A Bug's Life by Gini Koch

Author:Gini Koch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: humor, space opera, science fiction, aliens, shape shifter, science fiction romance, gini koch, martian alliance chronicles, a bugs life
Publisher: Gini Koch

I had no idea how long Doven could hold this apparition, nor did I know what Ciarissa was doing to shield our minds telepathically while also giving any nearby telepaths the idea that we were Diamante crew. But now that we’d all gotten back with the program we ran regularly, I just knew that’s what they were doing.

Whether or not it would work was the big question.

I went back to find that Tresia had almost finished cutting out the Birthing Sac. We’d left a lot of space between what I hoped were still intact chambers and living Pillar young and where we’d sliced through the remains of the ship holding them, so if there was something we couldn’t see that kept these chambers safe we wouldn’t harm it.

There was still plenty of ship between our almost removed section and the exterior remains of the hull. Meaning Tresia was right – we were going to have to cut our way out of here, one way or the other.

As Ciarissa whispered, “Silence, they are here,” in all our minds, Tresia made the last freeing cut. Dr. Wufren and I grabbed hold of the now floating Birthing Sac while Tresia turned off the laser cutter and hooked it over one of her arms. Then she also took hold of the Sac.

As far as I could tell, the Pillar inside were still alive and in some form of stasis. Of course, I wasn’t the ship’s doctor, or a doctor of any kind, so my opinion was more hope than science. And unless our gambit worked, we were all going to be spaced, literally and figuratively, anyway.

As the last of my kind I probably should have been more willing to leave and protect myself. And I might have been able to be coerced, possibly anyway, if Willy and Roy hadn’t made me angry.

We passed some hand signals to each other, Tresia went to have her look at what Doven was superimposing over our ship, then she came back and I went to look again. In part because I felt it was better to face my fear, and now that the Pillar were technically in our possession and we couldn’t go back to the ship, I was afraid

As I watched the real Diamante Cruiser move into our part of space, it occurred to me that Willy was rarely this overtly anti helping any race that was a Diamante target. And Roy knew me very well, and therefore wasn’t likely to make me angry unintentionally, especially over saving innocent lives. Meaning they’d made me angry on purpose, and probably Tresia, too, so that we’d do exactly what we had.

So maybe Roy and Willy had wanted us to save these Pillar as much as I had. Which raised a very key question – why had Willy been openly against this recuse and why had Roy resisted it at all?

This was an unsettling question, because Tresia, Dr. Wufren, and I had no chance if the Diamante personnel chose to attack.

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