Fundamental Force Episode Two by Sartison Albert

Author:Sartison, Albert [Sartison, Albert]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Albert Sartison
Published: 2016-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

10

Having delivered the ship to the parking place next to the hangars, the tug detached the hook and, after a short audio signal like a duck quacking farewell to the pilots, went away.

They waited in front of the closed ramp in the rear part of the ship. Chuck was standing as taut as a string, due not so much to the requirements of protocol as to his idea of how a military intelligence analyst should behave in the presence of his top boss. Time seemed to be standing still. The second hand of the mechanical clock directly above their heads was barely crawling around the dial.

Yes, a military analyst is definitely not a trained SSS soldier. Unlike Chuck, who was used to sitting in a soft chair, a soldier could stand on the square for an hour, straight as a ramrod. It was said that some of them even managed to sleep standing up. No, these people were clearly not made from the same clay as Chuck, whose forehead was already covered in perspiration. And if that damned ramp didn’t open within the next minute... He was already a bundle of nerves and that wasn’t good. High-flying birds like Stark could smell nervousness a mile off. He was a good analyst, but here he was, nervous as a kitten, just because he had to stand at attention for a few minutes!

In the silence, the click of the magnetic locks seemed like a tremendous crash and the armored ramp was slowly lowered to the strained sound of the hydraulic drives. At last! Chuck suddenly remembered the flap caused by the meeting with the general that morning. He had been so hot and bothered about their first meeting face to face that he had turned up with his fly unzipped. What an epic fail! It was a good thing Stark had a sense of humor...

Chuck glanced down to make sure the same embarrassment was not repeated. Standing at attention, the part of his trousers in question was concealed from view by his jacket. He furtively leaned slightly forward, then a little further, then further again. It all seemed to be in order.

Satisfied, he raised his head, only to shudder at the sight of three infantrymen and two infantry robots. All five, weapons at the ready, looked around inside the ship through the opening passage.

“First time in the Wasps’ Nest?” chuckled Stark.

“Um... Yes, sir!” Chuck suppressed his agitation and replied, it seemed to him, in a brisk, businesslike voice.

The ramp finally came to rest on the ground and Stark was already on his way down it before the hydraulics had clicked and stopped.

“Welcome to the base, sir!” rapped out one of the infantrymen, saluting and pointing to the open door of an armored army cross-country vehicle standing nearby in the shadow of a wing.

Stark squeezed through the open door and Chuck followed him. One of the soldiers slammed the heavy door shut and, together with the other two, took up position on the side steps.

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