Original subtitles

[Mysterious Music]

DARNELL: Santiago, we'll be leaving

at 1900 hours tomorrow.

And that means you have 20 hours

to come up with the ransom.

ARTHUR: I can't get that much money, not in 20 hours.

DARNELL: Then your parents die.

ARTHUR: Alright, alright,

I'll do what I can.

Let me talk to my parents.

Let me see them.

[Buttons Beep]

ARTHUR: Mom?

Dad?

[Opening Theme Music]

[Atmospheric Sounds]

ARTHUR: My parents were environmental engineers.

They'd gone to earth on a job.

They left me with my aunt, I was just a baby.

They went missing, North American jungle,

everyone assumed they were dead.

TRAVIS: And now Darnell just calls you up out of the blue

to say he'd kidnapped them?

CALLISTA: Sounds like a scam to me.

ARTHUR: Darnell sent me recent biogen samples.

They are my parents.

TRAVIS: Then why wait almost 50 years to contact you?

ARTHUR: He's got an antimatter drive.

He's been out in the far worlds traveling

at sub-light speed.

CALLISTA: Time dilation.

50 years is like, what, eight months to them?

TRAVIS: Your parents must be half your age.

ARTHUR: They're kids.

They're just frightened kids.

CALLISTA: Where is the transfer supposed to happen?

ARTHUR: Darnell said he'd contact me.

Look, I can pay you.

75,000 credits, is that okay?

TRAVIS: Yeah, it'll have to be.

Have to run it by my crew first.

ARTHUR: Mr. Montana,

please ask them what they would do

to save the lives of their own parents.

TRAVIS: I'll bear it in mind.

CALLISTA: So, technically, you could be twice your father's age

by the time you find him.

What a racket.

Wonder how many other kidnappings Darnell's juggling.

TRAVIS: Well, it's the perfect crime.

CALLISTA: Yeah, if you don't mind having a live bomb rocket

tethered to your ship.

TRAVIS: I don't know.

If our antimatter drive was working,

we might even be able to stand a chance

of chasing him down.

CALLISTA: That thing?

I'd be happy if it'd stay in storage.

[Moaning]

CARAVAGGIO: Sorry to interrupt your amusement, Rudolpho,

but I have an incoming transmission

from your beloved ex-wife, Gina.

GINA: Where's my 50,000, hon?

It's been a week since you promised it to me.

RUDOLPHO: Gina, my sweet.

Favorite ex-ball and chain.

How lovely to see you too.

50,000 credits?

That's extortion.

GINA: Ugh, it's not extortion, Rudolpho,

it's called child support.

Something you probably wouldn't know about

you cheap son of a--

RUDOLPHO: Oh, now, now, now, my love.

I admit I have been remiss

in my payments every now and then--

GINA: Oh, let's cut the crap, hmm.

I need 50,000 credits to send

Serena to correctional camp.

Or I could dump her in your lard-ass lap

for the entire summer vacation.

RUDOLPHO: What? No, no, no, I can't have

our daughter on the Tulip.

She hates me, you've made sure of that.

Correctional camp?

What has she done this time?

GINA: Serena has discipline problems.

RUDOLPHO: Yeah, well I'm not the one raising her.

GINA: Exactly my point.

RUDOLPHO: Gina, I don't have the money.

I put every spare penny I have into your pocket as it is.

Not to mention the other two blood sucking ex's.

GINA: Well, the court seems to think you have

more than 50,000 in seizable assets.

So if you want to hold onto

your bounty hunting business, and your ship,

I suggest you come up with the money

for correctional camp.

Or, spend some quality time

with your ever loving daughter.

RUDOLPHO: It's not my business, I don't own it anymore.

Oh, fine, fine, fine, just fine.

I'll take the little hell-cat.

But now you owe me.

GINA: Oh,

you're the one who deserted his family, Rudolpho.

I will never owe you a damn thing.

[Spaceship Humming]

[Whooshing]

PERCY: Absolutely not, it's a terrible idea.

