Shadow Battle (Shadows of the Void Space Opera Serial Book 9) by J.J. Green

Author:J.J. Green [Green, J.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: InfiniteBook
Published: 2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Sayen and Phelan were saying a tearful goodbye, and Jas stood with her back toward them, trying not to intrude. She was facing the bare wall of the meeting room, where Martha had said she would open a Gateway. The Council had agreed to Jas’ request to join the reinforcements preparing to join the battle with the Shadows. Her background in security smoothed her way. They’d also accepted Sayen on the basis of her space navigation skills and her modified body. But untrained personnel like Phelan, Martha had said, were better off defending their home planets, where their knowledge of the local environment and population was invaluable.

Phelan had argued that Sayen should return to Earth with him aboard the Bricoleur. The pain and indecision in Sayen’s eyes was clear to see, but in the end she’d decided to fight the bigger fight, saying that her ability to navigate across space was more useful to the galactic effort. Dr. Sparks had elected to take his chances waiting things out on Ganymede.

At one time, Jas would have been glad that she didn’t have those ties that were so painful to sever, but in her case that was no longer true. In fact, she was guiltily aware that her drive to join the Shadow battle had less to do with her desire to help defeat them—though that was important to her too—and more to do with her need to find Carl.

Sayen came over and stood beside her as the green motes sparked into existence in the air in front of them. Jas had already said goodbye to Phelan, but she glanced over her shoulder for a final farewell. Sayen’s brother was leaving the room, his head and shoulders bowed.

The Ganymede Outpost had arranged for a pilot to fly the Bricoleur to Earth. Now that the Global Government had been forced to officially acknowledge the Shadow presence, military forces had been mobilized to repel the invasion. Though it had annoyed her mightily at the time, Jas hoped that she would see Phelan throwing his baseball at the ceiling over and over again at some point in the future.

Neither Jas nor Sayen were taking anything with them to the Unity reinforcements rendezvous point. They had nothing to take but the clothes they’d printed aboard the Bricoleur. The green dust of the Gateway began to coalesce. Jas shivered. She would be glad to leave Ganymede Outpost behind, for more than one reason.

“Did you recognize the name of the place that Martha mentioned when she agreed to let us fight in the battle?” she asked Sayen.

“Yeah, I’ve heard of it.”

“Is it hot there?”

“As hot as they want to make it, I guess,” Sayen replied. The Gateway spun faster.

“Huh? They have climate control?” Jas asked.

“Aboard the Camaradon? Of course.”

“Aboard? I thought we were going to a planet. You mean it’s a—”

“Step through now,” came a voice from the other side of the Gateway.

Jas walked into the green swirls. She could see nothing but emerald light. One of her feet seemed to step onto nothing, and then she was through.

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