Nay

Waiting till that taxi was out of sight, he flagged down another for himself.

He decided to take a detour, " Hey Bub, take me to Ching Ling Foo's باز. (Bazaar)" he growled.

Vendors from a 100 worlds set up shop here for a hefty fee. Merchandise was specialised and or rare and priced accordingly.

Johnny slipped into a booth adorned with a holographic head that changed every standard minute.

A tall figure, face hidden in the shadows of his hood stepped from behind a veil. "May I help you sir?" he asked in a think clipped British accent.

"Something Old World Asian." he drawled.

Drunk but not stupid and as much as he would to sample her fine wares, he knew what he must do.

She wiggled her ample *** in an invitation.

Johnny pulled her *** to his groin and with a caress, tranqued her with a needle hidden under his little finger. Hoisting her over his shoulder, he went looking for a taxi.

Flagging one down, he gave the driver 200 credits and told him to drive east till the credits ran out.

He made his way to the spaceport, hoping to catch the next shuttle to the Lo Mining Settlement...

In a earthy bass voice Frank began croon...

"BAby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Please don't go down to NAwlins
Yanno it hurts me so"

"How could I have doubted his love for me?" Muffy thought. "He's not like any of the 1000s of others..."

"Well Dame Betts is this as good as it gets?" asked The Unknown Operative.

"Will we nurture this love or shall fear rise up like it appears it has done for your sister?" he questioned.

"My dearest Hawkeye, I have waited a lifetime for you." she replied.

"I can only hope that our love will continue to grow." said The Lame Dame With The Same Name.

"As for my sister... so many skeletons in her closet, its a wonder she isn't dead herself."

dreamer

Oolong

Stoic as ever, Frank took the rebuff by Muff in stride.

Just then Sage arrived leading two pygmy elephants, "Best I could do on such short notice I'm afraid, but hey will get you to LAnd's End."

So the intrepid pair got on their mounts and rode hard without a word, reflecting upon the kiss...

"Well I am pretty busy, you know how those Colonists can get when they don't get ther cocktails." he paused for effect, "Perhaps I can fit you in,what did you have in mind?"

Two heavily armed Cyborg Gorillas burst into the room. The bouncer got up and was laid flat with a bullet between the eyes.

"Anyone else?" they growled in unison, as they eyed all in the bar.

Dude suddenly remembered he had business in the basement... and scurried off.

The Cyborg Gorillas briskly walked over to Eiliki, picked her up and left the bar.

"Well perhaps I'll have time for this vixen named Jac after all." he thought.

Eiliki bit her lip to stifle a scream as her Raspberry Nanochip produced a near blinding shock.


"Johnny Strokes is my name, Cocktail Sales is my game. Pleasure to mee you JAc." he rasped.

Dudely sat back bemused as he watched the three.

Frank feeling delirious with the softest caress of Muffy's hand, didn't hear her at first.

"Erm, my scooter died coming for you, perhaps the Sage may be able to help us..."

Boldly leaning into her, he pressed his lips upon hers...

The Private Dick coughed, cleared his throat and said, " I believe its voice activated, just talk to the fly."

The Unknown Operative was laughing at the scene unfolding in the Sage's Cave. He then activated the phone so Muffy could hear him.

"Muffy, I'm glad you are alive. I had mistakenly thought you wanted to kill The Dame With The Same Name." he spoke

"Muffy, Muffy my dearest sister." The Dame With THe Same NAme broke in.

...

Johhny feigns a smile as he offers this new fox the crumpled pack. Thinking, "Two hawt dames in this shytehole in one night,something isn't right, but for whom?"

Dudely reached for the watered down whiskey but thought better of it and grabbed the Space Aged 50 year double malt. With a sly grin he placed her drink on the counter. The stranger didn't even acknowledge his presence.

Johnny decided to wait before proposing to travel with Eiliki, he'd wait and see how the night played out.

Eiliki did a facial search on the newcomer with her implanted, Raspberry Nanochip.

Hairshirt

peaches before speaches

Akhenaten

Back In The U.S.S.R.

funny yet sweet

you are insatiable

Xi'an Chi Xan