Android General 1 by Gockel C

Author:Gockel, C. [Gockel, C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Amazon: B07YQ78Z31
Goodreads: 52962072
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Published: 2020-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

18

The Side of Angels

Galactic Republic: Shinar

When an enormous boom was added to the shaking world, 6T9’s circuits dimmed and relit with a sudden dread of what might have happened. The volcano. His Q-comm began unhelpfully downloading data on the last eruption.

Agnes looked over her shoulder toward the window. “There’s more of you and you brought artillery?”

Her question snapped his Q-comm back to the present. “What?” he blurted.

“Your terrorist group is firing on this facility. I understand your reasons, I do, but you’re going to get innocent people killed...the people you are trying to save.”

“You think we are some sort of terrorist organization?” 6T9 asked. Booms continued in the background.

Agnes was kneeling beside Celia. Leaning close to 6T9, she whispered, “I know you think of yourselves as freedom fighters, but this is not the way. Not everyone here is a political prisoner. There are a lot of dangerous individuals in this hospital. They’re not like Joseph.” She gestured to the man on his cot. “The law will set free those wrongly convicted of religious expression. You just have to be patient.”

There was another boom outside.

Joseph got off his bed. His clothing was simple and neat. He was noticeably clean. Raising his hands, palms out, he said, “Brother, maybe you’re here for me. But my religion doesn’t justify this, and I will not come with you if you are successful.”

The room darkened as though the sun had been eclipsed by a storm cloud.

“Doctor, sir,” 6T9 said, the pieces fitting together. “I’m with Admiral Noa Sato of the Galactic Republic Fleet.”

For a moment, Dr. Tran’s face softened. What sounded like hail began to ping against the window and thunder on the roof.

6T9 continued, “We are here to request the release of Mr. Okoro, a Fleet researcher. By Republic law, Fleet is authorized to do so in the event of a natural disaster.”

Pulling away, jaw getting hard, Agnes said, “What natural disaster? The earthquake today hasn’t been confirmed.”

Oh, Nebulas. He glanced at the window and saw it pelted by rocks.

Somewhere in the hallway, someone began encoding, “Eruption in process. Ship is nervous.”

6T9’s focus returned to Agnes. She could open this door and Okoro’s door in minutes. She could maybe even lock the cell that the Minister’s Guard was in, so they didn’t let loose any more grenades.

“If it was Admiral Noa Sato out there,” Doctor Agnes said, “why did the Minister’s Guard open fire on you?”

They did not have time for this. His nostrils flared. He could make her open the door. She was a Shinar native. She was even frailer than Volka or an Earthling. He could make her hurt so much. He’d been designed for pleasure, but pain was just the other side of that coin, and it was a coin he knew how to flip. He could break her. His eyes flicked to Joseph. He could break both of them.

“That is a question, isn’t it? I’d really like to know.” His voice came out flat.

Agnes drew back.

“Easy, Brother,” said Joseph, putting himself between 6T9 and Agnes.

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