AL:ICE by C. W. Lamb

Author:C. W. Lamb [Lamb, C. W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction
Published: 2014-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Jake and his team returned to Seven for the night. They left Bill and the five families with a communication unit, rifles, med kits and a promise to return with a plan for their incorporation. Once back inside, they all went to get cleaned up and get something to eat. Jake went straight to his room after dropping his gear and weapons off.

“Hey Seven, can you please get me a status on Bonnie? I’d like to see how their day went,” Jake asked.

“She has returned to ALICE-2 and has requested you contact her at your convenience. Shall I put you through to her now?”

“Please do,” Jake said, walking over to the display by his desk.

Shortly, Bonnie’s face appeared on the display, apparently also in her quarters.

“Hey Jake, I thought you’d never call!” she said with a smile.

“We had a long day, just got back. So how’d it go with your town?” he asked, “did your plan hold up?”

“Saying I told you so is a character flaw, you know,” she replied sternly, “So who told you?”

Jake suddenly got concerned, “what happened?”

Bonnie went into the events of the day and Jake bit his tongue several times as to not interrupt her. She finally got to the end, describing the reception upon their return to town.

“We did a body count before we left, 53 dead, and they took another 11 wounded with them,” she finished.

“No losses?” Jake asked, concerned for the team.

“Not a scratch on anyone, including the locals we brought along,” she replied.

“And Sandy’s negotiations?” he asked, relieved.

“When we arrived with everyone intact and unharmed, they were begging her for our support. She outlined the original offer while we were chasing down the hostages, and by the time the first helicopter returned, they were sold,” she answered.

“They were a little pissed we let the raiders go, but agreed the risk to the women wasn’t worth pushing it,” she finished.

While she was talking, Sara and Jessie tapped on Jake’s door. He waved them in while not interrupting Bonnie.

“Hey Sis!” Sara said, greeting Bonnie after she finished, “get your kingdom set up yet?”

“You can have it!” Bonnie replied, “The peasants are revolting, we got rats in the hills and the staff is a royal pain! I can’t wait to come back and just be a concubine again,” she said with a smile.

“Well the line might be a bit longer now,” Sara said, bumping Jessie with her hip, “Jessie muscled her way in and Jake has a whole new set of adoring fans!”

“Oh? Jake hasn’t told me about any of that?” Bonnie replied with a raised eyebrow.

“Well Jessie seduced poor Jake here on the way up and it turns out the entire town here knows all about Seven,” Sara said.

Jessie didn’t seem phased in the least by the conversation and Jake just turned bright red.

“Who’s Seven?” Bonnie asked, confused.

“Jake asked ALICE-7 what she wanted to be called, that’s her choice,” she replied.

“Seven?” Bonnie said again.

“She liked the sound of Seven and we agreed that Seven was more personal than ALICE-7.

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