Fire Fight (The Fire Planets Saga Book 1) by Ward Chris

Author:Ward, Chris [Ward, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: AMMFA Publishing
Published: 2018-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

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He wasn’t sad to see the back of Jan-Jan-Last. He gave it the finger through the porthole of his shuttle as he returned to orbit, rolling the chip over in his other hand, dreaming of what he could buy with the fee Raylan owed him. A new starship, perhaps, or maybe even a large and spacious abode on one of the more favorable planets, somewhere with a decent pleasure quarter. The options were endless.

The journey through stasis-ultraspace lasted a couple of Earth-days. By the time the skies cleared and the tiny brown ball of Abalon 3 appeared on his monitors, Leon-Ar was salivating at the coming meeting. Raylan Climlee was known as the richest warlord in the Fire Quarter, so there might even be a bonus due for all Leon-Ar’s extra effort, despite the threats Raylan had made.

He docked his ship at Raylan’s main orbiting refinement centre. All around him, massive starships stood at dock, waiting for the shipments of condensed trioxyglobin to be distributed across the known galaxy. There were far more in dock than he had expected; perhaps there was a delay. Not wanting to concern himself with Raylan’s legitimate business issues, Leon-Ar closed down the monitors and went to find the warlord.

Raylan, much to Leon-Ar’s surprise, offered to meet with him almost immediately. A subordinate came to collect him, leading him back through long corridors to Raylan’s main audience chamber.

The diminutive warlord sat on an ugly, lumpy throne at the room’s far end. At first the shining surfaces confused Leon-Ar, until he realised the whole thing was made of the shining enamel of millions of human teeth. Not wanting to dwell too long on something so macabre, he stopped a respectable distance away and dropped to one knee, his head bowed.

‘Lord, I have returned. I have recovered the chip that was lost. I ask your forgiveness, and I ask that you please still recompense me in part for my efforts. I have failed you, but I have also done my best to correct my mistake. Forgive me, Lord.’

‘Look at me.’

Leon-Ar looked up. A photon blaster that looked too huge in Raylan’s tiny hand pointed at his face.

‘I retrieved this throne from storage just for you,’ Raylan said. ‘You get to be a part of it now. It contains the teeth of everyone who has ever failed me. Failure is failure, you stinking Tolgier baboon. You should have run when you had the chance and never come back. I do, however, appreciate the chip’s recovery. Do you have any idea of how hard it was to find someone capable of developing that? A good job you’ll have no need to be more careful in the future.’

Leon-Ar opened his mouth to speak, but there was no time. The last thing he knew was a humming sound, and a bright green light.

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