Alien Savage's Doll by Athena Storm & Tara Starr

Author:Athena Storm & Tara Starr [Storm, Athena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Athenaverse Press
Published: 2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00

17

Nerys

It happens fast.

When the Magistrate turns around to stare at the shuttle hovering outside the floor we’re in, it’s already too late for anyone to do a damn thing about it. The guns mounted underneath the shuttle’s belly turn red in a fraction of a second, and the bulletproof windows covering Kavan’s private chambers only manage to hold out for a couple of seconds.

Jumping over his desk, Kavan overturns it and kneels behind it, one of his hands already going for the handgun on his belt. The windows shatter in an explosion of glass and reinforced plastic, sharp pieces raining down all over the room, and I throw myself down on the floor, flattening myself against the cold tiles.

“Who the fuck is that?” Kavan asks me, laying one heavy hand on my shoulder. Reacting on pure instinct, I swat his hand off me and roll to the side, trying to put as much distance as possible between me and him. “Fuck,” he growls, peering over the edge of his overturned desk to fire at the shuttle. He empties his gun in a matter of seconds, not even managing to leave a dent on the shuttle’s fuselage.

As I try to seek shelter in the corner of the room, I glance at the shuttle to see a helmeted figure sitting behind its controls. Judging by its size, it has to be a Kraaj, which immediately has me thinking that this must be a rescue party. My rescue party. Either that or Kator decided to cut his losses and sent someone to execute me, just in case I decided to tell Kavan the truth of what’s happening.

Be that as it may, it’s better to play it safe and keep out of harm’s way.

All around me, soldiers are being gunned down by the shuttle’s heavy weapons, projectiles as large as a fist cutting through bodies and walls effortlessly, covering the room in blood and debris. Miraculously, I manage to walk past the carnage unscathed, just a couple of harmless cuts on my forearms.

Whoever’s piloting the shuttle stops firing for a couple of seconds, and a heavy silence quickly takes over the room. I glance back over my shoulder to see the shuttle turning around, and then it backs up to the edge of the floor, its ramp lowering itself and creating a bridge into the building.

Standing at the top of the ramp is that helmeted figure, its powerful body emanating an aura of power and violence. Even though I can’t see the Kraaj’s face, it doesn’t take much for me to recognize its body. I’ve been held by it before, so I should know.

Kator kept his promise.

He came for me.

“Nerys,” he shouts, firing the handguns he has on his hands as he climbs down the ramp. Most of Kavan’s soldiers are dead, but the Magistrate remains hidden behind his desk. To make sure that he doesn’t leave his position, Kator concentrates all of his fire onto the desk, pinning Kavan down into his defensive position.

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