Wasp Hand by Jonathan Moeller

Author:Jonathan Moeller [Moeller, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Azure Flame Media, LLC
Published: 2017-12-07T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6: The Royal Navy

The door to the flight cabin slid open, and March stood up and turned around.

Stormreel and Donaghy stepped through the door, Stormreel still holding the box containing the quantum beacon. Adelaide gave it a puzzled look but said nothing.

“We’ve escaped?” said Stormreel.

“For now,” said March. He pulled off the strap holding his rifle, the grenade launcher, and the plasma torch, setting them against the engineer’s console after making sure the safeties were on. “Another seven minutes and we’ll reach the Roncesvalles.”

“Good,” said Stormreel. “Dr. Taren, your arrival was most timely.”

“Yeah,” said Warner, who stood in the dorsal corridor with Jordan.

“I don’t think we’ve met yet,” said Adelaide. “Officially, anyway. I’m Adelaide Taren.”

“Uh, Samuel Warner,” said Warner. “And Jesus, Dr. Taren, but that was some good timing. I was sure we were dead. I would kiss you, but I just saw your boyfriend beat a giant space bug to death, so that seems stupid.”

Adelaide laughed. “Thanks, I think.”

“I didn’t beat it to death,” said March. “I pulled it off the console, and the rest of you shot it to death.”

“Ensign Jordan, Captain Donaghy,” said Stormreel. “I would take it as a favor if you would secure Captain March’s equipment in his armory.” He nodded at the rifle, the grenade launcher, and the plasma torch. “I need to have a brief word alone with him and Dr. Taren. Technician Warner, if you would wait outside.”

“Come on, Ensign,” said Donaghy, taking the rifle, which was the lightest of the three. Jordan carried the launcher and the torch, and the three men stepped into the dorsal corridor, the door sliding shut behind them.

March and Adelaide were alone with the Lord Admiral.

“I take it,” said Adelaide, “that you’re about to tell us something unpleasant.”

“Possibly,” said Stormreel, seating himself at the tactical station. “Did Captain March tell you what is in that box?” He tapped the container.

“Not a word,” said Adelaide.

“Good,” said Stormreel. “This box contains a piece of the technology of the Great Elder Ones, and we are going to use it to destroy the Eumenidae nestship.”

Adelaide’s eyes went wide. “Is that a good idea?”

“It’s not,” said March. “It’s not even remotely a good idea.”

“In point of fact,” said Stormreel, “it will pose no danger to us. My plan is that it will prove a danger to the Eumenidae.”

“One would hope so,” said Adelaide. She frowned at the admiral. “All right. I assume Jack already knows what’s in your beer cooler there. He’s been dealing with the relics of the Great Elder Ones for longer than I have. In fact, it’s probably something he encountered before. He knows all about it, which is why the two of you took off your earpieces and went to get it from the commander’s office alone. So why are you telling me about it?”

“Because in another six minutes we’ll be arriving at the Roncesvalles,” said Stormreel, “and of the tens of thousands of men under my command in the Seventh Fleet, there are only four people who know about the relics of the Great Elder Ones.

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