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Arisa Mons City, Mars
Hollie and Sumr sat outside at one of the Cafe’s in the city, from where they sat, they could see the other members of the crew coming and going. Xander, Shane, and Madcat had gone to one of the Electronics suppliers to get what they need, Cart had walked towards the shuttle with a large box and Sumr swore she had seen a green tentacle, the rest of the crew were elsewhere enjoying their free time. As the pair sipped their tea suddenly the air became electric and the street started to empty, looking down the road Hollie saw why, walking towards them was a group of furs all dressed in the same Purple Uniform.

The group were the leadership of a pirate gang that operated out of an asteroid called Isla Aukate, they were known throughout out the Solar System for never killing anyone unless absolutely necessary. At the head of them was a beautiful brown Fox, at her feet walked a huge red Direwolf, behind her came a white Cat and two Humans, well you could call one of them Human the other had rather long pointed ears. The Fox looked over her shoulder at the other three and with a flick of her head, they moved away. The Fox walked up to Hollie, “Hello Hollie”, The Direwolf put its head on Hollies knee, looked at the cookie on Hollies plate then looked at Hollie with huge Puppy eyes, “Hello Foxena” Hollie replied, she pointed to the Cookie “may I”, Foxena nodded Hollie gave the Direwolf the Cookie “here you go Bane”. The Direwolf devoured the Cookie in one bite and then spoke in a rather gravelly deep voice “thankyouHolliehowhaveouybeenIhavenotseenyouinalongtime,” Hollie chuckled and scratched Bane between the ears “I know but I have been away”.

Foxena looked at Sumr, Hollie got the message, “it is ok you can talk in front of her”, Foxena sighed and looked at Hollie “I just thought I would let you know I have been contacted with a contract to blow your ship out of the stars and make sure everyone on board is dead, I refused the contract naturally”. Hollie sighed “Thank you Foxena, it will probably be known soon but we have had a run in with the Increment”, Foxenas eyes widened slightly then went back to normal, “well I wish you luck, as you know the Isla is open to you no matter what”, “thank you Foxena”. Foxena turned and walked away her group falling in behind her.

As Hollie and Sumr went to get up Hollie notice a small envelope under her plate, she was sure it was not there before and had not seen anyone put anything there; she opened it and read the message, “what is it?” Sumr inquired, “it is a message from Faboo, he wants to meet me alone”, Sumr looked shocked “are you going alone”, “I have to if he even thinks anyone is with me he will vanish” Hollie paid her bill and got up, “I will be safe, I will meet you back at the ship” the pair hugged and went their separate ways.

Unknown location.
Hollie arrived some time later at a rundown warehouse on the out skirts of the City, she walked up to the only door and pressed a button Hollie entered and found herself in a small room, in front of her was an elevator, she entered and pressed the only button. The elevator went down a short distance and then the doors opened.
Hollie emerged to find herself in a dark room the only light was a bright spotlight above her, suddenly another spotlight snapped on in front of her, Hollie stepped into it as she did an third
spotlight snapped on, Hollie kept on walking, spotlights marking her path, then the spotlights stopped and she was left standing there, in front of her she heard a voice, “what do you want”.

Hollie answered “I came here to meet Faboo”, a light snapped on in front of Hollie blinding her, through the light she could just make out a person sitting at a table, with what looked like 2 huge shapes standing beside him, “what Business do you have with the Great Faboo” asked the voice.
Hollie took a deep breath squared her shoulders and said “Faboo do we have to go through this every time I come to see you”, the lights in the room were turned on and Hollie shielded here eyes and blinked, once she could see properly she could see a white lion with a pink mane with purple highlights, “Hollie Sweetie, you know that moi loves his theatrics” said Faboo in a flamboyant voice , Hollie looked at the huge muscle-bound Bear and Wolf standing either side of Faboo looking very serious in Black Suits and Sunglasses “Hi max, Hi Tonka how have you two been” Max and Tonka looked at each other then charged at Hollie, picking her up and hugging her between them, “HOLLIE!!, we missed you so much, how have you been, where have you been, what have you been doing??”
Hollie just started giggling, “Guys I have been fine now can you put me down so I can breathe,” gently Max and Tonka put Hollie down, “I will talk to you both later, I just need to talk to Faboo first.”
“Now Hollie what could you possibly want with little old moi” asked Faboo with a big grin on his face.

Hollie took a deep breath, looked Faboo in the eye and said, “I want to know everything you know about the Increment”
Faboo’s face fell and Hollie could for the first time in all the years she has known him see true fear in his eyes.