CALLISTA: Are you crazy?

RUDOLPHO: She won't be any trouble,

she's a sweet, kind girl.

MARCUS: She won't get in the way.

RUDOLPHO: I promise you, she won't get in the way.

[Laughs]

TRAVIS: Thought you said she hated you.

RUDOLPHO: I never said such a thing.

We got a typical father, teenage daughter relationship.

CALLISTA: Oh really, and when was the last time you saw her?

RUDOLPHO: Well, do you mean in person?

TRAVIS: Have you actually met her?

RUDOLPHO: What kind of question is that, Travis?

I mean, I know she's a cracker

in every subject and so forth.

TRAVIS: I don't know.

Another mouth to feed.

RUDOLPHO: I'll cover the expense.

[Scoffs] MARCUS: Who oughta believe that?

TRAVIS: Not for a second.

On the other hand--

CALLISTA: Come on, you're not seriously considering this.

TRAVIS: Look, he needs our help.

It temporary, so why not?

CALLISTA: Um, because we're on a bounty ship.

You do remember what teenage girls are like, don't you?

PERCY: Teenagers are psycho.

RUDOLPHO: You of all people, should know that

a child needs his parents, Travis.

After all, your old man's out there

bobbing about in space like some piece of cra...

Oh, I could have said that better.

TRAVIS: I doubt it.

But look, I'm not gonna vote to keep

father and daughter apart.

You guys do what you want.

MARCUS: Listen, Rudolpho, it's fine with me.

CALLISTA: Okay, but just don't ask me to babysit.

PERCY: I'm not getting stuck with her.

RUDOLPHO: Fine on both points.

TRAVIS: Well, we're done then.

Bring her on board.

RUDOLPHO: Well, umm, actually...

Serena!

I hope you don't mind, I was in a bit of a corner.

Still, I knew my friends would--

SERENA: Shut up Rudy, you scammed them.

TRAVIS: Won't be the first time.

RUDOLPHO: Still, you're here now darling,

and that's what counts.

Right?

SERENA: Hello.

MARCUS: Hi.

[Atmospheric Music]

RUDOLPHO: I would have given you the complete tour,

but this beauty's so big,

it would have taken days.

SERENA: It's okay.

RUDOLPHO: And this is where the action is.

State of the art, well nearly. [Laughs]

RUDOLPHO: And this is my chair.

SERENA: I see they saved the biggest chair

for the biggest ass.

RUDOLPHO: And now why would you say something like that?

I'm simply showing you where I work.

SERENA: I've been on ships before

and a lot nicer than this.

And this, this isn't your chair.

You're not captain material.

What'd you expect me to say?

"Gee Daddy, I'm so impressed, now I completely understand

why you abandoned me and mum and I mean,

who wouldn't give up their family for all of this?"

RUDOLPHO: That's not the reason I left.

Your mother and I--

SERENA: Oh, please, spare me.

Mom's already told me everything I need to know.

You're a lying, irresponsible, two-timing bastard.

RUDOLPHO: Alright, I guess this tour is over.

SERENA: Does Marcus like Percy?

RUDOLPHO: I've no idea.

SERENA: What about Callie?

RUDOLPHO: That's it, the tour is definitely over.

Go to your room now Serena, now!

SERENA: Hey!

RUDOLPHO: Listen to me.

I may be many things,

but I am not a two-timing bastard.

SERENA: Don't touch me.

PERCY: Little miss teenager got daddy down?

RUDOLPHO: Your sympathy is overwhelming.

Nothing I say to her.

Look...

Can you talk to her for me?

PERCY: No.

RUDOLPHO: She hates me.

PERCY: Maybe she has her reasons.

RUDOLPHO: Her mother has poisoned the waters.

God knows what horror stories

she's been feed over the years.

The truth is, her mother...

PERCY: Her mother?

RUDOLPHO: I met Gina in a strip joint.

She was a dancer there.

We had fun at first.

PERCY: I'll bet.

RUDOLPHO: She had a darker side.

