Taking A Ni

[Akirapryde]

He smiled, "I am much older than I look. My younger brother, before he died in that stupid war on Olivan, was Duke Saar."

He nodded and led her down a winding staircase to a bar that was partially filled with patrons. He walked up to the bartender, "De'is" Sheriff Saar said.

"Oh, Sheriff...." the bartender named De'is said. The man was a human with a skinny body. "Um....what can I do for you?"

Saar smiled and moved a picture before him, "I need information. I need to know where this woman is."

"Um....Sheriff, um....I don't know..."

Sheriff Saar reached across the table and pulled the man's head hard until it hit the thick wooden bar. "De'is, no one does anything on this world without you know about it." At the same time, he drew his blaster and pressed it up against the man's temple. "Now, De'is, I am going to ask you once more. I need information." He moved the man's face so he could easily see the picture.

"Oh...Her....yeah Sheriff."

Sheriff Saar smiled, "I knew that your memory would improve."

"Yeah, she and another guy had a meeting with a Dark Wing earlier today. I was just about to call you about that."

Sheriff Saar pressed the barrel up against the man's head, "Don't get derailed or my finger might slip!"

"Oh oh...yeah...um....so I got a guy who said that they were responsible for the Market Place bombing."

Saar nodded and pulled the blaster back, "what did they want with the Dark Wing?" He still held the man's head pressed against the bar.

"I don't know. I heard that the Dark Wingers are looking to move some bird or something off world."

Saar pressed the barrel of the blaster up against the man's head again, "all this over a bird!?"

"I swear, that's all I know! PLEASE!"

Sheriff Saar let the man go and turned to face Ni, "shell we go?" He returned his weapon to its holster.