Kilroy Owns the Night: Day 16 (Power)
The two Herpezoids known as Vrex and Gorpl sat the end of the counter. They were standard issue Herps. Reptilian. Green scaly skin. Short snouts and sharp teeth. Yellow eyes with black slits. An aura of assholery that oozed off them like the stench of a dumpster filled rancid meat.
“You said take the lead,” I reminded Mercury. “So, take the lead.”
“Not here, not now.” She rested her lithe hand on her laser blaster. “We need to follow them back to their Junkcruiser. I can take them out there. I’ll take over their ship and take them back to my client. You can have the Dictionary of Maybe Whatever Stuff.”
“Encyclopedia of Potentially Dangerous Things.” I stood and glanced at Vrex and Gorpl avoiding the menu offered by the droid waiter. Herpezoids despise any and all reading material. “Speaking of which, I could take this opportunity to sneak onto their Junkcruiser and steal the Encyclopedia.”
“I’m not sure that’s a good idea.” She stood and faced and it was then I finally realized she was probably two inches taller than me. Not that I had a problem with it. If anything it made her that much hotter.
“Why not? The ship is docked at a power station. I can hop in, hop out.”
“Did I not say let me take the lead?”
I raised my arms in a shrug and backed toward the door of the diner.
“This how I do it, baby.” I said.
“Do what?”
“Own the night!”
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