Finding Humanity Chapter 5

Story by Admiral Q on SoFurry

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#5 of Finding Humanity


The next morning Esrie and Kiara finish their breakfast when Trixi walks in pulling a custom chair. "OOOOOHHHH! What's that!?" Kiara asks.

"A special chair for you." Kiara races over and hops in it. Before she can react clamps go over her paws and neck holding her in place. She can't even move her head. A pair of tubes appear and inserts themselves in the pup. One in her peehole and the other in her butt as two more tubes smaller go into her mouth. These smaller tubes are more flexible allowing her to talk. A pair

of metal rods come down with devices at the end. "Since you refused to pay attention to the learning program we made this chair to make sure you do." Headphones go into place and the devices emit a holo-image right into Kiara's eyes starting with math equations. The two cyborgs then high five each other and leave Kiara to her lessons.

Esrie spent most of the day looking over the videos of the Katana's last fight and the reports from the Medical Units on her change to CYU-01. She really was a mess when they got her out of the ship but sadly they did have little on her past. She will have to ask around, she looks around the computer room and feels the Consensus in her head. She has a good home here but she needs to fine out you she at least was. After a long day she heads back to her quarters. Kiara was still in the chair and Esrie figured she been in it long enough. After releasing the cub they had dinner and Esrie shut down and Kiara went to sleep.

After breakfast Esrie asks Kiara. "Now will you do your lessons or do we need to do the chair again?" Kiara shakes her head with a definite no and Esrie smirks and activates the link to the freighter and turned on the school program. "Only three hours today alright?" Kiara nods gladly. And Esrie heads out to get to work. She meets CU-01 in the ships bridge. CU-01 leans on a display table look at an overview on the galaxy. CU-01 glances at Esrie but had already sensed her through the consensus.

<CYU-01, your ship has gotten some data on interesting device. We need you to get a phase capacitor in the Tolawna system.> The hologram highlights the system and basic information. <The freighter is stocked up and ready to go since I figured you'd want to leave right away to find your past.>

" You'd be right ."

<You are authorized to trade some of our current equipment to get it.>

"What's so important about this device?"

<If it works as the data indicates the EU's think they can develop something useful out of it.>

"Got it." She turns to leave.

<CYU-01...Esrie. We never meant harm to you. I hope you don't hate us for what we did?> Esrie pauses and looks behind her with a troubled look.

"I'm not sure. Things are really confused about things right now. But I'll believe to mean no harm and tried to save me. What the future brings I don't know." Through the Consensus she recalls Trixi from what ever she was doing and heads into hers and Kiara's room. The cub was studying when she enters. She pet's Kiara's head and says good girl but shut it down we're heading out." Kiara cheerfully shuts down the hologram interface that she was studying from and hops out of the chair. "You will study on the freighter when we are under way."

"AAAWWWWWWW." Kiara's wail causes Esrie to smile. Trixi asks what's up over the Consensus and Esrie responds back detailing the mission. An hour later they're underway and Kiara goes back to studying with grumbles.

They enter the Tolwana system and the Traffic Control welcomes them and uploads the laws of the planet, which includes children required to have clothing. Since Kiara's rags were destroyed she has been naked and had no clothes to replace them. Esrie gets up from the pilot's chair and heads to the replicator. The device works by converting energy into food stuff the crew likes. Esrie starts tinkering with it, if it can produce food why not clothes? When the freighter enters orbits the planet she has manages a simple sliver suit for Kiara. <Maybe the EGU's can do more with it.> She hands the suit to Kiara for her to put on. Esrie lands the ship on the pad she was directed to. Esrie heads out with Kiara in tow while Trixi, not needed for the purchase goes to do her own thing.

Esrie downloaded the coordinates for the shop selling the device, a perk of being part machine she admits. She enters the small shop and sees Kiara eyes glaze over at all the devices and parts on display. "Don't touch anything." She tells the cub. Kiara hesitantly nods seeing the promise of punishment in Esrie's eyes. Esrie walks to the counter. A Dalmatian anthro greets her and focuses on her exposed breasts. Ignoring his look and stammering she says. "I need a phase capacitor." The Dalmatian clears his throat and tries to peel his eyes away from her breasts...and fails.

"Okay that will be 6 million credits."

"I don't have that much in credits, but I do have something to trade in value." A compartment opens in her leg and she takes out a small item. She places it on the counter and presses a button. A hologram appears in the form of a weapon emitter. "This is a poleron beam emitter. It produces a beam capable of taking down a raider's shields in 2 to 3 shots and only takes the energy drain ratio as a standard phaser." The Dalmatian finally manages to peels his eyes away from her breasts and studies the design. After a few minutes he looks back at Esrie. "Will this do?" She asked.

"If it works as you say it does, I'll take 4 of them for the capacitor."

"Two."

"Three."

Esrie sighs. "Okay three, I'll have them here tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow then." Esrie nods and she and Kiara leave the store. Esrie looks down at Kiara. "Hungry?" The cub nods her head like crazy. "Okay let's see." Esrie picks a restaurant from the database she downloaded and takes the lioness cub to it.

