Left Behind (Ghosts Of War Book 4) by Benuzzi Angelo

Author:Benuzzi, Angelo [Benuzzi, Angelo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: .44" Press
Published: 2015-12-26T18:30:00+00:00

XI

On the deck of “Zel’dovich” there was a strange kind of silence. Both crew mates were busy at their desk, pretending to ignore that their time was almost over. Anuchin was consulting the ship’s database, looking for more data about the “Roma”. It was just appropriate to know who’s about to wipe out your ship. After a while he quit reading.

« Mikhail, there’s something wrong about the European ship.»

«Aside from their decision to kill anybody around here?»

«Yes, take a look. These are the figures for the logistics of the “Roma”, the European Fleet Command goes public about it when the treaty of Lagos was signed.»

«So? What’s the problem with it?»

«I mean, it has eleven men aboard. Plus all the stuff about general maintenance and, of course, weapons and missiles. The Euros are not so good to hide such a thing to our services, nor they could be so good to evade Americans spies as well.»

«Son, that ship is real. And so are its missiles.»

«The ship is real, no doubts about it. Even if I could ever be dubious about that, we have our sensors that tell us the truth. I’m questioning the existence of the crew.»

Babushkin scratched his beard and poured himself some tea before going on with the conversation.

«So you’re telling me that we have a crew of European ghosts that are looking for vengeance upon a gang of long-dead cyborgs? Because you have already figured that the crew of “Chang’e” cannot be alive with that level of radiation, haven’t you?»

«In a word, yes.»

«What about the people aboard that habitats? Are they ghosts, too?»

«No. I don’t think so. I mean, the habitats aren’t in bad shape and by the look they’re still in life-support conditions. The answers we get from them are quite different from each other. But I can’t prove any of that.»

«This is hilarious. We’re gonna die because a bunch of dead veterans are going for each other throats. Not to mention that we will have another war as soon as our command will understand what’s going on here.»

Mikhail looked again at the main screen, focusing on the four missiles in their progress. Then started to punch commands on his keyboard.

«Boy, our efforts to communicate with the people orbiting Charon will be delayed for a while. I’m going to enrage a ghost for real.»

«What the Hell are you doing?»

«I’m trying to shook Scatena by his long-dead tail. Shut up and let me work!»

***

It took a while for Commander Scatena to notice the amber light of an incoming transmission. All his energy was focused on the tactical option for the incoming battle. He didn’t really want to take note of those obnoxious civilians but decades of Navy service guided his hands on the console.

«EUSS “Roma”, commander on line.»

«Commander? Commander my ass! You’re dead as a stone!»

«Babushkin, I suppose. I already told you twice to go away.»

«I don’t take orders from a ghost! You and your freckin’ crew are dead like those goddamned Chinese machines!»

«My dear captain, this is not a factor in this fight.

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