*Back to Present*
"Are you sure we must do this?"
"Of course! How else are we supposed to get intel on her?"
"Well. . . ." he couldn't think of a better idea.
"See! There is no way we can get close enough to put tracking magic on her." he hissed back at his partner.
"...I guess so, I just hope we don't get caught" he spitefully pouted.
"Why would we? She is commanding this ship for the first time so it is not like she has first hand knowledge on each of the crew-mates unlike Roman."
"I guess…"
"Hey, you two!" Scarlet announced to the two newbies to the ship, she noticed how they jumped.
" I can guess that you both just were hired as crew-mates" Scarlet criticized.
"Why would you say that captain?" the dark haired, and handsome man answered with an awkward smile.
She simply let out a dry chuckle before answering, "because you both mop the upper deck very meticulously".
"Thank you Captain!" they answered simultaneously.
The redhead chuckled again before answering "that wasn't a compliment" and turned to walk back towards the Captain's quarters.
The two stopped, and shot uneasy looks at each other as the door shut behind her.
…
Scarlet sighed with her hands on her hips.
'What a pain' she complained internally.
She stared at Roman who was pouting at his desk, leaning his chin on his folded hands.
"What's wrong bro?" Scarlet raised her arms to a folded position against her chest.
Romans face dropped in shock, "how can you even ask me that with a straight face sis! You completely made a fool of me-"
Scarlet's face dead panned at his sentence, "Finish that sentence Roman, I dare you".
Roman sighed and threw his hands up in the air "you could have at least saved me a little bit of face Scar!"
Scarlet simply checked out her nails, uninterested in her brother's complaints. "You know that's not really my style Roman, besides this is all part of my payback that I owe you" She looked up at him with a twisted smirk.
With a grunt, Roman collapsed on his desk in defeat, "Fine Scarlet, do whatever you want."
Scarlet laughed, "I'm glad you understand Roman", she made her way over and patted his head like a child.
"Now, I need to discuss something with you", she pulled her hand away and looked back at the door with suspicion burning in her eyes.
Hearing the tone in her voice, Roman knew that something was up.
"What's the matter Scarlet?" Roman asked, his entire demeanor changed and he stiffened as he became serious. He starred at the back of her fiery curls as she burned a hole into the door of the cabin with her piercing gaze.