I thought she'd get over it.

So I filed for divorce when Serena was two-years-old.

The court handed me my head

and now Serena hates me.

Could you talk to her?

You'd be a good role model.

PERCY: You've lost it, haven't you?

RUDOLPHO: Got the ship, you got purpose, you got a future.

PERCY: My ship's a hole.

My purpose is to waste my life on it

and my future's more of the same.

RUDOLPHO: Thanks.

PERCY: Sorry.

[Whooshing]

RUDOLPHO [O.C]: No!

TRAVIS: No? There's still 75,000 in the job.

RUDOLPHO: I don't do kidnappings.

The clients are always basket cases.

They never listen to your advice.

And the second anything goes wrong,

they turn on ya.

Ungrateful twerps.

TRAVIS: Talking about kidnapping or Serena?

[Laughs]

RUDOLPHO: Kidnapping clients cannot be relied upon

to pay in a timely fashion.

TRAVIS: He's just trying to save his parents.

MARCUS: Close to home, eh, Travis?

PERCY: I'm in.

MARCUS: Yeah, me too.

CALLISTA: Well, there you have it then.

Majority rules.

[Sighs]

TRAVIS: Look, he's going crazy, and he's driving me crazy.

You sure you can't talk to Serena?

CALLISTA: I'm gonna be busy.

CARAVAGGIO: I have an incoming communication

from Arthur Santiago.

TRAVIS: Roll it.

ARTHUR: Mr. Montana.

Darnell contacted me.

He wants the ransom money

dropped off at Syn City tonight, seven o'clock.

I can't wait any longer.

Will you take my case?

Look, if it's the money, I can take out a loan.

TRAVIS: No, no, no, that's alright.

We can leave for IO now.

You can fill us in on the details while we're en route.

ARTHUR: Thank you.

For you and your team.

But please, hurry.

TRAVIS: Car, tell Flex Station we're leaving.

Time to IO?

[Spaceship Engine]

[Ethereal Music]

SERENA: Hi Marcus.

MARCUS: Oh, hi.

SERENA: Caravaggio said you'd be here.

What are you doing?

MARCUS: I'm just tinkering with the life support relays.

We've been experiencing some temperature fluctuations.

SERENA: Wow, you must be really important around here.

MARCUS: Well, I wouldn't say...

Yeah, yeah, I suppose you're right.

I mean, someone's gotta keep

the ship running haven't they.

[Electricity Crackles]

MARCUS: So, uh, how are things going

between you and your dad?

SERENA: Do we have to talk about that?

MARCUS: That good, eh?

SERENA: I don't even know why we have parents.

Especially fathers.

MARCUS: Well, parents can be good, they can help a lot.

SERENA: Yeah, but they treat you like kids.

And I'm not a kid.

MARCUS: Well, you're 16, right?

SERENA: Yes, but those are just years.

And experience is what counts and I have plenty of that.

CARAVAGGIO: Marcus, your presence is requested

in the galley.

Marcus to the galley, please.

SERENA: Uh, can we meet later?

MARCUS: No, that's a bad idea.

CALLISTA: Hey, you got a minute?

PERCY: What's up?

CALLISTA: Well I don't know what's wrong with me,

but I think I'm starting to feel sorry for Rudolpho.

PERCY: You want me to talk some sense into you?

CALLISTA: No, I think we should talk to Serena.

PERCY: And say what?

"Cheer up you stupid teenager."

CALLISTA: Yeah, that's exactly what I thought we'd say.

Car, where's Serena?

CARAVAGGIO: Miss deLuna is in her quarters.

PERCY: No.

SERENA: Here come the social workers.

Rudy given up on me already?

CALLISTA: I think your dad's just a little confused

about how to handle you.

I mean, deal with...

He's confused.

SERENA: He seems to be confused about a lot of things.

Almost as bad as my mother.

But, who needs parents anyway.

They either abandon you

or try to turn you into a copy of themselves.

CALLISTA: Yeah, I'm with you on that.

