CHAPTER 58

Chapter 58

Sol 104 29h 59m

The Daisy Duke makes land fall at the Japanese City of Reddoshiti. The City is much taller then any city on Earth with average buildings being over 250 stories high. The buildings were not grey like the buildings on Earth many of them looked to be covered in grass or moss, many of them also had decks or patios covered in grass with yards and they were all light up. Iliza raises up and flies over the City which is lit up in a multitude of colored lights with advertisements everywhere. Even though it's late the city's bustling with activity. Iliza flies over to one of the tallest buildings near the coastline, she lands on a landing pad. "This is it! Home sweet home." Says Iliza happily as she shuts down the Daisy Duke and climbs out of the cockpit.

"Come on." she says as she takes Jack's hand and leads him out of the ship and across the large landing pad to a entrance to the building. Once inside she leads Jack down some stairs through another door into a white hallway with a navy blue carpet. She walks over to a Elevator, she's now very anxious and excited. "When was the last time you were home?" asks Jack. "Ahhh…. Hmmmm… a couple weeks ago, it's easier and cheaper to stay on base then to commute." says Iliza. The elevator arrives, they climb in and she enters the floor below. "Yea I have the penthouse suite. You should see the view." she brags. "Perks of working for Space X?" mutters Jack. "No the perks of being a Speedracer Champion. Space X pays well but not this well." smiles Iliza as they land on her floor, a fingerprint scanner activates which Iliza uses to open the elevator door. "You got the whole floor?" says Jack in astonishment. "Yea  I actually got 3 floors. Come on let me give you a tour." she says as they enter the suite.

The apartment in an open concept, with Brick a wall around the outer edge  in the shape of an L  and glass on the other 2 sides. The pillars are painted a eggshell white, with very polished dark hardwood floors. The Elevator wall separates the suite in half as a wall extends from one main building wall which is right next to the elevator to 3/4 of the way to the opposite wall which is glass, next to the Elevator along the 3/4 wall is the kitchen area. Right in front of the elevator is the living room which is as large as the Space X cafeteria. It is a L shape that extends all the way around the front half of the building around the kitchen and dining area.  In the center area between the separations is elegant spiral staircase made from cast iron but painted a blue steel like color.

The kitchen is white with all stainless steel appliances along the main wall, with cupboards above the appliances. Next to the stove is a kitchen counter with a built in dishwasher, on the other side of the stove is the stainless steel fridge.  Across from the appliances is  a Island, on the other side of the island long bar table counter filled with a mini fridge, booze, Ice machine and a variety of glasses and mugs. Just beyond the bar is the Dining area. A large table with preset placemats and everything is white.   Along the far wall in front of the Dining area is the game area. There is a pool table right next to the Dining room Table but it is not that close to the table as to interrupt either area. Along the wall beyond the table is a line of old arcade games and pinball machines with photos of Iliza,  mostly in her racing outfit standing next to a variety of celebrities. "I'm surprised you don’t have all your trophies on display in here" says Jack as he looks around. "They're downstairs I have a whole floor of them." smiles Iliza as she dumps her purse on the bar and heads around the kitchen to the other side of the apartment. The separation wall from the front to the back is 12 feet thick, that is because it doubles as a bathroom wall with a built in shower and bathroom area, Jack follows her.

The bathroom counter is very big and filled with makeup and other cosmetic stuff. The bathroom mirror has over head and round lighting.  The Bed is in the very center of the room and is a floating hover bed. "Excuse me a moment I have to use your facilities." says Jack as he enters the bathroom. After a few minutes Jack exits the bathroom to find Iliza in a slim black lace nighty, holding two wine glasses of white milky liquid sitting on the bed. Jack smiles as she reaches out for Jack to take one of the glasses from her, he does and sits next to her on the bed. "To moments" says Iliza getting Jack to cheers he does and he takes a sip. "Mmmm what is this?" asks Jack as he enjoys the sweet creamy drink. "It's Cociacee, It's an alcoholic energy… Ummm drink. It can be a bit intense but I mean it's the shit. It helps with your libido, You like?" asks Iliza. "I do can I have another?" asks Jack. "Oh no, this stuff comes with a hefty kick, just give it a few minutes. If you like I can open the Vodka" she says as she points to a bottle of vodka placed on a night stand by the head of the bed.  

