Jonto the Slave's Big Adventure
Once, there was a slave called Jonto, who lived on his Holder's estates in the Bleak Lands.
Jonto was a farmhand, and drove his tractor up and down the fields each day, tending to the crops that his Holder grew. He liked his job, as it had lots of sunlight and fresh air.
One day, as he was out tending to the crops, he saw an aircraft land in a nearby field, flattening the crops that were growing there.
"How rude" thought Jonto, "Those crops are ruined now, what a waste."
Some odd looking men in uniforms came out of the aircraft and ran over to Jonto and his tractor.
"Bror, har vi kommet for å frigjøre deg, bli med oss!" they said, which Jonto did not understand.
"I'm sorry, what did you say?" said Jonto.
"Han snakker ikke Matari, den uheldige mannen." said one of them. Another one of them then threw a net over Jonto, and carried him off to the aircraft.
"Help! help!" said Jonto "I'm being kidnapped!", but then one of the odd looking men clubbed him and knocked him out.
When Jonto awoke, he looked around, and saw that he was aboard a spaceship, along with some other men and women that had been abducted.
"What's going on?" he said.
"We've been rescued by Republic freedom fighters" said one man.
"Rescued? from what?" said Jonto.
"From a life of slavery and misery" said the man.
"I wasn't miserable?" said Jonto, confused.
"You were, deep down" said the man. "Even if you didn't think you were, you were miserable."
Jonto didn't understand, and stared at the floor. One of the women sat next to him. "Are you missing your home?" she said.
"Yes, I liked my farming job" said Jonto. "My name's Jonto, by the way."
"I'm Salleh" said the woman. "I used to farm as well. Now I don't know what's happening, and I'm scared"
"Me too" said Jonto.
Just then, one of the uniformed men arrived along with a uniformed woman.
"Gled dere, brødre og søstre, vi tar deg til friheten i republikken!" said the man.
"Rejoice, brothers and sisters, we are taking you to freedom in the Republic! said the woman.
Some of the people in the room cheered. Others like Jonto and Salleh didn't say anything.
The ship travelled on for a few hours, but then there was a sudden noise of an alarm, and flashing red lights.
"What is it, what's going on?" said Jonto.
"Pirates!" said someone. "We're being attacked!"
Just then there was a loud bang, and the ship shook. The lights flickered and there was a smell of burning electrical wire.
Jonto was scared, and mumbled a prayer to Saint Junip. He heard Salleh also praying, and went over beside her, to hold her hand.
"Thanks Jonto" said Salleh.
There was another loud bang, and then silence. The lights flickered again, then went out completely, before the dim emergency lights came on.
"We've stopped." said someone.
There was the sound of people running through the corridors outside, then some gunfire. A shape appeared at the doorway.
"det er blod pakt!" said the figure.
"What did he say?" said Salleh. "I don't know" said Jonto. "It's the Blood raiders" said someone else.
"Blood raiders? God save us!" said Salleh.
"Oh, hush with your god talk" said another woman.
There was more gunfire, then it fell silent. Another shape passed the doorway, then another, then another, before one came into the doorway.
"Aharrr, what have we here?" said a coarse Amarrian woman's voice. "Oooh, slaves! how useful!"
The lights came back on, and the Blood raider woman looked around at the people in the room. "Lots and lots of lovely little slaves" she said. "You'll fetch a good price, I'm sure. Wahey!"
Jonto and Salleh held onto each other, and mumbled another prayer.
"Oho, what's this?" said the Blood raider woman. "Faithful slaves, well I never. You'll make a special prize".
Some other Blood raider people came into the room, and took everyone onto the Blood Raider ship.
A few hours later, the Blood raider woman came into the room where Jonto and Salleh were.
"Ahaahaarr" she said. "I'm going to enjoy demonstrating the falseness of your interpretation of Scripture, and showing you the Real Truth"
Jonto said "I'll never abandon my belief!". "Neither will I!" said Salleh.
"We'll see about that, me hearties" said the Blood Raider woman. "Wait, what's that?"
Just then, the alarm sounded. "Damnation!" said the Blood Raider. "It's the Navy"
"Surrender your vessel and prepare to be boarded" came a voice over the ship's loudspeakers.
The ship shaked and rattled as the blood raiders attempted to escape.
Jonto and Salleh held onto each other, then there was a loud explosion, and everything went dark and quiet.
"We have to get out of here" said Salleh. "Where to?" said Jonto. "I don't know, but we can't stay here".
Jonto and Salleh crawled out of the room, and saw a tiny glow from emergency lighting that said "emergency exit".
They went that way, and found a supply room with emergency spacesuits in it.
"We should put one of those on" said Jonto. Which they did.
Jonto and Salleh put on a spacesuit and went to the emergency exit. "Now what?" said Salleh. "We should get outside, I think" said Jonto. "I don't want to be on this ship with these blood raider heretics". "Alright" said Salleh. Then they went outside, and stood on the hull of the blood raider ship.
Looking up, they saw an Imperial Navy cruiser, and Jonto waved at it. The cruiser turned a searchlight onto them, and Jonto kept waving. "Hello?" he said, pressing a button on his spacesuit that said "emergency radio".
"Identify yourself" said a voice.
"Umm, my name's Jonto, and I'm a farmer that was captured by minmatar and then by blood raiders, and I really want to go home now" said Jonto.
"Is that so" said the voice. "Stay right there"
Jonto and Salleh stood where they were, and some Amarr space marines came over and picked them up. "You're safe now" said the leader.
"Thank God you came" said Salleh. "we were scared."
"Indeed." said the leader.
Jonto and Salleh met the Navy captain, and explained who they were. The captain smiled at them, and said they were both very lucky, since they were the only two that had survived, and that was surely a sign that they were blessed by God.
Then the Navy cruiser took them both home to Jonto's Holder's estate.
Jonto's Holder was very pleased to see Jonto again, and held a celebration giving thanks to God for Jonto's safe return. Jonto and Salleh were later married, and had many children, and lived happily ever after, with Jonto continuing to farm with his tractor, which he enjoyed doing.
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