Free Leaving Triad by KD Jones Page A

answered.
    Zor looked over at Emily to see her shaking
uncontrollably. He walked over to her, seeing the tears in her
eyes. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and pulled her into
his chest. He ran his hand down the back of her head, smoothing her
hair as he did. He kissed her forehead and rested his chin on the
top of her head. He could feel her tears soaking through his
uniform.
    Zor was overwhelmed with rage, seeing his
Emily hurt like that. He wanted to kill the human scumbag, but he
knew he couldn’t. “Curly, take him down to the holding cell and see
that he is not released,” Zor requested, knowing if the human was
not taken away soon he would just pull out his laser gun and shoot
him.
    “Yes, Captain,” Curly said and dragged Jeremy
off by his arm.
    “Here, Emily, let’s go back to our room,” he
stated. “I’ll take care of you.”
    “I have to finish my shift,” she
answered.
    “No, I will talk to Henry,” he answered, “I
can’t let you go back so soon after that.”
    He helped her right her clothes and then
scooped her into his arms, cradling her, and holding her tightly
against him. He didn’t ever want her to leave his sight again. He
carried her into their quarters, laid her on the bed, and brushed a
strand of hair out of her face.
    “I'll be back,” he stated lovingly.
    “Don’t go yet,” she begged, grabbing onto his
wrist with both of her hands. “Please, just lay with me for a
minute.”
    He laid on the bed next to her, pulling her
close to him. He knew he needed to go and tell Henry what was going
on, but he couldn’t stand to leave her while she was so frightened.
It took maybe an hour of him rubbing his hands up and down her back
to get her asleep. He kissed her cheek and carefully slid off the
bed.
    He went down to the bar, still furious at the
human male, but calmer than he was and more able to control himself
than before. Instead of waiting for Henry, he just walked back
behind the bar to the grill. He motioned for Curly to follow, who
was sitting at the far end of the bar alone.
    “What’s going on, Captain?” Henry
questioned.
    “I want that man off my ship,” Zor stated,
still trying to remain calm. “He attacked Emily again and was about
to rape her.”
    “Son of a bitch!” Henry was livid.
    “Well what do you have in mind for him,
Captain?” Curly asked.
    “It’s too bad we are on an outpost. If we
were anywhere in space, I’d throw him out into a black hole. I
can’t stand to see him anymore, he went too far this time.”
    “What do you think we should do?” Henry
asked.
    “I don’t care, but I want you two to help get
him off my fucking ship before I do kill him,” Zor returned,
growling at the thought of the worthless being. “Let’s go.”
    Henry called Talia over. “Last call now, and
when you’re done, go check on Emily. Make sure she is still asleep,
take a six pack in case she’s not.”
    “What’s going on?” she questioned.
    “It’s better that you don’t know,” Zor stated
and walked out.
    *****
    The brig as they called it, which was where
the holding cells were kept, was dark with poor lighting only good
enough to see the people in the cells. Zor felt the rage trying to
consume him again as he opened Jeremy’s cell. He kicked him way
harder than he needed to wake him. “Get up, you worthless piece of
shit.”
    Zor yanked him to his feet, tied his arms
behind his back and started pushing him toward the cargo hatch. All
four of the men walked to the cargo hold and jumped down off the
ship. Jeremy had a laser gun to his back so he didn't dare argue,
not even a whimper when he twisted his ankle as he landed on the
asphalt of the port bay. Zor had thought they were just going to
leave Jeremy on the outpost to fend for himself, but something else
caught his eye.
    They walked straight over to where the
black-market alien slave traders had set up their shop. The slave
traders were well-known all throughout the galaxies, but