Wanted by Terry Compton

Author:Terry Compton
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: android, snake, alien, bounty hunter, space battle, space pirate, alien artifact discovery

The three friends walked out of the spaceport facility into sunshine. A comely alien with a short child greeted them, "Greetings, gentle beings. Are you enjoying this glorious day?"

Josh said, "We just got here but yes, I like the feel of sun on my skin."

The child said, "I like —"

The taller alien backhanded him. Tears formed in his eyes, but his mouth shut with a snap. Cherry put his hand on Josh's arm to restrain him.

The tall alien asked, "Where are you off to today?"

Josh gritted his teeth, then said, "We need to buy some supplies."

"I'm from the Pomodore parked in orbit. We have supplies and a great many other things if you'd care to fly up."

Josh glared at him, "No thanks. We'll deal with the locals here."

Lemmy muttered under her breath, "He's a bad one. Don't have anything to do with him."

Cherry gave Josh a gentle shove to get him moving. Josh didn't notice that Cherry stepped on the alien's foot as they walked past but Lemmy did. The alien reached around his body for something in the middle of its back.

When Lemmy saw Cherry's hand go to the tangler, she stepped to Josh's left. A slight smile crossed Cherry's lips as he waited. The alien let his hand drop back to his side. Instead, he reached out to roughly grab the child and pull him into the terminal.

Josh said, "He didn't take the bait. Were you going to tangle both of them or just the big one?"

Cherry chuckled, "You know me too well. I'm monitoring them on the sensors. If he would have pulled that weapon, I'd have made him eat it. Man, this feels good getting back into a groove."

Lemmy stared sideways at the two.

Five cabs sat in front of the terminal. Josh walked to the larger one in the middle. He asked, "Are you free for the day? We need to do some shopping and I'd rather not walk."

"Yes, sir. I can take you anywhere you need to go. What supplies are you looking for? Maybe I can be of assistance."

Cherry said, "We need to go to a bank to get some local currency first. Then we need a market to buy food."

The Orlowa native looked suspiciously at him. He shuffled his feet a little, then asked, "Have you got money? That could be a lot of running around."

Josh asked, "Do we look like we'd stiff you?"

"No, but neither did the last one. You have a lot of weapons and you want to go to the bank…"

Josh reached in his pouch to pull out an ingot. When the driver saw the gleam of gold, his mandibles rapidly clicked together. He pulled the door open and waved them inside. As the three climbed in, he rushed to the driver's seat.

As he drove to the bank, Cherry asked, "Do you have a lot of people trying to stiff you here?"

"Just the ones coming back from that pleasure ship up there. Most leave here with pockets full of money, but all who return have nothing but empty in their pockets.

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