Indeed the pirate had fallen unconscious allowing her to slip free from the cell. Arming herself she seals the pirate into the cell. It is fairly warm fortunately since she was still wearing the tatters of the black dress Blue had given to her.

Deciding that the Lancer was too risky to get to she decides to make her way to the hanger hoping to get her hand on one of the ships there. Stealth was of the most importance at that stage and while she did not know precisely where the hanger was she cane out in a T shaped intersection. Straight ahead there was a door at the end of the corridor before her, large double doors with smaller doors at the end of the corridors to her left and right. There were doors along all three of the corridors though ahead of her towards the end of one she could hear voices.

Each corridor had four doors too, two to a side, all three were well lit though she could hear the voices coming from the last room on the left in the corridor before her.

With the pirate unconscious and locked completely cell, it was one less thing for the red head to worry about. She even was now armed with his weapon. However she was still wearing the remains of her little black dress, but time was the essence.

The young woman began to make her way down the hallway at quietly as she could, for she knew she would be in over her head if she was spotted by anyone. The agent soon came across a T-shaped intersection. Directly ahead of her was a large double door that were probably the hanger. However as the former captive woman took another step forward she heard voices. Minerva did not want to take chance at this stage of the game to try to defeat any guards for what she was not sure was the agent. She would have to find another way.

She would have to try one of the doors that she did not hear voices coming from there. Maybe she would find more clues on how to escape and rescue her sister before it was too late.

She went left only because it was easier to with the right side of her body unrestricted giving her a quicker response time should she need it. Two doors to either side of the corridor one at the end. It was the same on the other side of the corridor too. Five doors in total. The first was uneventful, a restroom for several individuals, perhaps six at a time at the urinals and three stalls. The lighting here was off at first but sprang on automatically as tripped by a motion sensor. The next door across from it was an office of sorts. Nothing here really outside of the computer though.

The lights were off here as well but did not spring on automatically and she had to hit a switch.

There was a computer here though sadly the keys where in a collection of unknown language. Blue's office it seemed. There were files on the computer that were all in that same strange language and there was an image saved on the computer as wall paper. Blue with his foot on the rump of a collared blond individual. He was holding one end of the leash and the girl was familiar. Fafner was in the background of the image looking at something.

It took her a long moment but she recalled where she had seen the woman before. An agent that she had passed in the halls at Antares base that she had not learned the name of. It was long ago, over a year back and it was hard to remember a single face in the crowd after so long but it had rushed back to her, mainly because it was impossible not to think of Fafner and Blue or the fact that both delighted in her torment, that they wished to enslave an agent and thus far managed to lock her up until now at least . She would have to decide to play around here longer or start checking the other rooms this side of the corridor. If she continued to spend time here she would no doubt uncover office supplies and perhaps something else ...

Minerva began searching each room as she looked for something to help her in her escape. The first door she stepped into was some sort of bathroom, obviously a men's room judging on the amount of urinals. The automatic lighting came on, betraying the agent's visit. Fortunately there was no one here and no one in the hallway to see the light. The redhead quickly moved away from the bathroom and on to the next room which was also dark and empty.

This woman moved into the dark room, but the lights did not turn on automatically, instead that she to find the switch to turn the light on. Once she did she found herself standing in the middle of the office. One that had a computer that might have some information on it. The agent walked over to it; only to be disappointed to find that keys were in some sort of alien language that Minerva did not know. Looking at some of the icons on the screen, the same language was being displayed. Any attempt the redhead could make would simply an exercise in trial and error.

As one would expext, there was a wallpaper on the computer that showed Blue's dominance over of a poor woman. However, there was something very familiar to Minerva. She recognized the poor blonde as someone she had seen before on Antares Base, though she couldn't think of the poor woman's name. The redhead immediately committed the woman's face to memory. Even if Blue had sold off the woman, it would be easier if to try to rescue her later by tracking when she was in Blue's clutches.

The red head had to decide now if she was going to stay in this room or move on. The agent quickly looked around for something, anything that would be of use. Minerva knew she couldn't spend too much more time before moving on, but a quick glance for something obvious wouldn't hurt. And if she found a weapon or something it would be of great use. Until then the pistol she had taken from pirate was all she had to protect herself as she continued to explore the rooms...

