for your quarters."
61 North sensed trouble and immediately struck off after the Peepian.
As he reached his home and opened the door, he heard the sounds of a
struggle and rushed into the living room. Spearina sat on the floor,
blood coming from her mouth. Valley Blossom was struggling with Spearos
who was screaming "No son of a whore will sit on Spearonias' throne!
Never!"
62 North charged forward and snatched the Peepian from Valley Blossom's
grip. "Call security!" he screamed then he began to hit the Peepian and
Spearos began to return blow for blow. This fight had been a long time
in coming. Neither man made any move to use the deadly weapons at their
sides. This was something that had to be settled man to man, with their
hands.
63 By the time Security and Medical arrived, Spearos lay in the corner
with North standing over him, but barely! "You will never," screamed
North, "never come near your sister again, or next time I will kill
you! Do you understand?"
64 "I understand!" the Peepian answered, spitting blood and broken
teeth from his mouth. The Medics rushed forward. North had two broken
ribs, and four cracked ones. Spearos had a broken arm, a broken nose,
and several missing teeth. Both were covered with other bruises from
head to foot.
65 As they were being hurried through the halls to the station's
medical center, Spearos called to North. "What is it?" North asked.
66 "No matter what else I say of you," the Peepian remarked, "I will
say this to your honor....you fight well. You fight damned well!"
67 "That also I will say of you!" North replied, "But tell me one
thing. Why were you so angry with your sister?"
68 "You do not know?" Spearos gasped.