"Wow, I feel warm." says Jack. "If you like we can sit on the deck?" asks Iliza as she opens the patio door, the patio goes all the way around the floor. There is a large Yard on the side of the building where the Living room wall is. Jack follows Iliza outside. "What does this stuff do?" asks Jack as he can feel his heart start pounding, he feels very awake and very alert at the moment. Jack's senses suddenly feel heightened. "It’s like an energy booster, it heightens one's senses, it increases blood pressure, it also encourages the body to produce oxytocin, testosterone, adrenaline. The best way I can describe it it's like drinking caffinated coacaine and viagra." smiles Iliza. "Does it have the same effect on you as it is having on me?" asks Jack. "Oh yea, of course, that's why I have it." says Iliza as she walks around the back of the patio to the yard side of the deck. There are a few patio chairs and hot tub and a fire pit, and a small bar. The floor of the patio is all grass and feels very cool on Jack's feet. The breeze makes his body tingle as he removes his shirt as he is very warm.

Jack sits on one of the lawn chairs, Iliza fixes Jack a glass of Caipirovska she walks over to the lawn chair passes Jack the drink and sits down on the chair next to him. "Wow what a view, this place is so beautiful." says Jack as he takes a sip. "Mmmm. Delicious what is this?" asks Jack. "It's called a Caipirovska, it’s lime, sugar, Ice and Vodka. It's one of my favorites." says Iliza as she sits down very close to Jack on the lawn chair, she sets down her glass on the grass beside the chair and kisses him. 

Sol 105 01h 42m

Iliza climbs off Jack's naked body and heads to the bar. Jack is drenched in sweat, his heart is racing, and he his panting, Iliza is fanning herself with her hand as she's hot and bothered, she is smiling with pleasure, she makes them both another drink before returning to the lawn chair. "Wow that was amazing." says Jack. as he lays in the chair almost motionless. "I expecting you to ask a question" she says as she hands Jack a drink and sits on the edge of the chair. "You're absolutely right, do you want to do that again?" he says as he sits up and kisses her again.  She kisses him back, puts her drink down beside the chair and takes his drink and places it down on the ground beside her drink before climbing back on top of him.

Sol 105 02h 30m

Now in the bedroom Iliza lays exhausted, burnt out and dripping in sweat under Jack's arm on the bed. Jack slowly regains his breath, motionless and smiling. "So… N.." starts Jack but Iliza sticks her finger over his lips. "Shhhhh" she says as she drapes her arm back across Jack's chest. Jack wants to break the silence, he wants to get up and move as he is still filled with energy and pep, but he doesn’t want to disturb Iliza who now appears to be sleeping. He glances down at the top of her head, he listens. After a few minutes Iliza suddenly Slaps Jack on the chest with the hand she had drapped over his chest, she sits up. "Ok I'm good." she climbs out of bed and heads off to the kitchen. Jack smiles as he hears the pitter patter of her bare feet, Jack climbs out of bed and follows her.

Iliza is standing naked at the bar making a drink. Jack walks around to the other side of the bar and stares at her smiling. "That was incredible." he says finally breaking the silence while she sips on her drink. "I know." smiles Iliza back as she pats Jack's cheek. "So now what?" asks Jack. "Well I love Fuckin and Flyin so it's time to go flying." says Iliza as she hands Jack a glass of ice water and returns to the bedroom. Jack sips his drink and heads out onto the patio to retrieve his clothes.

Jack dresses and grabs the glasses left behind from earlier. he heads inside and Iliza is dressed in her IVA suit and ready to go, her hair roughly tied in a bun,  shes smiling wearing aviator sunglasses. "Ready to go?" asks Iliza. "Wow that was fast, I mean for a girl." says Jack. Iliza gives him a look as she walks to the elevator. In minutes the pair are back in The Daisy Duke. "Where to now?" asks Jack. "You just love to ask questions don't you?" asks Iliza as she lifts off. "Only when I'm not in control" replies Jack smugly. Iliza gives Jack a snide smile in return as she takes her ship into orbit.

Sol 105 03h 10m

Iliza connects her FTL drive to the Daisy Duke, and in seconds they are gone, then they're stopping. They are at the Belt. Iliza disengages the FTL  just beyond the Belt. "I have a need a need for…" Iliza glances over at Jack for his input. "A NEED FOR SPEED." they say together, and with this she slams down the throttle and makes her way into the Belt. Iliza flicks a switch and speaks lower. A digital screen raises up on the center console. She puts on Thunderstruck by 2 Cellos. Which starts out really slow with 2 Cellos playing, climaxing into 'Thump Thump… Thump Thump,' and she the music transitions into a faster pace she reaches the Belt.

