Ripples In Time

“Get up you little wretch!!” Tilkina heard above her as she was reeling from getting punched in the face, and knocked onto the ground in the alleyway “well, i’d rather just lay here and have you fuck off, but that isn’t an option is it you little Serkit, is it now?” she said feistily “what did you just call me?!?!” the guy screamed at her angrily “oh, I called you a Serkit, it’s Zukarati in case you’re too stupid to und-” she was cut off by the man punching her again “how dare you!!!” he yelled in her face, so close she could feel and smell his alcohol washed breath on her face “well, time to do this the hard way then, huh?” she asked, then grabbed what looked like a small handle, resembling one from a pistol off of her belt. The man laughed and said “what are you going to do with that missy?” he said, then chuckled and put his hands up “this” she said before spinning it, causing it to spring into a full, plasma coated bowstaff, and nano tech armor flowed over her hands and arms, forming a full combat suit, with gloves, pants, and a shirt from the bowstaff; what looked like an unassuming handle looking object was actually Yamasits Self Defense Net Handle Mark 89-OT, also known as “Defense Grips”, its popular nickname. It was next generation technology, that the company had been rolling out on a very large scale, one that broke many records for such a product lunch, even the company’s own. The weapon, which was designed to be a simple weapon in case of a self defense need, was very lightweight, and versatile, easily able to hurt any attacker in any situation needed. Once the defense suit and bowstaff were fully engaged Tilkina said “well then, it looks like I have the upper hand now, huh?” as she glared at the man, who replied “not yet” and pulled out a small automatic pistol with a secondary stun shot under-barrel attachment “looks like I actually have the upper hand now, you little bitch” he said, and he shot at her, but Tilkina was ready, and started spinning her staff a second beforehand, taking advantage of the staff’s time slow technology so she could calmly ready herself, and she deflected the plasma shot from the man’s pistol, to his intense astonishment, and he then bolted, as sirens of the local police were approaching, and he knew this girl could easily kill him. As he ran away, Tilkina noticed something fell out of his pocket, a small crystal, blueish, glowing oddly, but then she felt a hand on her shoulder and whipped around, ready to hit them with her staff, only to see a police officer backing away “woah, woah, easy there ma’am, we responded to the activation of your staff, and you hitting the panic button, are you ok? We’re not here to hurt you” and she calmed down a lot now that they were there, then glanced back to see the crystal had fallen out of sight. “Officer, the man came up to me after i was leaving Wanads bar about 2 blocks over, and I fought him-” she then continued to explain what had happened to the officer, forgetting about that blue crystal, focusing only on wanting to get home. Shortly after going to the station, having warrants put out for the man, and everything being sorted, Tilkina was free to go, and went to the landing docks in Travaman, the largest spaceport n the system, where she met her sister, and her girlfriend waiting at her ship. as Tilkina walked up, her sister ran at her and gave her a hug, because she was friends with the local police captain, and heard about the accident “oh my god, are you okay?! Did they find the asshole guy?!” her sister, Yamana, asked worriedly “I’m fine sis, it’s ok, I had my staff, I always do, remember? And besides, I’m a bounty Hunter, the only reason this became an issue is because he was cheap, and dishonorable, and hit me from behind” Tilkina replied, to which her girlfriend came up and said “Tilkina, I worry about you sometimes” Tilkina quickly replied “oh really Kadid? you’re only worried I might need to shift my ass and tits back into place you little slut, now come here and give me a kiss” and then laughed and Kadid kissed her passionately, and a tad suggestively “hmm, someone is in the mood tonight, huh?” Tilkina joked “oh come on you two, save it for when we’re home, at least, as much as you’re adorable, I don’t wanna have front row seats to my sister’s gay porn show” Yamana chimed in as she walked towards the ship mildly awkwardly “ok, fine sis, sorry” Tilkina said, then whispered to Kadid “I know how wet you are” as she teased her, and walked on the ship with her sister, leaving Kadid flustered and red in the face as she stood there, thinking of Tilkina, and excited to get home, then she got on the ship, and they took off. “So, find anyone you think I might like?” Yamana asked excitedly as she sat behind Tilkina in the pilot seat “no, no guys there, besides, you know this system doesn’t have anyone straight going to the bars, let alone the ones we go to, right?” she said with a chuckle “I know, I know” her sister replied, a bit defeated “ok you two, strap your asses in” Kadid said to them as she started the calculations for the FTL jump, to which they both listened, and strapped in. Kadid then started priming the FTL engines and said “ready” once everything was set “and here we go bitches” Tilkina said, a bit loudly as she hit the button to jump to FTL travel “we’re now going faster than light folks” Kadid said, as the ship started its autopilot function, and headed to the back, to the small couch they had, ready to sleep before Tilkina got any bright ideas. “So, ummmm, are things going well with Kadid?” Yamana asked, Tilkina then looked around to make sure that Kadid was going to sleep and wouldn’t hear her before replying “honestly, it gets a bit annoying with her constantly worrying, it just makes me feel like she’s trying to talk me out of hunting, but I must admit, depending on when she worries and what she says or does about it, it’s sometimes really adorable, I just wish she wouldn’t worry as much about me being a Bounty Hunter and going to sketchy places like back there on Samat Kilt in the bar” “yeah, i know it can be hard sometimes, but you do love her right? Like you’re not gonna leave her? Honestly she’s the best thing that happened to you in a long time, and I don’t want to imagine you two apart” Yamana said, a bit sadly “well, I do love her, and I actually wanted to ask you something, regarding that” and reached into her pocket, and pulled out a small wooden box, hand carved, and clearly made by Tilkina “what’s this?” Yamana asked Tilkina as she handed it to her “that, my beloved sister, is what I wanted to ask your blessing for, because you’re the only family I have, the only family either of me or Kadid have, and so it feels right” Yamana then opened it slowly to see a beautiful, small Jetsinki crystal that was found on their home planet a long time ago, perfectly polished, and set into a beautiful Yetsin Platinum ring “I- oh my god Tilkina” Yamana gasped as quietly as she could, so as to not awake Kadid “so, what do you think, do I have your blessing to marry her?” Tilkina asked, clearly happy that her sister was amazed by her craftsmanship of the ring and box “if you don’t marry her within a year, I’m going to stab you, just so we’re clear” Yamana said sternly, and happily “you mean you can try to sis” Tilkina said with a chuckle, then looked at her sister and saw that serious face she gets on when there is no possible way to argue or say anything to her in disagreement “I- uhh, ok, yep, don’t worry” she said a bit nervously, clearly seeing her sister was gonna flip if she said no. Yamana then smiled and said happily “good girl sis!!!! Very good girl, I can’t wait until you marry her” and sat there happily, as she handed the ring back to Tilkina, and relaxed for the remainder of the flight home

Upon arriving home