Lee Edgar - Andromeda 03 by Return to Andromeda

Author:Return to Andromeda [Andromeda, Return to]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-06-03T21:13:10+00:00

THROUGH the vision monitor, Lyn could just make out the dark shape moored towards the stern of the ship.

‘Identify,’ she said to Iris.

‘WAYFARER TWO TRANSFER SHUTTLE >’ replied the computer screen.

‘Activate exterior floodlighting,’ she said.

‘CONFIRMED >’

The outside are was bathed in brilliant light but Lyn could see no external movement of any kind. The pirates had either returned to the shuttle or were trying to get in somewhere else. A pang of apprehension went through her as she thought of Mike and Steve down in the loading bay. It should have been sealed for flight but she hadn’t remembered anyone checking it before they left. There hadn’t seemed a need to, and they had left in rather a hurry.

She pressed a button. ‘Cassi.’

There was no answer.

‘Come on sis, where are you?’ She tried again. ‘Cassi. Come in, please.’

No reply.

There was a hiss as the door opened behind her and in walked Mike and Steve - followed by Greg Watson.

The man with him pointed his blaster at Lyn and grinned. ‘This one, I like.’

‘That’s the girl the General wants dead,’ confirmed his superior officer.

Lyn was about to say that he had got it wrong when she suddenly remembered that these men didn’t know about her existence. They had assumed that she was Cassi.

Lust was all over Smithers’ face as he approached her. ‘This one I just got to have to myself for a while before we finish her.’

‘Be careful,’ snapped the Major. ‘She’s dangerous.’

Lyn wasn’t sure what Cassi had done to make him so wary but she felt happier when the evil-looking one stopped several feet from her and didn’t come closer. She wondered where her sister was and why they hadn’t passed her in the corridor. The airlock was on the way up from the loading bay.

A few moments later, two more men came in. One of them spoke. ‘The rest are still asleep. Only the four empty chambers.’

Greg frowned. ‘Four?’ His eyes counted three. ‘Who else is awake?’

‘Spare chamber,’ said Steve quickly, also beginning to wonder where his sister-in-law had gone. ‘Admiral Duncan was scheduled to come with us but he stayed behind at the last minute.’

The Major wasn’t so sure. He spoke to the two men. ‘Check every inch of this ship. If you see anyone, shoot them on sight.’

The marine took out his walkie-talkie. ‘Girman. Check the ship out. You work your way forward and we’ll come towards you. If you see anyone, kill him.’

Lyn’s heart beat double time as the two men left. They were bound to catch Cassi somewhere between them. There were not that many places to hide. She turned to the screen and a movement caught her eye. Carefully, she turned round, her back blocking the screen. Smithers looked at her oddly. He reached forward and jerked her away so that he could see. But there was nothing.

‘What was it?’ he growled.

When she didn’t answer, he grabbed the front of her leotard and almost ripped it off as he jerked her towards him, ramming the short barrel of his blaster hard into her belly.

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