Iliza weaves and dodges the asteroids barrel rolling while twisting the ship in an upward direction between several large Asteroid. The song Through the Fire and flames by Dragons Force starts as Iliza Slams on the brakes as she slips narrowly between two asteroids on a collision course, narrowly missing a smaller third asteroid which is crossing the opening she is passing through. She turns the ship and slams on the throttle once more. She weaves through what appears to be a small freeway for speeding asteroids, as if she were weaving through traffic. Jack is bug eyed and nervous as she narrowly misses several larger asteroids floating past in various directions. Jack's grip on a console is imprinting. as he fearfully hollers. "Whoa, whoa, Watch out, OH MY GOD! Shhhhhiiiit!" Iliza is trying not to laugh. "Geez, calm down, I thought you were a good pilot? I saw that flight pattern you had at the battle of Orion." says Iliza Calmly. "Yea but we were being hunted by cannibals this is different and I ain't fuckin flying now am I?!!" states Jack excitedly. "You wanna fly?" asks Iliza staring at Jack with a smile while whizzing past more asteroids. Jack now terrified clenched up all limps tightly bracing themselves wherever they can.

Iliza slows the Daisy Duke, "Get your feet off the console." she snarls  as she pulls out a steel rod from beside her seat and whacks the tips of Jack's toes, Jack takes his feet off the console. Jack relaxes for a moment he wipes his sweaty hands on his thighs while Iliza changes the Song to Final Countdown Journey. She turns her attention back to the asteroid belt and slams down hard on the throttle. "Having fun yet?" asks Iliza holding back a smile. "Oh… I'm Good! I'm good!" yells Jack over the music trying to hide his fear. "Jack I thought you were crazy and Brave you seems scared?" asks Iliza, "It's cuz I'm not the one in control. Things are different when you're not in the hot seat trust me." replies Jack as he keeps his eyes on the flight path. "Ok fine." says Iliza as she slams on the brakes and the ship comes to a halt.

Iliza climbs out of her seat and directs Jack to take her place. Jack sits down and buckles in Iliza stands behind him and gives him a quick tutorial on all the controls. "If you put a single scratch on my girl I will literally kill you." growls Iliza as she climbs into the other seat.  Jack takes a deep breath, his hands are nearly touching the control wheel. He's very nervous. "Are you nervous?" asks Iliza. "A little bit, I haven't flown a real ship since Orion. But I got this." says Jack as he nervously takes the wheel and throttle. Jack slowly accelerates and tests out the ship. "Wow, my grandma flies faster than this and she's buried 6ft under." jokes Iliza. It takes Jack several minutes to get the hang of the ship, the entire time Iliza mocks and teases Jack about the speed at which he is flying. "Would you like me to take over?" asks Iliza. "No, no I'm just feeling her out." replies Jack.

Jack pushes the throttle a little more as he starts weaving through the asteroid field, "That's it" smiles Iliza as she relaxes in her seat. Iliza behaves like a backseat driver directing Jack's every move, this begins to annoy Jack as her constant comments prevent him from focusing on his task. Jack attempts to drone out her directions by turning on the music, but as Jack reaches for the controls Iliza slaps his hand away. "What are you doing? Focus." snaps Iliza. "I'm trying but you keep yapping in my ear." Jack snaps back, "That's why I want to the music on." finishes Jack. "Yapping in your ear!" says Iliza in a very pissed off tone. "Look I'm trying to help you. I don't want you to fuck up my ship." growls Iliza. "I know, I get it, but you're distracting me." says Jack. "Oh and loud music won't?" sarcastically replies Iliza. "No it will help me focus and get into rhythm." replies Jack as looks over at Iliza and nearly hits a asteroid, he weaves hard to the left and nearly loses control of the ship, but he manages to keep control. Iliza is now glaring at him. "See this is what I'm talking about NOW focus!" snaps Iliza once more.

Jack pushes the throttle a little faster and he focuses on the path. "LEFT, LEFT, right, up! Come on watch out, keep an out to the left, look there.!" directs Iliza. "Ya know I got this! I don't need your help." groans Jack as he continues to fly through the asteroid belt. "Sure." mumbles Iliza who is getting frustrated on her on. "WATCH OUT, Up! Hard left.. harder, Watch it! CAREFUL!" yells Iliza. "I am, I am just chillax!" replies Jack as he struggles with the wheel. "OH JEEZ, watch it! Careful!" snaps Iliza. "FUCK SERIOUSLY!" snaps Jack. He slams on the brakes, he shakes his head and in frustration removes his seat belt. "What the fuck are you doing!" a confused and frustrated Iliza says as she removes her seat belt.

