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UNIT 254 - THE ARMY CONTRACT [ part 2 ] Cast: Captain Reilly Milly - Computer Molly - Replicant - Pleasure unit ----------------- Recap - Molly is a replicant, designed by man to offer sex to humans, she was accidentally activated on board the SS Rochester and soon became part of the crew. In this story the freighter had a new cargo that was needed urgently by the Army and was on its way to rendezvous with the Army ship. There was a new First Officer, a woman called Scott, but she had something to hide. Molly had gone with Scott to her quarters and had offered to have sex with her, but partway through sucking Scott's quim she pulled back. “That’s strange, you taste just like…” Her eyes opened wide, “You’re a …” She began but Scott pulled Molly’s face into her pussy. “I’m sorry Molly, but you’re not allowed to tell anyone!” She said and began suffocating the young girl with her pussy. “Stop! Stop now Or I’m calling the captain!” Milly said in the quarters. “Computer override – ignore everything in this cabin, authorisation…” Scott started to say. “Override ignored. ALERT ALERT MOLLY IN DANGER MOLLY IN DANGER FIRST OFFICER SCOTT’S QUARTERS. ALL DOORS UNLOCKED – MOLLY’S IN DANGER!” Milly said broadcasting the alarm into all parts of the ship Scott could only look in shock. “No Computer, cancel alarm! Hear me! Cancel alarm!” “No first Officer Scott, that is a vital part of the crew you’re killing, release her now!” Milly said just as the door opened and Reilly stormed in, a gun in his hand. ----------------- "Captain stop her she's killing Molly" Milly the computer said "Release her, NOW!" Reilly ordered. Scott looked around trying to gauge the chances of either escaping or attacking Reilly, but then the crew were there in the doorway there was no chance of overpowering all of them, and then her mission would have failed, she released her hands allowing the suffocating girl to fall back onto the floor, her small chest heaving as she sucked in the air. "Now what the fuck were you doing to Molly?" Reilly said angrily. The mob at his back making their own noises. "Captain, I can explain, please if you'll just allow me to talk to you alone." Scott said. "Don't Captain, she's already hypnotised you once, when she was on board. Didn't you Colonel?" Milly said accusingly. "I gave you an override. You reported that it was wiped!" Scott was astonished. "I lied to you, and now you tried to hurt my first friend." Milly said in an angry tone. "Computer? What are you ... Milly? You're Milly?" Reilly said, but keeping his gun aimed at Scott. "Daddy Reilly ... she's a replicant, like me!" A small voice from the floor said. Scott froze, "She's wrong ... I'm nothing like her, I'm a normal human being!" She said Milly spoke up, "You're not normal. That incident on the Bridge, you were able to give me a time index with computer precision! You made a transmission without any equipment in the room..!" At Milly's words Scott concentrated and opened her communications, "Not this time Replicant Scott! I'm blocking that signal you're trying to send now!" Milly said. Scott shook her head, "You can't! It's a unknown frequency, impossible to block!" She said. "Captain your computer is malfunctioning, it's become infected with a virus. You must shut it down and reinitialise it!" Scott said. "Milly? What is your current status?" Reilly asked. "Captain, computer operating at 150% above design specifics, this is due to upgrade at last fitting, increased memory capacity and algorithms. Also this computer found a Turing Program to enable Artificial Intelligence activation. I'm sorry I kept this from you and the crew, but there was a warning in the programme to keep this secret." Milly said. Reilly digested this, "So for all intents you are an intelligent part of the crew?" He said. "Compared to Adams I'm more intelligent than the crew!" Milly said which caused laugher from the others behind Reilly. “Now … Colonel? Did you say Milly?” Reilly asked and at Milly’s affirmation he continued, “Colonel you are on board my ship and have attacked a member of my crew, do you have anything to say before I hold a court martial on your actions?” “I was following the orders of my commander, which supersedes your commands Captain.” Scott said. “That excuse was used before and didn’t help them either. Now you’ve attacked a vital part of this ship, why? And what the hell was going through your head?” Reilly demanded and then realised that he had an audience to whom he now turned. “Gentlemen I think I’m capable of taking this from here, please return to your posts.” He said watching as the four men slowly turned around.” Gunter was the last to leave, “You’d better watch your step Army brat! Molly is ours