Electra Rex by April C. Griffith

Author:April C. Griffith [Griffith, April C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBTQIA Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2020-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

New Wolfsburg looked like a strangely beautiful marble upon approach. The polar ice caps stretched almost a third of the way across the surface from both ends. Swirled bands of brown land and blue water covered the habitable middle third in fluid patterns. Most planets had some sort of cloud covering, either broken or completely filling the atmosphere. On New Wolfsburg, the global weather forecast was always sunny and pleasant.

Treasure decided they should dress like Volkswagen tradeshow booth girls in tight Fahrvergnügen T-shirts, red shorts and VW Beetle trucker caps. The idea was to be messengers of the Driving Enjoyment God, rather than trying to convince the zealots they were the deity incarnate.

Electra stretched the shirt a little way from her chest to look at the tiny stick-figure man sitting in a driver’s seat. ‘Fahrfel’ was what the fabricator had called the icon when Treasure had added it to the design. “Thousands of years of advancement from this and humans still draw stick-figures,” she said. “If I tried to draw a man, this would be about as good as I could do.”

“That’s nothing,” Treasure said. “Cave paintings from almost twenty thousand years ago showed humans essentially drawing stick-figures right after we discovered fire.” Treasure nervously groomed Electra a little, straightening her hat, smoothing her shirt and generally fussing over placement of locks of hair and other minutiae. “So, what kind of aliens are we dealing with here?”

“Non-spacefaring,” Electra said. “There isn’t much on the galactic net about them. I don’t know how they got their hands on an Earthling car, but they didn’t go find it themselves. The real problem might come from their lack of implants. The Chamber only provides and enforces the translator implant requirement for spacefaring species, so they may or may not understand us.”

“Are they dangerous?”

“Ivy says they’re not very big and never developed advanced weaponry,” Electra said. “Sticks and stones mostly, not that I’m keen on being hit by either if this goes sideways.”

“Let’s hope they aren’t fast if this turns into a smash and grab,” Treasure said. “Volkswagen Beetles aren’t known for their top speed.”

Without a true star port, they’d scanned the surface near the temple containing the sacrosanct Volkswagen for a flat expanse with a high enough density to safely hold a starship. They were going to have a couple-kilometer walk from the landing zone and a longer drive back. Ivy mapped out a second route that wouldn’t leave the car stuck in quicksand, and it wasn’t remotely direct.

Letterman stopped Electra at the top of the gangplank. “Am I escorting you or providing a tether?”

“Tether,” Electra said. “Unless you feel like taking your chances on a sinkhole. I’d be fine with that.”

“If I were rendered incapable of discharging my duties, the cost of replacement would be added to your debt and another enforcement bot would be dispatched,” Letterman said.

“Then you better stay here, since Treasure says you probably weigh more than the car we’re bringing back,” Electra said. “Try growing a sense of humor while we’re gone.

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