Jack climbs out of the seat. "Fuck man, you need to take a chill pill! You gone all phsyco and need to relax!" says Jack angrily. "I need to relax? fuck you, what the fuck man!" says Iliza and with that a sudden impact tosses them in the air, the ship goes into a spin. Both Jack and Iliza are bounced around off the ceiling and floor. Jack is slammed through the cockpit door and back and into the front of the ship over the console, hitting the steering wheel causing the ship to spin some more. Iliza manages to grab the passenger seat belt buckle, as Jack is tossed over the driver side seat, his foot is entangled in the belt buckle and he is tossed into the ceiling once more, then to the back of the cockpit.

Jack's ankle is twisted and bent the wrong way over the back of seat He screams in pain as the ship tosses him around bouncing his thigh off the seat bending his ankle even further. Iliza manages to struggle through the spinning and is able to get into the cockpit seat, she frees Jack's ankle then she throws the seat belts over her shoulders, and with a few flicks of switches and grabbing of the wheel she stabilizes the ship. Jack drops hard onto the deck as alarms blast all around them, "YOU STUPID FUCKING IDIOT! WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM." screams Iliza as she turns the ship back towards the FTL drive. Iliza continues to flick switches while Jack lays behind her seat screaming in pain. Iliza sets the ship to autopilot, she removes her seatbelt and climbs over Jack. "Oh shut up! we got bigger problems." she says as she exits the cockpit.

Jack takes a few deep breaths trying to regain some composure when Iliza returns with a med kit. "shut up and sit still" says Iliza. "The oxygen tanks and the fuel line are damaged, I need you to settle the fuck down, and man up, we have to go out there and stop the bleeding or we're dead, get it?" sternly says Iliza as she stabs Jack with a short needle filled with pain killers and numbing agents. "I got it." says Jack as he takes a deep breath while Iliza wraps his ankle and leg. "Looks like multiple breaks. Serves you right for fucking up my ship!" says Iliza. Jack winces in pain. "You still with me? Cuz I need you here!" asks Iliza. "Yea I'm still here, I'm good, I'm good." says Jack between deep breaths. "Good, now be ready I'm turning off the artificial gravity, this way you won't have to walk, just pull yourself along. K?" asks Iliza, Jack gives her a thumbs up. Iliza uses her wristpad to turn down the artificial gravity.

Jack and Iliza begin to float, they quickly suit up into their EVA suits before making their way into the engine room. "When we get out there you deal with the Oxygen line, I'll get the fuel line, work fast, cuz if we get stuck out here, I will kill you before I die." states Iliza seriously. Jack believes her. Jack floats behind Iliza while she grabs a few tools and stuff them into 2 separate tool belts, she gives one to Jack and puts the other one on, then presses the big red button. The interior hatch is sealed and the oxygen is sucked out of the room before the doors. Once the doors are opened, Iliza grabs two tethers that are attached to reels, she hooks herself to one, and Jack to the other. The pair work very well together as they quickly remove the mesh and make their way outside the ship, Iliza leads Jack to the underside of the ship. There is Heavy damage from a very large asteroid. Iliza points Jack to the Oxygen while she goes up a few meters to seal the Fuel line where it has been damaged.

One of the Oxygen tanks is damaged, Jack quickly seals tank, and moves on following the line to check for any other breaks, he finds one and quickly seals it as well, he then makes his way over to Iliza who is sealing a very large crack, the fuel has frozen around the break in the line, she has to carefully break off the fuel from the outside as she seals it. Jack checks the lines around the tanks and seals a few tiny cracks before gliding over to her. "Look what you did you dick head, now hurry, seal that section there." snarls Iliza while she works away.

After sealing all the visible leaks Iliza checks her wristpad on the EVA suit, the good news is it appears all the cracks have all been sealed, the bad news is there is 11% fuel left and 43% Oxygen. That meant there was enough Oxygen left for about 15 -20 hours and about 30 minutes of fuel, just enough to get out of the Asteroid belt, but most likely not enough to get back to the FTL drive. They would have to drift to the FTL drive. Iliza is very mad as the damages to the underside are significant. The pair make their way back inside, when they do Iliza temporarily fills the engine room with oxygen until they can get back to the main deck, once inside she has the oxygen sucked back out of the engine room, she removes her EVA suit with force, throwing her gloves, and shoes aggressively at Jack.

