The Ship Finder: Young Adult Edition by John Bluck

Author:John Bluck [Bluck, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John G. Bluck
Published: 2014-08-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20 – Anticipating Triod

"You two cut it close," said Raven, as Rachel and Wilson entered The Ghost Liner's command deck. Yarnell stood near Raven and peered at a map of Sunev on the ship's navigation computer. The ship was to leave for Triod in a little more than an hour to start its mission to find more gold for the war effort.

"We had a good lunch at the spaceport cafeteria," said Rachel. "You should've come with us."

"Yarnell and I had to plan the route to fly to Sunevian Gold Country so when we land we'll be in the right spot to jump to Triod," Raven said. "You might as well relax while we fly to the dimensional jump point."

"Okay," Wilson said.

"Let's go to my room and practice English," Rachel whispered. "I want to be ready when we travel to Earth."

"All right," Wilson said.

The two strolled to her cabin, she keyed in her entry code, and the door swung open. Then the lights came on, and bewitching Sunevian music began to play from an unseen device. Wilson followed her into the front room.

"Let’s dance instead of doing an English lesson," she said. "I understand that you like to waltz."

"Okay,” Wilson replied.

As they danced, her soft hair gleamed and swayed back and forth.

She was so much like Lena that he forgot for a moment she was another woman. Brushing her soft hair aside, he saw her tattoo, 214866, behind her ear.

Rachel's number is different than Lena's, Wilson noticed, and he concentrated on the number.

"Do you want to tell me something?" asked Rachel, interrupting his thoughts.

"I just want to dance," he replied. I've got to play the part, he thought.

She squinted and blinked. "Me too," she said.

"Maybe I'm drawn to you for other reasons besides your physical beauty," Wilson heard himself say. "Your personality is different than Lena's."

"I must admit that my task is to please you," she said with a hint of anxiety in her voice. "But there's more. You must have guessed that I'm supposed to listen to you and report to Officer Yarnell, if I hear you say anything disloyal."

"Have you heard me say anything like that?" Wilson asked. He questioned himself, where's she going? Why would she admit that she's been assigned to keep an eye on me?

"I haven't heard you say a thing that's even close to rebellious," she said. "But because I'm a clone, I can see why Lena might convince you that all higher beings whether they're natural human beings, clones, cyborgs, or robots should be equal under the law."

"I thought all the clones on Sunev were just as human as natural people," he said.

"Under Sunevian law we clones are not equal to people conceived in a sex act," she said. Her eyes flickered. "But I think, just as Lena must believe, that we are normal people, not merely pets." She brushed her soft hair away from her hazel green eyes. "So, I can see how the clone rebels and the cyborgs convinced Lena to join their rebellion.

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