Getting into a New place

The man turned looking quite annoyed at the question or was he annoyed about the whole situation.  Juniper could only guess at his mood but his statement did not clear her need to make a good decision. “You’re here aren’t you, so you are a new member of my crew.” He turned his back on Juniper and stalked off.

The green haired woman smirked.  “I guess you are my problem now but that is how Captain Myron deals with things.”  Her non-colored eyes took in Juniper.  “Well, are you staying or going?”  Then she added, “If you are staying know this, the captain is mine, even if he has not acknowledged it yet.”

Before Juniper could answer the loading door made sharp beeping noises then started closing behind her.  The ship lurched off of the ground, forcing Juniper forward into the green haired woman’s arms.  She gasped, “I guess I don’t have a choice.”

“Sure does look like it.” The green haired woman said it took her a moment to set Juniper back on her unsteady feet. “Well, come with me now.  I think I will take you back to our leader, then the Captain can tell me what to do with you.”

“I thought you just said he leaves these matters to you?” Juniper questioned.

A puzzled look crossed the woman’s face, “Oh, I guess I did.  Well, he will be my lover someday so he would have to start trusting me with matters, such as you.”

Juniper did not question the strange lady further.  She just stood there waiting for the green haired woman to take her wherever.  Looking around the bland cargo bay was her only entertainment while she waited.  The bay only had one shuttle in it.  The shuttle did not look big, but after all, what did Juniper know about shuttles.  What did she know about a loading cargo bay anyway, she just assumed that what she saw was normal.  There were boxes against one wall, on the wall that Juniper could see from the corner of her eye she saw netting.  Juniper was so into looking around she did not notice that the woman had moved.

Coming to the Ship

Juniper followed, she looked at her surroundings.  The corridor was only three feet wide and almost seven feet high.  The man, in front of her, filled the corridor.  He was a man with the broadest shoulders, Juniper had ever seen.  He wore a white linen shirt with tight blue cotton pants.  His boots came up to mid calf.  She liked what she had seen earlier and she now admired him from behind. 

The other thing she liked, his height.  From her vantage point he had maybe six inches before his head would touch the ceiling.  She followed behind him but sometimes she had to jog a little bit to catch up.  He opened another door, which looked like a carved out wall. Before the door were large cargo containers, Juniper watched the man walk around the cargo boxes. As she followed him she saw a large ship three stories tall and a couple football fields long by her first impression.  She strode with the man up to the ship and up the loading ramp.

A woman who had long green hair and yellow skin greeted him.  She hugged him. “You’re back.”

The man grabbed the woman’s hands and unwrapped them from his person.  “Yes, you think I left permanently Lana?”

“Whose the girl?” the green haired woman asked.

“A new crew member.” He stated dryly. He turned to Juniper. “Come with me.”  He ordered. 

Standing there in the opening of a loading ramp a decision had to be made.  Juniper knew she wanted off of this colony and away from her mistress but she did not know, so she asked, “What does becoming a crew member mean?”