Recent content by Crux

Now Amer was getting greedy. Crux couldn’t blame her. It was typical of women. They got one thing and then they wanted more. Give a crocodile a finger, it’ll take an arm. Give them an inch, they would take a mile. Whatever the phrase was, it applied to Amer, and Crux wasn’t having it. “Because...

Crux tipped his head at Amer’s question. Neither a yes or a no, though she’d heard him right the first time. Two cases there were. If she were to go after the other one, that would leave just him and Earrings again and that was that. “A Yautkan? Whaddya take me for, an idiot? What’s one of...

Crux didn’t disbelieve her when she said they had gotten separated. “A ruckus, eh?” He narrowed his eyes. “I’m guessin’ that explains the explosion.” Crux didn’t particularly care if she’d blown one or both of them up— that meant more credits for him— but it was disquieting how easily she’d...

“Only too well, missus.” Of course it had to be Amer Dragata. Crux should have known from the nicknames— in less than a minute she’d already fired off two. But what exactly was she doing here? What would an assassin be doing here in an attic? “I don’t see no assassin. Must be on the wrong...

Still in the doorway, unwilling to go out just yet since there were not one, but two women who probably wanted him dead, Crux wondered just who the kark this was. If she was here for the Badger’s case too… Crux’s head hurt just thinking about it. “Congratulations.” Frankly, he didn’t care...

Karking droids. Crux hated them. They had no mind of their own, and they were never willing to reason. They had already gotten to “elimination protocols.” Off limits my ass. Fortunately, their lack of brains also extended to a lack of an ability to tell where their targets were from Crux’s voice...

Think? The woman had to think about his offer? Every second they wasted was another second that something worse might happen. There had already been an explosion or earthquake or whatever that was, and Crux didn’t want to be around to find out if it had just been a coincidence or if someone was...

Crux knew as soon as he’d ducked behind the desk that this had been a bad choice. The room was nothing more than a small office with only one way in or out, and said entrance was now being covered by this woman who was all too eager to shoot his balls off. Since she was outside, Crux decided...

When she repeated the word, Crux almost thought that this woman was going to say something useful for once. He was sorely disappointed when she launched into a description of the animal instead as if he didn’t know what those were. He caught that weasel jab at the end, but he wasn’t going to let...

Crux growled in his throat. Today was roadblock after roadblock, and yet again he was stuck— she was right about it being a stalemate. What was different about this time compared to when he was with Amer, however, was where she was aiming. This was somehow worse. However, given that the Badger...

Despite everything Crux was thinking about this woman, he had to admit that she was quick on her feet. She had her blasters up as soon as he did— and he couldn’t help noticing that they were not pointed at his face or chest like he’d thought. Both of hers were angled a little lower than he...

The same thought that had entered his mind when he met Amer entered his mind yet again. Who did this woman think she was? She didn’t look like she belonged in here. Suspicious from the beginning, Crux was already on his guard. As far as he was concerned she was just another common street junkie...

“You didn’t shake it, did you?” Crux didn’t respond. “Shaking tends to make cases like those go boom…boom.” Crux looked down at his box. After waiting a few seconds, it didn’t go boom boom, and once again he internally cursed the Badger for messing around with his head. Letting out a sigh, he...

“Took you a bit of a minute, didn’t it?” Kriff you. If the Badger hadn’t promised to pay him, Crux might have hung up just then. Instead, he huffed as he listened to his next instructions about some kind of maintenance elevator. He just hoped that this one wasn’t broken too. As for bathrooms...

“Yes?” This Badger could go kriff himself. However, apparently Crux didn’t have any other options but to go through the droids somehow, so that was the route he took. He opened the door. Nothing happened at first. All the droids were busy working on who knows what, and none of them turned to...