She froze.“Mathor.Fucking hell.Geri?”
“Yes, my treasure?”
“Did you get turned into a Mathor?”
“Oh, you are quick.You are really smart, despite the appearance.”
“So, how tall are you?”
“Seven feet of golden-skinned goodness.Covered with tattoos, too.”
“Cool.How long are you in there?”
“Another ten hours.How high are the ceilings?”
“You have about two feet to spare.Just don’t jump.”
“Cool.”
“What happened?”
“Do you remember my last fight?”
“Uh, do you mind the guys listening in?”
“No, I am good.Anyway, the last one was a personal challenge, and if I won, I would get my freedom, and if the big twit won, he would get a night with me with a restriction on damage.”
“Okay.What happened?”
“I didn’t win, but he wanted a fairly even coupling, so since I register as genetic Play-Doh, I was given Mathor genetics, and I was boosted in height to about seven feet tall.They used arena equipment, and that left me with a high radiation signature, so while my new designer was having lunch with some arena investors, I fucked off.Stole a ship and flew as far as I could manage.I ran into Isolde, who had just gotten dosed and ended up pregnant.I flew her to the array, and I went to sleep while my mind took over computers around the system, including this vessel.That was fun.The last few months with Chloe and Skylar have been exciting.”
“I can imagine.You can split your mind?”
“Of course.It came with the gene jump.”
“Did they ask you if you wanted to be transformed?”Margo asked quietly.
“No.I went kicking and screaming, took out a few medics, still not a mark on me.”
“Hah.Well, you would have ended up in a skimpy outfit when the Zowoth arrived.Wait.They showed up three weeks after we last saw you.”
“Yeah.The guy who had me enhanced got irritated that I disappeared.He decided to have the Zowoth look in the last place he had seen me.”
“Shit.”
Margo looked around, and the men were looking at her wide-eyed.“What you are saying is freaking out the crew.Soven, why are you guys looking ill?”
“Because we are doubting that you will let us call Aken-Var to tell him about the lady who is on this ship.”
Geri laughed.“You have got to be kidding.I am not a lady.I am not really a spaceship or two, and I am definitely not just a body in a container.Oh, Margo, I am going to need some clothing in size titan.”
Margo paused.“Gotcha.I am looking forward to seeing you again, but I think I am going to end up with my face mid-cleavage.”
“Buy me a drink first.I am not into ladies, but I will get a free drink.”
Margo laughed.“I will go to the fabricator and see what I can find in a huge toga until you can get measured for something specific.I just have to ask, why did the big dude want you?There were other tall ladies in the rankings.”
Geri snorted, which was funny for a disembodied voice.“He said something about me being hisLikuska.I can’t get a translation for it.”
