By Darkness Forged (Seeker's Tales from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper Book 3) by Nathan Lowell

Author:Nathan Lowell [Lowell, Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Durandus, Ltd
Published: 2018-12-14T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Dark Knight Station: 2376, March 12

I stuck my head into the galley on my way up to the cabin. “Thank you, Ms. Sharps. Sorry for the inconvenience.”

“Have we heard from Mr. Carstairs, sar?”

“Not yet.”

“I’d hoped station security might have had some answers.”

“We’ve filed the necessary reports, Ms. Sharps. I believe he’ll turn up sooner rather than later and we’ll be able to sail with a full complement.”

“Good,” she said. “I’ll have Ms. Adams clear up the wardroom in a few.”

“Thank you, Ms. Sharps, and my compliments on the cookies.”

She beamed and I beat feet. I wanted to grab a couple of those cookies before they went back to the galley. I took enough to share with Al and the chief. It didn’t really surprise me that they’d both grabbed a few for themselves.

“Where are we?” I asked, plopping into my chair and wishing I’d brought some coffee with me.

“We still haven’t gotten the can tied on,” Al said.

“I’ve sent a few messages.” The chief shrugged. “I need at least a couple of days in system for confirmations to get back.”

“What are we going into?” I asked.

She looked at me and tilted her head to the side for a moment. “I know people who can deal with the mega’s infestation. Unless we can get Pip back—and we’re still operating on an assumption that hasn’t been confirmed—we need to come back with the can from Telluride.”

“We still don’t know that there isn’t a bomb, either,” I said. “Only that it hasn’t been used to extort Kondur.”

She nodded. “Agreed, which raises another point. Even if we get in, find Pip, get him out, we don’t know who else might be involved or where they are. We’re going to have to try to find a bomb that we’re not sure exists.”

Al let her head fall against the chair back. “Unless we find one, we won’t know if there is one.”

“That’s the problem,” the chief said.

“How do we logic ourselves out of this?” I asked.

The chief shook her head. “We can cut it off at the root but we don’t know where the branches are.”

“We need to find the bomb and hope there’s only one,” Al said.

The chief’s tablet bipped. She frowned and pulled it out. The frown deepened as she read the message. “Kondur’s conscious and wants to talk to us right now.”

“I guess we’ll find out what the message was,” I said. “In his office?”

“Still in the aid station auto-doc.” She held up her tablet. “I have the location.”

My tablet bipped and I wasn’t sure I’d like what I was about to see. I flipped open the interface. “Oscella,” I said. “Wants to know if we can help find a bomb.”

Al sighed. “I guess that answers one question.”

“Which one? Why Kondur wants to meet or whether or not there’s a bomb?” I asked.

“Both, actually,” she said and pushed up from her chair. “Shall we go?”

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