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B Go speak to Reggie 26

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Looks like this one is running away and I had some free time so posting another chapter a little early.

Zack finished working on the droid, smiling as he felt a sense of accomplishment, the robot almost half built. It was a definite technical challenge, Kelo had told him Reese had been collecting parts during raids for years, putting the droid together and taking him apart constantly. They'd never actually managed to make a fully functional droid, a problem caused by the droid manufacturers who built programming into almost every component, making sure they would only work with the original droid. This allowed them to charge crazy prices for droids and replacement parts.

Reese had been working for years to put together a fully functioning droid, working silently to reprogram from scratch each component while trying to scavenge new ones. It was a labour of love as well as a mild obsession for the raccoon engineer. The rabbit had to admit that he found it therapeutic pulling the components apart, wiping the programming from the inside and putting it back together. The reprogramming he left to Reese, the raccoon had learned it from scratch the old fashioned way and Zack felt no small amount of admiration for what he'd managed to do.

He headed out of the engine room and back to his cabin, his feet walking on his own he found himself in front of a different cabin. Realising his feet had taken him to where his curious mind had been wanting to go the bunny reached out and tapped on the door. He waited for a couple of minutes and was just about to turn and go figuring it was never going to open when the door slid open and a hyena scowled at him, "what do you want?" He barked out at the startled rabbit

Gulping Zack couldn't help but wonder if he'd made a mistake coming here alone, without telling anyone. "I... thought we could talk." The rabbit muttered trying to meet the hyena's eyes and yet shying away from the almost accusatory expression on his face.

Looking up and down the corridor the hyena smirked a little unpleasantly, "coming here alone, you got balls bunny boy, bet they feel good when my nuts are smacking off them as I get hilt deep under that tail. Come in," Reggie stood aside waving a paw into his cabin. Taking a deep breath and trying not to notice the aggressive look on the hyena's face, or that Reggie's eyes seemed to be checking him out and weighing him up.

The cabin was surprisingly tidy, all three beds made neatly, no dirty clothes on the floor. A few datapads arranged in a neat pile on a desk, along with an old fashioned paper sketchpad. His eyes wandered over it, he recognised the image quickly. It was a pencil sketch of the bazaar on Edris. It was amazingly detailed, some of the vendors he could see on the image he recognised and he was amazed at the detail of the piece.

He was stopped firm staring at it when Reggie closed the book with a snarl, "well, what did you want?"

Starting a little the rabbit stammered, "I... just ... I mean... I thought... we could... hang out."

Sniffing the air around the rabbit he gave a soft growl, "alright, I guess." The two stood awkwardly for at least a minute before the hyena waved at one of the beds, "wanna park your arse?"

Zack found himself sitting with his knees pressed together, arms folded protectively across his chest as Reggie sat on a different bed, legs spread wide, a firm bulge on display and a grin on his face as he asked, "so you want to tell me what you are really doing here?"

"I... want to hear your side of the story," answered the rabbit as he stared at his feet trying not look Reggie in the eye.

The hyena took a deep breath, his fists clenched and unclenched again and again as he breathed deeply and slowly, "sometimes raids go bad, this one went really, really bad. The hacker failed to get the battledroids out of action. I was part of the cargo hold team, we had started to ship out the cargo when the droids hit us. Too close to the hull so it was sword to sword, you ever tried to sword fight a battle droid, they don't got guts, or blood or skin. They don't feel pain or fear... or mercy."

"This stupid weasel name Ryan, loud annoying fucker, good fighter though. He went down first, then we got the word, our hacker hadn't just failed, his team was wiped. We had two minutes to get off the ship. We had a running fight, Carmel took a slice to the leg, she was bleeding bad, limping and slowing us down..." for this first time Zack couldn't hear just pure rage in the hyena's voice. "I took the rear, tried to hold the droids off..." Pulling up his shirt to reveal four white streaks of fur, "scar tissue tends to give me white fur, I wasn't fast enough, or strong enough. They put me down and next thing I know Carmel is screaming."

"I was bleeding badly, I dunno how I managed to get to my feet, I was surrounded, dead just still moving, basically," sighing the hyena looked down at his own feet. "Then a fucking miracle happened and some young human just wanders right into the corridor. I had my gun out and pointed at her in a heartbeat. Droids are programmed to stop if you have a clean shot at a hostage, no collateral damage, better to let us go than risk the bad publicity of dead passengers or crew. I grabbed her held my gun to her head until I was back in the airlock. Soon as the doors close I lowered it, told her she'd be ok, that we'd let her go soon."

"Daisy patched me up and Deju told me I had to take care of my hostage, ship rules you bring em you keep em, least until we can dump em someplace they can get home," Reggie looked up and sniffed, Zack was shocked to see actual tears on the angry male's face. "I was the only one left from my team, we lost nine all told, worst raid I was ever involved in. Carmel used to bunk with me...she and I... we...well it was nice. She knew about my rage, my lusts and she... she still saw me, the real me. I'll never find someone else like her."

Unable to stay where he was with tears misting his eyes Zack stood up and sat down next to the hyena, putting a friendly paw on his shoulder. Reggie turned and gave a nod of appreciation before he continued, "Danni, she wanted to go home, kept saying I promised she screamed and kicked and was generally unpleasant. I never touched her, though she broke my stitches a few times, tried to escape a couple of times. She was fucking desperate and I... I was dead inside. I guess I should have been smart, but instead about a week in I started to drink and I mean fucking drink, I was dead inside and I just wanted to numb the pain."

"A fucking stupid cunt, that's what I am, I remember her kissing me, and maybe I should have questioned it, noticed her sudden change. I didn't and I fucked her, I could feel it, something other than rage or grief just for a moment," shaking his head the hyena continued. "Then I woke up, and the place was a mess and she was beaten and screaming and screaming, Qieth and his pack ran in, she said I beat and raped her and I... I was too fucking drunk to say anything. I don't remember much, but she came on to me and... I don't remember beating her, certainly know I didn't rape her. I only got my word that I didn't do it and the guys, they all know I got aggression, dominance and lust. It's a bad mix everyone knows that. Daisy and the captain, they believe me, the rest they just saw a young defenceless girl covered in bruises. So there you go, the whole story. I can't prove a word of it, all I can give anyone is my word.. I fucked her because she wanted it and... that's all. Either you believe me or you don't, if you don't then just get the fuck out and don't talk to me unless it's to do with the job, like the rest of them."

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