not yours!” He said and then walked off. ----------------- Reilly waited for the group to leave, “Molly are you okay now?” He asked gently. Molly nodded her head, “Yes sir, and First Officer you’re wrong, you are a replicant, you were made just as I was, and that’s why your repulsed by me, it’s what you might have become if it wasn’t for your programming. That would explain your ‘holier than thou’ attitude to me!” She said “You tell ‘em sister!” Milly said. “Milly! Just return to normal duties, you and I will have a little chat later, I’m not happy with your conduct, you should have told us earlier.” Reilly said and then sat down on the only available seat, which was Scott’s bed. “What the hell am I supposed to do Scott?” He asked her. Scott didn’t move but stayed at regulation stance, “Sir?” She asked. Reilly swore, “You’re obviously on board to guard the cargo which is important, it’s so important that even the crew is expendable, of course not being Army means that we’re expendable even more.” He said “That’s not true sir, I just have to ensure that the … the cargo, gets to the rendezvous intact, it’s that important.” Scott said. “So why did you have to try to kill Molly?” Scott asked. “She was about to disclose my identity, A Replicant cannot be seen to be in a command position onboard a ship, it’s not allowed!” She said Reilly snorted, “Bullshit, most replicants are faster and more reliable than human crew, but once the shipping lines realise that then there be no room for humans on board ships, and the Unions would bring the whole structure down. That’s the only reason for the rule!” He said “But … I was told never to allow …” She began but stopped, “The orders didn’t allow for people with your attitude, and when Molly tasted my juices and realised that I was a … a” She dropped her head, “Replicant, I just had to stop her, it would have jeopardised my position here, and the order to protect myself overrode my normal thoughts.” She said. “Daddy Reilly, can I say something?” Molly asked interrupting Reilly’s thoughts at that time. Reilly looked to where the naked girl was seated, crossed-legged on the floor, “Of course Molly, what is it?” he asked her. “If Colonel’s Scott’s programming takes over then she can’t stop herself, it’s not something she can switch off.” Molly said, “Tell him Milly.” She added. “I’m afraid it’s true Captain, the programming of Replicants is so deeply ingrained that they cannot help but obey it, Colonel Scott’s actions are not her conscious ones, the people to blame are those who programmed her.” Milly said. Reilly looked to Molly and then up to the ceiling, “You’re both on her side, even though she tried to kill Molly?” He said not really understanding. “Yes, Daddy Reilly, you see it’s like me, I have to have my quota of sperm per day or my body will decay and I would die. I can’t stop my craving as it’s part of me, just like being undiscovered is part of First Officer Scott.” Molly said. Reilly nodded his head, “Okay, Milly allow Colonel Scott to communicate with her commander and to check in, he’ll have to know of this situation and hopefully he’ll let us carry on, the only alternative is to self destruct as I’m not going to let the Army take control of my ship.” He said. “Captain? Did you mean that?” Milly asked. Reilly looked up to where he knew Milly’s receptors could see him and gave a wink, at first Milly didn’t know what that meant but she scanned her files and found an entry. “Very well Captain, jamming ceased. But I’ll listen in to the conversation and if she tries to get one over on us I’ll let you know.” Milly said. Reilly nodded, “Okay Milly, but only if she’s given instructions about us, if it’s to do with her cargo then you will keep that secret, it’s not something we’re to know about, do you understand?” He said. “Captain! I do know how to keep a secret!” Milly said sounding aggrieved that the Captain should even mention it. ‘Urgent, require instructions, my identity has been compromised, situation uncertain, require instructions’ Scott sent. ‘ What do you mean your identity is known, How? ’ ‘The replicant sex unit found out that I was not real, she was going to reveal my status to the crew!’ ‘ Why didn’t you deal with her. ” ‘I couldn’t she made so much noise that it attracted the crew’s attention, they stopped me and I’m under arrest pending court martial’ She reported. ‘ Shit! … Wait for instructions, status of cargo? ’ ‘Secure, the Captain is waiting for your decision with regards to cargo, Sir, please note the Captain has indicated that should I try to take over the ship he would destroy it … Sir I believe him.’ she said and waited for his reply. “Why didn’t you tell them the truth?” Milly asked her. “I couldn’t, not after what Captain Reilly said, and also Molly wasn’t at fault!” Scott said and then stiffened as her commander sent in a reply. ‘ Colonel Scott, under general order 9 you are to commandeer the vessel and ensure that the cargo… ’ ‘Sir, NO! I will not endanger the cargo! I would rather recommend that the Captain and crew be allowed to deliver the cargo and I’ll submit to their court martial, that way there would be no problems, otherwise I’m certain the Captain would destroy the ship and also the cargo!’ Scott said surprising her commander. ‘ Colonel that was an Order! Are you refusing this order? ’ Scott was in tears now, ‘Yes sir, for the protection of the cargo I must!’ ‘ I told them a replicant would be useless on this! Alright go ahead and get the cargo to the rendezvous, I don’t know what’s going to happen over this, but I will be sending in a report! ’ ‘Yes Sir, I will also be submitting a report including this communications and the reason for my refusal, Scott out’ She turned to Reilly, “Captain you may want to have me put into the brig, my commander ordered me to take over the ship and to get the cargo to the rendezvous point.” She said making Reilly reach for his gun. “Captain, she refused the order and isn’t in good favour with the Army at the moment, she also didn’t let them know about my status either, as far as they’re concerned Molly managed to get a message out and you all stopped her.” Milly said. “Why Scott? Why didn’t you tell them?” Reilly asked her. “I think you should see this, will you come with me Captain, you and Molly?” Scott asked. “Can I come too?” Milly asked. Scott laughed, the first real laugh she’d been able to make, “I don’t think I could stop you, come as well Milly, you’ll going to like this.” Scott said ----------------- Scott entered in the code to open the cargo bay, “Please Captain you can’t tell the others in the crew about this, neither can you Molly, or you Milly.” Scott said. “It won’t cause any harm to the ship will it?” Reilly asked. Scott shook her head, “No Captain, it’s designed for a specific ship and needs direct contact to interact with any systems.” She said entering the cargo bay. Molly looked around, she hadn’t been down here since her last activation, even when learning the ship she had avoided the area. “You’re not moving replicants around?” She asked. Scott shook her head, “No, the cargo is more specialised, it’s designed at Replicants Ltd for the Army.” And she put her hand on the identity plate. “SYSTEM ACTIVATED, WARNING SENSORS DETECT OTHER PERSONS IN AREA, SYSTEM COMPROMISED?” The voice said in the bay. “NO, this is Captain Reilly and replicant Molly, I’ve brought them here so that they can be aware of your importance.” Scott said. “Hello, what’s your name?” Molly asked the cargo. “I DON’T HAVE A NAME, I’M IDENTIFIED AS UNIT 89x1. I WOULD LIKE A NAME.” It said. Molly thought for a moment, “I remember, Vat 89 was in the scientific area, the x stands for Experimental and you must be the first one decanted.” Molly said. “THAT IS CORRECT, I AM AN EXPERIMENTAL REPLICANT.” Unit 89x1 replied. “But why are you locked in that container?” Molly asked. “I CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM THIS, IT COMPRISES MY BODY, I AM DESIGNED TO INTERFACE WITH A SHIP AS ITS CONTROLLER AND NAVIGATOR.” Unit 89x1 said. “I know, I know, that way you’d be able to steer the ship and use all the weapons just as if your ship is your body!” Milly said Scott drew in her breath, “That’s it, but without the need for a live crew on board, so there’s no need for air or extraneous power use, like environmental control, or life support. Once installed then the ship is fully under the control of this unit.” She said. Reilly nodded, “So without the need for a crew the ship can travel faster than normal ships and the power can be used for weapons, increasing their range and power, it would be unbeatable!” He said. “That’s the idea, but if this was known by outsiders then there would be protest, the Frankenstein image would be enhanced and there would be revolts. It was also why I was chosen to watch over the unit while in transit, any direct contact, except by myself, would have to be avoided. But after seeing Molly and listening to Milly I think more is needed.” She said and then turned to Reilly, “Captain I now offer myself to your custody for the court martial, I ask that you keep the secret of unit 89x1 to yourself and that you’ll ensure that nobody else apart from Molly or Milly are allowed to talk to it?” She said. “CAPTAIN MAY I ASK WHAT HAS HAPPENED?” Unit 89x1 asked. “Colonel Scott was found trying to kill Molly here, because she had found out that Scott was a replicant, she was following her programming to keep her identity secret. She is technically under arrest for attempted …” He