Splitting headache was the first thing Alice felt once she regained consciousness.
She tried to speak but her throat was dry like a dessert.
The next moment someone gave her some water to drink but after the first sip she abruptly sat up headbutting the person feeding the water to her.. When the memories of what happened came back to her,she panicked and it took her a while to register that she was no longer tied up and she was lying on the bunk instead of sitting on a chair.
The next thing she noticed was the person that tried to give her water.
It was Tommy now holding his bloody nose,and he didn't look happy.
She forgot about her hangover and got scared looking at the man with wide eyes.
But to her shock he didn't do anything to her just got up and went to clean himself.
While he was gone she took a look around and to her astonishment she found both her friends sleeping on two other bunks and Simon who was taking a nap in her chair, they were back in the med bay.
It was a while before Tommy came back,and she used that time to think about what had happened?
While thinking about it she looked a little closer at her friends and found out that aside from being a bit disheveled,probably from being carried around, they were fine.
The other thing she noticed was that aside from the headache,she could think much more clearly now and she felt the anger bubbling up in her.
When Tommy finally came back she was already in a better state after drinking some water and taking some painkillers.
She was sitting on the bunk waiting for him.
One look at her and he knew that she was barely holding herself from slapping the hell out of him, not like he didn't deserve it.
-You better have a really good explanation for what you did.
She said, anger in her voice was clear as day.
-Well i wanted to wait for those two to also wake up before i explain everything but since they're still sleeping i can tell you first.
Then Tommy told her everything from start to finish.
When he finished she was stunned and pale.
She knew of the existence of forbidden medicine but she had never seen one not to mention knew how to counteract one.
-I understand why you kidnapped us now.
She said a moment after he finished his story.
- But why go to all this trouble wasn't it easier to just tell us everything?
- Would you have even believed us? especially if I told you that the cure was some alcohol.
She thought about it and had to admit that there was no way she'd believe that.
-After learning about everything, i don't know if i should forgive,and thank you,or beat you up.
She said,
-I think you already did the latter.
He smiled pointing at his nose.
-Whatever the case i need some time to think about it all,so if you wouldn't mind getting that overgrown ape who is still pretending to sleep out of here, i'd be much obliged.
Hearing that Simon stood up and excused himself before leaving with haste.
Tommy also went to the exit but stopped midway there.
-What about those two pretending ladies?
He asked, a bit worried that they would do something stupid like tell everyone about what they heard.
-Don't worry about them, I'll take care of them, now get lost.
She said, pushing him out the door.
-That went better than I thought it would.
Said Simon when the door shut behind Tommy.
-Well at least she doesn't hate us but we'll see how that goes in the future right now let's give her time to think.
Tommy said yawning.
-And on that note I'm going to get some sleep.
They said their goodbyes and went to get some rest.
The next few days went by without any incident so they could relax a bit,but they still gathered materials they needed and Tommy was finally able to upgrade his gadgets, not to mention make some new ones for Simon.
The only change was that now they were both training together since if they wanted to achieve their goals they needed to be at their peak performance.
Around a week after they were kicked out of the med bay, Anna approached them a little hesitantly and told them that Alice wanted to talk to them this evening.
Of Course they agreed and when evening came they went to the med bay to hear what Alice had to say.
To their shock there were all three ladies waiting inside.
Alice was the first to speak.
-After some talking about what you did and why you did it all three of us decided to forgive you on two conditions.
One, you won't do anything like that again.
Two ,we want to help you with whatever you're planning.
Tommy and Simon were a bit baffled at what they heard, they were both happy that they didn't hate them after what they did but with the exception of Alice they didn't know how the others could help them.
-Ladies, we are both happy that you don't hate us but what exactly can you do to help us?
Tommy asked while looking at the trio.
-I know that we will need a medic sooner or later and some of the medical supplies can be repurposed to serve our needs,but without knowing what the rest of you do i have no idea how you can help us?
-Well first of all I'm a programmer and I think you could use some help with your programming skills. I saw your work in engineering and it's all basics and I can help you with that or even better I can reprogram whatever device you are planning to hack.
Said Anna with confidence in her voice.
Tommy just now remembered that he never asked who the two women were before they ended up here.
-Ok your skills will be useful for our plans, and what about you?
He pointed at Monic with his gaze.
-Before I was sent here I was a cadet in the imperial space academy and I wanted to be a navigation officer but I didn't finish the school so I don't know how useful i'll be.
She said lowering her head.
Tommy looked at Simon and the gig guy nodded slightly in approval.
-Ladies, we accept your help but before we delve into our plans I need to warn you that if we are discovered we will almost certainly die.If you are ready to accept the risk we can share our plans with you but if you can't then this is your chance to resign because the moment i tell you our plans you are with us to the end no matter what this end will be.
He said giving them a chance to walk away.
All three of the ladies nodded, accepting the risk .
-Ok so let's clue you all in on our little plan.