The Rift

Chapter 19: The King's Secret

"Oof!" Luna was thrust to the floor of Crow's ship. She was handcuffed and a metal clamp covered her mouth.

She tried to get back to her feet and escape just before the door closed.

"Not so fast luv." Crow grabbed her by the back of her shirt collar.

"MMm!!!!" She tried to call out for her siblings as the ship sealed off.

"Perhaps you should enjoy the ride." Crow smirked as the ship took off from the casino planet. "It'll be your last.

The ship escaped the atmosphere and jumped into hyperspace.

"do me a favor and stand right about here." Crow moved Luna to the spot he wanted. Then he took the clamp off of Luna's mouth.

"You can't treat me like this bra!" Luna protested.

"Kid, you really need to learn to chill out." Crow said, pressing a button on his arm.

Luna was doused in a freezing cold cloud. Within seconds she was frozen in a block of some solid silver colored material.

"Get it?" Crow said. "Chill out! HA!"

...

Crow's ship docked in the hanger of the Singularity.

The Red King stood in the hanger, watching the ship make its landing.

The ramp came down from Crow's ship, and Crow marched out. The silver block Luna was frozen in floated behind him, carried by a high-tech casing that incased it.

"Your majesty." Crow greeted the King.

"Crow." Red said. "To what do I owe the pleaser?" Like most of the galaxy, The Red King did not trust or even like Crow. But also, like most of the galaxy he respected Crow as the galaxy's most skilled bounty hunter.

"Those kids you're after." Crow said. "I got one of them. The uh... the musical one. What was her name? Luna?"

"She alive?" Red asked.

"Yeah of course, sir." Crow said. "She's frozen in this block of carbonite. So, it's what? a million credits for each one, yeah?""

"You froze her in fucking carbonite?" The Red King gritted his teeth. "The fuck is wrong with you boy?"

"Is there a problem?" Crow asked.

"Yeah there's a fucking problem." Red scorned. "you could have given her brain damage, or tissue damage."

"Well boo fucking who!' Crow said. "Ain't you just gonna kill her anyway."

"Kill her?" Red said. "What the fuck? Do you even know why I wanted her and her family here?"

"Well, with all do, respect mate," Crow said. "I never really gave it much thought."

"No, you didn't." The Red King got closer to Crow, rage filling his eyes. "Because you don't care why you hunt the people you hunt. All you care about is your paycheck. And that is why you're not getting a single fucking cent from me."

"Are you kidding me mate?" Crow said. "After all that work, I did getting the little brat here."

"Unfreeze her." Red growled.

"Unfreeze her?" Crow said. "I don't know about that mate. I was thinking she'd make a very nice decorative piece on your wall over there."

Red hot flames ignited in the Red King's clenched fists, and his eyes started to glow red.

"Or I'll just go unfreeze her." Crow said. He went over to the frozen carbonite Luna was trapped in. he pressed a few buttons and the carbonite started to thaw.