room, and got onto her knees, her hands
going to his pant front instantly, right in front of her husband, who looked
away, ashamed, and her daughter, who just seemed curious. Zack rolled his eyes,
since he wasn't that cheap. He stood back and waved her up. The contact
with her told him enough, at least. She was roughly a Human Mage, but not of
the Western kind. Her father was a herbologist, like master Wu-Li, there at
Westfield. Why he was dying...
Well,
that was because he was old and didn't have access to the herbs he needed. The
government had made certain he was cut off, suspecting what he was.
"Come
with me." Zack didn't wait, and her face fell, with tears coming to her
eyes, since it was also clear she had nothing else to pay him with, if not her
body.
She
just seemed baffled when he took her to Wu-Li and waved in her direction.
"Can
we buy some supplies from you?"
The
ancient Chinese man looked at him, and then her, and nodded.
"Perhaps
you could aid me in collecting a few things in return?"
Zack
sighed, but agreed. It wasn't as if the man wasn't a friend of his, after all.
Still, he'd have to work out some kind of trade with the family, or else people
would eventually try to take advantage of him. What that would be he didn't
know. She needed his help, but had absolutely nothing that he wanted. Not at
all.
Worse,
even though he left them all in China, two hours later, he'd have to retrieve
them in a few weeks. That would compound the cost, but they couldn't get out of
China on their own, he didn't think.
It
was a bit of a mess. On the good side he'd collected up a lot more herbs,
including some expensive ones, than he needed. Enough to make that part worth
while he thought.
Chapter four
Maddy
Morse had three people with her, which he actually expected. He hadn't known
that he would , but the instant he saw the two men and the woman she was
with, he understood that it was her staff. Almost all the high officials,
regardless of the group, tried to add extra people and luggage to their
transports. Since he was doing this one for free, for the Summit, as part of a
deal with Keeley, a lot of people had been doing that. At first he nearly
balked at it, early on, but now he realized that it was letting people get used
to working with him, as much as not. He'd rather have ten thousand people like
that family from earlier, that couldn't pay really, than to have everyone
refusing to work with him.
He'd
just have to be a bit clever to justify things. That was all.
"Maddy!
Are you all ready to go?" He was in the back of the Idaho Mage embassy,
which meant, as it turned out, that the woman there was actually the
Ambassador. She looked older, so probably wasn't a healing Mage. From the way
the space rippled around her, he was going to bet some kind of combat
specialty. She had several weapons on her, with one pointed directly at him,
ready to fight.
Like
that would work?
She
attacked, almost instantly, as the others jumped out of the way, screaming. At
least Maddy yelled no , which was nice of her. Zack moved out of
the way and simply walked in places the energy wasn't and slapped the woman.
Hard, and right along the jaw, which knocked her out.
He
actually had to hold back a lot, so the move wouldn't kill her. Then, without
asking, he pulled the rest of the magics from her, as the two men stared at
him. Like he was going to pull the woman's clothing off and rape her or
something? Because that made sense. Clearly if he were going to do that, it
would make more sense to rape one of them, so that no one would be willing to
accidently back up their stupid friends again. Not even by mistake. He didn't
say anything, until he had it all, then he stood up.
"Should
we go? She's about to wake up. I trust that you'll have a handle on this before
the next pick-up? Because I've got to tell you, this was annoying, and wasted
time. A whole minute . Not that I'm actually that busy yet, but it could
happen and
going to his pant front instantly, right in front of her husband, who looked
away, ashamed, and her daughter, who just seemed curious. Zack rolled his eyes,
since he wasn't that cheap. He stood back and waved her up. The contact
with her told him enough, at least. She was roughly a Human Mage, but not of
the Western kind. Her father was a herbologist, like master Wu-Li, there at
Westfield. Why he was dying...
Well,
that was because he was old and didn't have access to the herbs he needed. The
government had made certain he was cut off, suspecting what he was.
"Come
with me." Zack didn't wait, and her face fell, with tears coming to her
eyes, since it was also clear she had nothing else to pay him with, if not her
body.
She
just seemed baffled when he took her to Wu-Li and waved in her direction.
"Can
we buy some supplies from you?"
The
ancient Chinese man looked at him, and then her, and nodded.
"Perhaps
you could aid me in collecting a few things in return?"
Zack
sighed, but agreed. It wasn't as if the man wasn't a friend of his, after all.
Still, he'd have to work out some kind of trade with the family, or else people
would eventually try to take advantage of him. What that would be he didn't
know. She needed his help, but had absolutely nothing that he wanted. Not at
all.
Worse,
even though he left them all in China, two hours later, he'd have to retrieve
them in a few weeks. That would compound the cost, but they couldn't get out of
China on their own, he didn't think.
It
was a bit of a mess. On the good side he'd collected up a lot more herbs,
including some expensive ones, than he needed. Enough to make that part worth
while he thought.
Chapter four
Maddy
Morse had three people with her, which he actually expected. He hadn't known
that he would , but the instant he saw the two men and the woman she was
with, he understood that it was her staff. Almost all the high officials,
regardless of the group, tried to add extra people and luggage to their
transports. Since he was doing this one for free, for the Summit, as part of a
deal with Keeley, a lot of people had been doing that. At first he nearly
balked at it, early on, but now he realized that it was letting people get used
to working with him, as much as not. He'd rather have ten thousand people like
that family from earlier, that couldn't pay really, than to have everyone
refusing to work with him.
He'd
just have to be a bit clever to justify things. That was all.
"Maddy!
Are you all ready to go?" He was in the back of the Idaho Mage embassy,
which meant, as it turned out, that the woman there was actually the
Ambassador. She looked older, so probably wasn't a healing Mage. From the way
the space rippled around her, he was going to bet some kind of combat
specialty. She had several weapons on her, with one pointed directly at him,
ready to fight.
Like
that would work?
She
attacked, almost instantly, as the others jumped out of the way, screaming. At
least Maddy yelled no , which was nice of her. Zack moved out of
the way and simply walked in places the energy wasn't and slapped the woman.
Hard, and right along the jaw, which knocked her out.
He
actually had to hold back a lot, so the move wouldn't kill her. Then, without
asking, he pulled the rest of the magics from her, as the two men stared at
him. Like he was going to pull the woman's clothing off and rape her or
something? Because that made sense. Clearly if he were going to do that, it
would make more sense to rape one of them, so that no one would be willing to
accidently back up their stupid friends again. Not even by mistake. He didn't
say anything, until he had it all, then he stood up.
"Should
we go? She's about to wake up. I trust that you'll have a handle on this before
the next pick-up? Because I've got to tell you, this was annoying, and wasted
time. A whole minute . Not that I'm actually that busy yet, but it could
happen and
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