“This is why I hate dealing with those two,” Kira muttered.
Martha knew why the beacon appeared to have gone inactive and had let them think it was because the pirates had found and deactivated it.
“Jin’s not on Titan, is he?”Finn asked.
“No.He’s not.”Kira nodded at the trail of debris.“He’s there.”
“How do you know?”Dylan asked.
“The hulls of Tsavitee ships don’t show up on radar.Comms don’t work inside them either.”
The debris would block most signals once you entered.Especially anything built in the Consortium.That was likely what had happened to Martha and Maggie’s ship too.
“It would take years to search that stretch of space,” Dylan said, looking grim.
“We don’t need years.”Kira held up the scorpion.“We have him.”
This must be why Jin allowed himself to be taken.The easiest way to track the pirates was through the use of a Trojan horse.
In this case, Jin himself.
“What are you doing?”Dylan asked as Kira collapsed the data and packaged it up neatly for transmission.
“While Jin’s beacon indicates he was removed from Titan, I can’t discount the possibility of the children being held elsewhere.”
Jin’s research suggested several possible strongholds of Belladonna right here on station and in the nearby vicinity.
“Jace and his people can hit the other locations while we take care of their base,” Kira explained.
“Humans have already shown themselves to be involved.Perhaps it would be wise to hold off on involving any more of them than we have to,” Dylan said.
“Too late.Already sent.”
Kira understood his concerns.She really did.Humans were neck deep in this and sinking further.
But then again, so were the Tuann.
Besides, what kind of friend would she be if she iced Jace out after all he’d done for them?Without his help, they stood no chance of catching all the little mice that were bound to be sent scurrying once things kicked off.She refused to let a single one escape.
This would also take care of some of her debt to Jace.Jin’s research indicated Belladonna now rivaled the most powerful pirate clans.Rolling up their operation would go a long way to restoring his former clout.
Now for the second order of business.
Kira smiled prettily at Graydon.“I hear you have a nice, fast ship.”
Graydon considered her with amusement.“I might have.”
She shifted closer, fiddling with a scale of his synth armor as she flirted with him.“I don’t suppose a girl like me could borrow it?”
“I could arrange that.For a price.”
“What kind of price?”
Graydon leaned down, his voice dropping so only she could hear.“The kind you’ll be happy to pay.”
Kira bit back a smile as he straightened.“In that case, how good is its fire power?”
Graydon pretended to think.“Considering we came prepared for a possible showdown with rebels, I’d say it’s pretty good.”
