The Agathon: Reign of Arturo by Colin Weldon

Author:Colin Weldon [Weldon, Colin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-04-13T22:00:00+00:00

14

The Agathon

“My name is Aron Elstone, to whom am I speaking with?” said the male voice on the other end of the comm link.

Charly Boyett sat in the centre seat and looked around the bridge at the other crew members, who had all eyes locked firmly on the lieutenant. She turned to Kevin Ferrate behind her who was shaking his head looking clueless.

“Eh … This is Lieutenant Charly Boyett on board The Agathon, do you read?” she asked.

There was a moment of static.

“I repeat this is …” said Boyett suddenly interrupted.

“Please repeat your last, did you say The Agathon?” said Aron’s voice sounding suspicious.

“Yes, Mr Elstone, I said The Agathon. Are you transmitting from the Jycorp Orbital?” she asked.

“The what?” said Aron.

Boyett looked at Chavel and frowned.

“The Jycorp Orbital? Where are you transmitting from?” asked Boyett.

“My ship is called The Unity,” said Aron.

Boyett looked at Chavel who shook his head indicating he had no idea what The Unity was. Boyett turned back to Ferrate.

“Go get the captain,” she said, “I don’t care if he’s in a coma, get him up here now.”

Ferrate nodded and left the bridge.

“Hello?” said Aron.

Boyett turned her attention back to the front of the bridge. It was an audio signal, so she let her eyes wander around the images of the planet outside.

“Yes, hello, can you tell me where you are?” she asked.

“Is this really The Agathon? We thought you were a myth,” said Aron.

Boyett raised her eyebrows.

“A myth?” she said.

“Yes, I, we, had always heard stories, but I never thought you could have survived for so long,” Aron said.

“How long do you think we have been gone? What year do you think this is?” Boyett asked.

“What year?” Aron asked.

There was a slight crackling on the audio and Boyett looked at Chavel and nodded indicating that he keep an eye on the signal. He waved a hand in acknowledgment and turned to his computer and began monitoring the transmission.

“It is the thirty ninth year of the Reign of Arturo,” he replied.

Boyett frowned, completely baffled by what was going on.

“Mr Elstone, how long do you think The Agathon has been gone?” she asked.

There was a moment of silence on the comm system. “It is hard to know exactly. A lot of the data from the old systems were lost in the war during the Reign of Clark. Some say thousands of years, some say less,” he said.

Boyett leaned forward and placed her elbows on her knees. She was tired. The captain had isolated himself and the strain of being left in command was making her back ache. She missed her parents and she missed Landon Emerson. She was feeling alone and scared and this voice filling the bridge was making no sense. She rubbed her brow and took a breath. Where the hell was the captain?

“Tell me about yourself, Aron,” she said quietly.

Some of the bridge crew looked at her curiously, but she did not know what else to ask. Her mind was spinning.

“I am a pilot,”

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