Mostly office supplies is what she found her though there was one thing. It was small and silver a silver letter opener which was not much of a weapon though it complimented the pistol. Not much else there were three doors left this side of the corridor. Five on the other.

The next room she found was, well …

The light was on as the door side open wish a swooshing sound revealing the chamber beyond which was illuminated by a soft white light.

“Welcome home Mas-” A young woman, maybe 19 years of age twirled around what looked to be a Walkman of sorts hung in her ears. She was a human girl, quite surprised to see her, wide eyed. “You are not my Master ...” she stepped back eyes shifting to gun and tattered dress … an assassin? No, she didn't think so but it was obvious that she meant Master harm too.

Pillows line the floor, a flat screen viewer had been here, a bed in the center of the room and two dressers had been pushed up against the far wall. Between them was a book shelf, There is a fridge here as well and it would seem by the holographic photos this appears to be Blue's room as the girl and he are recorded in the bulk of the images.

Rats there was nothing but office supplies here. The agent looked around to see if there was anything of use, but the best she could find was a letter opener. And a letter opener would make a poor substitute for her pistol.

Mostly office supplies is what she found her though there was one thing. It was small and silver a silver letter opener which was not much of a weapon though it complimented the pistol. Not much else there were three doors left this side of the corridor. Five on the other.

The redhead soon moved on to the next room which had a door open up to a room that was light up by a soft white light. The room was lined with pillows though there was a bed in the center of the room. There was a book shelf, a flat screen, some dressers, all the conveniences you would expect to be a crime lord to have.

Especially a slave. The woman could not be any older than 19 and probably a former student at Shokushu. She looked to be competely surprised to see Minerva, which she must have looked the sight wearing the remains of her clothes and the carrying the pistol. Is this Blue's room and what are you doing here?

The girl had been alarmed, Minerva must have been quiet the site in her tattered clothes and armed with her pistol. She asked about Blue and given her current attire she had guessed that the woman was out for revenge. Still, she looked older than a student and had to be the latest acquisition of her Master. Either a gift or an agent that came here for she knew her Master only just left and had not the time to acquire a new slave.

“Yes, this is Master Blue's chamber.” She confirmed then gazed at the pistol. “I am awaiting the return of Master … more specifically listening to some music and otherwise occupying myself until he returns from recent business.”

She must have taken a psychology course or two, feeling as if she were best to associate with the agent on a more personnel level to avoid getting hurt. "My old name is no longer important. I am called Topaz now.”

The woman seemed to frightened by the desperate look of the red headed agent. She only had the tattered clothes that hung loosely from her nubile body. The pistol and the look on the agent's face showed how desperate she was to escape Blue's with pirate refuge. The last thing Minerva was expecting was to meet a woman that seemed to be content to stay under the full control of the crime lord.

Your name is Topaz, huh? That was not good. Apparently the young woman had been here the way too long, as she seemed to be now a willing servant of Blue. Still the agent had to try.

Well we need to leave here before we get in trouble.

She nods at the mention of her name. While the tattered clothing is hardly an intimidatating factor the weapon is. She eyes it with care though. It is rather obvious she had been raped, Topaz herself had been back in the beginning but she had to learn her place. In the beginning she was much the same way, she had been full of hatred then, Not now though.

Topaz shakes her head from side to side. “Leave? Why? I do not wish to leave. There are clothes in that dresser, you look to be about my size … take them and go. Please do not hurt me.” She holds her hands up intent in the situation, if she could get out of this by loosing some clothes … plus Mastter would want her to have the proper outfit ...

The woman simply noded at the mention of her name, but her eyes never came off Minerva's weapon. The agent would have hid it but there was no where she could kept it. Still the fear in the woman's eyes told her everything, Topaz did not want to leave this place and she seemed more that content to stay here.

Minerva sighed. The redhead had no real time to argue and there was no point in taking someone who was unwilling to go. Fine, don't breathe a word about this to anyone unless they ask you got it. The agent went over the dresser and grabbed the first set of clothes she could find. Right now she could not be very picky about what she wore.

Topaz nods, the weapon being the only thing to have influenced her at this stage. Her clothes to no surprise are awfully skimpy. A tight fitting “genie” harem outfit with purple coloration. It accents her breasts and curves quiet well leaving little to the imagination but is far better than the tattered black dress that she had been wearing.

