Birthright: Battle for the Confederation- Crusade by Krauter Ryan

Author:Krauter, Ryan [Krauter, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Silver Impala Press
Published: 2012-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Fifteen minutes later, they were settled inside the warehouse. Being in an industrial/commercial district, an empty warehouse wasn’t too hard to come by.

Halley had bound all of the Primans, who were finally awake, and left five of them plus Cutter Sarn sitting in the middle of the large, dusty space. They only had enough lights on to see where they were going, since they didn’t want to advertise to everyone in the district that there were people inside.

Krenis still sat in the back of the cargo hauler, along with Halley and Web, while Loren kept his SSK on the others from a safe distance.

“Krenis,” Halley began reasonably, “I’m not here to threaten or play games; I’d just like to get down to what matters, is that alright with you?”

“You don’t need to pretend to be the reasonable dealmaker,” Krenis replied defiantly. “I’m not going along with anything you have to offer.”

Halley cracked him in the temple with the butt of her SSK, sending Krenis to the floor of the vehicle with a yelp of pain. He tried his best to remain dignified, but the only way he could sit back up was to shuffle and contort himself against the wall of the van. Finally, he sat upright, his back to the wall.

“I never said I wouldn’t hurt you,” she said calmly, “just that I wouldn’t play games about it. So let’s try again, because I have five other Primans tied up out there I can deal with if you don’t work out.” She let the threat hang in the air, but hoped he didn’t call her bluff. He was the extrovert of the bunch, that was for certain, and while she didn’t know the duties of the other five, she was sure that at least this one in particular was a data tech, and that’s what she wanted more than anything.

“I need to access some data you stored in one of your Keeper storage facilities,” she began, nothing with satisfaction the surprised look on his face as she started opening up about how much she knew about his operation. “I’m not looking to win the war tonight, but I need to do one little thing. I need to get into a Keeper facility, and so I need your ship, and preferably all of you, alive. What are the odds of you cooperating?”

“Why would you expect me to help you attack my own people?” he asked.

“I didn’t say attack, Krenis. I’d rather do this covertly, without bloodshed. You don’t believe I’m serious, do you?” She hung her head out the back of the van and yelled, “Commander, go ahead and shoot one, Krenis doesn’t believe me.”

They’d briefed ahead of time what they were willing to do, and while Loren accepted the responsibility of taking the shot if need be, Halley had wagered Krenis would fold. Still, he was prepared. Loren walked up to the five prisoners, who were on their knees, and drew his SSK, holding it to the back of the head of the first Priman in line.

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