Lance Daniels<br/>Position: Engineer<br/>Location: Cargo area and then upper engine room with Sophie<br/>Tagged: Keri, Braxton, Sue, Sophie<br/>Mentioned: Mya<br/><br/>Lance had cast Keri a strange look at her unexpected laugh.  He fancied himself a witty and humorous man, but he didn't think his remark had warranted so strong a response.  He wondered if it was something of a "I know something you don't know" laugh.  He gave her a big thumbs up as she admitted that she once again would not be loading fuel cells.<strong>"This is a great day for equality, Keri.  It's generous offers like yours to carry the five pounds of parts that ensure our almost success as a business venture."</strong>Of course, Lance had no intention of helping with them either.<br/><br/>When Braxton appeared and announced that the landing issue had been resolved, Lance laughed, having already nodded to Keri in a silent concession of defeat at not even having had to carry the five pounds of parts.<strong>"<em>Mya</em> got that issue resolved?  Anything to avoid certain people from having to contribute land side, is it?  Soon you'll have Elfi negotiating."</strong>Then Braxton announced the imminent take off.<strong>"Enough of that, then, have pre-flight checks to do."</strong>Joking aside, he couldn't believe that Mya had worked some kind of deal that didn't involve sex acts.  He forgot that she was a skilled doctor.  Maybe she agreed to treat a patient or two.<br/><br/>He was turning to make his way to the engine room when Sue approached, dragging a handcuffed Sophie alongside him.  The situation and Sue's words generated a lot of thoughts, questions, and remarks, but none of them seemed to make it out.<strong>"We're about to take off, so I have to go do checks.  I'll...yeah.  I'll take care of that in a minute."</strong>He watched as Sue spoke to Sophie as though she were much younger than she was, and he definitely registered the implied threat.<em>What the hell is going on here?</em><br/><br/>He didn't have time to dwell on it long, though, as Sophie stepped forward and brandished the cuffs for Lance, the chain lifting her dress and briefly revealing her panties before dropping back down.  He couldn't help but notice that Sophie did kind of sound like a little kid as she spoke to Sue, making the kiss on the cheek she gave him the cause of some conflicted emotions which weren't helped by the fact that one of her cuffed hands grazed over his groin.<strong>"Uh...welcome.  Well, right.  I have to go do pre-flight checks.  Just wait in the upper engine room and sit down, and I'll be with you after we get that settled."</strong><br/><br/>He turned around and made his way to the lower engine room, wanting to put his back to her as soon as possible so that his oncoming arousal wouldn't be noticed.  He took care of the minimum checks since he didn't have much time, and then made his way to upstairs, almost losing his balance by one unexpected jerk once they were airborne.<em>What is Keri doing up there?</em>Whatever it was, things evened back out well in time for landing.  His erection had gone away by the time he made it back upstairs, and he had a small shim in his hand for the cuffs.<strong>"So this is what happens when you go through stuff that isn't yours?"</strong>