savior of halcyon
Summary: With Phineas taken by the Board, the crew starts to plan out how to break into Tartarus. But after a while, captain Ray realizes that to succeed, they need help from a faction who would really hate to see their face again due to a failed contract.
No warnings, this is a short little thing :3
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"I thought I told you to never enter my office again."
"Aren't you grumpy today. Don't worry, don't worry, holster your guns. I come in peace I swear. I would've brought a white flag but I wasn't really sure if Halcyon sees it as a give up sign or has some other meaning for it-"
Lilya took a deep breath and said, "I'll count to three and if you're not gone, my guards will get you out."
"No, no, no, wait! I have something to say," Ray said, but walked a bit closer to the door, hand ready to open it, "I have a guest who would love to see you, Lilya. But you must promise you will listen to her before you and your guards here take your guns out, okay?"
One of the guards rolled their eyes and asked loudly. "Who the fuck do you think you are? Some savior of the colony or something?"
"Well-"
"Quiet," Hagen said calmly and leaned back in her chair, "As a leader of a legally operating corporation, I guess I should have a peaceful meeting with stakeholders. Go on, show me who's this person who 'would love to see me'."
Ray nodded and opened the door properly. A woman in fully black outfit walked in. She was clearly afraid, but still held her head high and tried to look like she knows what she's doing.
Before Lilya could say anything, Ray said, "Lilya Hagen, this is Eva Chartrand. I am sure you are wondering why I-"
"We need your help with going against the Board," Chartrand said calmly. "The conspiracy you were after? The Board is behind it."
Lilya stood up, which Ray had never seen her do despite visiting her office so many times, and walked right in front of Chartrand. Ray held their breath as the Sublighr boss looked into the scientists eyes, while Chartrand stood still, not giving any kind of signs of panic. Ray wondered how many times has she stood like this in front of some Board managers. Eva clearly had some experience with standing up to people who are way more powerful than she is.
Lilya stared into Chartrand's eyes for a moment, before sitting back on her desk and taking out a cigarette. "Talk," she said while lighting it.
"The Board was interested to see if we could change human protein to-"
"Less science talk, more actual facts. Last warning."
"They wanted us to change humans so we could eat local ingredients better," Chartrand said, "It's all planned by the Board, and we even sent a message about it back to Earth."
Lilya looked at her for a moment. "What made the Captain decide to keep you alive?"
"They asked me to work for Phineas Welles. But I haven't seen him yet and-"
"Phin?" Hagen turned to Ray, "Is this related to those cystypig shipments I got him from Monarch?"
Ray flinched a little from her gaze. "Kinda, he was testing out a dimethyl sulfoxide compound to see if he can thaw out some of the people from the Hope. They are genetically very close to hu-"
"What did I say about science?"
"Ah, sorry, got a bit excited. Anyway, Phineas is exactly why we need your help. The Board got him and now we need to save him."
Lilya dumped her cigarette into the ashtray and stood up. "And you want me to...?"
Ray opened his mouth, but Eva answered first. "Help us break into Tartarus."
"Hm..."
"We could really, really use your help, Lilya," Ray began, "Groundbreaker and Monarch factions are already on board with this plan. Sublight is an extremely strong faction, you would definitely help us a lot. Together we can make sure that the Board would never do things like this again." He glanced at Chartrand and hoped that she wouldn't say that as a scientist nothing would stop her. "OH! And you could also add "savior of Halcyon" into your resume too, for real now. And Sublight would be, like, so popular because of it."
"I need to think about it. Await an answer in one to three business days."
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