Beyond Nightfall_A Gritty Space Opera Adventure by Robert C. James

Author:Robert C. James [James, Robert C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science fiction
Publisher: Robert C. James
Published: 2019-03-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The mysterious soldiers stood there as if statues watching over the group with their weapons pointed.

“What do you think they look like under those helmets?” Tai thought out loud.

“Well, we can rule out three heads and tentacles,” Jason assumed.

“Three heads and tentacles?” Tyler raised a brow. “Invasion of the Octopus Men?”

“I loved that movie.”

“Do you really think this is the time?” Tai said to them.

“You don’t want to talk about favorite films? Fine.” Jason pondered. “You didn’t bring Hungry Hungry Hippo with you by any chance?”

Marquez steered the discussion toward something not so childish. “How long has our government known about the existence of extraterrestrials, Susan?”

There was concern on her face. She was obviously worried about what Nash was doing to Kione inside the sphere. “A little over thirty years. He was discovered as an infant in orbit of a moon in the Galilei System.”

Jason wondered how subsequent governments could cover up something of such magnitude for so long. Humans had looked into the sky for millennia pondering whether they were alone in the universe. If it were up to their elected officials, they would probably never know.

“And you left the service to oversee the study of this being?” Marquez almost appeared betrayed. “What did you know about Doctor Tyrell?”

“Only that he was my predecessor and that he’d gone off the rails. He was attempting to release all the information on Kione to the public.”

Many assumed Tyrell was the one responsible for Nash’s death. Jason wanted nothing more than to dole out the justice he deserved. But now everything had been turned on its head. He was glad the man had got away.

While all these questions about Kione were fascinating, Jason’s only thoughts were of his friend. He was of course happy that he was alive, but at the same time he couldn’t help but wonder whether it was the same Christian Nash who’d died in the nebula that day.

Everyone stopped and turned to the sphere as it wailed a metallic, high-pitched scream. They covered their ears, and Nash strolled out. The soldiers followed, dragging Kione along. He appeared unconscious. The door sealed itself shut, and the wailing turned into a loud humming.

“What’s it doing?” Tyler yelled over the cacophony.

As if to answer his question, the sphere steadily rose into the air. The rock beneath shattered from the vibration, and it broke free.

Everyone stepped backward while it ascended toward the antechamber’s ceiling. It’s going to crash! But instead of colliding, the sphere moved through the rock, as if it were a hologram dissipating through a solid object. That’s different.

Jason assumed whatever Nash had done inside the sphere, with Kione’s help, it now had new instructions. He imagined once it’d risen to the surface, it would be taken aboard his ship.

Moments later, the sphere was gone, and Nash approached the group. “Well, it has been good catching up with you, Jason.” The insincerity was glaring. “Unfortunately, reunions aren’t meant to last forever.”

“What about Kione?” Tai asked, watching him get dragged from the antechamber into the outer tunnel.

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