'For a Secret Safe House, this place is more popular than the Waldorf Astoria...', Fernando though to himself. 'And if everyone is so mortified by killing then so be it. 2 attempts have been made against Tammy's life that I know off, and there will be more because she such an easy and willing target. It has to stop somewhere. As for insulting the crew under RR's charge, insults are to be taken like compliements, because that is how people sees you, if you dont like what is being said, then you can go do whatever you like but that does not change people's minds about you. I just say what I see.'
Fernando tosses his plate and glass into the sink, taking off the apron and hangs it on a nearby closet door knob.
Fernando: I'll be on the roof if anyone wants me.
Everyone looks at him as he leaves, following his footsteps out the area and up the stairs.
'I wonder how many people RR has killed through those under his command by arial bombardment, arial fighter support and patrols, and missle launchings through the rest of the fleet? No captain of any ship or fleet can claim to have clean hands or use the excuse that "I was just following orders..." No one... even though he has never fired a killing shot through his own personal arms, he has through his commands and actions of his crew.', Fernando continues to think.
Fernando steps out onto the roof to its fenced in edge before the slope and looks out at the night stary sky.
'Orion looks bright tonight...', Fernando thinks.
Tammy steps out onto the roof.
Tammy: Fernando?
Fernando: I thought I said I wanted to be left alone.
Tammy: No... you said, if anybody needed you, you would be on the roof.
Fernando: It was an expression, stating where I would be but would want to be alone... nevermind. What is on your mind?
Tammy: I'm confused.
Fernando: And?
Tammy: I dont know what to do.
Fernando: So?
Tammy: And you know that I am scared.
Fernando: What are you getting at?
Tammy: What are my options and choices?
Fernando: In?
Tammy: Dont... Do This... please. Not to me.
Fernando: What? Give you a hard time? I'm giving you a hard time so that you can make those decisions for yourself. I am not going to put a dog collar on you and lead you about to your predefined tasks. You have your life to lead, I have mine. You want to be part of Bink's life, you are going to need to do certain things as her parent and guardian that you may not have normally done otherwise.
Tammy: I dont want to hurt anybody...
Fernando: They seem to want to hurt you. Furthermore, they almost succeed in killing you and Bink just a couple of weeks ago. Dont you think that if people are going to be after you to do harm against you, that you should at least fight back?
Tammy: But that is not how the Rescue Rangers work.
Fernando: The Rescue Rangers win by luck. If it were not by sheer luck, they would have been dead a long time ago in their first mission. You can not tell me that they had skills and abilities. Come off it Tammy... Outside of luck, all they have is attitude and garbage tech. Its the rest of us that suppliment their technological and knowledge base. Without us, they would still be a bunch of nosey rodents living in a tree in some park.
Tammy: That is not...
She pauses.
Fernando: Not what? Nice to say? I can say many things, much of it not nice, but most of it being the truth. Or would you prefer for me to lie to you and tell you nice things? The world is not nice, Tammy. Be glad you're in Italy or the United States, because no matter how hard things seems to be out there, its worse everywhere else. At least you and your sister are not being put on TV to gather sympathy so that people can donate their monies to a Christian Organization, where the children will never see a penny of the donated funds! Do you want to exploited?
Tammy: I feel like I already am!
Fernando tosses his Porsche keys at her.
Fernando: The choice is still yours. Leave and go home to the Cafe, and you will be dead before the week is over, and Bink will be in some labortory being disected into little pieces to see how she ticks and her parts tried on others. Or you can stay here with people are willing to protect you, but at the same time, you will have to work for them. People who do care about you, despite some of the negative thoughts they may have about you because you wont harm another, but at least they respect you.
Tammy: What about these others- Padania, the 5 Republics and now Onyx?
Fernando: They are terrorists factions, and they respect no one, not even themselves. But because they see you in their way, they are willing to destroy you to get you out of their way. And my dear- thay have already tried- twice, almost succedding in the second time. If you allow them, I will be going to your funeral after the third time...
Tammy: What about you?
Fernando: Me? Dont my action speak for themselves?
Tammy: Your actions speak of an overbearing baffoon with his own manipulative agenda, who is willing to tie me up with puppet strings and put my up on stage for the world to see the show he is about to throw. You do not care about me or Bink...*
Fernando just slaps her hard, she immediately sliences herself from the shock of it.
Fernando: I did not give up the life I had because I do not care. I do not put on a show for the world to see, nor do I go about manipulating others into actions that I would not otherwise take for myself. If you do not like what I am doing for you and everyone else, you can simply walk away and leave me alone. Remember- in the last mission to get you and Bink back together- Chip, Dale, Gadget, Monty and Zipper sat around getting fat on Pasta like stupid tourists while the rest of us risked life and limb for you. Dont you ever tell me that I do not care, because I do more than most.
"That must be the coldest darn thing I have ever heard...", a voice said as footsteps walked out from the door.
Fernando: You too Hondo?
Hondo: I was saying what I heard. That was the coldest darn thing I have ever heard, but it is the truth.
Tammy: That is not true!
Hondo: Lets see... Chip and Dale argued all the time, Gadget was constantly being kickedout of the Enterprise's hanger bay and her tools being constantly confiscated, Monty hid out in the galley behind a couple of crates of cheese, and Zipper was in the galley's garbage pile. They did not do much of anything.
Tammy: Fernando did not allowed them to do much of anything!
Hondo: Fernando took them out of a situation to keep them safe when real bullets started to fly. If Fernando did not do that- they would have been killed. As much as they spend time gabbing about, terrorists dont like gabby prisonners. They do prefer quiet or dead prisonners, so Fernando did them a favor by taking them out. But they could have been useful on the Enterprise- instead they only got in the way. They are not cut out for this type of action, not at all.
Fernando: They can play their Double-O Dale fantisies all they want, this thing you and I do is the real thing. Its not fancy suits, nice gadgets, parties and dating the girl all to get secret plans from the enemy. Far from it. What we do is the real deal action drama of the game. There is a lot of intell gathering, thinking, and taking appropreiate actions. We fight back when we are threatened with harm, and use equal force as used upon us. If they try to kill us, we have to kill them because that is the level they are playing on and they wont stop until one of us is dead. I prefer to be the one left standing when all is said and done. But if you think I like killing- you are so wrong. I dont like it, but I do when I have too, when a threat is put on my life and on the lives of those I care about. Dont you think that little attack before dinner was just a friendly neighbor knocking on the door to give us some pie. It was a show of force determined to eliminate us. Instead, with Hondo's help, and a bit of technology, I, We... stopped the attack from happening. If you dont believe me, go down and talk with the clean up crew and see what they had found... And when you do, consider this to be the third attempt against you, even though it was an attempt against us all.
Tammy remains silent for a moment. She wipes away a tear that she has been holding back for so long. Bink, Rose and the other girls walk out onto the roof.
Bink: Tammy?
Tammy: Yes, Bink?
Bink: What ever you decide, I will go with you.
Tammy (wiping away another tear): I think we have a couple of missions to do first before we can go anywhere. (She tosses back Fernando's Porsche Keys to him.)
_________________ Fernando's the name,
Swashbuckling's the game.
Damsel Saving, A Specialty.
(And There Were A Lot Of Damsels To Save!)
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