the Mines, Apu's Shop

ON

Apu was straightening up his little shop and humming to himself when he heard someone enter the tent. He paused and looked up, immediately recognizing the man. Lieutenant JG Damion Wolfe. The man who now went by Johnny and worked for Hur'Rak. How that happened, Apu wasn't sure, but he was curious.

"Hello, what can I do for you Mr. Damion/Johnny?"

Damion gave him an evil look and then removed his disruptor from his coat. He aimed it at Apu and then turned it, aiming it at another person in the tent. "Leave. Now." He said with a slightly harsh tone as he looked over to the man. The man walked out quickly out of the shop. As he slowly put the disruptor back in his coat, Damion turned back to face Apu. "Johnny. Alright?" He let out a sigh and then took a step forward toward Apu. "Hur'Rak says you give good info, I need info from you. In return, I wont shoot you. Fair?"

"No, it is not. You don't shoot me and you stop threatening my clients. Then I will give you information. Fair?" Apu replied, half-mocking.

Damion took a step closer to him and held the disruptor closer to his face. "You think you run the show? One word from me and you lose all respect with Hur'Rak and his crew. I don't have a problem putting a hole through your head..." He glared at him and then felt the sudden urge to lower the disruptor. "But I need your help. This stays between you and me. So, whatever you do to lock the place down, do it." He tucked the disruptor back into his coat and looked around.

"Good. Just remember, one word from ME and Hur'Rak loses respect from the other Sector Bosses," Apu reminded him. He picked up a cloth and began to dust off his wares. "So, what do you wish to know?"

"You bring that up like its a threat to me." Damion responded as he turned and walked over to the entrance of the tent and closed it. "Hur'Rak is already dead, his body just hasn't caught up yet." He spoke with a kind of hatred in his voice as he turned back to face Apu. "Information. On York, That girl Ronnie and anyone else related to him." He started to walked to Apu and then smirked as he crossed his arms over his chest when he stopped. "Maybe a new weapon. Something with more of a kick to it and easily concealed." He stopped smiling and then uncrossed his arms, clearing his throat as if it didn't just happen. "If you have anything in stock."

"Hur'Rak has too many enemies to live long," Apu agreed. "What do you have to trade for a weapon?" he asked. He wanted more information on this Johnny before he told him about Sam and Ronnie.

Damion pulled out a disruptor and put it on the table. "How about that?" He slammed his hands down and leaned forward, looking at Apu.

Apu picked up the distruptor and checked it over carefully. "For this I can trade you one of these." She pulled out a tray of weapons and showed it to him. "But if you have something else to add to it, I could trade you this." He pulled out an odd stick-like weapon and held it up for Damion to see.

He took the stick from Apu's hand and then looked at it. Damion recognized it, but he didn't know where from. He took a step back and then twirled it in his hand between his index and middle finger. He took one more step back as he held it out, extending it into a baton. Damion continued to twirl it a big, swinging out and in until stopping suddenly. He looked over to Apu and then hit the button to retract the extended part. He walked over to the table and then slammed it down. "Where did you get this?! Why is it familiar to me?! I never seen this before in my life but I... I... I recognize it!"

"You do appear to know how to use it," Apu said. "Give me your disruptor and your knife and we'll call it a fair trade."

"And my information?" Damion asked as he leaned in to Apu, giving him a cold stare.

Apu leaned in, his gaze as cold as Johnny's. "Don't threaten me unless you're ready to lose. I've dealt with wannabes like you for most of my life." Apu glanced down for a second, pointing a very small, very lethal-looking weapon. "Don't threaten a man in his own establishment. You will lose. Now, if you want information, back off and act like a man. Then I'll talk."

Damion stared at him, not diverting his gaze and then s smirk grew on his face. "You wont kill me. You'll stun me, but he won't kill me." He leaned back slightly and then laughed. "I can feel it in you. Your won't kill me because you know what will happen to you." He raised a brow, slightly confused. "What will happen to you? Why don't you want to pull the trigger and kill me. Stunning me would only make me mad and make me want to kill you. And I don't think you can keep stunning me forever, can you?" He crossed his arms over his chest, calling Apu's bluff. "So shoot me and die or give me what I want and live."


(To be continued...)

Lieutenant JG Damion Wolfe
Chief Intelligence Officer
and Johnny

Master Chief Petty Officer Apu BarnumQuartermaster

 

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