SERENA: Anyway, I know it's all crap

no matter what anyone tells you.

So, which one of you is bonking Marcus?

I think he's really cute.

So do you.

I can tell by the way you look at him.

CALLISTA: Do you piss off everyone you meet?

SERENA: Pretty much.

Thanks for the pep talk.

PERCY: Anytime.

CALLISTA: You think Marcus is cute?

PERCY: That girl's an idiot.

[Spaceship Engine]

RUDOLPHO: How the hell do I know what goes on

in the mind of a teenage girl?

When I was her age,

they went for the hooligan element.

I bet you made out like a bandit.

TRAVIS: I was a bandit.

RUDOLPHO: I just don't understand her.

TRAVIS: Yeah, well maybe you need to talk to her.

She is your daughter, after all.

RUDOLPHO: I'm a father in name only.

Her mother has done her level best

to keep me out of her life.

TRAVIS: Which you fought tooth and nail, of course.

RUDOLPHO: Point taken.

RUDOLPHO: Did you talk to her?

CALLISTA: Yeah. RUDOLPHO: And?

CALLISTA: Do you have a Plan B?

RUDOLPHO: Didn't go well.

CALLISTA: Let me spin this in the most positive light I can.

I didn't strangle her.

RUDOLPHO: I'll be in my quarters.

TRAVIS: So she's got some issues?

CALLISTA: Huh, yeah.

With Rudolpho, her mother, the entire world.

TRAVIS: Come on, she can't be that bad.

Bet you were hell on wheels.

CALLISTA: Yeah, well that was in my past.

CARAVAGGIO: Excuse me.

IO Orbital is hailing us.

TRAVIS: Good, about time.

Request permission to depart.

And, Car, can you give me schematics

of the drop-off location?

CARAVAGGIO: Schematics prepared.

The shuttle is ready for launch.

TRAVIS: Alright, so basically wants to leave the ransom here.

And we'll just track him in.

[Atmospheric Music]

SERENA: Hi.

MARCUS: Serena.

Hey listen, I don't think this is such a good idea.

With you being Rudolpho's daugh--

SERENA: What's this?

MARCUS: Did you hear what I just said?

SERENA: Yeah.

But, you're wrong.

I just came here to talk.

Nobody else wants to talk to me.

[Sighs]

MARCUS: It's an antimatter pod.

SERENA: What does it do?

MARCUS: Well, nothing at the moment.

But with a bit of work, it should

take us to sub-light speed.

SERENA: Cool.

MARCUS: Yeah.

You're dad picked it up a couple of years ago,

but we haven't managed to fix it yet.

SERENA: Typical of my dad to get something that doesn't work.

MARCUS: Oh, it works, it's just totally erratic.

Which is why we need to fix it.

I thought you just wanted to talk.

SERENA: Don't you trust yourself?

MARCUS: I don't know what you're trying to prove.

SERENA: Come on, I know you want me.

SERENA: Uh.

[French] PERCY: Pardonne-moi

SERENA: He attacked me.

MARCUS: Are you kidding me?

She came onto me, I said "No" and she went nuts.

Can you believe that?

You do believe that, right?

[Whooshing]

RUDOLPHO: Hold up.

Take me with you.

TRAVIS: I don't think that's a good idea.

RUDOLPHO: Just get me the hell away from my daughter, please.

MARCUS: Okay, I never laid a finger on her

until she attacked me.

TRAVIS: If you want to come, the shuttle leaves in three.

[Whooshing]

[Tense Electronic Music]

RUDOLPHO: I think we've got our mark.

Straight opposite me.

[Lasers Firing]

[Groaning]

TRAVIS: Rudolpho!

CALLISTA: Are you okay? ARTHUR: Yeah.

TRAVIS: Ah, just a scratch, mate.

Tulip, get the infirmary ready.

[Atmospheric Music]

TRAVIS: How's he doing?

CARAVAGGIO: Aside from his unpleasant demeanor, very well.

He's stabilized.

