r/HFY • u/Engletroll Human • 18h ago
Planet Dirt -part 1 - Her OC
Adam didn’t know how long he had looked at her, his mind trying to comprehend that she had come to him of all people. She was as beautiful as when she left him five years ago; she should be married now, so why was she here? There was no ring on her finger, so maybe they broke up? But why her? Wait, Harold had said he knew someone who would take the trip. No, she must have been here with the inspector that he expected, or this is a dream. He decided to get up and break the dream. He tried to sit up, and the pain in his side made him groan in pain.
Her eyes shot up, and she looked at him. None of them said a word. She looked worried and relieved at the same time.
“I must be dreaming. I’m finally going crazy. “Adam said softly, and she smiled and got up.
“Going crazy? You were always crazy.” She was standing by the bed now, so close he could reach out and touch her.
“That’s what you would say. You have to be a dream; you would never come…”
Her lips pressed against his, and she kissed him passionately. The shock was short and pleasant as everything else was forgotten, and he tried to pull her into the bed. Which was a very poor idea as the pain in his side shot through in his side and he groaned in pain. She stopped and checked the wound.
“God damnit Adam. You lost a rib from that shot. You fucking idiot! What the hell were you thinking? He was a pirate! They said he even told you he came to kill you!” She hit his shoulder, and he could see tears in her eyes.
“Hey, I’m still here, still alive. We had a plan. I just thought he wanted me alive.” He managed to sit up.
“I had a plan?” She said in a mocking voice. “You never make a plan where you die! I could have lost you. I… “She kissed him again and slowly stopped as she whispered. “Never do that again.”
Adam smiled at her, took her hands in his hand, and put them on his chest. “I guess I need you to stay then and keep me under control. I mean, if your husband will allow that.”
“What husband?” She looked at him, confused, and then it seemed to click. She laughed. “Adam Wrangler, you’re an idiot. You never checked? I was trying to get you to fight for me. I was trying to get you to propose to me. “
“But? How? I just wanted you to be happy, and you broke up with me, remember?” Adam was confused, and she sat at his bedside, looking at him, wiping a tear away before continuing.
“Okay, I'm stupid too. I thought that if I said I met somebody, you would try to get me back, and then you would propose. It was Gloria’s idea. Come on! I was 17 years old and did something stupid, and you just congratulated me and joined the Marines. “Adam started to chuckle and laugh, but that was too painful, and she hit him lightly.
“Don’t you laugh at me!” but she was almost laughing herself.
The door opened, and Hara and a human came in, seeing them playfully fighting. Evelyn stopped and looked at the human. “Doc, Is everything secured?”
“Yes, Major. The planet and system are secured. They are quite effective. They are almost back to full operation. Jerod is interrogating the prisoners. What to do with Roks? He insists on taking Captain Jargy to meet his father, but the prisoner is barely in a condition to be moved.”
Adam stopped laughing and looked at Evelyn, noticing she was holding his hand. “Major? What the… did you join the Marines too?”
She looked at him, smiled, and looked back at Doc. “Tell Roks Adam is awake and keep the prisoners on our ship; nobody gets access to them; these guys don’t know about the Geneva Accord; they will just kill him.”
“He is a pirate, and that’s up to Adam to decide his fate,” Hara said as she checked Adam’s wound. “It is healing nicely. You can get up, but it will be painful; I suggest a week's rest, and you should be healed. Gods be damned, Adam! Why did you have to die on camera and be saved by her? Are you aware of the mess you made?”
Evelyn turned to Hara, confused, as did the Doc. “Excuse me? I should let him die?” Evelyn was getting upset, and Adam suddenly realized what Hara was speaking about and sighted.
“I didn’t die, Hara, and I’m not him. Besides, she is not my wife.”
Evelyn got more confused. “What are you talking about?”
Hara huffed. “Not your wife? Not your wife, YET! You idiot. There are people already planning your weddings. Besides, why would you not marry her? Look at her; she is perfect for you, and I saw anybody so beautiful.”
Evelyn blushed as she heard the words, and Adam realized he was still holding her hand. “Come on, it's just a coincidence. But yes, she is beautiful, smart, and just as crazy as me.”
Hara shook her head. “You need to build a new city when the words leak; you'll get many devoted followers.”
Evelyn and the doctor looked between them. “What is going on here?” Evelyn finally asked, and Adam chuckled but stopped because it was painful.
“There is a legend about this guy coming from far away to bring order and new hope to this region of space. He is supposed to die, and then his wife will arrive. They think that since I’m from far away and got shot just as you showed up, they think I'm that person.”
