Subsequent Fall Part 11: Downing the Dirty

Astral slammed open the doors as James tackled him to the ground. Jaimie wrapped Angel up in her arms as they laughed. "Who is ready to take down an evil gang!" Astral shouted as Adam sighed.

"But I just made the galaxy peaceful again…" Adam dropped his head as Astral and Jaimie handed their present to him.

He started unwrapping them, the masks filled with different life bound to each of them. He set them to the side as he looked at the blood soaked one. "That one is my bad." Astral looked at his hands as they were finally healed.

Adam set the mask to the side as he wanted to care for that one himself. Opening up the next bag, it was a couple of other odd ended trinkets with some drawing supplies. Pulling out the notebook the pages went on forever as Adam tapped his side with his other notebooks.

"We figured with how they advertised it, you can make a stockpile using the other books and have that for your drawings you need less frequently." Jaimie stood once again as Angel clung to her back. "Said it was a never ending notebook." Adam got up and dove over the table hugging Jaimie as she struggled to stay up as she got tackled.

"Your part of it is over, thank you for looking after the station." Astral watched as he pointed over to the girl in the doorway. "So, we are training you, correct?" She nodded as Valkira couldn't stop Angel and James from saying hi to the two of them.

"Yes, and with the training I have received I should be able to pass my father and beat him." Valkira saw Shiro pop up behind her as the two went to the training room.

Astral shut the door behind Valkira as she and Shiro left. "Now back to my issue, Alexa, use Adam's resources and tap into what is known about the cartel. I'm also positive you installed a backdoor when we were kidnapped?"

"How the fuck did someone like you get kidnapped?" Adam and Achilles looked over at him.

"Drugs, lots of drugs." Airsoft held a baggie up. "They call it amo." Tossing it onto the table the others look at it as Astral tries to grab it. With Jaimie grabbing his collar and pulling him back. "Highly addictive. Jaimie got hit with close to the lethal limit of the drug, it numbs everything."

"And him?" Achilles grabbed the bag and put it in a box before setting it on fire. Astral fell to his knees as he watched it burn.

"Try a full year's supply. Estimated that he was hit with five thousand times the normal lethal limit and was mainly moving around until his liver gave out." Airsoft showed the boxes left behind.

"Holy shit." Adam walked back as he started to help Alexa pull up all the information on the cartel. "They are so well documented." Astral and Jaimie tilted their heads in awe. 

"All their information is listed directly under a separate page under business. The empire and the independents have many dealings with them." Alexa showed their business deals as they went on forever. 

"Oh, they were involved with both the strong factions on a lot of levels. The rebellion bought weapons and ammunition from them." Astral studied the transactions. "Wait, look at the descriptions, they aren't even hiding their crimes, the cartel become too big. It wouldn't matter even if the rebels won." Astral sat down in a chair as he was in awe.

"Well, from what we are finding. Here is their hierarchy." Jaimie put the bulletins up on the holo table as Astral studied it. "There is one above them all, nothing, no information other than he is powerful." Jaimie lifted the first dot. "This slug, the one we killed. Was in charge of the day to day operations, no specialty but kept everything neatly organized, known for his financial savviness."

"Next up is Mavis. She is an alien tenten, mind controlling and tricking people into slavery. Pretty much farms people from birth and ships them off. Brainwashing them as obedient as possible." Jaimie lifted the second image as Adam pulled up the third to follow her.

"Nightmare, not much is known about him other than his extreme talent with a blade. Works in assassinations and kill orders, he and the best bounty hunter are number one and two for completed bounties."

"Who is the number one?" Astral drew the dots together as he saw the issues for them forming.

"Josey, currently on the run, probably trying to retire." Adam laughed. "He was working for the Independants, then he was driven away when you two blew up their processing plant." Astral shrugged as Jaimie looked over at her husband.

"We can take them down in three moves, destroying their drug trade." Jaimie had done her reading on this.

"Break apart their slave drive and their betting rings." Adam held his fist up to Jaimie.

"And smash them on their hub planet where Nightmare will be pinned up in fear." Jaimie bumped her fist with Adam's.

"Got it, Airsoft?" Astral looked to his left. "Ready the Everlast with your crew. Handpick them. Jaimie and I will be breaking into their spice vault. Burning the planet into ash after we evacuate them all to safety." Airsoft pressed two buttons on his phone as he sprinted away.

"Achilles, you will be joining me by my side. Adam, take the twins and destroy their slave market." Adam and Achilles nodded as Astral pulled something out from his bag, flinging headbands at Adam, Angel and James. "Wear those and you will be immune to the mind effects, probably."

"Probably?" Adam put it on as he felt at ease. "Yes, I think it'll work. Load up. James, Angel. Let's move to hit this cartel where it hurts." Adam sprinted out the door as Angel and James chased after him.

"Achilles, are you ready to fight?" Astral extended his hand out as Achilles took it and hops up to follow them to the Everlast.