Atlantia Series 1: Survivor by Dean Crawford

Author:Dean Crawford [Crawford, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Space Opera
ISBN: 9781497590403
Amazon: 149759040X
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-04-01T17:00:00+00:00

The holding cells were little more than barred pens more often used to store discharged ammunition magazines and other paraphernalia, located several decks below the bridge in a secured area. Bra’hiv and his marines led the captain and C’rairn, who had stood down along with the rest of the displaced bridge crew, down to the cells and locked them in.

Idris waited until the cells were shut and his people could not get injured by the mutinous marines before he spoke.

‘Bra’hiv, you’re making a mistake.’

Bra’hiv moved to stand in front of the captain’s cell.

‘I’m not making a mistake,’ he replied. ‘Better that I can keep an eye on what Hevel’s doing and have him think that I stand with him, than be locked up in there with all of you.’

The captain heaved a sigh of relief.

‘You know that Hevel can’t command a warship much less win this battle.’

Bra’hiv sighed. ‘The majority of the civilians are behind him and my men tell me that they won’t back down. They’ve been screaming for retaliation for years. I don’t doubt that some of them would choose to fight even if it were absolutely certain that they would die doing so.’

‘It is absolutely certain,’ C’rairn pointed out. ‘And now we’ve lost Andaim too, and he was our best shot at figuring a way out of this.’

The captain looked across at C’rairn, who shrugged apologetically. ‘Sorry sir, it’s just the way it is. Andaim was the best tactical officer we had and…’

‘I wasn’t thinking that,’ the captain said, and looked at Bra’hiv. ‘If you could regain the bridge from Hevel, would you do it?’

Bra’hiv’s expression betrayed no emotion. ‘I always serve the colony sir.’

‘Very diplomatic,’ Idris acknowledged. ‘Now take the stick out of your ass and tell me if you’d take the bridge if Andaim were still here.’

Bra’hiv lifted his chin. ‘Yes sir, I would.’

Idris gripped the bars of the holding cell. ‘Then find him.’

‘But sir, he died in the…’

‘A man like Andaim,’ Idris said, ‘is not dead until you’re holding his corpse in your hands. He may have found a way to survive the re–entry, and that woman Evelyn seems almost indestructible. Serve Hevel, but try to find Andaim.’

Bra’hiv saluted. ‘Yes, captain.’

The security team marines turned and strode away. Idris relinquished his grip on the bars of the cell and stepped back.

‘Bra’hiv can’t do this on his own,’ C’rairn said. ‘He could have turned against Hevel.’

‘Bra’hiv feared that civilians would die in a firefight,’ Idris corrected C’rairn. ‘He maintained his position and did his job, and now he may be able to help us.’

‘Even if he finds Andaim alive,’ C’rairn said, ‘how the hell will that help us? Most of the time we’ve only been a few hours ahead of the Word. It can’t be long before we’re found, and then….’

C’rairn’s voice trailed off. Idris looked about him at the other cells where his bridge crew were crammed in. He managed to find his voice.

‘We will figure something out,’ he promised them. ‘It’s our duty to overcome adversity, just as we did when we escaped the colony, just as we have done ever since.

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