Doctor Who MA26 - Twilight Of The Gods by Christopher Bulis

Author:Christopher Bulis [Bulis, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: OCR'd and Formatted by jaarons Proofread by picguy Version 1.2 finished: October 19th, Scanned, 2008 msg jaarons on WhoShare for any revisions
Published: 2011-07-13T02:22:24+00:00

'They've got to obey the law,' the other Rhumon pointed out, trying to sound reasonable. 'There are penalties for disobedience.'

'Why? It's not their law and it's not your world. They didn't ask you here, as I understand it. Are they so dangerous to you, maybe? Were they planning to invade your worlds? Except they're not very warlike that I can see.

All they're fighting for now is just to take their own land back. Can you tell me to my face . . . no, to their faces, that that's wrong?'

The two Rhumon said nothing more. As Jamie led the children out in silence he noticed the two Rhumon exchange uncertain glances. Had each seen in the other's face the first shadows of doubt?

Outside the Zarbi were called back from feeding.

'Mobile unit has located the source of the signal, Lon Captain,' Lieutenant Stroon announced crisply. 'They are proceeding on foot to make visual identification, a second unit is standing by to give support if required.'

Stroon does everything in that manner, thought Shallvar.

His uniform is immaculate, his military procedure straight 154

from the textbook. He’s also a very pious churchman and his loyalty to the throne and state is beyond question. I’ve seen him almost every day for a year and a half now. Why suddenly does he make me feel uncomfortable?'

'Thank you, Lieutenant, ' he replied. 'Any further idea if it’s theirs or ours? ' Stroon scanned the consoles and looked enquiringly at the communications chief, who shook his head.

'No, Lord Captain. The signal is still erratic, though becoming stronger. It appears to be moving slowly. We should have confirmation any moment . . . yes, coming through now. '

'Put it on speaker.'

The whispering voice of the scout could be heard.

'. . . moving down gully . . . only thing visible is one of those big beasts . . . Zarbi, the natives call them . . . uh, detector's pointing straight at it . . . can’t be source, can it?

Checking it with scope . . . signal's low down . . . there's something trailing from one of its feet. . . small strip of cloth, maybe. Nothing else I can see . . . following it along gully . . . what? The thing's just gone through a sort of door in the rock . . . can see lights inside ... it has closed right up behind it! You wouldn't know there was anything there at all now.'

'Order him to fall back quietly. They are to keep the place under observation but to take no other overt action until further orders,' Shallvar directed.

'Yes, Lord Captain. Shall I pass the coordinates to the Shipmaster for missile targeting?'

'No. If this is a secret refuge of the natives, as seems most likely, then the improvised nature of that tracer signal suggests they may be holding some of our missing soldiers in there. Alternatively, if it is the home of some . . .

unknown force, then we must preserve as much possible intact for later study.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.