Chapter 113: 113. Moony Made A New Friend
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The five Ravagers leaders were shocked by the presence Hector had. He was like a walking people's magnet. It didn't take him a minute to win over the hearts of Ravagers. It was as if he was born to do this.
Hector walked forward. He was taller than most, except for the red alien. He greeted them all, "It's a pleasure to be seeing you all, captains,"
Stakar Ogord came forward and firmly shook Hector's hand, "This is our first time seeing you. You look like a natural-born leader,"
"Haha, thank you for the praise, Sylvester Stal... I mean, Captain Ogord."
"Where is Yondu?" Stakar asked.
"They are still on the ship. It's currently landing; just wait a minute. Come, we should sit and talk in private." Hector led them inside as if he was the one interviewing them.
The rest of the leader captains followed inside the bar, occupying a corner table. Hector looked at the bartender alien robot and ordered, "Fruit juice and a glass of milk."
"You drink milk?" Aleta Ogord asked, holding her laughter.
"No, it's not for me. It's for my good son, Moony. But still, there is no problem with drinking milk. It's got amazing minerals. It's a nice change from the usual alcohol. Now, I don't know your names,"
Stakar started and introduced everyone, "I am Stakar, the current leader. This is my wife, Aleta Ogord. That's Charlie-27, Krugarr and Mainframe. We are all captains of our own crews, but at the same time, we are the leaders of the Syndicate."
Hector nodded, "I told you my name. But I am referred to as President Washington because I am not just the boss of the Freedom Clan but also own my cargo business with a fleet of 25 ships and a shop on Xandar in the best location."
"WOOF!" Moony arrived, jumping happily. Yondu, Adam and Logan followed.
This made Hector introduce them all, "Meet my little boy; he's like a son to me, Moony. Then there are my commanders, Yondu, Logan and Adam."
Stakar stood up and hugged Yondu, as he was the one who saved Yondu a long time ago from Kree Slavery. They were like father and son at this point.
But, when Yondu hugged him, he could not bring himself to look him in the eye because he broke the Ravagers' rules. He went to Earth and kidnapped a kid. He deserved to be thrown out of the syndicate, but here he was.
"How are you, Yondu? What happened? Are you not the captain of your clan now?" Stakar asked him seriously, ignoring Hector for now. He first needed to know if Hector had forced himself.
Yondu glanced at Hector first. It was true. He had taken over his clan forcefully. But when he saw Hector not even bothered and already talking with other captains, he didn't feel it was right to call him the aggressor. He had earned his clan more than a hundred million credits ever since he took over. He had made the clan more powerful than ever, although they had big enemies now.
But, there was also a truth that he was still officially the captain, "No, I'm still the captain. He's just the President, sort of my boss. The clan also respects him. He got all our records cleaned from Nova Corps."
"He did?" Stakar was amazed. He turned to Hector and asked, "How did you get Nova Corps to cooperate?"
At that, Hector grinned and rubbed his palms together. He had a scheme for the Ravagers that would make the syndicate stronger and him more influential. "By doing an extremely dangerous job for them. Let's sit and talk."
Hector took a seat along with the other leaders and asked, "Tell me, what do you think Ravergers Syndicate is? Thugs? Well, I don't see it like that, we are a group of people with the power to do so much, but since common interests do not join us, we are poor and weak.
"I met Thanos just before coming here. He offered me to join him, but I rejected him, even though I seriously contemplated doing it. Tell me, can we also just bring any guy to offer him a position? No, because he will just scoff, laugh and leave, as we got nothing to offer."
"Pfft... stop boasting. Why would Thanos ask you to join him?" Charlie-27 scoffed at him.
Adam coughed and spoke, "Because Mister President got me out of Sakaar, shamed Grandmaster openly, then sneaked into Kree Empire's Hala and saved a Nova Corps spy without being caught."
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The reaction was expected. Hector had not done many jobs, but the few he had were so hard that no Ravager would even think about doing it.
*BAM* Yondu downed a glass of an alcoholic drink and slammed the glass on the table. This was his 15th glass, "Damn right. President is awesome—but... fuck. It was nice being alive."
Hector frowned, "Ignore him; he blabbers a lot these days. Anyway, I was saying that I want to strike a deal with the entire Ravagers Syndicate for a few mutually beneficial projects. It won't just make us rich but also bring respect."
Adam proceeded to hand a booklet to all five leaders. This was an actual corporate meeting. Hector then gave them time to start reading it, so they knew what he was getting at.
"This... This is madness. You want Ravagers to become as big as the Nova Corps?" Aleta commented.
Hector clarified and explained, "See, there were a few things in the contract when I signed a deal with Nova Corps. You know about the agreement of erasing the criminal records. There was one more. I have started a Cargo company that has contracts worth tens of millions from Sovereign and Nova Empire. I need muscle to ensure my cargo remains safe. I don't ask you to escort it, but rather destroy whoever messes with it.
"I will give Ravagers 5% of the cargo company. It will be held in a joint account. Whichever clan comes to help me will get a payment from it. On top of that, I have a bigger deal." [A/N: Don't be triggered by him giving 5% of his company. Eventually, it will benefit him.]