RUDOLPHO: I don't feel stabilized.

PERCY: You lost a bunch of blood.

CARAVAGGIO: No permanent nerve or muscle damage.

but you will have some discomfort.

RUDOLPHO: Yeah, like a rabid dog tearing my arm off.

CARAVAGGIO: No, that is not what I meant.

But I will prescribe something for the pain.

RUDOLPHO: Well, stop hovering around like a fretting ninny

and go and get on with it.

CARAVAGGIO: I am not a ninny and I do not fret.

DARNELL: You screwed up, Santiago.

By bringing bounty hunters into this,

you've cost yourself another 50 years.

We're leaving.

And when we come back,

the ransom will be tripled.

That is if we decide not to kill your parents

and be done with it.

ARTHUR: I shouldn't have hired you.

I'll never see my parents again.

TRAVIS: Mr. Santiago, calm down.

Contact Darnell,

tell him you're willing to double the ransom

and keep us out of it.

ARTHUR: He won't believe me, he'll kill them.

TRAVIS: No he won't, not if he wants his money.

CALLISTA: He's just trying to scare you.

ARTHUR: Maybe.

I'll get back to you.

CALISTA: I don't know. If I were Darnell,

I would go sub-light for a few days until things cool off.

And then I'd come back a year or so our time

and put the screws all over to Santiago.

TRAVIS: Yes, that's what I'm worried about.

I'll not sweat him with it though.

CALLISTA: Okay, so we have to make sure

he doesn't go sub-light.

TRAVIS: Yeah.

Percy and Marcus to the bridge.

CALLISTA: Car, scan the outer orbits.

Find out who's leaving.

CARAVAGGIO: I am tracking three vessels.

Two lunar terran scheduled transports.

The third is a private vessel.

No itinerary on public log.

TRAVIS: Control, permission to depart.

[Spaceship Humming]

TRAVIS: Car, are we tracking them?

CARAVAGGIO: Affirmative, but they got

a 22,346 kilometer lead on us.

CALLISTA: Well, he's gonna have to slow down

in order to go sub-light.

MARCUS: Main's online.

PERCY: Full power, Car.

CARAVAGGIO: Full power, acknowledged.

SERENA: You don't knock?

RUDOLPHO: Not when I know the answer's

gonna be bug off and die.

You're tidy.

SERENA: I don't like messy.

Life's messed up enough.

RUDOLPHO: Yeah, I tend to agree with that.

SERENA: I'm glad you didn't pay mom the money.

I didn't want to go to correctional camp.

She was just gonna drop me off there

and forget about me until school started anyway.

RUDOLPHO: I'm sure she just thought

that a little tough love was in order, that's all.

Why that would be, I don't know.

SERENA: I'm kinda tired.

RUDOLPHO: Yeah, I've...

I've gotta get back to the bridge.

We were just about to get into it with a bounty.

So I'll just...

SERENA: Can I come with you?

RUDOLPHO: I thought you were tired.

SERENA: Just a bit.

RUDOLPHO: You'll be safer here.

SERENA: Fine.

RUDOLPHO: Alright, come on.

[Spaceship Engine]

TRAVIS: Any suggestions?

RUDOLPHO: How 'bout we come up at speed.

Detonate a shock torpedo about 100 meters

off their antimatter pod.

That should scare the crap out of them.

CALLISTA: Would scare the hell out of me.

PERCY: I like it.

TRAVIS: Me too.

Callie, load shock torpedo.

CALLISTA: Locked and loaded.

MARCUS: Hold on guys, are we sure about this?

RUDOLPHO: When I bartered for the antimatter port,

I studied the specs closely.

Yeah, they're touchy alright,

but they should take a shock torpedo.

Course, they ain't gonna know that, are they?

'Cause nobody reads the specs these days.

TRAVIS: Fine, let's make 'em sweat.

Callie, fire one.

CALLISTA: My pleasure.

[Spaceship Rumble]

[Explosion]

PERCY: Wow, that got their attention, eh Rudy.

