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.

“Why is the child allowed with us when there’s an obvious threat?” Zema asked, in a voice that didn’t 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.

“The next item we need isn’t here, so I don’t expect any trouble.”

“There are hazards all around. She shouldn’t leave the ship unless you’re sure that there aren’t any dangers lurking about.” As Zema said the last sentence she squinted and glanced around.

“This is a M-Class planet. We’re safe here.”

“No one is truly safe anywhere. You have to always keep your guard up. She should’ve stayed behind.”

Suni chuckled. “Calm down, Zema. You two didn’t come down here to guard us.”

Zema grunted. “I’m aware. There are some supplies we needed as well.”

“You guys go and get your things and Tayan and I will handle our business. We can meet back at the jumper in two hours.”

“We should stick together,” Taun said from behind them. “Zema’s right. It’s not safe here.”

“Tayan is a growing girl. She can’t spend all her time on a spaceship. When we’re able, we stop at M-Class planets so she can get fresh air and sun.”

“You’re the ones choosing to live on a spaceship.”

Suni reared back. “Choosing?”

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.

“I didn’t choose anything. It’s something we have to do until we can get enough credits to settle down.”

“So, you play a game?” Taun chuckled to himself. “That sounds like a great plan.”

The last sentence was said in a sarcastic tone that she didn’t appreciate. “Hey! Don’t forget that we’re the ones who rescued you. Not the other way around. If it weren’t for us, you all would be corpses by now—no offense, Zema.”

“None taken,” Zema said.

“We would’ve survived.”

“Yeah. Sure.” She had seen the state of their ship and with their air supply quickly depleting they would’ve been dead within the hour. She glared at him. “Why are you acting this way? What’s wrong with you?”

The blood seemed to leave his face when she said that.

“You’re acting hot and cold,” she continued. “You’re mad, then okay, then indifferent. You’re all over the place.”

“Have you run a self-diagnostic—”

“Yes!” Taun snapped at Zema. Zema pierced her lips together.

“Don’t talk to her like that!”

Taun looked off into the distance, ignoring Suni. “We’ll stick together. If we hurry, we can get all the supplies and meet your sister’s deadline for returning to the ship without us having to split up.”

“You feel pretty comfortable with giving me orders.

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