The Sword In The Stone by Chris Dietzel

Author:Chris Dietzel [Dietzel, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Watch The World End Publications
Published: 2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

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Lancelot’s eyes fluttered open. At first, all she saw was a haze of light. Gradually, as she blinked over and over, shapes and colors began to return.

Traskk was standing overtop her. Behind him, a stack of medical supplies was strewn about. Above her, a medical scanner was repairing some of her injuries. It looked to be the medical bay of a ship, only it wasn’t the Ronan.

“Where am I?” she groaned.

He hissed a comment back at her. After pausing for the translation software to tell her what the reptile had said and seeing nothing, she gathered her senses enough to realize she wasn’t wearing her helmet. Blinking, her head spinning, she looked down and saw she wasn’t wearing any of her armor. Instead, a medical gown covered her.

Memories started to come back. The fight in the streets. The plasma grenade going off. Waiting at the back exit of the bar, knowing J would want to make its escape. Slashing the android in half with one sword and cutting its head off with the other. A brilliant flash of light as it self destructed. That was the last thing she remembered.

“My armor, where is it?”

She tried to push herself into an upright position but didn’t have the strength to do it, and when she moved at all her head blazed with pain. One of Traskk’s hands eased her back to a flat position.

“I need my armor,” she said weakly.

In all the years she had spent living amongst the Carthagens, they had never seen her without every piece of her armor on. Only recently had she allowed Julian and now Traskk to see her without her helmet on. Her identity, her sense of comfort, still relied on having the heavy plating over every part of her, even her face.

Once she was lying on her back again, he put his palms out and gave a gentle hiss. She squinted, trying to make sense of where she was and what Traskk was saying. Understanding his mistake, he looked at the nearest control panel and hissed something else.

The next time he spoke in Basilisk, his words were converted into Basic and appeared in the air as holograms.

Calm down. You are safe. I found you in the rubble and brought you back here. I should add that you weigh a ton in that armor.

Her head blazed with pain as she focused on reading the words. A thousand questions needed answering.

“Where am I?”

After a hiss, more words appeared in the air. In the Griffin Fire. Lancelot squinted and shook her head, causing Traskk to hiss again. Vere’s ship... Her old ship.

Lancelot’s eyes darted around the medical bay. “My weapons...”

Traskk’s long tongue curled into the equivalent of a Basilisk smile.

Safe. I brought all four back with me, along with all of your armor that I could find.

“Where?”

His tail tapped the floor of the medical bay with slight exasperation.

It’s safe. You’re safe. Relax. Everything will be fine.

Her eyes roamed the area for any sign of her armor. If she could just put the helmet back on or the main torso pieces she would feel more comfortable.

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