Romancing the Feral by Gail Koger

Author:Gail Koger [Koger, Gail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: KDP VERSION
Published: 2024-04-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

There was a flash of black and we were standing on the bridge of the captured ship. I wrinkled my nose. The ship smelled of death. Blood and bits of flesh decorated the walls. Fighting an Askole using hyper-speed had to be scary. I mean, you can’t fight what you can’t see. If you were dumb enough to get in the way of their swords, you got hacked into itty-bitty pieces. I stepped over a finger and swatted at a flying insect. Ugh! There were bugs everywhere.

Jedrick settled in the captain’s chair and pointed at the navigation console. “You are the pilot, Zadie.”

The three Coletti warriors on the bridge shot Jedrick disbelieving looks.

“Yes, sir.” Sliding into the pilot’s chair, I fastened my battle harness, and typed in the coordinates for the Deltax Space Station. Sometimes my photographic memory really came in handy. “Ready to launch, sir.”

“Take us out of orbit and go to warp one.”

“Yes, sir.” The horrified looks on the warriors’ faces had me grinning like a loon. I pushed the propulsion lever and took us out of orbit.

All the Tabors gathered on the console and watched my every move.

“What do?” Orla asked.

“I’m flying the ship.”

Kaia hopped on my nose and her eight eyes blinked at me. “Why?”

“So, all the people Crom’s pirates captured can go home to their families.” I placed her on my head.

“Home? Wanna go home,” Bao cried.

I nodded. “As soon as we find your mother.”

“Momma!” Ceri wailed. “Where momma?”

“Dunno, but we are looking for her.”

“Where look?” Aiko asked.

“Everywhere and we’ll keep searching until we find them.” A warning light popped up on the console. Huh? The fusion reactor was overheating. How was that even possible? Frowning, I hit diagnostics and noticed someone had messed with the cooling coils. I shot Jedrick a withering glance and adjusted the coils. “Not funny.”

“I needed to know how you would react if a serious problem occurred,” Jedrick responded.

“The same way you would. I’m drawing on your know-how.”

Jedrick steepled his fingers. “I took down the weapons systems. Bring them back online.”

With a quick tap of a finger, I did.

“Very good. The shields have failed, how do you fix them?”

Jedrick continued to drill me until Esme pounced on my hand. “Me hungry.”

“Eat the bugs. There are plenty of them.”

“It kay with big, scary?” Esme wanted to know.

I smirked. “Yes. Just save him a couple, he’s hungry too.”

Swoosh! The babies scampered this way and that. Their busy little tongues snagging the creepy crawlies.

The poor kids were starving. How long had they been prisoners?

“Mine!” Aiko spat web balls at a mosquito bug thingy.

The mosquito bug thingy ducked and a warrior got webbed to the wall. He tugged frantically at the sticky webbing.

“No. No. No. Bad babies!”

Jedrick jumped to his feet. “Concentrate on piloting the ship. I will handle them, Zadie.”

“Whatever you do, don’t scare them.”

“I know how to handle Tabors.” Smack! A web ball hit Jedrick in the head, and he bellowed, “Enough!”

The babies went totally nuts, squirting gooey webbing in every direction.

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