Sol 105 05h 34m

"Well that wasn't so bad… Ya know I think we work well together." Smiles Jack as he sits across from her.  "THAT'S 3! Go Fuck yourself! Ahhhh Grrrrr. FUCK YOU!" she screams as she glances at her wristpad once more. Iliza gets up enters the cockpit slams the door and locks herself inside. Jack is speechless he looks around the room which is in disarray from the accident. He leans back and sits on the one bed for several minutes waiting for Iliza to reemerge from the cockpit but she doesn't. Jack decides to clean up the living quarters area while he waits for her to cool off. Several more minutes pass, Jack looks at his wristpad, It’s breakfast back on the Space X station, at this point he realizes he is in deep shit, not only with Iliza but with Mr. Musk.

Iliza manages to maneuver the ship safely through asteroid belt but there isn't enough fuel to get the ship to top speed She stops the thrusters with 0.7% fuel, as she has to save some fuel to maneuver the ship once it gets in range of the FTL Drive. She runs the number the ship will be adrift for approximately 7 hours before reaching the FTL drive. Jack hops over to the intercom speaker beside the cockpit and turns it on. "Are you still mad?" asks Jack, there is no reply so he presses the button again. "Are we there yet?" He waits, and waits some more. "Do I have time for a nap?" asks Jack. there is still no reply. "Can I come in?" he asks, there is nothing so he waits… "I'm sorry… Do you want to cuddle.?" asks Jack. Still nothing so Jack flops down on one of the beds and lays there, the pain in his ankle returns so he gives himself another shot of painkiller and lays back, it doesn't take long for him to fall asleep.

Iliza sits in the cockpit her feet up on the console, she's trying to calm herself as she's still pissed  and disappointed in Jack. She isn't sure why he acted like a dick, She was only trying to help him so he wouldn't do what she was afraid he would do. Which is exactly what he did, fuck up her ship. Everything had been going so well, then… She takes a deep breath, she pops a compartment to the left side of the seat, she pulls out some headphones, picks some music and cuddles up in her seat.

Sol 105 08h 10m

"Look alive crew, this is not a drill. All Hands on Deck prepare to depart." Commands Commander Cobb over the intercom of The Wasi. Commander Cobb stands beside Captain Riker as the ship prepares to leave dock. "Captain Co-ordinates?" asks Lieutenant Wheaton. Commander Cobb sits in his chair and activates his console and types away, they are the transponder code for The Daisy Duke. "Plot an intercept course to that transponder code." commands Commander Cobb. "Aye Sir" States Wheaten.

Colleen makes her way down to the engineering level, all the way she can hear the whispers about their mission, she worries about how her friend is taking things. Avery and Baylana are working when Colleen enters. "Hey guys, I just finished adjusting the relays on deck 5 they should be ready for you to turn on the power there." states Colleen to Avery and Baylana. "Environmental controls initiated on deck 5" states Baylana as she taps away on a tablet and turns to check the flow regulator on a console. "Can I speak to you in private for a moment please?" asks Colleen as she leads Baylana into the Engineering office. "What is this about?" asks Baylana as she stares at Colleen. "I want to know if this mission is going to be an issue for you?" asks Colleen. "No why would it?" asks Baylana. "Because this mission is to rescue Jack and Iliza." replies Colleen. "No, It won't be an issue, If anything it makes things easier, knowing he's moving on." smiles Baylana with a cheerful tone. "You sure?" asks Colleen who's very confused by Baylana's calm demeanor. "Yea why?" asks Baylana calmly. "It just seems unusual. I know I would be mad." replies Colleen. "Well it's not like we dated for very long and I did end it, ya know we both talked about it and agreed to be friends, so ya know." shrugs Baylana. "Wow Ok." says Colleen as reaches for the door. "well if things change or you want to just talk you know where I am" replies Colleen. "Thanks that’s good know." smiles Baylana as she returns to her work.

Sol 105 09h 00m

The Wasi departs and moves away from the moon. "All Hands this is the Captain. This is not a drill, we are on our way to the belt. We are on a rescue mission to rescue a small Speed racer captained by one of our own. Iliza Graff and her passenger Jack Duckman. Scans have indicated the ship has sustained some damage, but both individuals are alive and well, this is a quick snatch and grab and return to base, but that doesn't mean you can all slack off. Now prepare for FTL burst we will be arriving on site  ETA 11minutes." states the Captain over the intercom. Baylana stopped to listen but returns to her work as soon as the captain stops talking.

