Project Starfighter by Stephen J Sweeney

Author:Stephen J Sweeney [Sweeney, Stephen J]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780955856112
Google: 6BewAwAAQBAJ
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Publisher: Stephen J Sweeney
Published: 2014-05-31T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The blond-haired Phoebe Lexx was a petite woman. She was smiling gratefully as she stepped out of her Valkyrie and crossed the hold to where Chris and Sid were waiting for her.

“Thank you, again,” she said. “I don’t know how much longer I would have been able to hold them off if you hadn’t arrived.” She then laughed, adding, “Oh, yes, and thank you, too.” She rolled her eyes at her apparent forgetfulness.

Chris and Sid looked at one another. Who? their expressions asked.

“Who are you, and why were WEAPCO coming after you?” Sid asked, seeming a little apprehensive. He had, after all, been hesitant about answering the distress call, in case it should be a trap. Now things had turned weird.

“I don’t know,” Phoebe shrugged. “One day I was minding my own business, and the next, I’m being pursued by drones and bots and all sorts.” She went quiet for a moment, as though listening. “True, that could be a reason.”

“What could be?” Chris said, after receiving a shrug from Sid.

“What Athena said,” Phoebe said.

“What do you mean, ‘what Athena said’?” He looked around for the projection of the Firefly AI, for the fighter’s Greek goddess-inspired persona. It was nowhere to be seen.

“Perhaps, but I’ve only just really noticed,” Lexx said, again to no one.

The penny then dropped. “Phoebe,” Chris said, pointing to her, “can you talk to machines?”

“Yes, of course,” Phoebe said. “How else was I able to tell those fighters to leave me alone, and also to attack the Duke of Wellington?” She looked a little incredulous that it had taken Chris this long to figure it out.

“How? How the hell can you do that?”

“I don’t know,” Phoebe said. “But I think it’s possible my sister can do it, too.”

“Your sister?” Sid asked, his eyes growing wide. “You have a sister?”

“Yes? Why are you acting like that’s weird?” Phoebe asked. “Her name’s Ursula. She’s my twin.”

Sid’s jaw went slack.

“Sid?” Chris asked. “What’s wrong?”

“Come to the bridge,” Sid said, striding from the cargo hold. “I have a hunch I want to share.”

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