Yaatra Hombre

Chapter 11 Waiting

USS Station- System 10 is a station run by the USS military and operates as port for ships and stops for inspection for drugs and weapons. It has a permanent population of 500 people that work maintenance or work as merchants selling to the diplomatic and government agents on the station.

The morning after the crew of the Yaatra Hombre arrived at the station, the crew one by one woke up. Shinji got up first, then Shinji and Aruna, and finally Albina woke up. They all met at a Malatang stall in the marketplace in the station. "Why are we eating at a Chinese place?" Albina asked.

"Because it is the only stall open for breakfast on a Sunday on this station." Angel told her. "Plus, spicy food will help us keep warm in the cold air common in a space station."

"It's not that cold." She said.

"Well you're from a planet with cold temperatures the three of us are from planets with hot temperatures." Shinji pointed out to Albina.

Albina just shrugged before picking a skewer with potatoes, beef, mushrooms. They ate their meals. When they are done, they started to discuss what they were going to do. "We can't enter our ship until Lee and his team of investigators are done, so what do you guys want to do?" Angel asked.

"Well there is not much we can do because space station's do not have a lot of entertainment options and I don't think a brothel would be the best option." Shinji said.

"No, it would not be." Aruna agreed with Shinji.

"There is a Medieval Fight Match tonight apparently it's what everyone in the station watches as a spectator sport." Albina said.

"Don't they have anything else to do in this station?" Shinji asked.

"Well we could go to a chess parlor and play chess all day." Albina suggested.

The other three members of the crew look at each before looking at Albina. "Medieval Fight Match tonight it is then and we can browse the market on the station until then." Angel said speaking for the rest of the crew.

Albina nodded finishing her breakfast. The four then headed to the open 'air' market as the vendors started opening. Someone in a nice off brand suit came out of a room hawking about an amazing discovery in a Chechen accent. "Attention ladies and gentlemen come see the discovery that the USS doesn't want you to know, through this door proof of Alien life."

A couple walks past the spruiker announcing the discovery laughing. "You may laugh but once you see it you will be amazed."

The crew gave each other skeptical but curious looks. They all nod before approaching him. "How much to enter?" Albina asked with a fake excitement that would not fool anyone but the salesman was not deterred.

"200 credits per person." The Chechen told her.

The crew pull out their cards as they tap them on his phone. The crew pull out their phones to see that they were indeed only charged 200 credits. "Thank god that he wasn't credit fishing us." Albina told them.

"That's old school isn't it?" Shinji asked.

"Yeah but it's hard to catch so people still do it." Albina answered.

They are now in a dark room illuminated glass container filled with formaldehyde, lights inside the glass illuminating the object inside. Inside was an odd looking fish that without the extra fin, and third eye on the head would look like a mix between a fish and a large tuna. Shinji immediately recognizes it. "Huh, a mutated tuna shark." He announces.