The Omicron Invasion: Family d'Alembert Book 9 by Goldin Stephen & Smith E.E. 'Doc'

Author:Goldin, Stephen & Smith, E.E. 'Doc' [Goldin, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2012-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

The slaves were awakened at dawn the next day to receive another helping of cold slop. With less than two hours of solid sleep behind her, Yvette’s spirits were even lower than they’d been before. She’d done plenty of hard work in the past on very little sleep, but the degradation and humiliation of being under the control ray’s influence had a draining effect on her energies. Her muscles were cramped from the cold night on a hard floor; even standing and waiting in line for food was a major effort. Only by constantly repeating within her mind who she was and what her mission was on Omicron was she able to retain any semblance of her former life and alertness. She knew that, given any chance at all, Jules would come to rescue her; she had to be ready to take advantage of her opportunity when it presented itself.

From the very start, today’s activity was different from the previous day’s. Yvette and a group of other captives were separated out from the general run and seated in an open-topped cart, which drove out of the regular camp. Yvette was very careful to do nothing that would call attention to herself or resemble defiance in any way; she did not want a second dose of that horrible ray. She was a quick learner, and was not about to challenge her master’s supremacy again – at least not unless there was a good chance of winning.

The cart drove for a couple of kilometers over some hills along a dirt track that could only be called a ‘road’ out of courtesy. As they topped one crest, Yvette looked down into the valley below and let out an involuntary gasp. Nestled there in a peaceful valley, covering dozens of square kilometers, was a contingent of alien spaceships, perhaps fifty, perhaps a hundred, clustered so closely together that Yvette could not get a clear picture of them all. Their designs were strange, but judging by their size they had to be Intermediate Class or larger. Of course, the largest ships in any fleet probably couldn’t land at all – but if this was even a significant fraction of the enemy’s armada, it was an impressive array.

In the foreground were two more of the inflatable buildings. One was a large structure in its own right, though dwarfed in comparison to the cluster of ships behind it; the other appeared to be a smaller storage shed. The transport cart headed down the hill toward the buildings, stopping in front of the larger one. The overseers had the humans hop quickly off the cart and march single file into the building.

Alien though these invaders may have been, certain functions do not change. Yvette could tell from the moment she walked in the door that this building was a military headquarters of some sort. The interior was partitioned off into a series of cubicles, and aliens wearing stylized uniforms of different colors were walking officiously to and fro.

There

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