The Space Adventure of Planet Zoltos and the Green Death by G.C. Dill

Author:G.C. Dill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, murder, sex, first contact, future earth, alien love

Chapter Ten

The Tillidian commander had demanded a meeting with Gregory.

“The DAC will be here in nine hours. Normally we would have moved our ship away from any planet they were coming to scan long before now. It is causing some consternation with the Tillidian Planetary Council that you are still on board.”

“We will be departing.”

“Yes, but when?”

“It should be safe, I mean, in exactly ten, which is five Tillidian hours. We are loading some supplies onto the GS2 even now.”

“How is that going to work? The GS2 only holds two people.”

“Obviously I’ll need to leave Miz Waddel, her people, and the scientist on board.”

The commander gave Gregory a disgusted look.

“In exactly five hours we will launch Miz Waddel’s GS2 with you on it, even if I have to throw you on board and eject the GS2 into space.”

“You won’t need to be involved, I’ll be ready.”

“Then I don’t want to hear from you until the DAC is finished and has gone away. Oh, and if your scientist causes any problems while we are gone he’ll spend the trip in the brig.”

“Agreed.”

Nine (Earth) hours later Ed was in the galley explaining things to Paul.

“You will stay here and stay out of trouble.”

“How long will you be gone?”

“It isn’t me that is going. I’ll be on Zoltos.”

“Where will I be?”

“I don’t know. Wherever the Tillidians go.”

“For how long?”

“Paul, you know the answer.”

“I know that the DAC will spend ten days scanning Zoltos.”

“Exactly.”

“Ten days is a long time.”

“Especially for someone who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. You understand that they will lock you up if you cause them any problems, right?”

“What have I done?”

“The escape pod? The Grodnarkers? And they think you stole stuff from Gregory.”

“I’ll be bored while you are gone. Can I go to the engine level?”

“No! I told you not to talk about that,” Ed looked over his shoulder to make certain that no one was there to overhear. “You will not be allowed in without me. If you try, you could end up dead.”

“Are you sure I can’t go with you?”

“The GS2 only holds two people. What do you want me to do with you Paul, shove you into a storage bin?”

“Fine.”

“Promise me you won’t go to the lower levels and you won’t mess with Helouvia.”

“I promise.”

“You need to be very careful, Paul. Gregory was very displeased with you altering the scans of Zoltos.”

“What do you mean, Ed?”

“I saw them, Paul. That’s why we had to leave the surface of Zoltos. That’s why things got all messed up with Gregory’s timetable. You shouldn’t have tried to protect them.”

“I became friends with them Ed, before you found me. I didn’t know it was Zoltos at the time. They are a wonderful species. We should not have killed them, Ed. That was wrong. If there is a God of this universe, we will be punished for that Ed.”

“Go to Hell, Paul.”

Ed left to board the GS2. Paul remained, drinking his coffee. He was angry at Ed and afraid of what Gregory would do to him for trying to save the Zoltosians.

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