Sol 105 09h 12m

The Daisy Duke begins to shake waking both Jack and Iliza from their slumber. Iliza looks up as The Wasi has The Daisy Duke in a tractor beam. Jack falls off the bed and gets up, he starts knocking on the cockpit door. The door opens. "It might be best if you put on your EVA suit, looks like The Wasi is here to pick us up." groans Iliza. "Ah shit!" groans Jack as he returns to his seat and quickly begins suiting up. Jack's nervousness is very clear to Iliza as they wait for the ship to complete docking. Jack's knees shake as he sits, leaning forward waiting, he knows he is going to be in big shit for being off base.

A few minutes pass, there's a hard knock on the exterior hatch. Iliza opens the entrance, There is several guards standing there waiting for Iliza and Jack to exit the ship. Iliza exits, Lieutenant Brolin helps her down and guides her to the side "Ms. Graff if you like you may follow the security officer here to some temporary quarters. We should be returning to the facility in the next hour." states the Brolin, he takes one look at Jack and frowns, Jack in turn takes one look at Brolin and frowns. Jack extends his arms and places his wrists together waiting to be handcuffed as he hops on leg off the ship, he is. "Do I get to go to some quarters? I need a shower too." jokes Jack. "You're going to the brig on the orders of Mr. Musk." Grimaces Brolin. "I need to see a medic I broke something." states Jack as points down at his mangled ankle. "Fine take him to the med bay then to the brig." Brolin states to the guards as he make Jack hop away with them.

Sol 105 10h 30m

Jack still in his EVA suit leans on a crutch next to Iliza who is in a clean IVA suit in Mr. Musk's office. Ms. Wong, Dr. Sarandon, Loyd stand on either side of Mr. Musk who stares angrily at Jack. "Sir I jus…" starts Jack, Mr. Musk raises his hand. "Shut the fuck up Jack, I am tired of your bullshit. We had a deal and once again you broke it." snarls Mr. Musk. "Sir If I may, this is my fault, I pressured Jack to go off base, I wanted to show him what I was capable of." Iliza interjects. "And what exactly was that? That you can crash?" growls Mr. Musk. "Sir that was my fault, she let me fly the ship and I crashed it." Mr. Musk shakes his head. "Sir look, if I hadn't crashed the ship we would have been back on base and no one would have noticed that we left. I am sorry I have been complying with our agreement and I just didn't think a short run wouldn't have done any harm. I am truly sorry." replies Jack. "Sorry, you are always saying sorry for something now aren't you Mr. Duckman." states Dr. Sarandon. "May I sir, this being blown way out of porportion. I am a grown man, I have been doing everything that I can to prove to you and everyone else for that matter that I am capable of being mature. I think the only thing I did wrong was crash her ship and I owe Iliza for that. But sir, it was suppose to be a short little spin around the belt, I am a Captain and she is to be my pilot I do need to see what she is capable of for myself. I think that this matter should be closed." states Jack, he is not confident in his answer but he doesn't know what else to say as he doesn't want to end up locked away.

Ms. Wong leans over and whispers in Mr. Musk's ear, he is not happy with whatever she said but he nods then looks at Jack for a moment. "Well as Ms. Wong has brought to my attention it is going to be difficult to replace you now with all the media attention, it doesn't mean I can't. But I won't, you have every right to test the capabilities of your crew, and If Ms. Graff is being completely honest and isn't covering for you I accept that. And you're right you have been doing a good job so far and because I know you probably will fuck up again and go off base I will grant you the freedom to go off base. HOWEVER! from this point on you must clear this will security and Ms. Wong before you go off site, and you need to have a reason and you will be required to state your destination and time frame for your trip is this understood?" asks Mr. Musk, Jack nods yes. "And Jack this is it, if you fuck up you're going in the hole for good." states Mr. Musk as he waves his index finger sternly at Jack. Jack and Iliza are then directed to leave.