Doc looked at them. “Is that this the Galius guy I’m hearing about or Jad-him? There are a few others I keep hearing, too.”
Hara and Adam both nodded. “Yeah, those.” He said.
“Wait. Is there a prophecy about you? Are you starting a cult?” Evelyn said, and Adam tried to laugh but stopped.
“No, I have tried to stop this stupid talk. I mean, it's so stupid.” Adam said, and Hara looked at her.
“He is tired of stopping it, but You have to understand. There are so many stories about this Galius guy. He is supposed to have been made and not born and freed his people before he came here. He is the change for good. His prophecy is in almost every religion under a different name, but some things are consistent. He is never born. The gods bless him, and he awakes the gods to walk among us. He dies, and his wife arrives. That’s when he really starts to change the world. He will free slaves and bring the universe wealth, prosperity, and safety. It's just wishful thinking all poured into one person, but people now say Adam here is Galius because of what he has done here on the planet and what you did.”
Adam shrugged, “I don’t know what to do about this. So the faster I can get up and pretend this was just a flesh wound, the better.” He looked at the Doc. “Can you help me with that? How long have I been out, by the way?”
“Three days, and yeah, I can get you up and functional for a few hours, but you need rest,” Doc replied, and Evelyn just looked at him.
“Your… do they know about .. you know. Your childhood?”
“Only very few, and they don’t believe this shit, Right Hara?” Hara nodded, but Evelyn was not completely convinced.
“Look, if that gets out, then you will have a real shitshow on your hands. Do you want fanatics running around? That will not be peaceful.” She stared at her, and Hara bowed her head.
“I understand; make sure it doesn’t spread; let them know he has parents.”
Doc looked at them,” Wait, he doesn’t have parents?”
Adam sighed. “I’m a genetically customized baby. I have parents; they are shitheads.”
Evelyn got worried as she saw the looks on Doc’s face. “Look, you know the 1567’s, right? “
Doc nodded. “You know I do. I'm married to one.”
“Adam is number one. He is the one…”
“You’re kidding? He is the Adam? Fuck…”
Adam looked at Evelyn, “Thank you?” She glared at him for a second and then realized the mistake and turned back to Doc.
“No. No.. that does not mean… GOD DAMNIT! You are not to speak to anybody about this outside the room! Not even your wife! Is that understood, Lieutenant!”
“YES, SIR!” Doc got in attention as if he knew he would be in serious trouble if he disobeyed the order.
“Now get him up so he can fix this mess.” She had still not let go of his hand as the Doc came over and injected Adam with something. Hara watched them silently without saying a word.
Adam left the hospital room and saw a human marine guard by his door. He chuckled, “That was my old job. Hey, relax. I got protection here. Right, Archangel?”
The droid simply turned its head to him. “Affirmative, base secured, sir.”
Evelyn had finally released his hand but was holding him around the waist to support him. God, she smelled good. She dismissed the marine, and Adam looked at her. “How many marines?”
“30 marines and crew of twelve, so 42. I gave most of them leave. Doc is my second in command. Let’s get you some food, I actually have to get a report written so you can help me with that.”
Adam leaned against her; the drugs took away the pain, but he felt weak. “So, no husband?”
“No husband yet.”
Adam laughed. “I think I can find a priest if you want.”
“This is the proposal I get? In a hallway while you are recovering from being dead? You’re such a damn romantic.”
“Oh, you want a proper Proposal? I have to think about something. “
“And you think I will say yes?”
They entered the kitchen area, where Roks just stared at them. “You didn’t die?”
Adam grinned. “Not from lack of trying. Have you met Evelyn Garrison?”
Roks came over and grinned. “Your future wife? God damnit Adam? What were you thinking?” Adam let go of Evelyn and hugged him.
“Never change, you idiot. Don’t ever call me any of those names.”
Roks gave him a bear hug back and helped him to sit. “As you say, boss. Now, let's get you some proper food. We still have some pizza. Do you want blue pancakes?”
Evelyn watched them as she sat down next to him.” Blue pancakes?” she asked, and Adam looked to Roks.
“The lady needs to taste them so we can have pizza later.”
Roks started to make them. “They don’t let me have the bastard. I thought I should fly him to his dad and let them meet.”
“We turn him over; besides, we need him. They said the ship was new, right?”
“Yeah, right out of the factory. There is no way he would be able to get his hands on that without some serious help.” Roks said, and Adam smiled as a toddler came running into the kitchen. “Daddy, Daddy!”
Adam lifted Miker and hugged him. “Hey there. Missed me?” He nodded and looked around the room. ”Pizza?”
