Planet 9 (The Dipole series Book 2) by Chris Lowry

Author:Chris Lowry [Lowry, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Grand Ozarks Media
Published: 2017-08-27T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

“Are we gonna talk about the elephant in the room? Tinker asked.

The takeoff went off like clockwork once Tinker fed their coordinates to Junebug through the console.

“There is not enough space for an elephant in this ship,” said Junebug.

“It's a metaphor,” Tinker snapped.

“I think you mean euphemism,” Mona Lisa corrected him.

“I know what I mean and we ain't talking about it. Why?”

“What would you like to discuss Tinker?”

“You,” he pointed. “Him. What happened back on Mars.”

“Which part?”

“The part where we didn't have to sneak on a base because you are somebody who Colonels deliver hover Jeeps to apparently.”

“He was just being nice.”

“Right, said Tinker. And I'm the freaking Prime Minister of Mars.”

“I didn't vote for you,” said Mona Lisa.

“Look, I'm being serious. After you disappeared-”

“Ran away,” said Bat.

“Yeah, after that. We got the FTL drive and as we were leaving, the Troops showed up.”

“And they let you go?”

“They let me go. I mean except for the whole they can shoot you with laser eyeballs thing and the shoving at the end, they were a swell group of guys.”

“They shoved you?” Bat quirked the corner of his lips.

“Well maybe I tripped,” said Tinker. “But they invited him to go see somebody.”

“You knew somebody?” Mona Lisa glanced at the guard.

“I know a lot of some bodies," he answered.

“I bet you do."

“You don't get it,” Tinker raised his voice. They sent six of them to ask him and they were afraid of him. Him!"

Mona Lisa studied him closer.

"Why were they afraid Bat?"

"He was misreading the situation."

"I wasn't misreading nothing, Mate. I know what I saw."

"Tinker?” Mona Lisa asked in a soft voice. "Did the Troops have on their helmets?"

"Yeah."

"So is it possible you didn't see their faces?"

"I heard it in their voices."

"Voice boxes, " Bat added. "Troops use fully contained helmets and relay their commands through external speakers."

"See, how does he know that?"

"I read."

Tinker crossed his arms and settled against the bulkhead.

"Then who invited you to talk?"

"To tea."

"To what?"

"The Base Commander invited me to tea."

"He invited you to tea time?" Tinker sniffed.

"I have manners," said Bat. "I can take tea."

"One lump or two," said Mona Lisa.

"Just lemon."

"You expect me to believe the Troops just showed up to invite you to take tea with the base commander?"

" I don't expect you to believe anything. I'm just telling you what happened," said Bat.

Tinker threw up his hands.

"Unbelievable," he said and maneuvered toward the cockpit.

"He also told me something."

"Finally!" The pilot paused. " Now we're getting somewhere. What did he say?"

"The Prime Minister has issued warrants for us for theft of government property."

"Well how did he know by then?"

"That's what Base Commander thought was funny about it. He got the orders before we showed up."

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