Snippet #944946

And where was Gabriel? Sitting on a bench in the park, on the line with his only friend, Micheal. The look on his face didn't say anything good. "What do you mean, Mike? Why is no one taking jobs from me?"

"I told you Gabe. Word is out that the Solar Empire is looking for you. Nobody really knows why, but they sent someone out to get you."

"But you have some ideas on why, I'm sure. It wouldn't be like you not to."

"Well, alright, I have some ideas, but I'm not 100%. From all the sources I have, it looks like they want you to do a job. I can't tell you what, but... It's the best I got. You wanna stick around and find out?"

"Hehe... Not really. I'll hit the road. See if you can't pick up anything else on this."

"Will do, Gabe. Mike, over and out."

Gabe shut of the communicator quickly as he got up and started to move. Mike was right. Until he knew what the SE wanted, it was too chancy to stay in one place too long. He was afraid that what they actually wanted might not be as benign as just a job. He had done some jobs that weren't exactly in their favor, and he was also a former Humans First member. That might even have been the main reason they were after him. While he had quit HF, that didn't mean he necessarily disagreed with them. He thought that Beasts were all less than human, to be treated as slaves and servants. That they put themselves on an equal table as humans was disgusting. He had quit, however, because he had only felt that way about beasts. Navis and Mavos were human in his book of feelings. Only beasts deserved hatred and contempt. And even then, he hadn't felt they deserved the eradication that HF had planned for all the races. Nothing could have.

While these thoughts buzzed around in his head, something in the distance caught his eye and he ducked into some form of cover, a ditch as it turned out. What he had seem was big, and roughly human shape, but it was like nothing he had ever seen. Was it a new weapon or something? Maybe a new technology? Whatever it was, it was new. And he didn't want to get near it. He slowly drew his guns from their holsters, wondering if such small arms could even do much to hurt it.