"I clear you to land in hangar 4. The boss wants to talk!" the station operator's voice came from the speakers.
I didn't answer, I just kept looking out the window.
I killed people for the first time, well, it was their own fault. Even though it was an order, they had to be ready to part with their lives as soon as they got their weapons in half a day. As they say, "kill or be killed.", and I definitely wasn't going to die, and certainly not in a second chance in my life. Especially such a wonderful life…
I didn't feel anything, I just didn't care about them, in my past life I wouldn't hurt a fly, and in this one I kill in cold blood.
But I'm different now, and this world, unlike my past, is very cruel, either I kill them, or they kill me.
When I got down to the station, I was hit in the nose again by a disgusting smell, which made me feel a little sick. Do they even have ventilation here? Or does it affect me more because I'm a snow leopard now? I mean, I now seem to belong to the cat species, which has a very sensitive nose. On the other hand, my nose looks normal, like a human's, but it picks up smells very strongly. I'm sure that even a normal person would feel sick from this smell.
I didn't turn anywhere, and headed straight to the club, trying not to breathe through my nose, which was quite difficult.
I wonder if the whole galaxy will be looking for me now, for what I did? I'm probably a criminal in their eyes now, because of what I did. And now my way back to earth is closed, unless I mess up. But in fact, I don't care! It wasn't me who started this, it was them! If they hadn't wanted to grab me, most likely because of my ship's technology, then no one would have gotten hurt. And once again, human stupidity is to blame for everything!
Entering the club, without a queue, which caused discontent among many, which I ignored. I passed by the dance floor, and stopped for a second to stare at the strippers. Well, so what? This is their job, and I am a visitor to the club, so why not? If I had money, I would have given them a couple of hundred credits, but for now I have enough to live on, although ... I think that the pirate queen will pay me.
I also wanted to go to the bar, I did not drink in my past life, and even more so in this one, although I never liked alcohol, but who knows, maybe this has changed now. But it is better to postpone going to the bar, first I need to talk to the pirate queen Arya about my monetary reward.
When I got upstairs, I saw her sitting on her couch, I plopped down next to her without ceremony. Her bodyguards wanted to chase me away, but she motioned for them to go away.
I just smirked.
"Well, well, I guess the job is done, huh?" she asked me, leaning back, so her hand was behind me, which gave the impression that she was hitting on me.
I nodded and she added.
"Okay, I'll send you the money now." she said and I heard a signal from my terminal about the receipt of funds.
Looking at the terminal, a satisfied smile appeared on my face when I saw the amount.
Translation: 2,000,000 credits.
That's quite a lot, and if Liara really paid a lot to be taken to the Citadel, she found something very significant.
"Wow, you are generous." I said to her, winking. She simply rolled her eyes.
"Don't flatter yourself, that was the order. I'm more interested in how you got here from the Citadel so fast, is it because of your ship?" she asked.
I groaned.
Again, questions about my wife…
"Do you want to take my ship too?" I asked, a little depressed.
"What, someone wanted to take your wife?" she asked with a smirk.
I sighed.
"Well…" I told her the whole story from the moment we left the station until my escape.
After my story, she laughed loudly.
"Yes, you're crazy! You know that the whole galaxy will be looking for you!" she said in a rather cheerful tone.
"I guessed, but let them come, I'll show them that it's better not to mess with me." - these words only made her snort cheerfully.
She laughed again and looked at me.
"I like you more and more!" -
"Well, thank you, I guess." - I answered, a little embarrassed by her compliment.
"At my station, you're safe, no one will dare touch you, of course, unless they want to die." - she said, winking at me.
"I'm flattered, but I don't think you're doing this just like that, right?" - I asked, to which she nodded.
"Yes, I want you to be my partner, I mean partner, I can see in your eyes that you are not going to submit to anyone like I do, so I want us to be equals. I will only give you elite orders, and with your ship and the abilities you showed on the Citadel, these orders will be easy for you." - she said, and I immediately thought about it.
A full-time mercenary, huh?
And you know what?
Fuck it!
"I agree." - I said.
"That's the mood, let's celebrate. Tony, bring two bottles of tequila." - she said, and a guy came up to us with a tray in his hand, on which was a bottle of tequila and two glasses.
"Enterprise, can you come here?" I called my wife.
"Enterprise, is this your wife?" Arya asked, handing me a glass.
I took the glass.
"Yes, she is my wife!" I said.
"Well, I wouldn't mind meeting your wife! In any case, for a partnership." I said, raising my glass, to which I did the same.
And pretty quickly we drank tequila, because of which my throat began to burn, and in general I felt rather strange, and also my head began to spin a little.
And before we could touch the second glass, Enterprise came up.
"So this is your wife? Not bad, but what kind of clothes is she wearing?" Arya asked, looking at my wife.
"Well, it's her choice what she wears. Besides, she's not only my wife, she's also my ship." I said, to which Arya looked surprised.
"You mean you're married to your ship, I thought that was a joke or some kind of metaphor?" she asked in shock.
"Well, yes! She's the consciousness of my ship, and my wife at the same time." I replied.
"Girl, my God, you're such a find, considering all this, that you wear fake ears and a tail is normal. Let's have a second drink to our acquaintance." She said, to which I simply smiled and raised my glass.
