Space Pirates

I would like to share my dream with you over a cup of coffee.  I will wait for you to get one.  Go ahead.  My choice is a cup of Green Mountain Coffee, Southern Pecan flavor, but feel free to have what you would like.  Tea, maybe?  I'll wait.

Okay, so, now you have your hot drink?  I heard somewhere that no one wants to hear your dreams.  If that is the case, maybe you should stop reading and go enjoy your warm beverage.  I think this a pretty good one, though.

I've added a few literary embellishments, but for the most part it's from the dream.  Aunt Terrance, name and description, all came from the dream, for example.  Sip away and read on!

I was on this space station with my best friend which is all I had for a crew at the time.  We were laying low, but we had to find a new “tech” guy before we headed out. We already pulled one job (read, "stole something important") and we needed to get out of there before anyone caught on.

We found this guy who is smart, tech savvy, and, most importantly, handsome. He was willing to live on the run with us. We hired him on the spot. We were about to leave the station when a very important Lady asked to come with us. We agreed because we were in a hurry.

Once we were in space, we got hijacked by the Space Virus. He looked like a man, but he infects others so that they don't know themselves anymore and they do his biding. He attacked us and tried to take the Lady.  The new guy and I tried to protect the Lady, but he grabbed her and flew off again.

The two of us rushed to the bay of our spaceship, where we keep all our smaller space crafts,  to follow immediately after The Virus and bring the Lady back. The only craft he could have flown was one that were going to steal from the station we just left.  
 

"No worries," I said. He protested, but I had already called for my ride.  Whistled was more like it. It was a little guy with a mind of his own, my old friend. He was red and blue and looked like a treadmill from the 80's without the moving part.

His name was Aunt Terrance and he was very dusty because we had been hiding out for a while and hadn't had a chance to get back to the ship. He was very excited to see me, almost like a happy puppy wagging his tail, and I jumped on.

The “tech” guy was protesting but Aunt Terrance and I sailed off after The Virus and the Lady. I promised to Aunt T. I would give him a good cleaning off when we got back.

I followed the villain and Lady to the closest space station.  I hovered around slowly, trying to find them while staying under the radar--I'm a wanted pirate after all.

I spotted them and tried to go after them, but a woman, some kind of security or magistrate, sensed me. I went invisible with Aunt Terrance's help and floated around.  I jumped off onto a deck to get closer to The Virus and the Lady. Technology had changed, though, since I had been to this station last, and the woman sensed my energy without seeing me. She chased me around the station.

I had to fulfill my mission and save the Lady, however.  I whistled for Aunt Terrance and he picked me up. We scoured for the Lady and find her. We swooped in and grabbed her, but as we were getting away, the Virus shot at us.  I took the hit and became infected. The lady was okay and we made it back to the ship. But I was infected.  It was just a matter of time before I lost my sense of reality and turned into a pawn of The Space Virus...

The end!  How was your hot drink?  I think I might make this into a story, but for now, I hope you weren't too bored reading it!  Thanks for listening...reading!