Ava awoke to the sound of screaming, this was nothing unusual since was surrounded by crazy people.

The usual list of acquaintances included her trusted sidekick the mad scientist, Chimarc, who had managed to stay hidden from the elite. His home planet was similar to Avas but it was several thousand years behind Avas.

The power structure was already so out of balance that the technology falling into the wrong hands in the corrupt goverment would be devestating.

She lit a clove cigarette, something that her lover had introduced to her. The blue hue of the smoke wafted through the air, she could see visions of her and her lover through the smoke. The two of them were sitting by a small lake, laughing and having a beer. .

There came suddenly a scratching at her door. It was very subtle at first but soon it became more eratic until snarling began to ensue. Then there was quiet all of the sudden, Ava snuffed out her cigarette, blowing the hue of smoke to form a dirty word, it was one of her many parlor tricks.

Ava pulled her rapier from the scabbard which hung from the bed post. Ava had the figure of a woman who was always doing gymnastics, the cause of much jealousy within her community.

Suddenly the door busted from the hinges, and in strolled a large wolf burst through the door, donning a pair of lingerie she had purchased for her lover Adelina.

Ava stood frozen, memories flashed into her mind, all of thier experiences, thier first kiss. Run, run is what came to her mind but where to run to?

The beast itself was gigantic, much larger than dogs that she had seen on her planet, had someone else been toying with genetics? The thought was awful to think, even more awful would be to think if she had been betrayed by her friend.

The rapier itself didnt seem to be aware of what it was she was dealing with either, the beast had caught her stark naked, she didnt have her suit on and any hit wouldnt be absorbed by her suit but she would be damaged by it.

The beast, if one was able to observe it upon closer inspection , one would notice that its fangs were only a fang, one was missing, having been broken off by some attack.

The beast hurled itself towards Ava, she had just enough will power to move herself out of its way and the fortitude along with the speed to swing her weapon so that it could scrape the surface of the creature.

Once her Rapier got a taste of something the data was transferred to IMI who would analyze it. IMI had the personality of her friend who had passed away and she named the the weapon after her,Neshago. Her other weapon was a bagh nakh.

IMI loved to talk to much whenever she got a taste of a new creature but this time she did not say anything more after having given her the components needed in order to manifest the elements needed in order for her to slay the creature.

There were rare occasions where the required elements were not available which would require Ava to travel to some uncharted galaxy i search of what was required.

The creature lunged towards Ava, the components needed were taking a long time to sync up, her minds eye flickered as a storm of alchemical symbols rushed through her mind. The data base was taking a long time to become configured but it was because of how old the creature was. the database had been collected for a long time, centuries, now she seen that she was closing in on what she needed.

The data that came back was that of not only silver but pure 999 silver blended with Mercury. Aba impaled the creatire through the chest as it lunged at her, the teeth gnashing at her face, the breath however smelled familar. It was at this moment that Avas heart felt like it had been jabbed