"Thank you for sticking up for me." sheepishly smiles Jack to Iliza. "I didn't do it for you Jack, I fucked up and I was admitting it." snaps Iliza. "So do you want to go for lunch?" asks Jack. "No Jack I gotta go and check on my ship, I will be taking the day off from training in you don't mind." says Iliza as she sternly walks away leaving Jack in shock. Jack taps away at his wristpad he is messaging Mal. Mal appears. "You called?" "Yea I need you to go down to the hanger bay where Iliza Graff's Ship the Daisy Duke is and I want a full damage assessment, and then get back to me." says Jack hobbles down the hall next to Mal. "Sure no problem, Buddy. So what happened to your leg?" cheerfully aks Mal. "I have Broken Ankle, well I have multiple breaks, it's ok the doc on the Wasi fixed me up, I should be done with the crutches in a day or two. And hey thanks man you're a life saver, oh and while you are doing the review see if there are some upgrades that can be made to the ship as well." replies Jack. Mal Salutes. "Aye Captain." and with that Mal vanishes.

Sol 105 13h 10m

Jack limps down to the cafeteria, he's feeling much better now that he has showered and shaved. when he makes it to the cafeteria all of his crew is either in line or on their way to their seats, everyone except Iliza she is nowhere to be found. Jack grabs some food and sits down, moments later Mal appears. "I have a list and cost analysis on the repairs do you want me to send them to you? Or would you like to review them now?" asks Mal. "Sure lets see." says Jack as Mal hands Jack a hologram pad. The cost of the repairs and upgrades is $213,000 "Go ahead and get it all done and bill me for it." replies Jack as he hands the pad back.  Jack spends the rest of his lunch explaining to his crew what had happened, obviously leaving the sex part out and exaggerating the shark attack and the crash.

After Lunch Jack joins his crew on their first training session. Ben Had taken command for the morning training with Andrea being his 2nd in command. The session goes well as they are going over basic protocols something Ben, Mal and Jack did at the beginning of their training. The entire afternoon Jack's mind is on Iliza and how mad she is at him. He hopes paying for her repairs will mend things.

Sol 105 17h 45m

The Crew of the Road Runner exit the VR Lab early as training is done for the day. Jack rushes out and immediately heads down to the main entrance where he meets a skip the dishes delivery and a flourist. He has dinner for 2 and a bouquet of flowers for Iliza. Jack heads down to the hanger where Iliza is working with repair teams. Jack approaches her as she climbs down from a ladder. Iliza is covered from head to toe in dirt and oil and other chemicals  leaking from the ship. She wipes her dirty face with the side of her hand which he then wipes onto her coveralls. She stops and stares at Jack as he approaches. "Hey you, Hungry?" smiles Jack sheepishly. "Seriously? You think dinner and some flowers is going to make everything better?" asks Iliza. Jack hums and haws for a moment before adding. "Well I am paying for repairs and upgrades I think that should help too." Jack tries to smile again. "Well I certainly hope you would have the decency to pay for damages you caused." replies Iliza as she takes the flowers and smells them. She walks over to a very large tall toolbox, she slaps them down on the top of the toolbox before proceeding to fill her tool belt with tools. "Look I appreciate the sentiment but I'm busy." Iliza says as she turns away and heads back to the ladder. Jack places the bag of food on the tool box and walks away Iliza watches as he heads to the exit, before returning to work.

But rather then leaving Jack walks over to a locker he grabs a pair of blue coveralls and a work belt. Jack puts on the coveralls and work belt and walks over to the ladder, Iliza is working inside an opening of the ship. Jack climbs the ladder getting Iliza's attention, she looks down and to her surprise there is Jack smiling up at her. "Can I ask you something?" asks Jack. "Sure why not, as long as you can make yourself useful and get up here and hold this." says Iliza as she squirms her way into the ship's hull a little further. "When You said 3 what did you mean?" asks Jack. "3 Strikes." replies Iliza. "What? 3 strikes. What were the other two?" asks Jack. Iliza cranks away tighting a pipe line, she pauses. "Strike 1 is when you bailed on me that Sunday after we first met. The 2nd one was our botched date where you made me spend the day signing autographs and working." replies Iliza. "Ok 1 doesn't count, we didn't have plans. 2 fine you win on that one but it wasn't my fault." Argues Jack as Iliza points to a tool hanging on the edge of bent hull, Jack reaches over and hands it to Iliza. "Fine, you have 2 strikes. But that doesn't mean anything Jack. We'll call it a pop fly out then if you like." glares Iliza.