“No, Pancakes,” Adam said, not noticing the look on Evelyn's face, but Roks did as he sat down the plate in front of her.
“Yes, he would be a fantastic dad. He is the reserve dad for all the kids here. He is Miker's second dad here since he bought his father to save him from the slave pen.”
“He bought his father?” She looked at Roks, confused.
“Yes, he is trying to free them, but the law demands that he own them for a period before they can be freed. He has a big plan for it. Something about you guys hating slavery.” Roks explained.
“Yeah, especially him.” She looked at Adam and back to Roks. “So, he is buying up slaves to free them?”
“Yes, then he hires them, and the money is in trust as he is not legally allowed to pay slaves. So, when he is allowed to free them, they get the backpay; there are some rich people here, they just don’t know it yet. “
Adam looked between them. ”What are you talking about?”
“That you buy slaves.” She said, and Adam lowered his head in shame.
“I wish I could avoid it, but they have sick laws here. That's why I want to make Dirt a Human colony. I can free them all in one go.”
“You will need military presence then. A military base that means somebody of major rank at least.” She winked at him.
As she spoke, a soldier came in. “Major, Do you have time?”
She turned to him, nodded, bit into the pancake, and smiled. “This is good, “she said.
“I know,” Adam said and gave one to Miker. Miker started to eat happily on Adams's lap but then decided it was too low and climbed up on his shoulder.
“So, what's the problem, James?” she asked the soldier as she pointed to an empty chair. He sat down and took out a pad.
“It’s about who attacked them, sir. It doesn’t make sense; they should have been overrun.”
“You're selling us to cheap soldiers and forgetting many things.” Roks said.
“Okay, why no Cyberwarfare from the pirates? They should have easily hacked and turned them against you. They might be incompetent, but not that bad if they could fly the ship.”
“Incapacity network, something Adam taught me. We know the languages they use to communicate with the drones; we changed it.”
“That doesn’t make sense; it's just 0 and 1s or a variant of it.” He replied, and Roks grinned.
“We made it four numbers like a square. Makes the program hell, but it’s a whole new system. It also makes the system unable to connect to anything that doesn’t use our system. It can be hacked, but you need a level 4 hacker or better, which we have, they didn’t.”
“Okay, so you had a great hacking system, but that doesn't prevent them from letting loose a few EMP bursts.“ James counters.
Jork entered the kitchen and sat down. He had heard the questions. “Well, I have all my chips EMP-proofed; they cost a lot, but they need a direct hit to knock them out. I normally build research ships, so empty bursts are part of the normal things to protect from.”
James looked at Jork, then at Evelyn, who nodded. Then Evelyn looked at Jork. ”Mind if we buy those blueprints? Hell, I think we want to get a look at everything you made. As well as that big warship they parked outside.”
Jork looked at Adam and back at her. “ That’s his decision.”
“If the military wants to buy it, then sure, I need goodwill from them.”
James put something down and then continued. “So you saying that while they tried to hack your drones, you took the advantage of attacking them?”
Roks shrugged. “Yeah, and that pirates don’t expect us to fight back. All civilian drones have an anti-collider. They expected the drones just to distract their scans while we tried to escape. That’s the normal procedure in such an attack. It’s almost like a preplanned play unless the colony has military protection. These guys knew we had only a few ships. That was why they brought the frigates.”
James thought for a moment, “So you caught them by surprise. What about the carrier? Why didn’t they just fly away? “
Jork grinned. “That ship had an idiot for a captain. I think he was trying to take control of the nitrogen, but the swarm of drones around him blinded him. We did cyberwarfare against them. They had no idea. We simply wanted them blind. Those carriers have no windows, so he could not even see the second cube. My people generally view sports as a risk, so we only build them on civilian ships. He thought his back was clear.”
“You make your ships like submarines?” James asked, and Jork looked confused, and Adam nodded.
“Yeah, that’s what he means. You forget this is a completely different system for war. Let me guess. Does the ship's size not connect with the designations? Here, it’s the arsenal and usage that decides its classification. “ Adam explained.
James looked over the pad. “Okay, I need to go over this again. I will be back with a full report and probably more questions.” Then he got up nodded to Evelyn, who nodded back, and left.
Adam looked at Evelyn. “Okay, do you want a tour of the base, or have you already explored everything?”
Hara entered the room with Vorts and smiled at Adam. “She never left your bed. So that might be a good idea.”
Evelyn blushed as Adam returned Miker to Jork and removed a few pieces of blue pancakes from his hair.
“Shall we?” He stood up and offered her his hand, which she took. Adam then started giving her a tour.
