"Oh, the usual. These security jobs are really getting stale, Elros," Ashe sighed, propping her elbow on the gleaming bar, trying to avoid the wet rings of possibly noxious substances left by previous drinkers, and resting her cheek in her hand. She found a place for her helmet on the next barstool over."What?! Those jobs are the highest paying in this sector! Only a few bounty hunters are allowed to take up such jobs, and you've rightfully earned the precedence," Elros replied."It's just that lately all the jobs out there seem to involve stuff like babysitting some mining rig or body-guarding some wealthy businessman. Ever since the Coalition came around things have been relatively safe for everyone! What do they need me for?!" Ashe ranted."Because it's cheaper for a company to hire a bounty hunter than to contract a whole regiment of Coalition soldiers, Ashe," Elros pointed out. "What are you complaining about, you're getting paid good money.""Yeah, I know. But I've worked so ha

Gemini maintained her air of confidence notwithstanding the earful Ashe had just given her. "Do I look like an idiot to you? Of course we've accounted for all that. I can assure you that our plan to acquire our target is perfect! They will never even know we were there," she reassured Ashe."Yeah? Then show me," Ashe taunted. "I'll be the judge of that." Ashe had struck another nerve with Gemini.Gemini relented once again and revealed her "master plan" to Ashe. For the next few minutes Ashe listened to Gemini babble about her plan. It involved a lot of sneaking around, which suited Ashe's skill set perfectly. Crucially, it involved jamming Coalition tech, but Gemini assured Ashe that her team included the perfect netrunner for the job. And the time they had selected to steal the goods seemed well thought out. The day of the heist fell on the national holiday celebrating the end of the Centaurus War, practically guaranteeing that security personnel would be dispersed all over the city

"Well, better make this last," Ashe sighed, and snapped the glow stick to activate it. Ashe's pupils shrank within their green settings and then dilated again to take in every sliver of the light emitted by the glow stick.Ashe ran her hand along the sewer wall as she searched for a way out. The glow stick provided her with vision, but sight alone wasn't sufficient to retrace her path. And, as time ticked by, her sole source of the green-tinged illumination slowly began to dim."There has to be a service ladder around here somewhere," Ashe muttered. Despite her every effort to suppress it, her panic was once again growing at the thought of getting trapped deep in the dark labyrinth of the sewers.-Glux had been assiduously trailing the sexy bounty hunter for this entire time. Under cover of the shadows pervading the unlit sewers, he had been able to reduce his following distance to the bare minimum. But he had yet another close call when he tripped on something, causing the black arm

"Huh?! I'm not really being given a choice! You're already making me do as you please!" Ashe responded. But Ashe the reality of the circumstances she had gotten stuck in left her with no other way out. She could try to hold the alien hostage and force him to take her to the surface, but she was as blind as a mole down here: Glux's apparent affinity for the darkness, combined with the strength of his grasp, could easily lead to her own undoing."How about I give you credits instead?" Ashe suggested. "I have plenty!" Glux considered her proposition. He was kinda broke, but he had always been able to survive on his own, lurking in the overlooked edges of Coalition society. And he didn't want to surrender this opportunity he'd seized for himself. Glux was living out his dream! With the female star of his fantasies!"Glux thinks this works better," he insisted. "This is for your own good! If Glux can't focus, Glux can't lead you out of here!"Grinding her teeth under her helmet, Ashe reluc

But sneaking a quick glance at his crotch, Ashe cringed with the knowledge that her hand had been involved in jerking off whatever lay behind those tattered trousers of his. She didn't even want to think about the appearance of his alien penis; the tactile memory of its throbbing gnarliness all coated in slime was bad enough.By contrast, Glux was staring at the bounty hunter in utter awe. Only on a few infrequent occasions had he managed to obtain a glimpse of her face. Not only had those times been few and far between, but those brief sightings had never been from close enough to get a really good look at her. But now her pretty face was revealed in all its glory. Her feminine facial features, her medium length dark maroon hair, and her piercing green eyes: the totality of her appearance triggered his belly-rubbing instinct in subconscious arousal.Ashe raised her eyebrow and took a few steps back, feeling creeped out by the way he was rubbing his round belly with his second pair of