Star's Storm(67)

“First, we need to know if they are friends or enemies. How else do we know whether to offer them a glass of wine or not?” Jon Paul replied with a grin.

“You will know exactly what I am when I cut you both into small pieces,” Jazin snarled out, stepping through the narrow opening leading into the small kitchen area.

“Jazin!” Star squealed, jumping up from her seat and throwing herself into his arms. “You came!”

Jazin retracted his laser sword as Star threw her tiny body into his and began pressing kisses to his face. His arms tightened around her and he pulled her close, inhaling her sweet fragrance. The feel of her, safe and secure, against him sent waves of relief coursing through his body. Jazin had Jar monitored the communications as best he could but the male called IQ had been no help. The damn male had driven Jar nuts with his singing, constant questions about what he looked like, and innuendos as he tried to find out if Jar was into open relationships.

“What do you mean, I came? Of course I would come,” Jazin said huskily.

His eyes moved to focus on the two males sitting across the small table staring at them. They had their arms around each other and watched him as if they were old friends. One of the male’s actually had his head on the other's shoulder. Both were smiling at him with a goofy grin, not the terror they should have been.

“Ah, amour,” Luc sighed in contentment. “Do they not make a beautiful couple, Jon Paul?”

Star giggled softly and leaned up to whisper in Jazin’s ear. “The one with the black eyes is Luc. The other is Jon Paul. They are from my planet and they are very much in love with each other.”

Jazin pulled back and stared down at Star in surprise before he looked back at both men in sudden understanding. “So who is the other male that was talking to you?” Jazin growled out looking around. He wanted to kill someone, maybe not the two men grinning at him like fools, but someone.

“That was IQ,” Star said with a huge smile. “He’s the pilot.”

“You called, my love?”

The husky male voice that had been driving Jar up the wall for the past hour called out. Jazin and Jar turned at the same time, raising their swords. Both men stopped, their mouths hanging open, as the tiny service bot rolled up and uncurled at their feet.

“Well hello good-looking!” IQ said looking up into Jar's glowing amber eyes. “You can play with my programming anytime.” A low, sexy purr rumbled from the tiny bot.

“Gentlemen, please meet IQ. The pilot of this piece of shit,” Star said right before she burst into laughter. “Oh Jazin, I can’t wait to tell Jo and River about this!”

Jarmen growled down at the little service bot that had moved forward and was running one of its arms up his leg while saying things he did not understand. He shook it off with a grunt of disgust and shot a frigid glare at the two men who chuckled in delight. They might think it was funny but he did not. He closed his eyes and focused on the tiny bot. In seconds, he had reprogrammed it back to its original status with a few minor improvements.

Let's see if they like this! Jar thought as he opened his eyes again. The little bot rocked back and forth before just standing silent with a frozen look on its metallic face.

“Jar!” Star cried out in disappointment. “I liked him the way he was. You program him back to the way he was right this instant!”

Jar turned and looked at the pouting face of the tiny warrior that was wrapped tightly around his friend and sighed deeply. His friend wasn't the only one she had wrapped around her tiny fingers. His eyes glowed again before he looked down at her with a frown.

“If he starts humping my leg again, I'll overheat his circuit boards,” he growled out before pointing at the two men who burst out laughing at him. “That goes for both of you as well.”

Luc picked up the bottle of homemade wine off the table and took a huge swallow of it before he wiped his hand across the back of his mouth and replied. “My glow-friend, the tiny fairy has already beaten you to it! Can you not see my eyes and nose? Is she is not magnificent?”

Jazin growled softly as the men went on and on about what the beautiful fairy did to them and how enchanted they were with her. He was more than ready to return to the Blue Star when the old freighter shuddered and groaned, knocking them sideways.

He and Jarmen had come in using a small, service shuttle so they could not be detected. It was currently docked to the service hatch under the freighter. The shuttle was just big enough for two people. Their plan was to board the freighter, secure Star somewhere safe, and kill the men who took her. Armet and Dakar were on their way with the Tearnat starship. The Blue Star would meet up with them once it was back online and would destroy the freighter after they were safely back aboard the warship. Now, it looked like someone else had the same thought.