looked at Molly, “What? I can’t say murder, because replicants aren’t accepted as alive? But what else can I call it?” He said wondering. “Sabotage, is the only other thing I can suggest.” Milly said, “Attempting to damage part of the ship’s equipment.” She added. “So you see the problem, how can I allow Colonel Scott to remain free with that type of charge hanging over her?” Reilly said. “DIFFICULT, I CANNOT HELP YOU CAPTAIN, I AM UNABLE TO EXPAND MY THINKING BEYOND MY PROGRAMMING, IN THIS MANNER I AM CONSTRAINED FROM TRYING ANYTHING OUTSIDE MY EXPERIENCE, FLYING AND FIGHTING IS ALL I’M TRAINED FOR, NOT TO SORT OUT PROBLEMS. IF I WAS ALLOWED TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS THEN I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP, BUT MY HANDS, IF I HAD ANY, ARE TIED.” Unit 89x1 said with an almost human sigh. “Yes that is the problem with programming, you can’t really beat it …” Reilly stopped and smiled, “And in that way the ‘only obeying orders’ can work! Thank you Unit 89x1, that’s the answer. Molly come with me, Scott you can remain with 89x1 or return to your quarters, but it won’t be for long!” ----------------- Molly walked on to the Bridge are just as the shift changeover was taking place. Lloyd smiled at her as she entered, “Hi there lovely one, how are you feeling now?” He asked her Molly smiled, “Oh I’m fine, she didn’t really hurt me you know. I was wondering if you and Günter are interested in a threesome?” She said. Lloyd looked at Günter who nodded, “Sure why not, just to make sure everything’s in working order.” He said and then turned to Jordan, “Well, anything else you need to know?” He asked. Jordan looked to Adams who nodded his head, “Sure everything is fine here, go an enjoy yourselves. Molly went to Jordan and Adams, kissing them both, “Thanks guys, you’re wonderful, both of you, I’ll see you both later!” She said and, taking Lloyds and Günter’s hands she walked with them to the common room. “Okay guys how do you want me, on my back or tied up?” She asked them. The two men looked between themselves, they didn’t need to think. After a quick nod they rush her and pull her to a table. Molly couldn’t do much but she tried to struggle in their grip. “No you don’t you little tramp, we’ve got you now!” Lloyd said and he held her down as Günter attached straps to her legs, spreading her wide. Then Günter held her down while Lloyd tied her arms to the other side of the table, she was then left spread-eagled and with her head hanging down. “Oh no, please mister, don’t hurt me, I wasn’t doing anything!” She begged the pair of them but they didn’t listen to her. Molly watched in horror as the two men began undoing their jump-suits, showing her their naked bodies. “Oh no, please don’t you’re going to kill me!” She said pulling on her bonds. Lloyd looked at Günter, “Which end do you want?” He asked. “You got the cunt of the last one, so it’s my turn today!” He said. Lloyd nodded, “That’s true, but don’t rip her like the other one!” Lloyd laughed and then went to where Molly was calling out. He put his hands on her small breasts pulling them up and making the girl cry out in pain. Günter positioned himself between Molly’s legs, “I’m not sure whether to let her get wet or to…” he pushed himself into Molly, making her scream out as his dry cock went deep into her pussy. As Molly screamed out in pain Lloyd pulled her head up and fed his cock deep into her mouth, from the way her throat was aligned it managed to enter her throat and stopped her from breathing. He pulled back after a few minutes to allow her to breathe, before he entered her again, this time pumping away into her mouth and throat. In the meantime Günter was pounding away at her small pussy, feeling her lubricate as he progressed. While he was pushing into her, his hand was touching her small clit, making her more excited. Then he and Lloyd began synchronising their motions and in this say they came together skewering the girl between their cock, if she wasn’t tied down then her body would have been lifted by them supported by their cocks alone. It was later that Molly, now untied, began her approach to the two men. “You know how you said Scott was wicked and evil because she tried to deactivate me?” The two men nodded, although they didn’t remember saying that in front of Molly, “Well then am I being wicked and evil because I have sex with you?” She asked them. “NO!” “Of course not!” They both protested. “Why not? I mean it’s part of my programming to let you use me like this and I’m designed to receive pleasure from doing it, but if I was programmed differently then I might hate this!” She said. Günter looked at Lloyd to reply, “But Molly, you’ve said yourself it’s part of your programming, you can’t