Daylight by Cheree Alsop

Author:Cheree Alsop [Alsop, Cheree]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, action, Adventure, danger, Romance, Space Opera
Amazon: B01A1PP4VI
Publisher: Cheree Wolf Publishing
Published: 2015-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“Glad to see them go,” Hyrin said.

“The Aphrodite is limping, but least they made it,” Devren replied. “Good job everyone.”

Officer Straham and Liora exchanged a glance. The officer’s arm was in a sling, but he had refused to stay in the medical bay despite Tariq’s recommendations. Everyone was anxious to see the Aphrodite reach Gaulded Two Zero Five. Instead of leaving them at the Maffei Two Galaxy, Devren had chosen to escort them all the way given the condition of their ship.

Tariq waited on the bridge as well. “You said you hid the Diamond Albatross somewhere nobody would find it, yet it’s close by,” he told Devren. “I want to see the answer to your riddle.”

“The answer isn’t far,” Devren replied evasively.

Smiles were exchanged by members of the crew. Relief that they had survived the Coalition encounter coupled with something else.

“The Atlas is in sight,” Shathryn said a few minutes later.

Liora scanned the monitors, but she couldn’t see a ship anywhere.

“You mean by that star?” Tariq asked.

“Something like that,” Devren replied.

Liora heard a few chuckles at his response. She looked closer. Something seemed strange about the star. It should have been far larger considering the distance the monitor said was between the star and the Kratos; in fact, there was no way they could be that close to a real star.

“The star is the ship,” she said, staring out the window.

Tariq glanced at her, then back at the screen. His eyes widened.

“How on Titus did you do that?”

“It’s the same reason the Atlas was lost for so long,” Devren replied. “It has a cloaking mechanism that reflects all surrounding light and gives off the same signature as a distant star. Stone said he thought his equipment was malfunctioning; they almost ran into it when they realized it was a ship.”

Tariq leaned closer to the window. “That’s incredible,” he breathed.”

“Stone, requesting permission to land,” Hyrin said.

Stone’s face appeared on the monitor. He was older than most of the Kratos crew, and his long dark hair had a white streak that ran from his forehead back. It gave him a grizzled, warrior’s appearance. “Permission granted, Officer Hyrin. Welcome back. By our count, the rest of the Coalition and mercs followed your trail. That should give us some time to strategize.”

“We know what the next course of action needs to be if we’re going to get rid of the Omne Occasus,” Devren told him. “I hope you don’t mind if we borrow the Star Chaser.”

The rebel’s eyebrows lifted with interest. “Only if I come along.”

“Deal,” Devren replied.

Liora had trouble wrapping her mind around how big the SS Atlas was. The Diamond Albatross was the biggest ship ever built by the Coalition. Lost under mysterious circumstances and found by Stone years later and without the crew who had vanished as well, the Atlas loomed far above them as though the Kratos was a mere speck and the Albatross a whale in the vast ocean of space.

The huge doors of the cargo hold opened. Hyrin steered the Iron Falcon inside and landed the ship carefully next to Stone’s Copper Crow.

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