She has no need to hold them to her chest. There are still three doors she hadn't explored at this end of the corridor. One to either side of the corridor and the other at the end of it.

Searching them one after another the first is an elaborate bedroom. Blue's judging by the personal effects here. There are more clothes here but her biggest find is the disruptor pistol she discovers in the top draw.

It can utterly destroy human and not so human flesh disrupting the cells of targets it strikes. It is fairly close range as far as pistols go but quite powerful in it's own right. Here she uncovers a knife as well and while there are other clothes here they are much to big, she's be swimming in them.

Across the hall is a locked door and the room at the end of the corridor is an empty barracks that has clothes in various sizes, something that fits a bit better can be found in one of the foot lockers if she spends the time looking.

The barracks containing a dozen bunk beds and the share of alien pornography she uncovers is pretty extensive and contains all sorts of human and alien pornography. There is also money here, playing cards and some weapons. Extra power cells for the weapons, a glow rod that pretty much functioned as a high powered flash light, a few personal blaster pistols and even one grenade.

There are only the five doors at the other end of the corridor though where more noise is coming from.

Minerva was able to find the clothes, but they were clothes that were incredibly skimpy and little to the imagination. The young agent finally settled on a purple outfit she had found. It appeared to be some sort of Arabian genie outfit. The top was a vest that covered her shoulders but only when down to her breasts. A plunging V line made sure that the attractive redhead orbs were the center of anyone's attention. The paints covered her legs entirely but they were see through except for the french cut panties that were underneath. They were hardly agent material, but it was all the young woman could find in a pinch.

The agent quickly moved from room to see what she could find. The first appeared to be Blue's bedroom. She found even move clothes but she didn't have time to really look at them. Instead she found some sort of fancy pistol that looked like it was more dangerous than the one she had. She would carry it along with the pistol she had not worrying about the knife she had found. For now there was other places to explore.

The next room that at least a dozen beds, to the redhead it appeared that most of Blue's goons lived here. Thee was pornography all over the place with alot of humans and lots of female aliens on it. There were weapons and playing cards as well. The agent took power packs out of the pistols but left them there. With luck any pirate wouldn't check it until it was too late. The grenade was something that she might be able to use show she took it as well.

Now she would have to move quietly down the hallway as she tried to figure out which of the doors was the way to the hanger.

Five doors. One at the end of the corridor, two doors either side. The first on her right led into an infirmary. All sorts of medical supplies could be found here with a locked cabinet full of drugs, most of which she had little idea of the medical properties not being a dedicated chemist.

Across the hall is a room that contains the generators here supply power to the lights and what not. There's a back up generator here as well. Nothing too remarkable here.

The next door on the right lead into a general storage area. Cleaning supplies mostly with the room across the hall being used for cargo.

There were cages here for storage of potential slaves though there were none. Crates contained clothes for slaves, collars and training tools for slaves leaving the last room. She hears voices beyond the door though, at least two perhaps more ...

Now there was only five doors left between the redheaded agent and her escape to freedom. She immediately began to methodically begin looking into each door to see what was left in the remaining rooms. The first seemed to be some sort of medical bay, it had the alot of medical supplies. Sadly the agent did not have any medical training so she could not use it to her advantage.


The next room had generators and power supplies here. Probably it ran the entire base. The agent stored that away for now. She went on to check out the remaining rooms. One seemed to be be a general storage while the other seemed to be some sort of room for slaves. Everywhere she could see collars, training tools, and slaves clothes. The agent sighed as she moved to the edge of the very last room.

She could hear a few voices, she would have to be careful. She wanted to take a look without being noticed, to see if she could see what was going on...

Opening the door she finds herself in the hanger, It is large enough where no one is looking her she walks behind some all purpose cargo containers that had been yet to be loaded into the cargo room.

A look around here let's her see that there is a large room probably so storage area for the cargo and another door leads into a flight control tower. The silhouette of someone in there can be seen.

The hanger door is closed though there are three ships here, two fighters and a freighter all of which are one manned vessels though mechanics work on one of the fighters and seem to have dismantled the engine block.

There are four men here, another in flight control though it is mostly empty space save for a cargo droid that if off currently as it rests besides that door that probably is the one leading into cargo storage. In flight control there is probably a computer that controls the hanger doors though in most hangers the computers on a ship can be used to communicate with hanger doors so there is little doubt that this is the case here too.