"I have officially stopped doing illegal things. We have stopped looting and killing. We only do legitimate jobs. So, I got a deal with Nova Corps that if we catch any ship that a known criminal in their database owns, I can keep that ship after they change its tags. So, I will be giving you a list of all criminals, and you kill them, take their ship and give it to me."
Mainframe objected, "What's in it for us? I don't see you buying those confiscated ships from us as you can get them for free by catching them yourself."
Hector continued, "Well, the bigger my Cargo business is, the bigger chunk of money you will make. Not to mention, I have a fleet of warships. I have so much firepower that Ravagers can do any job. On top of this, if you want more, then become like me, a lawful thug. Only steal from criminals."
"I'll pass. This is not what Ravagers do." Charlie-27 raised his hand and sat back to relax.
Hector looked at Stakar to see what he'd say. The man was like the de-facto leader of Ravagers currently. He, too, started to shake his head, "This sounds like stopping to be a Ravager. To change ourselves is to deny our existence. We already work with a strict code of conduct. And by doing what you say, we will become employees of your companies. So it's a pass from me."
"If Stakar says he's out, I'm out," Aleta added.
Hector sighed. The deal was a failure. It was a significant setback that made him a bit nervous. He can't just tell them that Kree Empire and Sakaar will be coming after him... them. They will never cooperate.
He'll have to try again someday later. But to make them friends was the first step now, as that would instil trust in their minds about him, "Fine, if you disagree, no problem. But what about joining me on a job? It's a level four job on a planet in the Moran star system of the Kree Empire. Pirates and thieves are invading it. It's all in ruins. The job will earn us 10 million units. That's about all that their government is left with. We have ten warships; we can obliterate their fleet. I just need help on the ground."
*BAM* Charlie-27 slammed his fist on the table energetically, "That!—I can join. Ah, it's been a long time since I had a good fight." But then he seriously looked at Hector, "My fee is one million, take it or leave it."
Hector honestly gave no crap about the money earned from this job. He just wanted to go on it with the leaders of Ravagers so he could show his prowess and leading skills. "Agreed. I want all five of you to join, maybe a few more clans. Ten clans should head out, so we all get one million each."
"GREAT! Let's move out then,"
"WHAT THE! WHERE IS MY PUDDING?" but all of a sudden, Krugarr voiced, he was a red alien with a lizard-like body, having a tail instead of legs. But his upper body was humanoid.
*CHOMP CHOMP...*
The sound attracted all of them. They turned their heads, and there was Moony, sitting on the mat on the ground, chewing something merrily.
As he felt like being watched, he looked the other way and started chewing faster. Finally, Hector jumped to him and grabbed his mouth, "What are you eating, boy?"
"No, that's fine. I want to know how he did it, instead? My species has acute senses, and I can't believe he snaked up on me," Krugarr didn't mind the pudding being taken away.
Seeing a chance, Moony just gulped it down and acted like the most innocent good boy. Hector told him to demonstrate, "Show him how you took the pudding,"
Moony nodded and waved his paw to make a circle. Soon enough, a magic teleportation circle appeared, just big enough for him to pass his head and take the plate from the table.
"THIS IS AMAZING!" Kruggar got up, acting too surprised for some reason. But the next moment, he started to wave his hands too, "You're a sorcerer? I'm a sorcerer too, look."
*WOOF!* Moony barked excitedly and jumped up. He waved his paw and copied the spell the alien made.
Kruggar rushed to the good boy and hugged him, "This is great! We don't have any other sorcerer in Ravagers. Why don't you join my clan?"
Hearing that, Moony pushed Krugarr away and walked to Hector to stand behind him, "WOWOO!"
Hector laughed, "Haha, he said he doesn't want to leave his dad, so you join my clan,"
"Fine, Stakar, I am resigning from my clan. I will join Freedom Clan now,"
"BOSS! NO! PLEASE!" Krugarr's first officer lept to hold his captain back, "Boss, you're making stupid decisions again, just like when you agreed to marry that Skrull guy, disguised as a woman."
Hector laughed, "Bwahaha... you are always welcome in my clan, Krugarr, always happy to have another sorcerer. I'm sure Yondu will be pleased to give you his captaincy,"
Krugarr's first officer glared at him in helpless anger, "No, we love you, captain,"
Just then, Yondu also barked, "Fuck you, Mister President. That's all I gotta say,"
*BAM* Yondu's head slammed on the table, and he dozed off. He drank too much. And that's how the Ravagers' meeting turned from being serious to a full-blown party. With Hector paying the bills for drinks, they all danced, sang and laughed together. The party had too many pranks going on, done by Krugarr and Moony with their sorcery. Sometimes someone's prosthetic leg would go missing, sometimes an arm, or even the torso. Moony made a lifelong new friend that evening.
[A/N: I could have made the Ravagers agree with him. But that didn't make sense. They barely know Hector, and they don't trust him. Also, realistically, not everything can always go in favour of MC.]
[A/N: I bought premium Grammarly for a month to try it. Tell me if you feel any difference in punctuation and sentences compared to the last chapter.]
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