RUDOLPHO: Though it might.

TRAVIS: Car, hail them.

This is Travis Montana of the Trans-Utopian,

the game's up Darnell, prepare to be boarded.

DARNELL: You fire another torpedo on us

and our antimatter drive will implode,

we'll all be sucked in.

TRAVIS: Hit the tether.

CALLISTA: Release it?

MARCUS: There's no telling where that pod will fly.

That's tons of antimatter bouncing around out there.

TRAVIS: Target lasers.

DARNELL: Are you crazy?

[Spaceship Humming]

[Explosion]

CALLISTA: It's gonna hit their ship.

MARCUS: This could be a very exciting day for astronomy.

SERENA: Are we gonna be okay?

RUDOLPHO: Course, nothing to this.

[Grinding Noise]

[Atmospheric Music]

[Laughing]

MARCUS: Keep reading those spec sheets, Rudolpho.

CARAVAGGIO: I'm afraid the antimatter pod

is approaching us.

I should point out the potential for utter disaster.

TRAVIS: Evasive action!

[Warning Sirens Blare]

CALLISTA: It's gonna be tight.

[Grinding Noise]

[Gasps]

MARCUS: Now that's what I call quality craftsmanship.

TRAVIS: Car, what's his status?

CARAVAGGIO: For the moment, they are effectively disabled.

TRAVIS: This is Trans-Utopian,

we've got five contact torpedos.

They're loaded, we'll use them, what do you want to do?

DARNELL: What do you want?

TRAVIS: What do you think?

DARNELL: You can have the parents, but not us.

Neutral ground for the transfer.

TRAVIS: Syn City, main square.

SERENA: Your idea worked.

RUDOLPHO: Well...

They all helped.

[Soaring]

SERENA: That was something.

We could have been blown to bits.

Did you know the antimatter pod wasn't gonna blow up?

RUDOLPHO: Didn't have a clue.

SERENA: You know this place isn't so bad.

RUDOLPHO: It has its moments.

SERENA: Be kind of cool if I could stay here for a while.

RUDOLPHO: Well, now hang on a minute, love.

SERENA: I really don't wanna go back to school.

RUDOLPHO: What about your mother?

SERENA: Leave her out of this.

RUDOLPHO: This is no place for a 16 year-old girl.

SERENA: Then where is a place?

Because everywhere I go, nobody wants me.

RUDOLPHO: That's not true.

SERENA: Yes it is.

You don't want me here.

RUDOLPHO: You've gotta go back to school.

SERENA: You can't tell me what to do.

How dare you think you can tell me what to do!

I can go whenever I want, wherever I want!

You, get out, you lying, get out!

Just get out!

Get out!

Just get out!

Caravaggio.

CARAVAGGIO: At your service Miss deLuna.

SERENA: I need to send a private message.

CARAVAGGIO: Excellent.

And if there is any other way I may be of assistance,

do feel free to ask.

Encryption mode is on.

SERENA: I can go anywhere I want.

[Ethereal Music]

TRAVIS: Hmm.

CALLISTA: Lucky man.

TRAVIS: Hmm.

CALLISTA: Might be you one day.

TRAVIS: Yeah.

Or you.

[Communicator Chirping]

TRAVIS: Montana.

RUDOLPHO: Serena's gone.

She's not on the ship.

Maybe she boarded a transport to the surface.

CALLISTA: Why the hell would she do that?

RUDOLPHO: We had a fight.

I'm en route in a shuttle.

Stay where you are 'til I get there.

Shuttle out.

[Dramatic Music]

[Whooshing]

RUDOLPHO: Anything? TRAVIS: Not yet.

RUDOLPHO: She could be anywhere.

CALLISTA: Well, does she have a friend on IO?

Does she know anyone at all, a relative?

RUDOLPHO: I have no idea.

I suppose I should, but I don't.

TRAVIS: Listen, mate.

First things first, let's find her.

[Club Music]

VAELA: Hey, honey.

I'm Vaela.

You're kinda young to be in here.

