47 Chapter

I poked my head into the sickbay after the medical droid commed me and told me she is awake. I also make sure he told her I am a bit big so I don't scare her.

The human was laying on one of the beds, wrapped up in a blanket. She is young, maybe early twenties, and had shoulder-length red hair.

"I am Captain Atreus of the ship Clear Skies. May I have your name?" I ask her softly as she stared at me with wide eyes.

She is silent for a few moments while swallowed before she answered me "T-this one is called Nisica, Sir."

I nodded "Pleased to meet you, Nisica. Mind telling me how you came to be on that other ship?" and she hugged the blanket softly.

"The ship belonged to this one's Master, Sir. This one will be punished for leaving the ship, sir, Master Rixx ordered Nisica not to."

I ruffled my feathers as I regarded the miserable sight before me "Captain Rixx is dead. He will not be punishing anyone anymore. You are free now." I tell her.

She blinked up at me with big (for a human) green eyes "Master Rixx is dead...did Sir kill him?" she asks and I gave her a nod.

"In a way. I ordered the deed so yes."

She struggled onto her knees to kneel on the bed, the blanket sliding off her leaving her only wearing bandages as she looked up at me "Then this one belongs to Master Atreus now. How may this one serve?"

...I should have expected something like that.

I move over to slowly pulled the blanket up again, making sure it stays on her shoulders while trying not to scare her "How long have you been a slave, Nisica?" I asked her.

She swallowed as I get closer, realizing just how massive I really am before she answered "Nisica has always been slave, Master."

Taking a step back I slowly shook my head "I do not have a use for a slave, Nisica. You are free now. You don't need to be a slave."

Nisica starred up at me and quietly burst into tears "T-this one is worth money Master, please, please sell this one. Master need not kill her."

I quickly shook my head "There will be no killing! And I won't sell you to anyone!" with wide eyes as she starts to blinked the tears from hers.

"Master keep Nisica?"

I sighed and shook my head "I...Get some rest. Focus on healing." before heading out of the sickbay.

As I exited I see Samantha leaning against the wall outside the open door. I close it before looked down at her. "You heard?" I ask and she nodded.

"Slave conditioning, likely since birth. It's rare, but not that rare and usually used for...pleasure slaves." she answered and I sighed, starting to make my way towards the bridge and she walked with me.

"Can it be broken?" I asked and she frowned before answering.

"I don't know, I'm not exactly an expert in the slave trade. If anyone can, the Jedi should be able to or at least know somebody that know-how."

I nodded as we entered the bridge "We are about at the time for another vacation anyway. We get Skies repaired and then we head for Coruscuant." I say before giving Cormac a nod at the helm "Set a course for the Evictit system and jump to hyperspace."

Cormac sighed and nodded, leaning back in his chair as he starts to hit buttons "Well, this will be a boring ride. Two weeks in hyperspace..."

Snorting I raise my head fathers in amusement "Think it would help if we went out and pushed?" I ask, causing him to chuckle.

I coiled up around my pillar, pulling up the view of the small freighter that quickly disappeared as we jump into hyperspace. We downloaded its database and then nuked its computer.

The pirates can lay and rot where they fell. Everything on that wreck is tainted by the Zuul wannabees. The hold of their ship didn't contain treasures, it had been converted into cells.

They where slavers, not normal pirates.

I don't want any of it.