The Prey by Jenny Foster

Author:Jenny Foster [Foster, Jenny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

Part 3: The Lawless

Chapter 1

When I wake up, three pairs of eyes are staring at me.

It must be déjà vu. Didn’t I wake up from a similar slumber, just a few weeks ago? The faces staring at me are the same ones, too – with the exception that, other than Johar and Hazathel, Shazuul is staring at me, too. My brain is in overdrive while I try to chase the fog out of my head. Nobody speaks, and for a few anxious seconds, I worry that I have lost my hearing. With considerable effort, I make a screeching sound, and close my eyes in relief when I can hear it. Then I move my fingers and toes, turn my head from side to side and run my tongue over my lips. So far, everything is working.

Why isn’t anyone speaking to me? I get more and more uneasy. I sit up and take in my surroundings. We are in a quiet room on a small space glider, a room that is barely big enough or two people. It is a snug little room, and I feel crowded by the three figures leaning down towards me. I lean back against the wall. The three of them exchange meaningful looks with each other, but I can’t tell what is going on. At some point, I reach my limit. I clear my throat, so I can be sure that the words will come out. “What is going on? Why are you staring at me like that?”

Their reaction is almost funny. Their immense relief is mirrored on all of their faces, especially on Johar’s. Shazuul and Hazathel high-five each other. I think the Sethari even does a little dance, but I can’t see for sure what he is doing, because Johar’s broad back is hiding the alien’s moves. “Boys, we can celebrate later,” he tells them and shoos them out of the room. “Give us a little time together, just the two of us.” The two aliens have huge grins on their faces, and Shazuul makes an obscene gesture with his sucking snout, which earns him a pretty hard smack from Johar. Finally, the door glides shut behind them. Maybe I shouldn’t have reconstructed his snout, after all.

“Can you please tell me what is really going on here?” I ask, while Johar sits down on the edge of the bed. “You guys are acting like I have risen from the dead.” My cyborg takes my hand into his. All this does is scare me. He is acting like he is going to tell me that I have a deadly illness, and that I will die within the next few days. All I did was take a little nap, I start to say, but then I realize that something isn’t quite right.

Somehow, I ended up on this space glider. I look out of the porthole and see the blue planet, some distance away. So far, so good. We are on our way to bring Cassie Burnett to my father.

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