SERENA: I'm supposed to be meeting someone here.

VAELA: Oh.

What do you think?

SERENA: She's just going through the motions.

VAELA: Uh huh.

You dance.

Takes one to know one.

So how old are you?

SERENA: I'm 18.

[Laughs] VAELA: Yeah.

Tell me another lie and I call the vice boys.

SERENA: I'm 16,

and yeah, I dance.

VAELA: Yeah? Where?

SERENA: Iapetus, Hyperion.

VAELA: No family?

SERENA: No.

DARNELL: You're Serena?

SERENA: Yeah.

VAELA: You alright?

SERENA: Yeah, fine.

VAELA: What are you drinking?

DARNELL: Zinth Beer.

You better not be setting me up.

SERENA: Of course not.

DARNELL: 'Cause I wouldn't like that.

SERENA: No, trust me,

I just want to get as far away from my father as I can

and out of this stupid solar system.

DARNELL: Your father is one of the bounty hunters

on the Trans-Utopian, right?

SERENA: I told you.

DARNELL: Just checking.

Runaways sometimes...

SERENA: Lie?

I'm not a liar.

That'd be my father.

DARNELL: Don't worry, Serena,

I'll get you as far away from him as you like.

The far worlds are just right for a woman like you.

You can be, and do, anything you want.

Nobody to stop you.

[Spaceship Humming]

MARCUS [O.C]: Well here's one.

A text message from Serena's quarters

to IO Orbital shuttle service requesting a schedule.

PERCY: Any other messages?

MARCUS: A holo at 1655, but it's encrypted.

PERCY: Destination?

MARCUS: Also encrypted.

PERCY: Caravaggio.

CARAVAGGIO: Yes?

PERCY: Decrypt the holo sent from Serena's quarters at 1655.

CARAVAGGIO: I would be happy to, however

the message was sent on privacy mode.

Therefore, and with regret, I am unable to comply.

PERCY: Car, we've been through this before.

Decrypt the message or I'll delete you.

CARAVAGGIO: Oh.

Very well, then.

SERENA: Hi Darnell.

You don't know me, but my name's Serena

and I have some information

I think you might be interested in.

DARNELL: I know how you feel, Serena.

You gotta do what they tell you to do.

SERENA: Exactly, and you feel so trapped.

DARNELL: Yeah, I was the same way,

so I got the hell out.

Now, I'm my own boss with my own crew.

SERENA: Yeah, but you do some crimes.

DARNELL: Ah, sure, but nobody gets hurt.

Gotta make a living.

Wait 'til you see the vacation spots in the far world.

SERENA: Sounds incredible.

DARNELL: Hey,

from the configuration of your dad's ship,

it looks like it might have an antimatter drive.

SERENA: Yeah, they got one, but it's busted.

They think they can fix it.

DARNELL: Hmm, how 'bout that.

So, Serena, how much do you think

a bounty hunter like your dad makes in a year?

SERENA: I don't know, a lot.

I mean, he's a total bastard,

but he's pretty good at what he does.

DARNELL: Come with us.

You'll make 10 times what he makes.

SERENA: You're kidding.

When do we leave?

DARNELL: That's the spirit.

So here's the deal.

Leave now, meet me in a half hour in Federation Square.

SERENA: Okay.

DARNELL: My shuttle will be docked nearby.

Go quickly, now don't worry, I'll be there.

I just have a few things to get ready.

SERENA: Okay.

DARNELL: Follow the kid and make sure there's no setup.

Once we get the kid on board,

we'll make the ransom demand.

TRAVIS: Thanks, Percy.

Wire angel.

RUDOLPHO: How could Serena be so stupid?

Darnell's just gonna hold her for ran--

TRAVIS: She's just a kid, don't be so hard on her.

RUDOLPHO: And why in there?

It's a peeler joint, it doesn't make sense.

CALLISTA: It only makes sense to Serena

if a place like this is familiar territory.

[Couple Arguing]

TRAVIS: My names Montana.

