Vatican Abdicator by Mike Luoma

Author:Mike Luoma [Luoma, Mike]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science fiction, General, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, Space Opera, Adventure, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781435748866
Publisher: lulu.com
Published: 2008-07-24T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The com alarm goes off and wakes BC up from a sound sleep. He wakes up alone. Anita left yesterday. She headed out to the asteroids, back to oversee the Project operations out there. Glad she was able to spend the time here that she did. She can only do so much from the Moon. Still, the weeks just flew right by.

The original Project asteroid base was trashed pretty badly by Dolomay in his raid two months ago, but the shipyard and the base on Ceres are up and running. Anita had to get back out there to keep the operation humming along.

He misses her sleeping beside him.

BC and Anita spent most of their off hours together during the last two months, as the Project regrouped on the Moon. It was nice to have Anita around for the holidays. She and BC managed to both work and play together, without it getting awkward.

It’s been a good couple of months. Now the Project scientists have headed back out to the asteroids, this time to Ceres. They went public with Ceres Station, now officially known as the new base of The Project.

BC smiles as he gets ready to face the day, thinking about Anita as he gets refreshed and dressed.

So far, so good. We keep it all business all day, let ourselves go after hours. We have fun. Sometimes I’m surprised at her stamina. Man, it’s like she’s still trying to kill me… by wearing me out! It’s probably just this initial rush, the first blush, whatever you call it. Just don’t call it ‘love’ around Anita! I think she planned for the Project to leave just before Valentines Day on purpose…

She doesn’t like the word, but I do think I love that woman.

Love and imagination, our best weapons against Dolomay and the Eldred. Dolomay has disappeared for the time being. He took a beating, losing all but one ship. BC and his allies assume he’s gone to ground, found a base to hide in to lick his wounds and regroup. He’s been quiet. He hasn’t returned to the Project asteroid base. There’s no telling where he is. The Domo and The Flaze have not been complaining, so he hasn’t been hitting their bases. The Eldred have kept their presence known, but haven’t attacked again. They have scout ships which appear near Mars every day but don’t engage other ships.

The Eldred are also keeping a menacing fleet presence near the Project base at Cat’s Eye. Several Project ships have had Eldred “escorts” as they traveled to the outer bases, Crankshaft, Rigel Four and Dimwit included.

We never agreed to remain inside of the orbit Jupiter, did we? Even the UTZ Council was smarter than that. Ah, the UTZ Council…

The UTZ Council hasn’t been meeting. BC’s war council has met more often. The war council meets in person. No one attends over the com, for risk of eavesdropping. Wentworth finally joined. The Khalif comes when he can, as does M’Bekke. Governor Erskine attends often.

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