Mimbres (Heroes of the League Book 9) by Carey Frank

Author:Carey, Frank [Carey, Frank]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-10-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

At the Prison

Once docked to the prison, the forward ramp lowered allowing their guests to disembark while the crew of the Spindrift unloaded the cargo from the forward and aft bays. Everything proceeded as normal except there were passengers with guns keeping watch on the crew.

"Capt. Mrantz, you and your crew will remain aboard the Spindrift while my people and I continue with our work on the station. We've interlocked your NAVComp and will lock you inside the ship for your own safety. Oh, and Ms. Aymar will be joining us..."

"No freakin way. Aerith stays with us..."

"No, you are mistaken," Dr. Thia said as he took out his weapon and aimed it at Kestra.

"Stop! I'll go with you, just don't hurt anyone," Aerith said as she was escorted down the ramp. "Captain, really, it's OK, I'll be fine," the young woman said bravely, though her body language read pure fear.

"Thia, you hurt her and we're going to have an issue between us, one which you will not like whatsoever."

"Honey, you forgot this," Rock said while walking up to her with a small pendant. Thia intercepted it and examined it.

"Princess Nayla, patron of knowledge. You are a believer. Excellent," he said as he gently placed the necklace around Aerith’s neck.

"Thanks, Rock," she said with a confused look, which rock replied to with a wink.

"She will be fine, I promise," the historian said as he led his people down the ramp. The ramp closed and sealed once the passengers and Aerith had cleared the area.

Kestra looked around her and smiled. "They’re gone. Joshua, are you online?"

"Yes, mum. We’ve bypassed the interlock, though those morons will never know the difference. Engines and weapons systems are hot. Want me to shoot someone?"

"Not right now," she replied to the NAVComp. "Just monitor the situation and look pretty."

"Copy that, mistress."

"Rock, I assume there was a tracking crystal in that pendant?"

"Aye, just like the one in her watch, her shoe, and the cereal she had for breakfast this morning."

"Ewww! Well, that too shall pass. Maxine, what about that blip we had on sensors, the one you convinced our guests was a sensor ghost?"

"Ma'am, it’s a freighter, Joshua has interfaced with its NAVComp and has identified the ship as the freighter Mariposa out of Ventos Prime. Ma'am, Harmon, Xura, Cube Dir. Devlin, Queen Losira, Roscoe, and two members of Xura's flock are aboard, and they're armed to the teeth."

"Damn," Kestra replied as the crew spread out through the ship, preparing it for battle. "Activate holoprojectors on all external ports," she ordered, before anyone was allowed back on the Bridge or in the Lounge. In moments, all internal movement was made invisible to prying eyes outside the ship, a trick Harmon taught her a few weeks after Venecia "Merla, break-out the side arms and distribute them to the crew!"

"Aye, Captain," Merla replied as she and Rock opened hidden lockers, removed a wide variety of weapons, and then distributed them to the crew. There was a knock at the forward person hatch inset in the forward ramp.

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