Code Five (3/3)

Cal took the money and went to Phen, "I didn't find whatever you are looking for but I did find a note from my 'dead' boss saying that he had kept it but I don't understand what it means, maybe you know?" Phen looked at the note and immediately scrapped the paper calling it useless. "Well, that's just great, we have no clue's on where to find it. I should have known better than to have come to you for help." Cal was furious and retaliated, "what it is that has got you so riled up about this shard? What am I saying? You're a bounty hunter who's only focused on making Zonium! I'll pay you at least to get me out of here and somewhere that I can forget this whole experience, first I have to watch my home being destroyed, the second I get enrolled but not to mention be sacrificed to a bounty hunter, and finally, I'm here, I can not tell you how much this has been nothing but trouble." Phen had no interest in listening to Cal's rambling and left him by himself in Bêydia, not before telling him, "there are far worse things than death." Phen returned to her ship and Cal just watched as she just left him all alone. "Damn!" She lowered her ship and told him, "what are you waiting for? I know a scrap yard that could use you." Cal entered her ship and she drove him to the planet of Yookʊ̃i, as she was driving him to Yookʊ̃i, something came into mind, "Can I ask you something? How did you end up there? I mean yeah there are human variants but it was always considered rare for the first four years I just want to know how you ended up in Bêydia of all planets."

"I have been working on Bêydia since I was born, I met my boss and my somewhat mentor Venom, I had to go through some tough times even with that prince who was a nuisance, he a coward like his father, I was taught that I should be grateful what I have not what I want, I couldn't care less about how much I made but I did worry about those who tried to scam me, moments in my life I wondered about something that always distracted me... The stars... They always have new stories that seem to tell the truth and lies about the galaxy, which could help the fact that I always considered exploring and having to learn more about what's outside there instead of in Bêydia, right now, I think I will lay low until there is a moment in where I am capable of traveling by myself."

"Why don't you... I don't know, travel along with friends? I mean it's fun to explore but it would be more fun if you had people that you knew and trusted to travel with." Cal could agree with that statement, "it would be nice but the people that I know wouldn't agree to do something like that since they want to carry on working and making a living for themselves instead of having a chance to explore the galaxy. I guess I'm by myself." 'Arriving at Yookʊ̃i in T minus 30 seconds.' "Well slick, this is where we shall part ways, it was fun knowing you, and hope we'll see each other soon." Cal smiled, "maybe we will but for now, we have separate ways that we'll be going soon but for this moment, it was nice to have a friend."

They arrived at Yookui, Phen opened her ship door and they both went on their separate paths, "I will be pointing out that we are not friend friends but rather just two people that seem to know each other and are going their separate ways. Cal realized that he forgot to pay Phen but it didn't seem to matter to her now because she had already left. "(Well, Well, Well, you lack energy)." Cal doesn't understand the Yookuian language that well, "I'm sorry but I don't speak Yookʊ̃ian that well." The Yookʊ̃ian worker came up close to Cal, "are you planning on working in the scrapyard?" Cal responded with yes. "Well welcome aboard kid, the name Scura but people call me Scar, anyway, you will be working with me as you're going to the point of insanity but if you're the rare type then you'll do just fine."

"It's okay, I'm planning on working here for a very long time, uhm? urban trauma?" Scar felt cautious after Cal said that and gave him his work uniform and requested his help on something, "these 'surviving' Bêydian jerks are requesting me to fix their ship and they are not even going pay fully, I'm doing the best I can but it's hard to see what's the problem with it. All they tell me to do is just fix it, not even a proper justification, if it's too much then don't be afraid to tell me." Cal took a look into it and saw that the ship's hard drive wasn't properly stable and had to be replaced, "do you have any spare hard drives lying around?" Scura had two but one of them was too strong but Cal requested it, "are you sure about this? I mean I can't afford to lose money like this." Cal told him to calm down and that he had it all sorted, the clients were too impatient that they immediately took their ship without even paying Scura, Cal told him not to worry and they both watched as they screamed at how fast their ship was. Cal paid Scura with some of the Zonium he had and both he and Scura carried on with a few other projects that he was having problems with, "you know this might be the start of an incredible friendship. You know that kid?"