The Beginning.

He woke up to the alarm of an incoming transmission, the shrill alarm was loud enough to scare the life out of anyone, yet he just slowly opened his eyes. As he opened his eyes he saw the familiar crisp white ceiling, the only flaw in the ceiling was one rivet that had come loose and fallen out. That rivet had fallen out so long ago that he couldn't remember when it happened, “I really need to fix that" he stated to himself in a rough hoarse voice. He slowly sat up in the bed as the alarm continued to sound, he shook off the sleep, and stretched his arms out.

"I will be right there," he shouted as if someone was able to hear him, "Be patient for hells sake."

The man stood up, and nearly hit his head on the ceiling. He had to have ceiling raised on the cabin, as this type of vessel was usually built for people shorter than he was. He had to have this ship though; none other in the galaxy were as fast and stealth as this one. He stretched one more time, and then made his way to his seat in the cockpit. He sat down and slammed his hand down onto a large button on the console, as that happened the alarm went silent. He pushed a button above his head and a beep sounded notifying him of the connection to the incoming transmission.

"Who is this and what do you want?" he barked at the receiver.

"Who do you think it is Victor." responded the caller, "I am the only one that wants to talk to you. You should ready be more pleasant; after all, I do pay you a lot of money."

"Hello Francis," Victor replied mockingly, "how are you doing today?" 

"Just fine," replied Francis, "I have told you a thousand times to not call me Francis, my name is Frank. Anyway, I just got confirmation on that last job; your "thank you" has already been wired to the account, 100,000 Credits, as promised. Good work Victor."

Victor reached over to his keypad on his left, pressed some of the keys, and his account pulled up on the monitor above the keypad. "I see it," he responded, "What's next?"

"Well," said Frank, with a pause "I have two that you can choose from."

"How much do they pay?" asked Victor.

"This first one pays 85,000 Credits," responded Frank, "the second pays 50,000 Credits. Both are easy, observe and report, then terminate the target."

"I'll take both," responded Victor, "send me the files." He terminated the signal before Frank could respond. 

Victor stood up from his seat; he walked through the bulkhead, past his cabin and into the galley. He stared at the processed dried rations he had aboard his ship, thinking how unappealing they looked.........