"boss you are a true mystery..." Bam started as she took another drink of her beer "You have a brand new Aquila sitting in a hanger on Revel York.....so new that the factory covers are still on the panels, yet we fly around in that bucket" she got a look of disgust on her face "More Patch then Paint!" Rax laughed "The Shaboom will fool ya....she's a lady thats still got a great set of legs.....besides" he to drank from his glass, a good cheap beer "Every Credit we clear goes into funding that Aquila for a proper trip.....The Dauntless will explore like she was laid to, not haul Recycled batteries from moon to moon." As he spoke he had the both the face of a dreamer and that of a man walking fondly in his past. Then It Happened A man at the bar, a hand from a spacer named Cubbies crew, who had been watching the race on the screen above the bar, cried out in victory "I won!!" and in the same breath he turned to Bam and announced "Drinks on me sweet thing!" as his hand patted her postiere . To Rax, the moment his hand touched her, Time stopped, he watched helplessly as her pupils became tiny pin holes. He tried to reach out and grab her but she was moving as if almost between seconds, smashing her glass into the mans face, kicking him in the groin and as he fell in pain, following him down in a furry of brutal, uncontrolled punches to his face. the man had tried to defend himself but it was futle as blow after blow fell as the woman screamed about rearranging parts of his anatomy, killing him and anyone he has ever known and shrieking like a banshee. Rax reached down and grabbed her, pinning both of her arms to her side as he lifted her up and started for the door. "Damnit Rax!!" Cubbie shouted as he and his crew rushed to their friends side. "His fault Cubbie.....lett'n his hands go where they shouldn't". The bartender screamed for him to "Get her out of here before I call Crusec!". He hauled her, kicking and screaming, thrashing about so violently that her head bang into his a few times, till finally they stood in a ally and he toss her against the wall. as soon as she hit the wall she came back at him "I'll kill him!!!!" she screamed....but all the older spacer did was look into her eyes "Bam" he said softly. She stopped, as if snapped from a trance, she looked down at her blood covered hands. Slowly she looked up into his face.....she did not cry.....she didn't have to, the look on her face told the story of the deep inner pain she was now wrestling. "Back There huh? the dark place?" he ask quietly. Bam fought the emotions for a second but then buried her face into the mans chest sobbing. He gently wrapped his arms around her "There there kid.....we all have scars, the ones that show are just the easy ones to live with"