Myra,: The start of a galactic adventure. (Dave Travise Book 1) by Richard Dee

Author:Richard Dee [Dee, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 4Star Scifi
Published: 2017-09-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty Four

I knew that the settlers on Michael’s had had a rough time, I had been part of the relief operation after all, but as we flew over the rebuilt settlement we could see that they were getting back on their feet again. And it turned out that there was more to the job than just delivering the stuff they had ordered from Coopers Post, they had asked us to take a load of processed foods to market on a local planet, in convoy with one of their ships, which didn’t have room for it all in their hold. It looked like they had started exporting again.

As we flew through the atmosphere we could see that nature was starting to cover the scars dug in the earth by the meteors. Although there were still plenty of gaps in the forests and burnt vegetation, there was grass covering the gouges in the ground.

The cut lumber had been put to good use, new buildings had grown up in the couple of months that I had been away, they had replaced the tents we had left behind and I was pleased to see that.

The beard that I had been growing since we had left Basilan had changed my features enough to make me less recognisable, last time here I had been in uniform, with a cap; that was all most folk saw. And if they were not using the Navy gear, there was less chance of them associating me with it.

We landed quite a distance from the settlement, by a large barn where they wanted the supplies we had brought.

Mind you, I still only intended to go off the Orca as little as possible. But when Myra asked me to help her with some maintenance I couldn’t really refuse. Since she had flirted with Danno we were friendlier, as if she had paid me back and we could start again. On the trip over I had mentioned my fears about being on Michael’s and she had been her usual practical self about it.

“You could have any number of good reasons for being here,” she said. “It’s only because you’re feeling guilty. And it’s not as if they knew your name last time, you were just one of the men from the Navy.”

I met up with Myra and we carried our tools and kit down the ramp. We turned under the wing and I bumped straight into one of the settlers. We both stepped back and apologised.

Looking up I recognised the man; he was one of their council, Mal or something. How could I just walk straight into him? This was some sort of bad joke. I kept going but he called out. “Hey, don’t I know you?” I tried to look blank.

“You were here on the relief, was it the Moth or one of the other ones? We can’t thank you enough, you did a great job.” I had to answer that, beside me Myra was quiet.

“Not the Moth,” I answered, seeing a way out.

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