"Lucky or damned, I'm still making that decision."<br/><br/>Xavier waved the pistol towards the Companion again and leaned back in the pilot's chair.  The shuttle smelled faintly of engine exhaust, oil, and mold.  They had managed to get it working after a month's of repair time and the price for it had been well worth the effort.  The metal walls continued to hum briefly as the engines kicked off after he had completed the shut down sequence but he kept the starter switch on "stand by", just in case some of the Companion's actual employers came looking for her, or Buddha forbid, someone from her Guild itself.  The Companion's Guild was a powerful organization and kidnapping a Companion ranked right up there with murder on most worlds.  Persephone, thankfully, was one of those that didn't seemed to give a gorramn about the whole thing.<br/><br/>Xev shuffled uneasily in his chair and kept the gun trained on her.<br/><br/>"So, I'll ask again.  Who were you here to see and who do you think they pissed off?"