VAELA: Montana, huh.

Oh hey, you work with Marcus Fagen.

He's an old friend of mine.

TRAVIS: I bet he is.

VAELA: My name's Vaela. TRAVIS: Great, listen Vaela.

Have you seen this girl?

VAELA: Oh geez, yeah, you know she was

just in here a few minutes ago.

She was sitting with this real creepy guy.

I knew he was trouble. TRAVIS: Did they leave together?

VAELA: Well, kinda, they went after another.

TRAVIS: Any idea where they were heading.

VAELA: No, I just heard him mention Federation Square,

but that's all.

TRAVIS: That's good enough, thanks, Vaela.

VAELA: Alright, hey, good luck!

Drop by sometime, maybe we can...

Yeah, give it up, Vaela.

DARNELL: Hey, Serena.

SERENA: You scared me.

DARNELL: Didn't mean to.

So, you ready for some fun?

SERENA: Sure.

DARNELL: Let's go.

SERENA: Dad?

RUDOLPHO: Serena!

DARNELL: She set me up!

[Crying] SERENA: I swear, I didn't.

[Lasers Firing]

RUDOLPHO: Ahh!

DARNELL: Hold your fire, or I'll kill her.

SERENA: You lied to me.

DARNELL: Shut up!

Put your weapons down.

[Lasers Firing]

DARNELL: We're just gonna walk outta here nice and easy.

And we'll be in touch, alright.

[Whimpering]

DARNELL: Shut up.

RUDOLPHO: Let her go.

[Grunt]

TRAVIS: You okay?

[Spaceship Engine]

RUDOLPHO: Knock, knock.

SERENA: Yes?

RUDOLPHO: I thought I'd take a chance this time and knock.

SERENA: Come on in.

How's your leg?

RUDOLPHO: It's worse than the arm.

Is that you?

SERENA: Yeah.

RUDOLPHO: Look at me.

What a wanker I was.

What I am.

SERENA: Was.

We're still working on that.

RUDOLPHO: So,

a waitress named Vaela was telling me some--

SERENA: She doesn't know what she's talking about.

RUDOLPHO: It's okay.

I'm in no position to judge.

SERENA: It's true.

I stripped.

RUDOLPHO: Please tell me your mother didn't put you up to it.

Oh, why on earth would she do that?

Serena, if I'm gonna be a father to you,

I need to know you.

SERENA: We needed the money.

You didn't always pay the alimony on time.

Don't blame her.

It's the only life she knows.

I'm really mad at mum

and I'm really mad at you.

I just needed to feel a way to get away from both of you.

RUDOLPHO: That stops now.

You're my little girl and your mother's.

Your parents love you.

Even if we can't stay in the same solar system together.

[Chuckles]

RUDOLPHO: Truth is, we don't deserve you.

SERENA: That may be true.

But ya need me.

I mean, who else is gonna point out all your mistakes?

[Laughs]

RUDOLPHO: Well, I can't promise to not make any mistakes,

but I will try to be a father to you from now on.

SERENA: Even if it means seeing mum?

RUDOLPHO: No matter how painful that may be.

SERENA: I'd like that.

RUDOLPHO: What, you'd like to see me in pain?

SERENA: I didn't say that.

RUDOLPHO: Well, you implied it.

[Laughs]

SERENA: Shut up, let's look at some photos.

RUDOLPHO: Ooh, family photos.

My favorite.

[Laughs]

[Spaceship Engine]

MAN: Elista!

NARRATOR: On the next Starhunter.

[Yelling]

[Laughing]

CALLISTA: Your son's death was drug related.

Something called Elista.

ROAN: It's a kind of super pain killer.

Makes you think you're indestructible.

PERCY: Be the man.

Be the man.

MARCUS: Okay?

PERCY: Yeah!

[Lasers Firing]

FRANKEL: I agreed to be the bait,

not the star attraction in a turkey shoot.

TRAVIS: You owe me.

FRANKEL: Not anymore.

[Closing Theme Music]