Trixi meanwhile just walks around the market area liking the looks she gets from males and some females to her bare assets. She checks out a shop for fur care and looks around. Though the nanos in her body keep her organics in peak condition they don't handle fur so she has to get various fur gear. She restocks on brushes and various other stuff but she does notice something that interests her. A bottle of fur dye that was the color neon blue. She grabs it and studies it, confused as to why she's interested in it. She observes it for minutes until a clerk comes up and asks. "Can I help you with anything?" Trixi looks at the clerk as her hand without any real input puts the dye in her basket.

"No thanks. I have everything I need." She heads to the counter and buys everything in her basket missing the fact the dye was a part of it. She heads back out for more shopping.

Esrie after a good lunch with Kiara heads for an area known as a pilot's haunt. She heads here to hopefully find her past. She enters the bar with Kiara close to her leg. She heads to the barkeeper as some of the pilots look at her with very lustful thoughts. Esrie places the hologram projector on the counter and presses another button to display the most intact picture the Consensus had of Katana. "I'm looking for any information on this ship. She was designated "Katana"." The barkeeper looks at the hologram and replies.

"I have heard of the Katana and its pilot Argento. It was said if you wanted a competent independent raider she was the pilot to go to. Don't know much more myself."

"Thanks." She then wanders around the bar asking the various pilots in the bar. Most only knew what the barkeeper knew but one did have something. The pilot was a Minotaur male sitting at a booth with his drink.

"You're asking about Esrie?" The cyborg nods. "I meant her a few times. Sometimes in bars like this or when we we're hired to the same client." He cants his head to the side and comments. "You look a lot like her. Anyway I hear she got her ship as a last gift by her father before he died. I have heard from her for awhile. Last I heard she was helping a system in its defense."

"Thanks for the information." She takes out a pamphlet and hands it to the Minotaur. "This shows the stuff I sell for the Silican Consensus. Some of it might interest you." She then leaves the bar and heads back to the ship. She passes Trixi's quarters and sees the cyborg vixen unpacking. Esrie hopes that Trixi would forgive her one day. Shaking her head of the thoughts she heads to the galley to feed Kiara again.

Trixi is placing her new items how she wants them. As she gets to the fur care products she discovers the dye. She quickly checks the receipt and sees that yes she had purchased it. She sighs in relief, she doesn't need a charge of shoplifting to her right now. She places the dye with her other care products. Her stomach starts rumbling telling her she needed to eat. She sees her crewmates their already eating. As she gets her food Esrie speaks up. "I need three poleron beams for tomorrow." Trixi looks up from her meal.

"Three of them for one device!?" Esrie nods and continues.

"It's expensive and he originally wanted four." Trixi sighs and nods and as she eats she starts going a mental list of what to do. After her supper she heads to the cargo bay and starts preparing the weapons for transport.

In a day a hoverlift has the three weapons in boxes on it and Esrie heads to the buyer. As Esrie heads out Kiara studies and Trixi does some research. The Dalmatian anthro meets her as she moves into the store. He kept himself open late for this. She opens one case allowing the Dalmatian scan it to see if it's the real deal. After a few minutes he can confirm that. He then takes out a box and opens it to reveal the device. Using her enhance eyes Esrie quickly confirms it's also the real deal. They both put thumbs on a panel confirming the sale to the stations computer and Esrie heads out. As Esrie walks back to the ship she is suddenly surrounded by organics of various species. "Hand over the device girl and you won't be hurt." She responds by activating her cyber symbiote.

Trixi was wandering the station after her research. She was looking for more information on Trixi and found data on the station where she used to live. The holos were hard on her, she grab her head many times threw viewing the holos and she saw flashes of images in her head. She couldn't stand it anymore so she left and now walks the nearly deserted corridors of the station late at night with a haunted look on her face. Her aimless walk stops when she hears a energy blast shoot out nearby. It sound like the distinctive rapport of the arm cannon she and Esrie share. Activating her cyber symbiote she races to the sound. When she arrives she sees Esrie in combat with a number of organics. Trixi is about to join in she her head sudden hurts like the blazes, driving her to her knees. She sees Esrie in front of her gripping her by the neck. Esrie is in her combat mode so she can't see her face. Then she goes flying and sees the familiar hull of the freighter racing towards her then blackness.

When she comes to she sees a medic checking on her. She quickly looks around and sees Esrie escorted away by security uncuffed. The device still in its box also taken away by security personnel. Other security personnel taking in evidence of the bodies of Esrie attackers. "You okay miss?" Trixi looks back at the medic and responds.

"I'm fine." Trixi gets up and brushes off the medic. And follows Security to their nearby post. There she gives her statement on what she saw and she is then released and she heads back to the ship. When she gets there Kiara comes up with a worried look.

"Where's Esrie? She isn't back yet." Trixi put's her hand on Kiara's head.

"She got into a fight with what appears to be a gang. She's fine but has to answer some questions for the station's security. She'll probably be back in a few days. Now go to sleep it's late." Kiara reluctantly does as Trixi says and heads to bed. Trixi heads to her own quarters. She heads in and glances towards her bathroom. Without thinking she heads into her bathroom and looks in the mirror. She looks at her reflection and seeing a beautiful vixen face marred only by an occur implant in her left eye. That implant causes something in Trixi to break and with a yell she smashes her mirror with her artificial arm which causes her to look at it. She clenches the paw on it and heads into her main room and she goes to the fur care cabinet. She grabs the neon blue dye bottle and opens it.