Air Pirates of Krakatoa by Dave Robinson

Author:Dave Robinson [Robinson, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Doc Vandal Publications
Published: 2017-04-30T22:00:00+00:00

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Doc reached under his pillow as he heard someone start rapping on his door, closing a hand around his stopper pistol. Light filtered under the door, giving him enough illumination to see what was going on. Closing his eyes, he listened carefully to try and get a bit more detail. There were at least eight or ten people moving around outside the door, most of them barefoot.

“Just a moment,” he called. The rapping paused for a moment, but then picked up. By the clock on the wall it was just after 3 AM, but the house felt alive with movement. For a second, Doc wondered if he should have taken a bungalow, but Van Houten had insisted he stay in the main house instead, even though the others were all given bungalows. Normally Doc insisted they stay together, but Van Houten hadn't taken no for an answer when he'd split them up.

Still, it had been fascinating to see the expression on the Dutchman's face when he described Kehla as Gus's wife.

Doc had just started to sit up when the door burst open, and Van Houten strode in, followed by half a dozen armed guards.

“No, don't bother to get up yet.” He waved a hand dismissively in Doc's general direction.

Doc leaned back slowly, his right hand with the pistol below the covers, watching as Van Houten's guards filtered into the room, forming a semicircle around him, staying outside his reach. The numbers didn't look good. He could drop Van Houten easily enough, but the guards would drop him shortly afterwards and they probably didn't have rubber bullets.

“It seems some of your friends couldn't leave well enough alone,” Van Houten said. “My men caught two of your women poking their noses where they didn't belong, and it appears they may have seen some things they shouldn't have. I’m afraid I'm going to have to extend a rather different sort of hospitality to you and your associates.”

Doc raised an eyebrow, measuring angles as he tried to figure out exactly what Van Houten was and wasn't saying. It didn't sound good for Vic and Ming, especially as Doc was fairly sure that Van Houten wouldn't dignify Kehla by calling her a woman.

“So if you could leave the pistol behind when you get of the bed, I would appreciate it.” Van Houten's words were punctuated with the sound of rifle bolts slamming home.

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