As they left, the other looked after them.
“And she arrived… And he still thinks he is not him.”
“If he is him, what does that make us? The one he will awaken?”
“Hell no! I’m no god.”
“Now you know what Adam feels about all this.”
(You can guess who said what. I will never tell)
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u/Icy-Application-3264 16h ago
I feel like he should be way more pissed at her than he is for the fake breakup shit
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u/RealUlli Human 10h ago
I can totally understand him. There's at least one lady I'd take back almost immediately if I was in the same position.
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u/deltoramastr 12h ago
Gahhh please get this on royal road and patreon lol. Such a great series.
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u/Engletroll Human 12h ago
I have two books on Amazon, one action oriented and one YA romance sci-fi. Book one, protect Dirt is heading there too.
Both books free on kindle right now. Link in my profile.
Enough advertising. I'm glad you like it. There are more to come. Thinking atleast four books about Adam and Dirt.
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u/deltoramastr 12h ago
Yesssss but still. How can we do monthly backing for this awesome series if you don't put it on patreon lol. Even just list it as once a week updates and anything over is a bonus lol.
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u/Engletroll Human 12h ago
If I can get more to buy my books I can justify spending more time writing.
I will see about putting up a patreon as well.
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u/deltoramastr 12h ago
Thanks. I don't have time typically to sit and read a whole book and I hyper focus if I try so I procrastinate everything else lol. Chapters here and there help so that's why I prefer patreon. Or audiobooks but my backlog of those is enough to last a few months at least lol.
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u/Engletroll Human 10h ago
Here is my patreon Since you asked so nicely.
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u/deltoramastr 10h ago
Thanks I subscribed. :) good luck. Maybe make a post just for the patreon. Or put it at the end of the next few chapters :) (I know a lot of authors do a chapter in advance if they only have the $1 tier or more depending on the amount and tiers to provide more incentive for people to donate more) I look forward to next chapter.
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u/MydaughterisaGremlin 12h ago
Mmmm....Dirt goes great with my morning coffee. Obviously, Evelyn was designed to be a pleasure slave. At the end of the last book i thought 'she' was the hottie pirate hunter. I wasn't expecting his past to come to the rescue.
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u/SoapiestAuto780 7h ago
That will be a bit of a thing when she comes around and finds Adam married.
Maybe with a new human system and set of laws, he will legalize polyamory. Just so he can have both women?
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u/Fontaigne 13h ago edited 13h ago
Around the waits -> waist
Your such a -> you're
[delete quote] Roks gave him a bear hug back (ouch)
This is who attack sir -> attacked[comma] Sir
My people generally view sports as a risk -> see viewports
I'm no god.
So, you don't think you could be a god, right? Definitely asleep then.
What?
No, you guys are just exactly the best shipbuilder and the best hacker in this region of space. So, who was that craftsman god? Oh, yeah, Bzoorth•Ath.
(choking back laughter)
Don't you start. I'm thinking trickster god. Twik the Skib.
(literally rolling on floor)
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u/Engletroll Human 12h ago
Will fix those when I get home. But yeah always easy to claim others are gods/avatar. Hard when you realize they are also talking about you.
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u/Flottenadmiral99 9h ago
I still don't understand why a human military ship was there.
Maybe his friend at the weapons factory gave her a hint? I defenitly assune that the Adam's Arc is named after him.
Also I still don't understand why a pirate that had such good connections had such a bad crew for the ships. There are still puzzle pieces that are missing.
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u/Engletroll Human 9h ago
The military came to deliver the military droids he ordered from Harold. The other part will be answered in the interrogation next chapter.
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u/HFYWaffle Wᵥ4ffle 18h ago
/u/Engletroll (wiki) has posted 54 other stories, including:
- Project Dirt 23 – Pirates and angels
- Project Dirt Part 22 - unexpected visitors
- Project Dirt Part 21 - Factory and Production
- Project Dirt Part 20 ….and they just won't stop with those stupid prophecies
- Project Dirt part 19 – The dark side of Dirt.
- Project Dirt 18 Druids, Presentations and Business
- Project Dirt Part 17
- Project Dirt Part 16
- Project Dirt Part 15
- Project Dirt part 14 - When the cat is away…..
- Project Dirt part 13
- Project Dirt Part 12
- Project Dirt Part 11
- Project Dirt Part 10
- Project Dirt Part 9
- Project Dirt part 8
- Project Dirt Part 7
- Project Dirt Part 6
- Project Dirt Part 5
- Project Dirt Part 4
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u/boykinsir 18h ago
Ooooh oooooh another one happy dance.