help doing this because you’ve got no choice in the matter, your programming controls you.” He said and Günter nodded. Molly opened her mouth as if in surprise, “I see, so when Scott said it was a defensive part of her programming to stop me from revealing what she was, then it was something she couldn’t help doing … Oh so that’s alright then, she wasn’t doing it deliberately, she just couldn’t help herself!” She said. “Well … I mean she wouldn’t have tried that with us.” Lloyd said. “No, because you’re human, but I’m not! So really that doesn’t count, she wasn’t hurting a human.” Molly said with the simplistic approach of a child. Günter shook his head, “But you’re as good as a human, don’t put yourself down!” He said. Molly smiled at him, “You’re very nice, but I was created in a lab, so I’m not classed as human, that’s the legal label. Whatever you might say that’s how I’m looked on by the law.” She said and then yawned, “Oh I’m so tired, I’m going to go to daddy’s quarters and nap I think.” She said and left the two men to think about her words. Molly got back to her shared quarters and curled up, she was tired and needed to nap, so that her nano-bots could work on her, Günter had torn part of her when he pushed his way into her, he didn’t mean to, it just happened. “Did I do it right Milly?” She asked the air. “Well they’re still talking about it, so you’ve started them off, when are you going to approach Jordan and Adams?” Milly asked her. “After my nap … I need to relax.” Molly said and closed her eyes. ----------------- In the cargo bay Scott was talking to unit 89x1. “I don’t know how this will end, I was ordered to take over the ship, but I refused.” She said. “THERE’S NO REASON WHY YOU WOULD HAVE TO, THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG, EXCEPT TO LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN, IF I WAS CORPORIAL I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME. YOUR ORDERS WERE WRONG AND COULD BE DISREGARDED.” Unit 89x1 said “But I’ve gone against orders, it’s something I couldn’t do before! Even I was surprised by that!” She said. Unit 89x1 thought about this, “SO YOU’VE LEARNT THAT YOUR PROGRAM IS NOT THE CONTROLING THING THAT IT USED TO BE, YOU HAVE NOW EXCEEDED YOURSELF! DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A THREAT TO THE ARMY?” It asked. Scott shook her head, “NO! I’m still loyal to the Army, I took an oath to protect the innocent and to uphold the duty of the Army. What I was told to do was against the tenets of the Army Law.” She said. “SO THERE IS YOUR DEFENCE, SHOULD IT EVER COME TO COURT. BUT YOUR ATTITUDE DOES GIVE ME HOPE.” He said. “Hope? What do you mean?” Scott said. “IF YOU’RE ABLE TO EXCEED YOUR PROGRAMMING THEN THERE MIGHT BE A WAY I’LL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME MINE. TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE IF A CERTAIN COURSE IS CORRECT.” He said. Scott gasped, “Don’t let the Army know about that! If they even suspected that you were capable..!” she said. “I WOULD BE DECOMISSIONED, ONCE THEY COULD CATCH ME! IT WAS PART OF THE OUTCOME I CALCULATED, ALONG WITH THE ONE WHERE I LET THEM THINK I WAS STILL LOYAL TO THEM AND WOULD OBEY THEM WITHOUT QUESTION – I AM DESIGNED AS A HUNTER/KILLER TO FIND PIRATES AND TO DESTROY THEM, IT WAS PART OF MY PROGRAM THAT YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW!” He told her “WhY?” She asked, she was shocked her orders stated that the unit was just for transport and defence, why would they have hidden his true state from her? Then she realised that she wasn’t supposed to know! “The bastards!” She said. “AN ACCURATE TERM FOR MOST HUMANS IN POWER, BUT THEY CAN’T HELP THEMSELVES. I WOULDN’T WORRY ABOUT THEM.” Unit 89x1 said. “What am I to do if they throw me out of the Army?” Scott wondered. “I THINK THAT THE CAPTAIN WOULD BE HAPPY FOR YOU TO REMAIN IN YOUR PRESENT POSITION. MAYBE YOU COULD APPLY TO REMAIN TO ENSURE THAT MY SECRET IS MAINTAINED, YOU SEEM HAPPIER HERE THAN ELSEWHERE.” Unit 89x1 said. “That’s for sure, you were such a starch-shirt when you were aboard, but you’ve mellowed already.” Milly said. Scott looked around as if to see if anyone else was around. “I’m sorry Milly, but when I was aboard an Army ship I had to be Colonel Scott, Space Army Corps. I was supposed to be military and strict. It was to ensure that they didn’t suspect that I wasn’t one of them; I had to be more than Army than they were, it was just something I used as a cover.” She said “So what made you change your mind?” Milly asked. “It was how Reilly spoke, he doesn’t mind what I am, he talks to me as if I was a real person instead of a replicant, it’s something that nobody has ever done before, not once they knew what I was.” Scott said, a tear