Project Sirius

Jonas-f*cking-Plaza

I looked up to see two District Officers walking down from the side steps of a building. Both approaching me, dressed in their camo colors of green and maroon with a beret to match. The insignia of the Mara District a golden fox placed in a forest of white stitched upon their hats. Forest green combat boots and their holsters rested comfortably against their hips. One of which held his pistol in hand ejecting the casing of the e-vac he just used.

"Well then, thanks for the help guys. Your assistance was much appreciated" I pulled out my infinity cuffs ready to take the Crouger into custody.

He began to put his pistol back in his holster. " And what makes you think we're just gonna let you do that." He walks closer towards myself and the unconscious Crouger. " We took him down… so he's technically our bounty."

I huffed, " District officers can't claim bounties. It's a code of honor you should know that."

"Like you know what that is." The other officer chimed in. He was a little shorter than the other one. Maybe 5'7 with a dark brown beard and eyes. His nose crooked, like it had been broken one to many times. While his partner stood at about 6'3 red hair and green eyes with dark bags under them. He looked like he spent most his nights snorting crank rather than sleeping.

I let out a heavy sigh and rested my hand on my head. " Look fellas I'm not here to give either of you a break down in moral and ethic violations. Just looking to collect and go."

"Even if we can't, I'm sure the Galactic Federation would be interested in your Crouger here and the fact it would deny your traitorous ass the satisfaction of 150k exco creds. That's just icing on the cake." said the taller one. "Besides maybe a lesson is just what's needed today. Only I think we ought to be the ones to give it to you instead." He got uncomfortably close enough to me, to the point I was able to clearly read the name Merrick on his badge.

The shorter one took out and extended his prod. The tip of which hummed with 50,000 volts of electricity surging through them. He wanted to me to know he meant business and was ready to attack.

"You know it's not smart to play with those when it's raining out" I shrugged. "Bad things could happen."

"We'll maybe bad things should happen, especially to piece's of s**t like yourself." Merrick walked even closer towards me. Thinking some how his 2 inches in height would save him.

"We're not really going to do this here are we guys?" I looked around the cramped space. Not much than a few feet of walk path between us on all sides. The rest of the area was small businesses with graffiti, debris and civilians walking by to see what the commotion was all about.

"I've heard what they said about you, you know?" Merrick whispered. " How you sold out your entire kind and brothers in arms for a piece of prosi ass. Some stank Naiyad who could only sleep with you if her eyes were glued shut."

"So is that why you're both down here and not in your own districts? Looking for some new prossi ass, who aren't sick to death of telling you you're such a big boy" I mocked Merrick as I gestured my hands towards his manhood, getting a few chuckles out of the onlookers and pissing him off. "I get it though we do have some of the finest for lightyears and beyond. What say you let me buy you one, my treat?" You could hear the mimicks of kissy noises and whistling mixed in with a few chuckles and hoots and hollers. I offered out my hand as an olive branch. “What do you say?”

He smiled showing me the crooked yellow teeth within his mouth, stained and smelled of nicotine. "You're funny, but not funnier than what happened to your whore." I lowered my hand and thus my smile along with it. " Apparently even she couldn't stand to be with the traitorous cunt she opened her legs too, but at least in the end she had the decency to bite the bullet right after she let you .."

I spit in his face before he could finish his sentence. I knew the trouble it would cause, but I just didn't care anymore. I wouldn't let anyone disrespect Nyiax like that.

"You son of a- " He attempted to throw a right hook, I quickly dodged it then dipped and extended out my left leg, sweeping him from beneath his feet and knocking him on his ass. I stood up and took two steps back. The short one came at me next, screaming with his prod raised above his head. I waited till he was up close then aimed straight for his Adams apple striking it with all the force in my fist. He toppled forward clutching at his throat. Letting go of his prod I managed to catch it in my hand and struck him between the thighs. Feeling the rush of tens of thousands volts he shook controllably for a few, pissing himself as he did. Then I released him and he fell forward vomiting and falling into his own sickness.

"Told you, not smart." I teased, Merrick then quietly picks me up from behind, wrapping his overly toned biceps around me and attempted to force my body forward. I being smarter than him ejected myself from his embrace by wiggling out from the bottom and watched him land face first into his partners ass.

