Saving the Cyborg by A.M. Griffin
Author:A.M. Griffin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Three Twenty-One, LLC
Published: 2021-08-17T00:00:00+00:00
AN HOUR LATER, SUNI, Taun, Zema and Tayan were on Ocea. Tayan skipped ahead while Zema walked with Suni and Taun brought up the rear.
âWhy is the child allowed with us when thereâs an obvious threat?â Zema asked, in a voice that didnât match her looks. She was all business, hard-core, with muscles flexing as she walked, yet her voice was soft and airy with a delicate note to it.
âThe next item we need isnât here, so I donât expect any trouble.â
âThere are hazards all around. She shouldnât leave the ship unless youâre sure that there arenât any dangers lurking about.â As Zema said the last sentence she squinted and glanced around.
âThis is a M-Class planet. Weâre safe here.â
âNo one is truly safe anywhere. You have to always keep your guard up. She shouldâve stayed behind.â
Suni chuckled. âCalm down, Zema. You two didnât come down here to guard us.â
Zema grunted. âIâm aware. There are some supplies we needed as well.â
âYou guys go and get your things and Tayan and I will handle our business. We can meet back at the jumper in two hours.â
âWe should stick together,â Taun said from behind them. âZemaâs right. Itâs not safe here.â
âTayan is a growing girl. She canât spend all her time on a spaceship. When weâre able, we stop at M-Class planets so she can get fresh air and sun.â
âYouâre the ones choosing to live on a spaceship.â
Suni reared back. âChoosing?â
She had been a kid herself when they had taken to living in space. No one had asked her what she had wanted, and no one had cared. One night she had been sleeping in her comfortable bed in the only home she had known, and the next she was putting her meager belongings away in the small cabin that she had taken as hers on The Renegade.
âI didnât choose anything. Itâs something we have to do until we can get enough credits to settle down.â
âSo, you play a game?â Taun chuckled to himself. âThat sounds like a great plan.â
The last sentence was said in a sarcastic tone that she didnât appreciate. âHey! Donât forget that weâre the ones who rescued you. Not the other way around. If it werenât for us, you all would be corpses by nowâno offense, Zema.â
âNone taken,â Zema said.
âWe wouldâve survived.â
âYeah. Sure.â She had seen the state of their ship and with their air supply quickly depleting they wouldâve been dead within the hour. She glared at him. âWhy are you acting this way? Whatâs wrong with you?â
The blood seemed to leave his face when she said that.
âYouâre acting hot and cold,â she continued. âYouâre mad, then okay, then indifferent. Youâre all over the place.â
âHave you run a self-diagnosticââ
âYes!â Taun snapped at Zema. Zema pierced her lips together.
âDonât talk to her like that!â
Taun looked off into the distance, ignoring Suni. âWeâll stick together. If we hurry, we can get all the supplies and meet your sisterâs deadline for returning to the ship without us having to split up.â
âYou feel pretty comfortable with giving me orders.
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