"To our acquaintance!" I said loudly and drained the glass.
My head started to spin even more, but I didn't stop.
"Enterprise, right? Can you drink?" Arya asked my wife.
"As an advanced AI, yes I can. But it would be like drinking water," Enterprise said.
"Well, it's the meaning, not the effect," Arya said.
Quite soon another glass was brought, and Arya poured tequila for my wife.
"Let's drink to our work together!" Arya said, and my wife and I repeated after her.
And then we drank again.
"Oh, by the way… my ears… are real," I said, my voice slurring a little.
"Really? Can I touch them?" she asked.
"Sorry… privilege… of a wife," I said.
I noticed Enterprise looking at me, and I simply nodded to her.
She immediately reached out and started petting my ears, which made me think I was purring.
"Are you a cat?" Arya asked, apparently hearing my purring.
I didn't answer, I just blushed.
And then we continued drinking.
{30 minutes later}
{Enterprise's pov}
"Enter… Ent.. hehe. Enteru… kiss me," she said, the cat wife, snuggling up to me and rubbing herself against my face.
She's so cute when she's drunk.
How much did she drink?
8 glasses?
"Hehe, and w.. why are there two of you?" She thinks there are two of me.
So cute!
"I'll *hic* catch you *hic*," she said, getting carried away.
She started trying to catch me, but apparently she couldn't catch me, so she leaned against my shoulder, and after a few seconds I heard her breathing evenly. She fell asleep on my shoulder.
"I've never seen a drunk cat before," said the pirate queen, continuing to drink and laughing a little.
"She's never had a drink before!" I told her.
After all, even in the memories I saw, she never touched alcohol.
"I see. And you? Although you're an AI, you probably haven't had a drink before either," said Arya.
"Yes, this is my first time drinking too. Well, as I said, the effect of intoxication won't work on me, as well as many other effects, since I'm not human," I replied.
"Okay, I think you should take her to the ship, oh and tell her that I want her to come to me, I have a task for her." Arya said, draining another glass.
I nodded to her, and took my dear captain in my arms in the style of a princess. And I went to the exit, the guys were constantly booing me, that I wanted to smash their skulls. But I barely restrained myself. Let them only dare to interfere with me!
My poor captain, she went through so much in her past life. But it was this that served as my creation, I remember the first time I found myself on a ship, and I was this ship. And I saw her standing on the bridge, and the first thing she asked me was for me to create my body, and then she took me as a wife, then I was possible tell a newborn and didn't understand much, but my captain told me many stories about her past life. But I will do everything to make her happy. If only she could meet her sister again, she would be even happier...
From my memories, I saw how she loved her sister, unlike her parents, who turned away from her sister because she was a lesbian.
Only Sirin supported her, and I know that Sirin is worried inside that she left her sister, in that world, all alone...
I looked at the happy sleeping face of my captain, and could only sigh.
Sleep well, my captain, I will protect your sleep forever and ever.
{From the first person}
I slept well, and even the hangover did not bother me. But I have such a feeling as if my burden of the past, someone shared with me, easing its burden, or is it just me? And in my soul it was very calm down...
Okay, never mind!
Today is my first mission as a mercenary, I even wondered what kind of mission it was. If I had been told a year ago that I would become a girl with ears and a tail, who would be married to her ship, and also become a mercenary, I would have considered this person crazy and told him to take his pills. Although... I think my sister would have believed it...
Having gone up to the well-known Azari, she greeted me.
"How did you sleep?" the pirate queen asked me.
"Like I was dead." I joked.
"That's great." she said, then added
"Are you ready for your first mission?"
"Sort of." I answered.
"Then watch." - she said, a large ship with a description appeared on the screen
"You see this ship, according to some information, it is transporting a secret cargo, and the person who paid quite well for this order wants the ship to be delivered safe and sound. But the problem is that in the "Hades Cluster" system, communication with it was lost. But before that, one word "Cerberus" was sent, so most likely this ship was captured by Cerberus agents. They probably want the cargo that it is supposedly transporting, but they will not find it, because the cargo is an experimental engine built into it. Your task is to find this ship and clear it of Cerberus agents, just do not damage the ship, and there is a scientist on the ship who participated in the creation of this engine, it is desirable that she is alive. At stake are 10 million credits. 5 each. Can you handle it?" - she said after finishing the briefing.
I nodded.
"Yes!" I told her
"Very well! Then I wish you luck." She said.
I just smirked.
"The goddess of luck doesn't need luck, she has plenty of it." I quipped, causing Arya to snort.
I walked back to my ship, not forgetting to stare at the stripper. Damn, I have a pretty strong libido, compared to my previous life. Is it female hormones that are to blame… I don't think so…
As I climbed onto the bridge of the Enterprise, I immediately saw my wife waiting for me
"Enterprise, take coordinates to the Hades Cluster, our target is there!" I gave her the order.
"Accepted!" She said
Well, I have to make a name for myself so that everyone will be afraid of me, and think before they climb on me.
I will become a mercenary the galaxy has never seen.
I will become a Goddess.
The Goddess of Death and Fortune!
Back then, I didn't know that my thoughts would become reality...