The Fire Crystal by Lawrence James

Author:Lawrence, James [Lawrence, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JFL
Published: 2013-04-19T07:00:00+00:00

16 Decoy

A shuttlecraft with Tom and Calvan onboard was sent down to Earth. As Amber had explained this was no ordinary craft, and had been fitted with a hyperdrive so that it could jump into hyperspace once the Zaarks started to chase them. They landed below the mountain, and finally managed to find their way up to the cave.

“Well this looks familiar” Tom remarked, “lets go inside and see the eagles.”

“But the computer, and the eagles were collected and taken up, last time we were here,” Calvan said.

“Yes you could say this is version two,” Tom answered. “It’s a bit more simple that the original one, and doesn’t have the power. It’s just temporary.”

Now they had to explain the whole thing. Tom was impatient – they needed to get on with the job. “No,” he said once again to both of the eagles, “don’t worry, the fire crystal is staying here for now. We will just be taking some rocks, its part of the plan.”

Calvan added his bit. “Our idea is to make the Zaarks think we have the crystal, so that they will chase us,” he said slowly.

So both the eagles asked together, “It’s really just a clever deception, so you can lure them to the beam weapon then?”

“Well done, you’ve got the idea,” Tom answered patiently.

The made several trips down the mountain carrying some rocks, and made a show of loading them into their small craft, in case the Zaarks were watching this. It was exhausting work.

Finally they were ready “Don’t forget to come back for us,” both eagles reminded them.

They lifted into earth orbit, and made an obvious show of avoiding the Zaarks. This of course would not work –and was not intended to

“The Zaarks will detect us and approach. Then I’ll jump the ship into hyperspace.” Tom said

“And because they think we have the crystal, they’ll give chase,” Calvan added.

Calvan had been given the job of tracking the Zaarks ship. “They’re already moving” he informed Tom.

They both peered out of a porthole. There was the Zaark ship in the distance.

“It’s drawing closer,” Calvan reported.

Now for the hard bit,” Tom said. “Lets head for the hub, and introduce those critters to our friends.”

“I suppose you could say take them to the ‘travel agents’” Calvan said, getting into the spirit of things.

Tom liked to have the last word, and replied; “if we can pull this of, then we’ll book them a very long holiday - at a mystery destination.”

The navigation had been set, and all was planned. Tom didn’t have much work to do. He keyed a code into the pad, and told Calvan to strap into his seat. Both boys counted off the seconds.

Then they entered hyperspace. Calvan felt sick, and made the mistake of glancing out into the darkness. The blur was hypnotic. Tom reached across, and quickly closed the shutter.

“I should have mentioned, don’t look out,” he said “That’s something even I never do. It will make you throw up.”

Then there was a sudden jarring shock, and then they were back into normal space.

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