《Sovereign》The affray
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"I dare you to say it again!"
A clear and furious voice reached Gromov when leaving the restroom. After the encounter with Mrs. Corbin, he wanted to find a peaceful place, where the chances of socializing with another delusional person will be close to zero.
The other pilots, grouping along the wall of the hotel corridor, probably on a similar quest for calm sanctuary, have small talks during a break in the official program. Under a high statue of unfathomable shape, resembling a female torso with abnormal hips and breasts, a noisy disturbance took place; the vehement voice he heard before reminded him of Akane.
“That bloody troublemaker!”
He was quite sure it was her. Akane Anbi attracted problems. Short-tempered and triggered easily, she enjoyed quarreling, and despite the small stature and fragile appearance, she did not avoid violence. Gromov called her crazy for good reason when speaking with Andrey Jerzinski.
The drunkard on the street harassing people, street thugs stealing wallets – Akane loved citizens’ crisis, fighting for poor victims hard, dirty, and very seldom victoriously. Once, they brought her with three broken bones, because she got to the street fight with the local mob, and got beaten until she lost consciousness. Not that it changed anything: to compensate for lighter weight and insufficient strength of body, Akane adopted the tactic of preemptive strike.
Gromov had to hurry up. While her voice sounded enraged and emotional, there was still a slight chance to stop the incident. Having no desire to explain to the commander why his subordinate harmed a colleague on the official summit of Space Forces, he leaned forward, rather running than walking.
“I don’t get what is your problem?”
The endangered man stood in front of a young woman with folded hands. It was a subtle blonde lieutenant with blue eyes, a sharp face, and thin limbs. From the uptight diction he spoke, Gromov deduced he was one of those unfortunate debaters who love to contradict the others just for sake of arguing. In a sense, Akane met her equal.
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“I should enlighten you, then,” said Akane, suddenly composed and grinning.
“Oh crap!”
Gromov needed to overcome a short staircase. Just a few meters, he thought, while shouting: “Lieutenant! I forbid you…”
It was a mistake because only the blonde looked upwards.
“I should’ve called her by name,” realized Gromov. “Too late now.”
“First,” said Akane, punching the clenched fist into an unguarded stomach. “You said there were plenty of crappy officers here…”
The man wavered, taken by surprise. “What…!”
“Second,” Akane grabbed his head and pushed it down while she was jumping up, “you said you can tell them apart by a glance on their sleeves…”
“Stop it!”
“… like the shitty captain you saw with Colonel Steiner,” finished Akane and kneeled him right into the face. “It was my third, you scumbag. No one will badmouth my captain, understood?”
“You imbecile! Stop right now!”
Gromov came only to prevent her from kicking into the collapsed body. The others pilot helped the injured man on the feet. Far from defeated, the lieutenant seemed infuriated, wiping blood-stained lips.
“Let me go! I’ll show that bitch!”
Shaking off the hands, he sprung forward, aiming at Akane, who struggled to loosen herself. Gromov pushed the young woman away and caught the attacker from behind, forcing the lieutenant into submission.
“Why are you holding me?” yelled the officer. “I knew you were a coward. Let me fight her one on one.”
“Stay still, damn it,” bellowed Gromov. “It’s the order. I’ll apologize later, but now stay still. I won’t allow both of you to misbehave any further.”
Finally, the lieutenant ceased to resist, cursing under his breath and calling Gromov a coward or disgrace to the military. After being released, he stood slowly, gauging captain with a clear animosity.
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“You need a woman to fight for you, right?”
Gromov, one head taller and about thirty kilos heavier, suppressed the urge to laugh bitterly. He had no trouble to subdue the subtle youngster before, so agreeing to the fight would have resulted in another humiliation.
“What is your name?” he asked instead.
“Lieutenant Heinrich Schubert.” The blond man saluted rather mockingly, showing his left sleeve, stained by blood, and the red digit on it. “A battle pilot. Twenty-two confirmed kills. And you are, sir?”
Before Gromov could respond, from behind went a familiar voice. “This is famous Captain Sava Gromov, ace of Dolzana base, over one hundred confirmed kills, the longest-serving battle pilot. A true inspiration for children, if you ask me. May I know why he needed to smash your face, sir?”
All of them looked to the left. Panting heavily, Sergeant Jerzinski stood there, accompanied by two members of Military Police.
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