Quiet Place by Peter David

Author:Peter David [David, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Star Trek
Published: 2012-07-13T17:36:07+00:00

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\ \ "Yes. Very much, I'd like to see it."

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\ \ "Lyla"

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\ \ "All right, Xyon," she said without his having to complete the question. "On the side screen."

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\ \ He pointed to a screen just to the left of Riella's shoulder, and she turned and stared at it, wide-eyed, as a detailed schematic appeared on the screen. She regarded it fixedly, so much so that he thought her eyes were going to pop clean out of her head.

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\ \ "What are you looking for?" he asked.

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\ \ "I don't know."

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\ \ "Yes, somehow I had a feeling you'd say that."

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\ \ After that, she said nothing for quite some time, except to call for other star charts, or ask for closer studies of particular areas. Seeing that the conversation wasn't going any further, Xyon busied himself with his own duties. Working with Lyla, he scanned various broadcasts over the ether, seeing if there was any more activity on the part of the Dogs of War. He managed to pick

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\ \ up, through deft tapping of private transmissions, the results of the Dogs' recent visit to Montos. Apparently, a considerable portion of Montos City was hi flames. Beyond that, things were unclear and contradictory. Some reports stated that the Dogs were running amok while others said that they had fled, although what they might be fleeing from Xyon could not even guess.

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\ \ At that point, Xyon didn't have anywhere else in particular to go. There were a couple of worlds he had been thinking about visiting, but none of them were particularly high priority. Besides, what was he supposed to do? Drag Riella all over the place?

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\ \ Indeed... what was he going to do with her?

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\ \ Not for the first time, he cursed himself for his impulsiveness. He had hauled himself over to Montos to try and help someone he didn't know, to rescue her from a situation that he knew nothing about. He had actually managed to accomplish it, except now that he had done so, he didn't know how to proceed. Xyon had an annoying habit of following his instincts without giving any thought as to where those instincts might lead him. Consequently, he tended to find himself in situations where his instincts had run out and he had nothing left to substitute for them.

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\ \ Hauling Riella from one end of the quadrant to the other didn't seem like much of an option. He could return her to Montos, but she didn't seem particularly inclined to go there. Besides, matters there seemed rather unstable, and he might very well not be doing her any favors by depositing her back hi the middle of it.

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\ \ For that matter, something seemed distinctly wrong. He wasn't entirely certain that Montos would be the right place for her hi any event.

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\ \ He was starting to realize that it wasn't his imagina-

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\ ") else document.write("\ \ that it had been pointing when Riella had shouted. The vessel froze in place as Riella stared, fixated, in one particular direction.

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