Dragons Walk Among Us by Dan Rice
Author:Dan Rice [Rice, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dragons; Fantasy; Magic; Young Adult; Coming of Age; Family Conflict; Friendship; Science Fiction
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2021-05-20T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter 22
Tanis leads me toward the man and woman standing in front of the table with the laptop. Their draconic companions intermingle in a brilliant fusion of sparkling green and coppery light that is so intense it takes my prosthetics a few seconds to adjust to the brightness. I recognize the woman with thick glasses and hair chopped off unstylishly just below the ears from the week before. From the neck up she looks owlish due her oversized circular glasses, even boyish. Her bosom and curvy hips are not entirely hidden by her baggy clothes and betray her sex. The man is tall with a military crewcut and a sumo wrestlerâs build. He wears a loud Hawaiian shirt and pink man capris.
Tanis indicates I should take a chair before her compatriots. After a moment of hesitation, I comply. What else am I going to do? I tried running from Dr. Radcliffe, and that got me squeezed within an inch of my life by a gigantic dragon. Now, Iâm facing three of them, not to mention Ion. Owl girl looks harmless enough, but the sumo wrestler sneers at me, and I suspect Tanis will kill me without hesitation if she thinks Iâm a threat.
âSit down over there, boy,â Tanis tells Haji.
Haji mutters a response, and a chair scrapes against the concrete and creaks when he sits. The old woman turns to her companions.
âThis is Allison Lee,â Tanis says. âI suggest you smell her. Sheâs not human.â
The man arches an eyebrow. âIs Ion right?â His voice is gruff, and he waves a hand at me. âThis thing pretending to be a girl is a skaag?â
âI donât think so,â Tanis says. âShe is something else. I donât recognize the smell, but itâs decidedly not skaag.â
I chew on my lower lip and squirm. Iâm seriously through being sniffed.
âYouâre making her nervous,â owl girl says. âShould we introduce ourselves?â
The sumo wrestler scoffs. âSheâs our captive. We donât need to introduce ourselves to her. The less she knows, the better.â
âWell, she probably already knows my name. Itâs your name she might not know,â owl girl says and smiles at me. âMy name is Mauve, by the way. In case you had forgotten. His nameââ
The sumo wrestler interrupts. âTatsuo. You probably already knew that. Frederick and the youngling are supposed to be our security experts, but they donât take security very seriously if you ask me. That goes for all of you. If this thing is an agent for our enemies, she knows too much.â He waves a thick finger at me. âFar too much.â
âShe is under our power and has not been in contact with our enemies,â Tanis says.
âAs far as we know,â Tatsuo says.
Mauve makes an exaggerated sigh. âIf youâre so worried, why are you even here?â
âI respect the chain of command,â Tatsuo snaps.
âI suppose thatâs why you werenât on the call last week,â Mauve says. âRespect for the chain of command and all.â
âI was indisposed,â Tatsuo says.
âRegardless, we are here now,â Tanis says. âFrederick will soon be joining us.
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