Evolution: Age of Expansion - A Kurtherian Gambit Series (The Ghost Squadron Book 3) by Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle

Author:Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle [Noffke, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2017-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

Loading Dock 01, QBS ArchAngel, Tangki System

Julianna strode over to the Stingray as it docked inside ArchAngel and waited for Eddie to pop out. As he opened the hatch he realized he was getting a fair amount of attention from the crew, who were rushing over to assist with the ship.

“You nearly got shot at, flying that thing in here,” said Julianna, a mischievous smile on her face.

“Let me guess: you considered not informing ArchAngel it was me, didn’t you?” asked Eddie, sliding down to the ground.

“I considered it,” she teased.

“Well, thanks for letting her know I wasn’t an enemy aircraft,” said Eddie, admiring the ship.

“What in the hell?” a voice boomed from the other side of a row of cargo pods. They hadn’t been there before.

Hatch wheeled around, his eyes wide as he took in the Stingray on the loading dock.

“Where the hell did you get that?” he asked, bustling over, his tentacles waggling in the air.

Eddie rubbed the wing with the side of his hand. “’I stole it, of course.”

Julianna turned to Hatch with a proud look on her face. “You wanted blueprints for the Stingray to understand their construction, so we did you one better and brought you an actual ship.”

Hatch, to their surprise, didn’t look happy. “What were you thinking?! You idiots! You brought that thing into ArchAngel?”

“Well, yeah. It was kind of my getaway ride,” admitted Eddie, confusion covering his face.

“We have trackers on our ships. Don’t you think that the Trid will use the same technology?” asked Hatch.

Eddie’s and Juliann’s expressions went slack. “We didn’t consider that, Hatch,” said Julianna.

“I guessed as much.” Hatch turned to the crew standing idly behind him. “Okay, children, listen up! We’re looking for a tracker. I want you dimwits to sweep the entire ship for anything that might fit that description.” Each crew member nodded and sprang forward to begin working on the ship.

“Sorry, Hatch,” said Julianna. “We thought we were making your job easier by bringing back the ship.”

Hatch’s frown softened and he waved a tentacle at her. “It’s fine. You did good, Julie. Once the chip is found and destroyed we’ll be fine. ArchAngel will just have to take us through a gate to throw the Trid off, in case they are on our trail.”

Eddie and Julianna waited for several minutes while the crew continued to examine the ship, carefully sweeping it and removing parts.

“Found it!” a crew member finally said from inside the cockpit. He raised a hand, showing a small chip with several wires sticking out of it.

“Keep searching, there might be more than one,” commanded Hatch. He shook his head, obviously not impressed, then turned and pursed his mouth at Eddie. “Where’s my submarine, Teach?”

Eddie threw out his arm at the Stingray. “Buddy ol’ pal, I brought you a Stingray. Now you’ll have the technology to make crafts that fly under water. Isn’t that great?”

Hatch interwove two tentacles in front of his chest and stiffened. “Where. Is. My. Submarine?”

“About that… The thing is, that you forgot to put registration tags on it for the Trid government.

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