Superdreadnought 1: A Military AI Space Opera by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Jiya awoke with a start, a strange sense of déjà vu coming over her.

She realized she was lying down, a plastic-sheeted cot beneath her. Her brain swirled inside her head, her thoughts dancing, and then it struck her.

It was the same room she’d woken up in when she’d first met Reynolds.

She groaned and relaxed, then bolted upright.

My hand!

Her gaze snapped to her injury only to find there was nothing there. She lifted her hand, which was unmarred by the char that had engulfed it, and wiggled her fingers. To her surprise, they moved without hesitation or pain.

“The miracle of the Pod-docs,” Ka’nak said, coming into the room and offering her a broad grin.

“Hey! You’re okay!” she shouted, her voice echoing in the small room.

“More than okay,” he told her, walking over to her bedside.

Android Reynolds entered the room behind him. “You’re both fine,” he said, coming over to stand beside her bed on the other side. “Ka’nak insisted on coming to see you.”

“Had to make sure you were recovering,” he told her.

Reynolds grunted. “Even though I already told him you were.”

“Some things you just have to see with your own eyes.” Ka’nak patted Jiya on her healed hand, and she was happy to notice it felt normal, not even a hint of the wound remaining. “And now that I have, I’m off to find food. I’m famished.” He waved a quick goodbye and left the room, whistling.

Jiya watched him leave, then turned back to face Reynolds. “What’s up with him?” she asked. “He seems a bit…weird.”

Reynolds chuckled. “It’s the drugs,” he answered with a goofy smile. “He was hurt pretty bad, so the Pod-doc pumped him full of painkillers and mood enhancers. He’s flying high right now.”

Jiya smiled and laid back, resting her head on the pillow there. “They must not have shot me up with the same meds, because all I feel is tired.”

“You weren’t as bad off,” Reynolds confirmed. “It was serious, no doubt, but nothing life-threatening, given our technology. You got the standard bandaging and cure-all, which means you missed out on the fun drugs. Sorry.”

She shrugged. “It’s cool. I have booze to make up the difference.”

Reynolds grunted. “That’ll have to wait a bit, though. While you and Ka’nak were unconscious, and after we swept the alien ship, we returned to Lariest space to recoup.”

“The look on your face tells me things didn’t go exactly as planned,” she ventured.

He shook his head. “No, they didn’t. Our adventures above and around your planet haven’t gone unnoticed. Ever since we came back, the governments of your planet, all three of them, including your father’s, have been bombarding us with messages and a number of destroyers from each are patrolling nearby.”

“Wonderful,” she grumbled.

The AI nodded. “They’re keeping their distance, more I think to keep from antagonizing each other than us, but still…”

“What are the governments asking for?” she wondered.

“Seems each of them is interested in a treaty of some sort, although I’m not entirely certain of the details. Comm is handling the communications, obviously.

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