Snatched by the Alien Dragon by Stella Cassy

Author:Stella Cassy [Cassy, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-13T16:00:00+00:00

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Talia

Talia

As prison cells go, the ship’s recreation room was a big improvement over the small jail cell in the cargo hold. There were luxuries such as places to sit, and I could even pace up and down if I felt like stretching my legs. But after my brief jog on Nort, I didn’t feel any burning desire to exercise my legs again any time soon.

There were two video screens on the wall, though one seemed to have been destroyed, and I was pretty sure who by. Disappointingly, the remaining video screen didn’t seem to pick up any of my favorite network or cable channels. Aliens have terrible taste.

After I showered, Rethryn left me in the recreation room while he went to the bridge to do Captainy things. We were on our final approach back to Minapolis.

On the video screen before me, he had, at my request, let me watch what was going on. It was more interesting than any of the alien junk the screens could show.

So I sat back on one of the benches, leaning against the table behind me, munching on a cardboard tasting ration biscuit, while I watched the proceedings. The foodstuff seemed a little less offensive now, but it may have been because my taste buds had simply given up.

“Sir, we are now approaching Minapolis,” said the first officer, whose name I learned was Thrantok.

It was like watching reality television, but with aliens — this made it seem even more unrealistic than reality television back on Earth.

“Let’s get this over with,” said Rethryn. “Bring us in.”

There was quiet on the bridge for a few minutes. While I chewed on my cardboard, I could see Rethryn staring at the large projected screen in front of him, while the other members of his crew sat at their stations doing whatever it was they did.

“Sir, I’m picking up gunships. Six of them.”

“Are they threatening us?”

“Sir… all six of them have weapons locked on to us. They’re sending a message… hold on. It says we are to surrender immediately and face trial for our crimes.”

Rethryn’s face seemed to scrunch up in rage. I was kind of glad I wasn’t on the bridge with them. His temper was a sight to behold.

I felt a small sense of satisfaction at the fact that I was right though. They weren’t going to get a loan from Mister Magoo National Holdings any time soon. Rethryn’s superior, Ranel, clearly didn’t know what he was about.

“Blast it!” Rethryn slammed a balled-up fist against the surface in front of him. Luckily it seemed to have been deliberately designed to take such blows. “If I had a real ship, or a fleet, I would blast them into neutrinos.”

“Sir, I don’t see any way to approach Minapolis at the moment. Shall we withdraw?”

Rethryn’s face was dark as he slammed one fist into the palm of the other.

“For the time being we will alter our course. Thrantok, select a new destination at your discretion.”

I smirked. He didn’t like the idea of withdrawing, so he was phrasing it like they had just decided to go somewhere else.

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