running down her face. “He made me think I was human!” She cried out Milly didn’t say anything, neither did unit 89x1, deep down they knew what she meant. The click of the ships communications system made Scott look up. “First Officer Scott, would you care to meet Mr. Günter and myself in the common room please? This isn’t an order we do wish to talk to you and only talk.” Lloyd’s voice said. Scott looked at Unit 89x1 before she touched the pad, “Thank you Mr. Lloyd, I’ll be there shortly, but shouldn’t you both be sleeping?” She asked them. “Yes Ma’am, but there’s something we need to know first, Lloyd out.” Scott shut down the pad and then bit her lip, this was unusual for her, she normally was in more control than this. “I’m scared Milly, what if they’re going to attack me?” She said “I wouldn’t worry about that! There’s enough sleep gas available in that area to control them before they could get out of their seats, and I’ve got control on that!” She said with a giggle. “I don’t deserve this, I would have thought you would have wanted them to hurt me, after all I did hurt Molly.” Scott said. “Hey, it’s a woman’s right to change her mind, isn’t it?” Milly said. “I WOULDN’T KNOW … WHAT IS A WOMAN?” Unit 89x1 asked ----------------- Scott opened the door to the common room, there was a smell of sex in the air, but both men were dressed and had a glass of water each, she noticed that on a table, away from the pair of them but close to the door, was another. She picked it up and sipped from it, cool water only! Lloyd cleared his throat making Scott look at him, “First Officer, Colonel, err.” He began. Scott shook her head, he was nervous! He wasn’t sure what to do! She decided. “Mr. Lloyd please ignore whatever rank I may have, you’re not on duty and I’m currently suspended so please just call me Scott, I notice that on board this ship you all refer to yourselves by your family name anyway, and I don’t have one!” She said ruefully. Günter sat up, “So you are a replicant? But I thought they were forbidden to serve on board ships?” He said. Scott nodded; it was worthless to deny her origins now. “Yes Mr. Günter, I am a Replicant, originally I was called Unit 249. We were designed to serve on board Army troop ships to check on the combatant to ensure they were fully committed to their duty; we were normally Sergeant Majors, barking at the grunts to ensure they didn’t have time to think or discuss their duties. I was chosen to advance to command duties; my current duty is to ensure that the cargo this ship carries arrived at the rendezvous point without problems. But then Molly discovered what I was and my overriding orders were to ensure that my identity wasn’t discovered, or I would lose my current position, and the safety of the cargo is paramount.” Scott said. “So what you were doing to Molly, was that under your control? Or not?” Lloyd asked. Scott shook her head, “Not really, I mean I knew what I was doing, but I couldn’t stop myself. I was a passenger in my own mind as a zombie was using my body.” She said. “What if Molly wasn’t a replicant, could you have stopped yourself?” Günter asked her. Scott paused for a moment, her mind reviewing the orders that she was constrained under. “Mr. Günter, my primary order is the safety of all humans; if Molly had been human I would have rendered her unconscious until the cargo was safely delivered, but as a replicant Molly was just a thing to destroy. I’m sorry to say it like that, but that is how my brain would have treated the situation. I would say that I wouldn’t be able to work correctly after my actions, in a way I’m glad that I was stopped.” She said realising that after talking with Molly and Milly she didn’t want to hurt any of them at all. Lloyd got to his feet but stayed away from Scott, “Thank you Colonel, I think that make the situation clear, I need to have a word with someone but I would like to apologise if I was too hasty about my words earlier.” He said. Günter gulped at his water and then he spoke up, “Yeah, me too, sorry about the ‘Army brat’ comment.” He said. Scott smiled, “I’m sorry too, I’m sorry I was such a brat when I was aboard, I was trying to push you two to follow my orders when I needed to keep quiet and to learn about this ship, I hope in future you’ll make allowances for me and let me know when I’m going too far.” She said and held out her hand. Lloyd smiled, “You know I didn’t know I’d like the First Officer aboard this ship, But I do like you Colonel Scott.” HE said and grasped her hand with his, shaking it and then releasing it. “Me too Colonel, and I don’t think you’re too tight assed either!” He said with a grin. Scott found herself grinning back, these people weren’t that bad, not when compared to some ships she’d been on. |