"Hold on a sec, give me a chance." argues Jack. "A chance for what? You were a big and dick and you fucked up my ship. What more is there say. I should forgive you? I get why Baylana ran off!" snaps Iliza as she crawls out of the hole and pushes past Jack to get back on the ladder. "Look I am sorry, I am. I didn't mean to be a dick and I certainly didn't mean to damage your little ship." replies Jack. "Just because you didn't mean to do something doesn't mean you get a pass." replies Iliza. "True and that's why I am here now I want to fix things between us. I am sorry I got mad, I am very sorry that your ship got damaged." replies Jack. "Ok I forgive you." replies Iliza as she taps away on her wristpad. Two hoverbots pick up a large round  steel part with several steel tubes and wires protruding out from various points. The hoverbots move the part up into the hole and Iliza follows it. "Well?" asks Jack. "Well what?" asks Iliza as she stops and looks down at Jack. "Well, I apologized, it's your turn." "Apologize for what?" asks Iliza. "For being pushy, rude and annoying." states Jack. "EXCUSE ME! HAH!" laughs Iliza as she monitors the hoverbots as they move the part into it's proper spot. "Come on you were excessively overbearing and rude about it all." says Jack. "Look Jack, I don't owe you shit, OK! I was directing you because you're a horrible pilot with a history of crashing your ships. I wasn't being rude you were, I ain't apologizing for shit." snaps Iliza as she makes her way up the ladder and climbs back in the hole.

"Whoa Hold on I don't have a history of crashing ships." argues Jack with an angered tone. "You crashed what was the name of your first ship?... Starship Bob on a asteroid in the middle of butt fuck nowhere, oh ya and you really fucked up The Road Runner so bad it was brought here in pieces and is still being fixed in the hanger next door. And I am sure if I had access to your flying record I'd find a dozen more ships you crashed." argues Iliza. "COME ON!, You can't be serious! First off there was a malfunction with the main computer on Starship Bob that  caused the crash, and The Road Runner I was under attack we all barely survived. You can’t say that I was responsible." "Oh Please Jack you always have an excuse, it's never your fault right, next you're gonna say it wasn't your fault you crashed the Daisy Duke?... GOD!" groans Iliza. "Wow you have a real Cunty Side don’t ya!" snaps Jack as shakes his head and looks around. Iliza grabs a large 3 foot long pipe wrench from the tool belt, she steps down the ladder and raises it up, he face is beat red. "You ever fucking call me a cunt again they'll be pressure washing your brains off the deck." Her face is filled with hate and rage. "I wasn't fuckin calling you a cunt, I just said you have a real cunty si…" starts Jack but before he could finish Iliza's nails were digging into his throat so hard he could feel blood running down his neck, her wrench was now high over her head and ready to come down. Jack's eyes filled with fear as he realizes he made another mistake.

"Izzy is everything ok?" bellows a voice in the distance, Jack's eyes train over to see a short balding mechanic wiping his filthy hands with a filthy rag. Iliza lowers the wrench and releases her grip, she glares deeply at Jack before pushing him away. Iliza puts the wrench down on top of the tool box and walks back to the ladder. "That's a Hard 3 Asshole!" yells Iliza with her back to Jack while holding up her middle finger high in his direction. Jack caresses his sore neck, he feels the moisture of his blood on his fingers he looks down at it for a moment before turning back to the exit.

Sol 105 22h 15m

Jack wanders the halls of the Space X facility for some time before heading back to his suite, as he arrives at his suite his neighbor Dr. Kenwick opens her door. She is wearing a dark blue pair of Supergirl pajama shorts, and matching Supergirl t-shirt.  she crosses her arms and leans against the door frame and says. "So Jack… proud of yourself?" "Always." smugly replies Jack as he opens his door. "You missed your appointment tonight!" replies Colleen. "I know I am sorry, I fucked up Iliza's ship so I was helping her make repairs. " replies Jack. "Well you better not miss tomorrow's appointment. Dr. Sarandon came to see me this evening." replies Iliza. "I'm sorry, Look I'll be there, I'm all grubby do you mind if we do this later I really need a shower." replies Jack. "Fine." replies Colleen as she returns to her suite and slams the door.

Jack enters and throws off his clothes on his way to the bathroom. Jack turns on the shower and climbs in. He sticks his face under the shower and lets it pour down the back of his head and neck, moments later a second pair of hands wrap themselves gently around Jack's torso. Startled Jack spins around to find Baylana in the shower with him. "How did you get in here?" asks Jack. "Mal let me in here a while ago, I was laying on the bed reading when you came in I'm surprised you didn't see me." smiles Baylana.