Curse of the Black Hole Pirates by Ryder Windham

Author:Ryder Windham [Windham, Ryder]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141330518
Google: lzs2QwAACAAJ
Amazon: 0141330511
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 2010-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

““Defective?” Bossk said. “What do you mean, the clones are defective?”

“It's kind of complicated,” Gunn replied. “It might be best if I talked with your leader.”

“As far as you're concerned,” Bossk said, “I'm in charge around here. Now answer me! Defective how?”

Just then, Gunn noticed the Swokes Swokes as he reentered the Harpy's main cabin. Facing Bossk, Gunn said, “You watch your mouth, buster! I'll have you know that some of my best friends happen to be Swokes Swokes!”

Overhearing this, the surprised Swokes Swokes stopped and looked at the female human beside Bossk. Bossk was baffled by Gunn’s outburst and said. “Huh?”

“You heard me!” Gunn said. “I don‘t know what you have against Swokes Swokes, and I don’t care! Swokes Swokes are highly intelligent, so don’t you say otherwise!” And then she pretended to notice the Swokes Swokes for the first time. Speaking in the Swokes Swokes native language, Swoken, she said, “Finally, a friendly face!”

Across the cabin, Veeren whispered to Nuru, “What did she say?”

“I don‘t know,” Nuru whispered back.

The Swokes Swokes twisted his fleshy neck to look at the passage tube behind him. He saw no one in the tube. Turning back to face Gunn, he pointed a thick, clawed finger at himself as he replied in Swoken, “Me?”

Bossk watched in astonishment as Gunn reached out to take the Swokes Swokes' monstrous hand in her own relatively delicate grasp. “I'm Lalo Gunn,” she said in Basic. “I’m captain of this ship, or was at least until a few minutes ago. I'm so relieved you found me and my passengers out here. Are you the leader of these privateers?”

Bossk looked from the Swokes Swokes to Gunn and said, “You think he's the leader?!”

The Swokes Swokes ignored Bossk, and his gaping maw pulled back into a wide smile that revealed long, uneven fangs. “I'm not the leader,” the Swokes Swokes said. “I’m Mokshok, first mate to Cap’n Mcgrrrr.”

ln Swoken, Gunn said, “A pleasure to meet you, Mokshok.”

“Hey!” Bossk snarled at Gunn. “Enough gibberish! I was talkin' to you!”

“Mokshok,” Gunn continued in Swoken, “I’d like to talk with you and your leader about how we might work together.” Giving a dismissive glance to Bossk, she added, “Maybe we could talk in private?”

“Hey!” Bossk roared so loudly that Veeren flinched beside Nuru. “I’m in charge here!”

Mokshok said, “Take a walk, Bossk.”

Bossk glared at Mokshok and snarled, “You don’t give me orders, you big-”

Mokshok launched a meaty fist into Bossk’s face. The Swokes Swokes's knuckles carried Bossk‘s head straight into the cabin’s wall, which it struck with a sickening thud. Mokshok disconnected his knuckles from Bossk's face, and then the Trandoshan's knees buckled under him and he flopped to the deck.

From across the cabin, Nuru sensed that the blow to the head had not killed the Trandoshan, but had merely knocked him out cold. Although he did not know what Gunn had said to the Swokes Swokes, he was fairly certain she had goaded them into Fighting each other.

Mokshok beckoned to two other pirates and said, “Take Bossk hack to the pathfinder and dump him in the infirmary.

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