SULFUR
The wind howled, blowing through the air, a dust storm; very common on this planet. A dark shape flew through the air, the whine of the engines cutting through the howling dust storm. There was an outpost, an old one, it's been repurposed to serve as a pirating hub, black market, and more illegal activities. She wasn't here to bust the place, she was after a certain ship, one stole from her by an idiotic ship jacker. She hid near the northern landing pad, her suit's tactical camouflage making her invisible in the dust storm as she waits for her jacked ship, eventually a certain familiar whine cuts through the air, and a quiet clanking noise as it lands. She stands, her fluttering cloak disrupts the camouflage, it disengages and she approaches the landing pad calmly, she covered her armor with her cloak and put her helmet on a latch on her hip, under the cloak it just looked like a bag, she waited, he walked off, she waited, when he came back , she approached him,and noticed him slipping his hand under his jacket, she smirked, knowing this would be fun "Is it for sale?" He smiled, slightly surprised "Er, well Yes as a matter of fact, it is!, twelve thousand for that beauty" She smiled and nodded "Where did you find a ship like that? I've never seen one like that, it's quite impressive" She said, curious as to what he would say, he paused "Found an old, broken down er.. Fighter, and patched it up, added a little too" She held back a laugh, it was custom made, it had many hidden weapons and credit staches "Can you show me the inside? I need a ship, some ship jacker stole mine" She suppressed a smile at the look on the jacker's face "That's a shame.. Those jackers are a real menace, huh? Anyway, let me show you the ship" She put on her best smile and nodded ,following him back to her jacked ship, he opened the hatch, she shut the door and threw the cloak off, revealing her armor, he turned and stepped back "What the hell is this?" Pulling a small pistol from under his jacket. She looked at him, slipping her helmet on, visor retracted, there's a small click as the gas tubes and power lines reconnect, the helmet adjusts to her snout shape, and powers up, giving her access to her suit "I know you didn't patch up this ship" he stumbles over his words "Yeah, so? Thats business these days sweetheart, i'm not the only jacker, ya aint gonna stop us" She smiles and looks at him, the suit clicks and a pair of black wings fold out about half way, his face goes pale "Who says i'm trying to stop jackers? I just came for my ship" He backs up at the sight of the wings, he drops the gun "I-I didnt know! Please forgive me! I'm just tryna make a living here!" She walks over to him, there was a knock on the hatch, of course he wasn't alone, she glances at the door, in that short time the jacker grabbed his pistol and shot at her, it hit her chestplate, the bullet knocked her back a step, the armor blocked the shot, catching her off guard, she was stunned for a moment, long enough for the jacker to run to the hatch terminal and open it, she grunted and looked at the other jacker, he was tall, and had a pulse shotgun pointed to her chest. In an instant she grabbed the barrel of the shotgun, driving an armored elbow into the tall jacker's throat, she yanked the gun and tore it from his grasp, it slid across the ground , she brought a knee to his stomach, he doubled over, in the corner of her eye the first jacker pointed his pistol at her, she brings her plated wing around to block the shot, she knees the tall jacker in the forehead, and moves to deal with the other thug, she kicks his knee, with a chilling crunch and a scream he falls, dropping his pistol, she drew her matching antimatter pistols the first jacker cries out "Why dont you fuckin kill us already?" She smiles under her visor "'Cause I don't want to make a mess on my ship, now, I suggest you leave before i get in a cleaning type of mood" the first jacker struggled to stand, screaming as his shattered knee gave, he ended up crawling out, falling down the hatch steps, the tall one stumbles over himself as he runs for the hatch, and down to the outpost, she smiles and closes the hatch behind them, she holsters her pistols and picks up the fallen weapons, placing them in one of the hidden compartments, filled with weapons and valuables, she takes her helmet off and places it on a counter, sighing, she sits in the captain's seat and starts the ship up, she hyper jumps to orbit around a uninhabited moon, she stands and sighs, satisfied with the outcome of her scuffle, she powers her message terminal, finds it untouched, she finds multiple bounties on wanted criminals across the galaxy, she smiled smugly. Sulfur the greatest known bounty hunter is back in business.
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Sulfur
Science FictionA small sci-fi short story based on one of my friend's characters, Hope you guys enjoy! (I will edit and revise all errors at a later time)