Fixit Adventures Anthology by Erik Schubach

Author:Erik Schubach [Schubach, Erik]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: scifi, lgbt, lesbian, space opera, Science fiction, action adventure, lesbian romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7 – Evac

I was floating in the clouds when the next call came in over my iso-pad this time. Vash was collecting my research into rejoining her emotion with her old memories onto a storage crystal at the time.

I turned to her after I signed off and said, “Doctor Germaine's transport and a Sky Guard escort tumbril will be landing by the habitation modules in five. To evac us and take the Betweener and his fallen comrades.”

She wiggled her eyebrows at me and smiled as we moved own to the exit on the repair bay level, Glitch, Flower, Blip, and Wrongway following behind to see us off. I was complaining to them as we stepped out into the diminishing storm, keeping an eye on the light display of the rest of the storm being attenuated by the photonic shield, “Really guys, it'll be just fine. I'll be back in two weeks when the floating cities complete their descent into the gravity wakes in the lower atmosphere.”

They were acting like we were going to be away indefinitely. I had to remind them, “Who'll keep you guys and our harvesting pingers in tip top shape if I don't come back before we have to re-plant after the Perihelion Pass is over?”

I knew they were going to miss me, and I was going to miss them too. I got a sly smile on my face as I asked innocently, “Unless of course, you want to visit New Terra with us?”

All of the irises in their optical ports widened, and Glitch squealed in alarm, remembering his last visit there. They were all shaking their heads almost violently. I grinned, “I thought not.” I won't share what they said to me using their new binary language when they realized I was teasing them. Suffice it to say that Vash is wearing off on them.

We reached the modules just as the huge transport and the Sky Guard tumbril touched down. The sky guard were out first, five armed men and women jogged our way. They straightened when they saw Vashon and saluted. She pointed. “The Betweener bodies are in unit A, a prisoner in unit B in need of medical assistance.”

They saluted and took off at a jog again. When they started entering the storage units, that's when the transport's huge bay door finally lowered to become a ramp. Men and women dressed in riot gear like the Sky Guard but armed with more advanced looking weaponry and gear flowed out, followed by a concerned looking Anna Germaine and three techs.

She didn't even bother with niceties. Her scanner was already moving down Vashon's body as she reached us. She glanced at me and hissed out, “What have you done to her systems? You've butchered up almost everything...”

Vashon pushed her scanner away. “Yes, it is good to see you too Doc. What's that? How am I? Well, I'd be dead right now if Vega hadn't hacked your systems and kept my implants operational. Thank you for asking.

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