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Earth Date - 2932, March 12 (12 years ago from present day)



Location - Nemo System, Nemo II, beyond geosynchronous orbit



The Hooded Cobra… snakeheads…slavers… Mom. A whirlwind of images of Mom fly past my eyes before my vision focuses once again to see Rekks starring back at me, a concerned look on his face.



“We need to leave now.” I can hear him say it but the words don't sink in. One memory in particular keeps sticking in my mind. Mom was always a kind person, out of place in a crap-hole like Spider, but I guess everyone is capable of barbaric acts. I was only eight years old when I witnessed my Mom murder that slaver by plunging a knife through the back of his neck. I hadn’t known anything about Mom’s past up until that point and I only found out later from Dad. She had been a slave and it was Dad who liberated her. I watched as the slaver’s blood gushed forth and pooled on the metallic deck plate. She fell to her knees and wept.



I feel a sudden kick on my shoulder and my eyes begin to refocus on Rekks.



“Jace, can you hear me? I said we need to leave, now!