You accept and hope the terms aren't too unpleasant.

You begrudgingly accept Amelia's offer hoping beyond hopes that it's a good lead with the payoff you need to win this bet with Amanda, assuming it doesn't land you in bigger trouble than losing the bet would have. The Azure company were a huge corporation, not to mention one of the 5 wealthiest in the known universe. With the ever-expanding empires sprawling through the stars it paid to be one of the few groups making, designing and refining the engines and machines making that travel possible.

So you were understandably nervous making your way to your secret rendezvous with Amelia's contact. It was true these rich powerful families often toyed and jockeyed their way up and down the standings to try and inherit one of the coveted positions in the family business. That was a story as old as the sol systems themselves. What you were less happy with is the prospect of playing your part and being allowed to walk away unscathed. Still, in your storied life as a captain, you've dealt with worse types, although at least they had been upfront about being bad people.

Naturally, it came as little surprise when you arrived at the meet only to be accosted by several heavily armed and armoured corporate thugs. If the high-end gear hadn't given them away as corporate types then the professional level of scorn and disdain they treated you with as they bundled you into a shuttle transport. One, the most senior of the group fixing you with a cold stare throughout the entire trip, the sort that perfected over many years of looking down at people for a living. The shuttle banking and pitching at jarring angles in a means to leave you disorientated, again more out of a professional courtesy than actual necessity.

The entire thing was set up almost as if you were expected to need to fill out a review on your abduction services. Personally, you'd have preferred an option with less of the optional extras, but evidently, Amelia's contact wanted to make a good impression of how serious they were. An hour later you found yourself being roughly shoved through a set of doors into a dimly lit room and finally face to face with Amelia's contact. A young woman, probably barely in her 20's if you had to guess, dressed in an expensive suit leaning against a desk cast in shadow so only her body and lips were clearly visible.

"Now, now, you didn't have to be so rough with our guest," The young woman says with a cold smile, letting out a soft laugh as the collection of thugs grunted skulked away to lurk in the nearby shadows.

"Someone is way too into their crime drama holo's" You mutter to yourself, doing your best to straighten out the creases in your flight suit.

"I suppose it was a little overdramatic," The young woman admits.

"So is this your first clandestine meeting?" You ask, taking a moment to slowly stretch, not wanting to make any movements that the thugs might perceive as a threat.

"Well, it's hardly like there's a written procedure on it," The young woman huffs, clearly annoyed at being called out on her narrow and fictional based view of how these meetings go down.

You contemplate the idea of mentioning that with a company her size, there almost certainly was a detailed procedure, perhaps even an entire department dedicated to them, but think better of it. "Well in any case I'm here now," You say.

"Yes you are," The young woman replies, taking a moment to regain her composure.

It was very tempting to have a little fun at the young woman's expense, tease her inexperience and lack of confidence in this sort of situation, but then you quickly remember who she was and worked for. Whatever jokes or tricks you make at her expense, you could be sure she could and would make you pay for when she found out.

"So Amelia told me there was a mutually beneficial arrangement we could make, regarding a certain May Azure," You say cautiously opting to get down to business.

"Yes, I need you to help me orchestrate events to help have her board position compromised," The young woman says with a wicked grin. "Nothing too serious, just enough to cause a fuss for her rivals to pounce and for her to be promoted sideways rather than upwards," The young woman adds.

"I imagine you have a plan in mind?" You ask in a neutral tone bordering on respectful.

"Yes, a simple sex scandal should do the trick," The woman replies with a wry smile.

"I can work with that," You reply with a grin of your own.

"I'm sure you can, Amelia assured me of that much herself and she's not an easy woman to please," The young woman replies in a sultry tone, her tongue playing across her bottom lip as her unseen eyes take a moment to appreciate your body.

"Oh, how much did she tell you about little old me?" You ask in a coy tone.

"Amelia was frustratingly tight with the particulars, said I'd have to see for myself," The young woman admits.

"Perhaps I might demonstrate, before we go ahead," You offer, "So you can personally be certain I'm up to the task," You add with a sensual purr.

"Tempting," The young woman admits chewing her bottom lip as she considers you. "But business first and also I need insurance before we go ahead," She adds.

"No kissing and telling, pity, No one will ever believe I hooked up with May Azure," You reply with a smile.

"Oh, people will know, they just can't know all the details," The young woman explains with a grin.

"Alright, so what insurance do you need," You ask with a smile.

"You're going to start in a few small videos for my personal collection," The young woman replies.

"Doesn't sound too bad to me," You reply.

"Oh, perhaps not, but the theme of them and where you'll be producing them will be what'll ensure you don't get any silly ideas about disclosing this meeting or anything else I deem off-limits," The young woman explains.

"What sort of themes?" You ask suspiciously.

"Nothing illegal, at least not to most civilised worlds, just some backwards thinking puritanical ones," The young woman explains with a smile.

"So I'm guessing it'll be on one of those puritanical worlds that we'll be filming on?" You ask shaking your head.

"Indeed," The young woman replies with a smile.

"So as long as I co-operate the film stays in your personal collection?" You ask.

"Correct, and your prize at getting a chance with May Azure," The young woman replies.

"Speaking of which, how can you be sure May will go through with your plan to smear her in a sex scandal?" You ask.

"Oh, that's the easy part," The young woman replies, before stepping forward and out of the shadow.

Your eyes go wide as suddenly with the rest of her soft-featured face revealed you spot a resemblance you'd be familiarising yourself with since taking up Amelia's offer. The short stylised jet black hair, the impossibly deep blue eyes, the same shade as her family name, twinkling in the light.

"Oh," You comment, while your brain tries to process this revelation.

"Don't be too confused, I have every right to want out of my family business," May says with a wry smile. "Endless board meetings and corporate tedium of keeping our shareholders and stakeholders happy," May says with an air of contempt in her voice. "All while constantly waiting for a family member to stab me in the back," May adds shaking her head. "No, better to take myself out of the race and on my terms, land myself a cushy do-nothing job overseeing one of our subsidiaries," May explains with a smile.

"When you put it that way," You reply, shaking your head and letting out a laugh. "I guess it makes perfect sense," You add.

May smiles at you and slowly saunters towards you, "Glad you approve, now hurry along and star in my film," May says in a sultry tone as she runs her impossibly soft fingers over your face.

"I'll get right on it," You reply, swallowing hard as you find yourself getting momentarily lost in May's eyes.

"Don't keep me waiting stud," May whispers into your ear before kissing you on the cheek and walking back.