Charlie looked on the radar. No sign of trouble. Yet. He had to repeat to himself over and over again that he could do it. Even though no one in the last one thousand years had ever been able to smuggle goods into Earth without getting caught, no one was as good as Charles "The Titan" McNeal. Beads of sweat poured down his face. WHOOSH! He passed the first scanning device with no problem. WHOOSH! The second scanner was a piece of cake. Now, for the third and final scanner. This one had been known to count every flea on a dog. WHOOSH! Luckily, it was under repairs. The Titan's luck and paid off. He wiped the sweat from his eyes and flew his ship down to Harper's Space Port.
------------Ah, yes, Harper's Space Port. Not the best place in the world to find windpipescorchers, ( a very strong Galmaglian acoholic drink), but the bars were good enough. Only a few bodies were found in the hallways to the bar, and even then, they were clean. ( Results of past brawls and drunken arguements.) While the ship was being gassed up and cleaned for the rest of his trip, Charlie decided to pass the time by observing the Galmaglian chicks (literally, chickens were kept as pets in the deep parts of space), and watch the rest of the fools make even bigger idiots of themselves. Charlie could rival the silence of a shadow, when he wanted to...a good trait to have, or learn, if you were going to tackle the task of smuggling goods into Earth. The planet was always under lock and key from the **** government, making it almost impossible to get into. But, he had earned the name "The Titan" well, and this was going to be his biggest job yet. After checking on the ship in the port, and handing the workers a few kristlenubs each, he made his way to the bar....still no sign of trouble...yet.
------------Charlie asked the bartender for a gribble on the rocks, the strongest alcohol know to man and alien, and with a chuckle it was handed to him. By drinking this and not showing any sign of pain he was sure to get immediate respect so he chugged the glass down as fast as he could. He got curious stares from all out through the bar and he let out a horribly loud burp and shrugged it off and was immediately praised. But of course, on the inside he was screaming like a 5 year old girl. He glanced over to the other side of the bar to see the only two people not smiling that were staring dead at him. "This could be trouble," he whispers to himself. He then walks off from the bar and to a local restroom and is immediately followed by the two strangers.
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