Shipment to Daphnis (Mastery of the Stars Book 2) by M J Dees

Author:M J Dees [Dees, M J]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: space opera novel, space opera kindle, sci fi space opera, space opera comedy, space opera fiction
Publisher: M J Dees
Published: 2019-12-05T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10: A WALKING PHANTOM

The looters tried to pacify the beast long enough for the party to climb on board. The professor handed them a hand held weapon each.

"I will come with you to show you the route to the concession and to return this thing to the looters," he said, as he sat at the front of the contraption from where long reigns stretched to the terrible mouth of the beast.

"You can still come with us," said Ay-ttho.

"No thank you. My place is here with the looters."

Sevan sat down and held on, expecting a bumpy ride. He was right, when the looters let go of the harness, the beast reared up and sped off at a gallop across the sand. The professor strained at the reins and hardly appeared to be in control. Sevan gripped the contraption as tightly as he could but still found himself thrown from his seat.

They passed an ocean of wrecked freighters which looked like they could stretch on forever but after a while Sevan could see something other than wrecked ships appearing over the horizon. It was the Daphnis concession, first the homemade containers which littered the outskirts and then, above them, the tops of the taller buildings in the centre began to come into view. They began to disappear almost as quickly, as the walls of the concession loomed higher.

The professor somehow stopped the beast some distance away before they had passed the last of the wrecks.

"I must leave you here," he said and Sevan noticed a tone of regret in his voice.

"Come with us," said Ay-ttho. "If not now, then help us fix the Mastery of the Stars and come with us then."

"May the Giant Cups be with you," said the professor.

Sevan looked at the professor and followed his eyes up to the darkening sky and could not believe his marbles what he saw there.

"The Giant Cups?" he wondered out loud as he stared at not one but two silvery disks, one even larger than the one he was familiar with and the other much smaller.

"Think about it," Ay-ttho told the professor. "Come on."

Tori followed the Ay-ttho across the sand; Sevan followed Tori but turned when he heard a noise from behind. It was only San emerging from behind the freighter where the professor had dropped them all.

By the time Sevan reached Tori and Ay-ttho at the foot of the concession wall, San had caught up with him.

"How do we get in?" asked Tori.

"Follow me," said San. "I know the concession well. I know an entrance we can sneak through unseen."

They followed San around the foot of the wall until they reached an entrance which looked as if no-one had used it in many solar cycles.

"In here," said San.

"Are you sure it's safe?" asked Sevan.

"As sure as I'll ever be," said San.

"Come on," said Tori who, weapon at the ready, tried the door.

It opened with ease and, passing through, they found themselves in a dirty alleyway behind one of the makeshift container stacks.

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