COLOSSUS_Departure [Book 2] by Terry Frost

Author:Terry Frost [Frost, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Hammer and his crew came out of hyperspace and Major Hoser called the Colossus. Allen was in his command chair when Gordo McManus said, “Admiral, I have Major Hoser on the com and he wishes to speak to you.”

“Put him through, Lieutenant.”

“Admiral, we are requesting permission to land, sir. Colonel Hammer is asking that you and Burseq Maalik meet us in the hangar bay.”

“Permission granted. The Burseq and I will be there shortly, Allen out.”

Maalik was still on Colossus when the call for him to join the admiral down in the landing bay area. Allen told Maalik he didn’t know why Hammer had asked for them to be present but knew it had to be important. Otherwise, why not just wait and go through standard procedures when returning from a mission.

The two commanders were standing in the bay before the hornet’s landing gear hit the bay floor. The hornets ramp came down and the first face they saw was that of Caid Tikit followed by Science Officer Faadin.

Now, as far as any of the Humans past experiences with the Daakie emotion was something rarely shown by them. Allen had gotten Maalik to smile a few times when they had shared a chalice of Yuklin but that was it.

But seeing two of his kind that he had already come to terms with that they had died was more than Maalik could bear. He rushed over to his commander, bowed, then gave the Daakie salute of slamming his fist against his chest two times then stepped forward and hugged his Caid.

He did the same thing with Faadin. Neither objected as they felt the same way about seeing a man they had shared many periods of life with on their homeworld. Both rescued Daakie looked as if they had been treated rather roughly.

Tikit and Faadin had black scorch marks on their faces and Tikit’s right arm had second-degree burns down his forearm to his wrist. Faadin had a serious burn mark on the left side of his face and neck. Both men had been tortured with a device similar to cattle prods used to move cows through shoots at auctions.

Admiral Allen walked over to the two rescued Daakie and said, “This is a great day to have you two back safely on board Colossus. I’m sure you have a lot to tell us about being a captive of those hideous bastards, but for now, we need to get your injuries attended to and then get you cleaned up and fed.”

Their rescuers, Colonel Hammer and Major Hoser stood behind the two Daakie officers and Admiral Allen motioned them both to come front and center. The two walked up to Allen and saluted.

“Excellent work, gentlemen. I’m looking forward to your debriefing. Major, would you be so kind as to take the Burseq, Caid, and SO Faadin, to the infirmary. We will be up shortly, but I need to talk to Colonel Hammer for a moment first.”

“Aye, aye, Admiral. “Gentlemen, this way if you please.”

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