Starlight and Candy by K.T. Flores

Author:K.T. Flores [Flores, K.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jade Publishing
Published: 2021-02-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

It had taken yet another week to track Modey down, despite the help of coordinates. He liked leaving his designated underworld shift routes. It wasn’t often underworlders like him became guardians, but the ones that did usually came back to help. Tauri had talked to Modey whenever he stopped by her sector, but he was usually in a hurry.

She kicked at a pipe in frustration. The clanging echoed and filled her with silly satisfaction. Tauri and Cyril were by the portion of the scrapyard dedicated to decommissioned robots. Although, the robots were quickly becoming mounds of metal waste.

“Was that helpful?” she asked Cyril, glancing at the spot Modey’s car had been. “Because I feel like we wasted a bunch of time trying to find him.”

The Canis had left the junkyard a few minutes after talking to them. While it was nice to catch up with him, there wasn’t much he divulged that they didn’t already know.

“Maybe. He told us that a purple female Dagrian has been spotted in this sector multiple times these last few days. At least now we know Kira wasn’t captured, and she’s alive.”

“She’s not the only purple Dagrian out there,” Tauri said carefully.

He agreed. “You're right, she’s not. But that Dagrian was spotted with an old hoverbike. So old, in fact, that Modey wasn’t sure how it ran properly. Sounds familiar.”

She brought her hands to her heart, fondly saying, “Yes, that’s my baby!”

“I don’t think you know any other purple Dagrians that might fit that description besides Kira.” He ran a hand through his hair, and she could practically see the wheels turning in his mind.

“Okay, fair point. What then? We just wait around here and hope she shows up one day?” She frowned, eyeballing the pipe she’d kicked.

She wound her foot back as far as she could without losing balance. Then, she kicked forward again. The pipe sailed across the walkway. She cringed in anticipation of the sound it would make when hitting the pavement, but it never met the ground. A steel arm snatched it from the sky. A robot stepped around the corner, pipe easily snapping in half under its grip. Her eyes narrowed at the red-and-white striped pattern across its chest.

She hurried and shoved Cyril behind a scrap hill. He began to protest, but she shook her head, and pressed a finger to her lips.

“There’s a tracker robot out there from Vice. We can’t go that way,” she whispered.

“We can’t go the other way either,” he said tersely.

She followed his gaze, tempted to pull out her hair when she saw two more robots coming up behind them.

“Tauri Solne and Cyril Oich-Ru. By the authority of Darren Filiam, you are under arrest. If you resist, you will be killed,” one of the robots said.

She unhooked her raypistol, aiming it at the one that had spoken. Cyril pressed his back against hers, mirroring her stance. The safety clicked off, and her finger hovered above the trigger.

“Tell us why,” Cyril demanded, his body vibrating against her with every word.

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