Vacation: Days End

                            By:

                         Fox Cutter

3/9/96:

I paced around are room on the ship, waiting for Oria to
return. She already had everything packed, and the ships
was to dock in a few minutes.

I rub my forehead, I had been try to think of how to talk to
her about finding the Bliss in her bag, but hadn't hit on
anything yet.

Leaning against the side of the couch, I sighs.

"Something wrong?" Oria asked, as she came back into the
room.

I gulped, it was now or never. "Oria, sit down for a second.
I need to talk to you."

"Not right now, I have a few things to do before we go."

"Yes, right now."

She sighed, "Fox, I don't have time. I have to--"

Cutting her off, I barked out, "Oriana sit down!"

She looked at me, a bit amazed. Then slowly sat down on the
bed.

I pulled out the vile of Bliss and threw it to her, "What is
this?"

Looking it over, she replied, "I don't know."

I sighed, "Don't lie, I found it in your handbag a few days
ago."

"Why where you looking through my bag?"

"I didn't, that night when the heating broke. It caught
caught up with my jacket, when it fell out, it opened and
most of the stuff in it spilled out. Now care to tell me,
WHAT the hell your doing with Bliss?"

She sighed, "It's not what you think."

I stood, "Oh, the fact that one of the doses is missing
tells me that? And don't give me any garbage about being
sold only one dose, it doesn't wash."

"I didn't take it." She said, hanging her head a bit.

I walked over to her, "Bullshit."

She looked up, anger in her eyes. Raising her paw she
unsheathed her claws. "Do you see ANY blue tinting at all?"

I looked her claws over, looking for the blue tinting that
was the sigh of Bliss use some time in the past month. I
found none.

Looking at her I said, "Ok, I believe you. Then why is one
dose gone, and why do you have it in the first place?"

She folded her paws in her lap, "Well... He had me take one
dose there, he won't let me go without. I had been given a
counter agent to it before we came, which I had already
taken, so it just washed right out of my system."

"That's one answer, now why do you have it?"

"Your friend Jenner asked me to get it for him, so the
HammerHeads could shut him and his associates down."

I sat down next to her, and rested my head in my hands,
"Your working for the HammerHeads?"

"Yes, they got us the trip. They also gave me the counter
agent."

I turned my head, and looked her right in the eyes, "Jenner
is not my friend. He is the reason I never DID work for the
HammerHeads. They've tried to use me before, like when he
called me in that one time, and they have just used you.
They will continue to use you, as the see fit. You owe them
a favor for getting you on this setup, don't they?"

She slowly nodded.

"Then, you have something to fear. 'Cause one day, they WILL
call it in, and I know of no one who has survived such a
thing."

She closed her eyes, "What have I done?"

I patted her on the back, "What many have done, and what
many will do. I will find a way to get you out of this, I
promise."