Project Prometheus Ch. 55 - Teaser (Patreon)

“Taal’ani and the Artucian have been taken. By slavers,” Jaesa told the crew.

“What?! How? Why?? By whom?!?” Inari questioned, terrified and pissed off at the same time.

“It looks to be the work of a local group of sentient traffickers. A well-equipped group of sentient traffickers,” Jaesa told the crew as she played the video clips for them to watch. A few peeps of surprise and dismay sounded among the crew, along with growls and gasps of anger.

“How in the name of the gods were you able to find out that Taal’ani was taken?” Alex questioned.

“Talon had a few implants placed inside her head, which allows her to be tracked and to send signals for help. This was back during the days when she was being hunted and had to rely on the goodwill of strangers just to get by,” Jaesa informed him.

“Sounds like she was preparing herself to go down a deep and dark rabbit hole!” Kasumi commented.

“When a legendary bounty hunter known only as ‘The Ghost’ is after you, you take many precautions to make sure you are found! Ancestors know there are a million and one ways to vanish and never be seen or heard from again,” Korsa commented idly.

“We’re going after her, right?” Priya asked, looking at Alex, as he was the ranking officer among them.

“Damn right we are! No one from the crew gets left behind!” Alex said as he stood up and walked from the room.

Natalya, Shazza and Kasumi were right on his heels, following the man down to the armory. Inari and Priya were right behind them, making a quick detour to the Medbay, along with Korsa, who wanted to check on Zuzanna. The futa woman turned and smiled at the trio as they entered, bubbling in excitement.

“Hey! Is it time for the procedure… what’s going on?” Zuzanna asked, seeing the serious looks on the faces of her friends.

“Talon was taken. By traffickers,” Inari said simply.

“Shit! I heard things were a little dicey out on the frontier, but I didn’t think things had become that bad!” Zuzanna replied, shocked at what she was hearing.

“Looks like they have and that the crew that grabbed her and the Artucian were pros,” Priya told her lover.

“Wait, they nabbed the Artucian too? Those fuckers!!” the blonde woman griped.

“Zuzie, mind your blood pressure now,” Korsa warned, monitoring her vitals.

“Yeah, yeah! I know! It just….” the futa woman stated.

“We know. The rest of the crew are mustering up now to go after them. We just thought you should know instead of wondering where the hell everyone went,” Priya explained.

“You’re going after them too, right?” Zuzanna asked.

“Damn straight we are! We just wanted to check up on you before we left. Delilah!” Inari called out.

“Yes, Inari?” the sexbot replied as she darted into the medbay.

“Keep an eye on Zuzie here while we’re out. Don’t want anything happening to her,” Inari said seriously.

“Yes, ma’am!” Delilah saluted before stepping up and taking a guard post close to where Zuzanna lay. The blonde woman smiled and pulled both Inari and Priya in for a kiss each, moaning as she did so. Both women kissed her back, sighing happily at this gesture of affection.

“Go get ‘em!” Zuzanna told the pair.

“With pleasure!”