Drop The Needle BAD GUY #3

Genere: Science fiction

Premise: A pirate attack on a ship leaving the crew dead. The lone adult passenger, a single motherwith 7 children takes over and confronts their attacker.

The woman snorted.. “How many of there are you? I’m getting crazy readings from the hold.”

“Just me and the children, I think,” Fleur said. “I’m sorry, are you a rescue ship?”

The woman smiled, it wasn’t a pleasant sight. “You planet bound whores are so sweet,” she said. “You know what right of salvage is? Anyone who finds a dead or abandoned ship has the rights to the parts.”

“Will you give us a ride to the nearest port then?” Fleur asked. “I’d like to get home.”

“Not a problem,” the woman said. “I know a place where I’ll fetch good money for you.”

Fleur’s eyes narrowed at the implication. “I am a free citizen of the Francesca City-State in the Europa System. You can not sell me as a slave.”

“Not in Francesca,” the pirate agreed amicably

“I have children!” Fleur shouted. “They need a mother!”

“They’ll get a master,” the woman said.

“No! You don’t understand, they’re in ill health, all of them. They’re Penumbra children.”

The woman laughed. “Fabulous! Children forever! Do you know how much they’ll fetch on the slave market?”

“Who would want a child slave?”

“Pedophiles,” the pirate said. “Pedophiles with lots and lots of money.”