my name is crane ,i m galactic bounty hunter. i was told today that someone has a job for me in this bar someone who's willing to pay handsomely
and to be honest its been a while since i got a decent job
" you must be crane,my name akiri and this is my wife kiara probably you're wondering why we asked for you"
"i m guessing you have a job for me but first tell me why does members of the valaxian royalty are meeting me in a place like this and not in one of you're fancy palaces"
"its complicated and if you just listen we'll tell you everything, about three months ago we had a peace treaty with a rival empire by agreeing to give them our eldest daughter Mira but on the way there her ship was attacked and crashed.
and if she doesn't return soon the peace treaty will be over and well be at war again"
"you guys know where she crashed because if you don't its gonna cost you extra"
"her last know location was on pindore"
"wait !! pindore ? the icy hellhole? that pindore?"
"yes we afraid that..."
"let me stop you there i don't know what you heard about me but i don't risk my life to find ghosts, your daughter is probably long gone by now no one survives on pindore for that long .
they call it the glacial coffin for a reason"
"please just hear us out she contacted us about a week ago it was a muffled message but i m sure she is alive "
"i don't know seems like a waste of time"
"please my daughter might be alive and if we don't do something i m afraid she might die please you have to understand my feelings as a mother i know she is a live and we're willing to pay whatever you want"
"10000"
"what"
"ill charge 10000 units plus expenses, half upfront and the other half when the job is done"
"alright, deal,thank you please return our daughter safe"
dammit i should've asked for more but i have soft spot for weeping mothers guess i should get going now 10000 credits will help me a lot .
"arcane set path for pindore"
"pindore are you sure sir? it's a dead planet"
"arcane remind me of our relationship again "
"i m the ships AI and you're the captain"
"thank you glad we got that sort out,now set course for pindore"
"right away captain"
we should be there in couple of hours arcane could be a pain in the ass sometime but he's the only one i trust he's been with me since the beginning when it all append that fateful day.
"sir we are here i m parking the ship the girls vitals should apear on your helmet as soon as you step out the ship"
great i should suit up then and wear my thermal regulator it going to help me survive in these conditions for a while pendore is a dead planet so i shouldn't worry about hostile life forms butt ill grab some weapons just to be safe.
I've been walking for two hours now and i should be close to Mira location
wait a sec that cant be!! "arcane are you seeing this"
"transferring visors feed,that's impossible pindore has been a dead planet for hundreds of years now "
"yeah tell me about !,you have any idea what kind of creature is that "
"it appears to be some sort of a canine species"
"yeah but its way larger and those fangs they look sharper than knives ,the planet lifeforms must've adapted and evolved with the harsh climate "
"sir look! the creatures abdomen"
"that's weird its sliced in half and its insides are hollow ,like someones been hiding there"
it must be Mira that means shes probably alive i have to be careful now
"sir watch out!!"
shit its one of those creatures no a whole pack thank god i brought my weapons"
"sir there are too many you cant kill them "
"thanks for the positive reinforcements"
"sir there's another life form approaching "
"great another problem "
YOU ARE READING
chosen of the abyss
Science Fictionan infamous bounty hunter goes through all sorts of hell to unravel his fate and fix the sins of his past going through a journey of self discovery where he discovers his true purpose
