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other Mazlans, all of who were clearly upset. Annie looked ready to cry as she dropped to her knees beside the young female speaking softly to reassure her.
    “She agreed to come along and she knew what we wanted her for.” The stupider of the two prisoners explained.
    “The female knew you would starve and abuse her?” Annie asked.
    “Hey, we didn’t treat her bad.” The other guy insisted.
    “Did you know what would happen if you were caught here spying and sabotaging equipment?” Annie sked.
    “We aint no spies.” One of them insisted.
    “You were hidden, you were here without permission. If we check, I bet you were monitoring communications. Anyone would call that spying.” Annie pointed out. The prisoners looked beyond terrified. The young women was passed out, too tired and starved to care anymore. “Let’s get her to my house.” Annie suggested.
    “Take those two to jail. The ship needs to be safeguarded and carefully searched. Look for any bombs or safeguards that might be tripped.” Cravr added. “We need to take her to the doctor first.”
    “You have a doctor nearby? I didn’t know.” Annie admitted.
    “We’ve been getting modern necessities and even conveniences as quickly as we can. Our people and families, deserve everything other planets take for granted.”
    “Yes, of course you do. I just didn’t know.”
    Cravr just headed straight there without stopping. The young woman had been unexpected. He reflected on the desperation that must have spurred her to go along with those two males. Cowardly and disreputable, her need must have been great to accept their terms. He was sure, however, that she never thought her life would be risked. She would survive, he was sure of it, but she was in bad shape. Had they not found them, they would have let her die. He was sure of that, too.
    It made him wonder if there were any decent honorable males left on Annie’s home planet. There must be, but they had to be hiding since he’d not found a single one yet. He looked up to see the medical building come into view. The patient was still out, it was a blessing. As soon as they stopped, Annie was in motion. Cravr got out and went around to the outside to get the abused woman out. As he carried her into the building, Annie opened doors and made sure the way was clear.
    Once they were to the secretary’s desk, the female ran for the doctor. She came out to lead Cravr into a room with a bed. “You’ll have to go now. We will be removing her clothes.”
    Cravr turned blood red and nodded. “Do you want me to help?” Annie asked as he headed out the door. He didn’t hear the doctor’s answer.
    It wasn’t easy sitting there waiting, but after what seemed like a long time, Annie came back out. “Her name is Sylvia and she is from the space station Argosy, it’s near Jupiter. There’s overcrowding issues and most of them have no way off the station. She says there is a shortage of food, water, and medicine. People are dying and Earth doesn’t care. The woman was desperate or she would never have agreed to go with them, but she was already half starved when they got her.”
    “That doesn’t absolve them of their crime.”
    “Nor should it. But there are hundreds of people, mostly females, looking for a way off that station.”
    “I will inform Razar. We will send some food so they will be able to live if they choose to stay.”
    “It was what I expected from you. I just knew you would do what was right.” Their eyes met and held, emotion throbbed in the air between them. Maybe it was time to talk and explain things to her.
    Someone cleared their throat. “Sylvia is doing fine and as long as she gets fed regularly, there’s no reason she can’t leave here. She wants to go and not too many people like staying at hospitals.”
    “I’ll take her home with me.” Annie said quickly. Another opportunity gone.
    “She’s still a little weak, she’ll need someone strong to lean on.” The