kidnap my
woman.”
“ Sounds to me like that was
their plan all along and to leave no witnesses… hold on.” Stone
then said “Yes, Brother, Oliver has told me. We are on the way to
pick up his fighter… Left him alive you say… Probably won’t react
to anyone other than the captain…” His tone turned colder than ice.
“You best believe it. They killed our brother and sister. They.
Will. Suffer.” He clipped.
Landing was short as Stone jumped down and
gained access to the other fighter to get in and take off with all
haste.
The Dorgenox was already waiting at the area
where the enemy ship had gone into FTL early to avoid capture.
Oliver let Stone dock first and as Oliver was coming in he noticed
around the River Skipper rather crowded. Stephanie was fussing over
Jessica with an arm in a sling right beside a naturally short woman
hovering over a one legged Jacob Wrench. Jake stood over talking
with Steven, Sparky, Rose and Jacob who’s nub of a thigh was
covered in healing gauze, obviously numbed of pain to talk. As soon
as he touched down he was there beside Stone looking over the sheet
covering Deegen and Bell.
Noise dropped with their arrival and Jake
tapped his ear. “Abdul, any likely prospects?”
“ Sir, sad news, at the same
time as Oliver saw them go into FTL there was another signature
detected by the space authority followed my another in the same
region not one minute later. They jumped too soon in the gravity
well of Havannah, but their exit signature is identical to reports
Oliver scanned. They moved further in the solar system before going
elsewhere. Without a direction, we cannot follow. These bastards
knew what they were doing so we’d lose their trail. I’d even wager
they will Jump from other locations to confuse us.”
“ Damn it!!!” Jake punched
the wall hard enough to split open his knuckles.
“ What!” Oliver was on his
feet, his helmet retracting to show the dry tear stains that had
been shed. “What happened.”
“ The dogs covered their
trail, Lad. They moved to the outer solar system to go elsewhere.”
He held his bleeding hand, the vein at the temple still pulsing.
“Without a direction recorded from behind, we cannot make a
probability of what planets that ship can travel to. It’s the
smallest craft I’ve ever seen able to slip into FTL, but its range
will be limited to this galaxy. That just narrows it down to a
hundred billion system if they don’t meet up with a long range craft. Now
that they are gone, I must see to their demands.” He held out the
crystal given to Jacob from the one who severed the leg.
“ Captain, I’m about to pass
out, can I…”
“ Aye, ye did yer best. Take
care of him, Lass.” The woman nodded and helped bring Jacob to the
elevator to leave.
“ Andrea, what are ye doing
here?” Oliver said as he noticed yellow adhesive covering a wound
on her forehead.
“ I’m coming. I just can’t
sit around knowing my ex-girlfriend’s daughter is missing. She
saved us at her own expense. There is no way I can face a Phantom
and she knew it. They would have killed me and I’m going to do
anything I can to get her back.”
“ Still little stubborn
Andrea.”
“ Tease me later, Jake.” Her
gaze was sharp rather than eccentric and bubbly. “I’m sore, tired
and scared. Play the damn recording.”
“ Hold on.” Jessica said and
struggled closer. “Brother, be sure to save it to your chip, but
not directly. It could have a chip breaker virus. We can do a
breakdown analysis to see if we can track down the source. While my
arm was set I found it was manufactured by a completely untraceable
Galicom processor. They used the basic package creator and filled
it with a single function that is voice commanded.”
“ Brother?” Andrea asked.
“You didn’t tell me you have a sister?”
“ We haven’t spoken in a
century, woman… bah, we will discuss it later.” Jake moved around
and everyone stepped back as he placed the small
woman.”
“ Sounds to me like that was
their plan all along and to leave no witnesses… hold on.” Stone
then said “Yes, Brother, Oliver has told me. We are on the way to
pick up his fighter… Left him alive you say… Probably won’t react
to anyone other than the captain…” His tone turned colder than ice.
“You best believe it. They killed our brother and sister. They.
Will. Suffer.” He clipped.
Landing was short as Stone jumped down and
gained access to the other fighter to get in and take off with all
haste.
The Dorgenox was already waiting at the area
where the enemy ship had gone into FTL early to avoid capture.
Oliver let Stone dock first and as Oliver was coming in he noticed
around the River Skipper rather crowded. Stephanie was fussing over
Jessica with an arm in a sling right beside a naturally short woman
hovering over a one legged Jacob Wrench. Jake stood over talking
with Steven, Sparky, Rose and Jacob who’s nub of a thigh was
covered in healing gauze, obviously numbed of pain to talk. As soon
as he touched down he was there beside Stone looking over the sheet
covering Deegen and Bell.
Noise dropped with their arrival and Jake
tapped his ear. “Abdul, any likely prospects?”
“ Sir, sad news, at the same
time as Oliver saw them go into FTL there was another signature
detected by the space authority followed my another in the same
region not one minute later. They jumped too soon in the gravity
well of Havannah, but their exit signature is identical to reports
Oliver scanned. They moved further in the solar system before going
elsewhere. Without a direction, we cannot follow. These bastards
knew what they were doing so we’d lose their trail. I’d even wager
they will Jump from other locations to confuse us.”
“ Damn it!!!” Jake punched
the wall hard enough to split open his knuckles.
“ What!” Oliver was on his
feet, his helmet retracting to show the dry tear stains that had
been shed. “What happened.”
“ The dogs covered their
trail, Lad. They moved to the outer solar system to go elsewhere.”
He held his bleeding hand, the vein at the temple still pulsing.
“Without a direction recorded from behind, we cannot make a
probability of what planets that ship can travel to. It’s the
smallest craft I’ve ever seen able to slip into FTL, but its range
will be limited to this galaxy. That just narrows it down to a
hundred billion system if they don’t meet up with a long range craft. Now
that they are gone, I must see to their demands.” He held out the
crystal given to Jacob from the one who severed the leg.
“ Captain, I’m about to pass
out, can I…”
“ Aye, ye did yer best. Take
care of him, Lass.” The woman nodded and helped bring Jacob to the
elevator to leave.
“ Andrea, what are ye doing
here?” Oliver said as he noticed yellow adhesive covering a wound
on her forehead.
“ I’m coming. I just can’t
sit around knowing my ex-girlfriend’s daughter is missing. She
saved us at her own expense. There is no way I can face a Phantom
and she knew it. They would have killed me and I’m going to do
anything I can to get her back.”
“ Still little stubborn
Andrea.”
“ Tease me later, Jake.” Her
gaze was sharp rather than eccentric and bubbly. “I’m sore, tired
and scared. Play the damn recording.”
“ Hold on.” Jessica said and
struggled closer. “Brother, be sure to save it to your chip, but
not directly. It could have a chip breaker virus. We can do a
breakdown analysis to see if we can track down the source. While my
arm was set I found it was manufactured by a completely untraceable
Galicom processor. They used the basic package creator and filled
it with a single function that is voice commanded.”
“ Brother?” Andrea asked.
“You didn’t tell me you have a sister?”
“ We haven’t spoken in a
century, woman… bah, we will discuss it later.” Jake moved around
and everyone stepped back as he placed the small
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