"Had enough boys?"

Not even close. Another voice replied from behind me .

I turned around to see 3 more Mara officers standing there each looking more pissed off then the next one.

"So you each just stood there watching your friends get there asses handed to them" I tossed the prod from one hand to the other as I contemplated on the next move " I'd chose better colleagues to hang with if I was them. "

As the first guy came running at me I quickly raised my leg and caught him directly in the chest sending him tumbling backwards , the next one actually got a hit on me when his knuckle connected with the upper left corner of my brow, splitting it open. I thanked him with an upper cut then a rapid hit to the stomach, a few volts to the face and another hit to his forehead. The last one really got me, he wasn't waiting for me to finish railing on his partner when he tackled me to the ground. Where Merrick had gained back his composure and saw to it join in on the brutal beating,

Once they had me down, it was an endless cycle of kicks and punches to almost every part of my body I couldn't protect. I curled myself into a tight ball and let them have their fun. I took a few hits to the ribs, back and neck, but after a while the pain started to get to me with the constant attack to the same spots it was only a matter of time before I opened up and once I did it only took one kick directly to the face rocking my jaw.

"Jonas f*****g Plaza by order of the district police, I am taking you into custody for resisting arrest, taking an officers assigned weapon and hitting an on duty Lieutenant. Anything you say or do WILL.."

"What the hell's going on here?" The soft shrill of a woman's voice calls out to the officers. Stopping him and his fellow men from their barrage of kicks and punches and possibly saving my life.

"This is none of your concern mam, please see yourself back inside your establishment." Merrick replied.

"None of my concern, except I see 5 grown ass Mara district officers beating on an armed civilian, in what I believe to be Kern Disc." she strolls over confidently towards the men, one hand under her chin the other on her hip. Then stops just inches from me." And you know how Roanoke feels about out of town officers playing in his territory without his approval." She gently removed the prod from one of the officers hands and starts swinging it around. " You know I heard tale that another one of your guys went missing a few weeks back. Then when they found him the only way he could be identified was by the tattoo of a fox he had on his chest." She stops swinging the prod and points it in the face of Merrick, who appears to be scared shitless at the very mention of the gentlemen she was talking about." His hands, head even his feet. " she sucked her teeth. " Had all been removed. All because he decided to play in someone else's playground. Now you don't want that to be you and your boys do you?"

Merrick slowly shook his head from left to right " No, mam."

"Good." she tilted her head and plastered on a fake smile. "Then might I suggest you and your men head back to your shithole and leave us to ours in one peace."

The Mara officers looked around at one another as if they didn't know what to do next.

"Maybe I need to give better instructions. Get your f*****g men out of my bosses territory or there will be some extreme consequences. “ she said raising her voice. “Starting with you and ending with all your families." Heeding her words the officers that could walk happily took off running, some required a little assistance or could only hop away.

Turning his head to me, Merricks eyes catch mines "Consider this a warning Mr. Plaza, next time we won't go so easy." I responded to him with the simple gesture of my middle finger, he then turned his attention back to the young woman." We'll be taking the Crouger bounty with us to the Galactic Federation, as he is a capture on sight order, might I ask for my prod please." He held his open hand out fully expecting her to willingly hand it back over to him.

"Yeah no, you can take that thing off my streets, but you're not getting this back. Consider it a gift to Ro, I'll be sure he sends you a thank you card, Merrick. " She smiles and points him towards his men whose crowded together around the Crouger. " Have a nice day now."

You can see in Merrick faces there's a sort of seething pit of hate for this woman, but being as he isn't from this District and he certainly doesn't want to end up on Roanokes s**t list, he reluctantly takes the Crouger, his men and goes.

As the Mara men walk out of site the young woman takes a knee beside me as I start to spit up blood from a busted mouth .

"That was a good show you put on." I groaned and rolled over onto my back, feeling the rain wash over what felt like a million different fractured or possibly broken bones . " You know they'll be back right?"

She looks at me, there's a look of pity on her face and she sighs " Come on Jonas, let's get you cleaned up."