Counterfeit Stars: Agents of ISIS, Book 8 by Stephen Goldin

Author:Stephen Goldin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: space opera, spaceship, asteroid, space battle, spy adventure, space adventure, family dalembert
ISBN: 9781452402185
Publisher: Parsina Press
Published: 2017-05-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7: Revelation

The killers impersonating Agents Wombat and Periwinkle carried the unconscious bodies of Judah and Vida Bar Nahum to their waiting huvver, where their confederates helped them stow the ISIS agents away in the rear cargo section. The Zionians had been given a medium sting, and would be unconscious for at least two hours, which gave the killers plenty of time to take them to more secure quarters.

Several kilometers away, Pias and Eva were monitoring events as they happened. Knowing they’d be walking into a trap and assuming they’d be captured, Judah and Vida had planted microtransmitters on their clothes and bodies to let the Bavols follow the action from a safe distance, and to trail after the killers without coming close enough to be spotted themselves. “We want to make sure we get the whole gang at once,” Judah had said. “With Vida and me as bait on the hook, we’ll give them a little play on the line before reeling them in.”

Eva wasn’t happy with the thought of standing idly by and listening to her cousin and his wife be captured by the enemy—but, like her cousin, she wanted to grab the whole gang in one sweep. If they acted too quickly, some might escape to spread the warning further up the network.

The Bavols listened to the confused mixture of sounds that were the obvious indications of a battle in progress. The buzzing sound of stingers was ominous, because neither Judah nor Vida had carried stingers into the battle. The silence that followed made it only too clear the enemy had gained the upper hand. Even though this was part of their longterm plan, Eva’s fists were clenched in quiet anger.

As the killers’ huvver left the clearing, the Bavols’ vehicle rose into the air and followed. The transmitters’ signals were strong enough for the agents to stay far behind their prey, out of both visual and normal detector range. The two huvvers flew at a steady, casual pace toward the nearest domed city, Constantia.

The enemy huvver landed on the rooftop parking lot of an apartment building. The Bavols made a note of the site and flew on to a nearby perch. They listened and waited. That was the hard part—the waiting.

Within the target building, the enemy agents had rented an entire floor for themselves. After searching their captives for weapons—but missing the transmitters, which looked like ordinary buttons—they handcuffed the Bar Nahums’ hands behind their backs and went about their normal business until the two agents recovered from the sting they’d received.

After a while, Judah started coming around. Reality weaved in and out of focus for him and surroundings gradually became more distinct. When he could recall what had happened, he looked around him. He was in a bedroom, but his body had been dumped on the floor. Vida lay on the floor across the room from him, still unconscious; stingers had slightly differing effects on different people’s nervous systems, and Vida was apparently more susceptible. Judah wasn’t going to worry about her yet.

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