Trapped (Shadows of the Void Space Opera Serial Book 7) by J.J. Green

Author:J.J. Green
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: InfiniteBook
Published: 2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Replication. Generation. Domination. The plan had to succeed.

Time moved on within the physical realm. The invasion of the planet called Earth was reaching a crisis point.

Most of the schemes had been successful. Their kind now occupied important positions in the controlling and supervising organizations of the planet. They had destroyed and replaced humans in most tiers of the planetary hierarchy. In many cases, replication had taken place without attracting suspicion. In others, humans who had noticed the changes had themselves been quickly targeted and replicated. Soon, replication and generation could occur on a mass scale. The remaining human population would be eradicated.

Until then, it was vital that the galactic powers remain unaware of what was taking place on Earth. A severe threat remained: the six trapped humans.

They had the humans confined within a defended domain. Two were older than the others, and a familial relationship existed between them and one of the younger humans. The group included one adolescent. The two older ones were closely connected with influential agents on Earth and in the galaxy’s governing body, named the Transgalactic Council. The other four had been identified upon their arrival. The one who was related to the older ones had infiltrated the digital records that held information on the secret invasion. Despite their best efforts, that human had not been copied and destroyed.

The other three humans were also known. Two had served aboard the starship that had crashed on a trap planet. The sixth human—the adolescent—had escaped from a planet under invasion and come to Earth aboard the same starship. The adolescent had absconded from the center it had been sent to.

Much information was known about these humans. They had inflicted substantial damage and successfully evaded capture many times. The risk their existence posed was extreme, yet all efforts to destroy them had failed. Rather, their menace grew greater. Other humans had been easy to trap and replicate. What made these different?

The threat they posed was growing greater. Already, four of them had broken into a spaceport and stolen a critical item. It was only after investigation had established what was stolen that its significance was realized. The air attack to destroy the humans and the purloined machine had failed. Now, they would be able to use the device to identify a human replicant.

The event increased the risk of defeat. Replication and generation depended on the replicants’ ability to blend into the local population. If the humans used the machine to root out replicants, the effects would be disastrous. Even worse, if the humans alerted the galactic powers of the invasion, all their plans would fail. Past experience of failure told them what would happen then. Wholesale slaughter. A massacre of their kind. No opportunity to return to the void. No chance of life within the physical realm or the ethereal place that was their home.

All resources were to be devoted to eliminating these humans. Already, devices newly acquired had been used to shut down external communication to galactic and intraplanetary receivers.

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