Mimic Betrayed by James David Victor

Author:James David Victor [Victor, James David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2018-03-26T22:00:00+00:00

8

Old Chat with Friends

We were given no blankets, no pillows to speak of, and yet I still managed to fall asleep. Maybe I was just that tired, or maybe my mind needed an escape from everything it had endured in the past couple of days. Or weeks. It was strange to think that less than a month ago, I was home on the mimic world just blithely going through life, never knowing that we were about to be betrayed by one of our own kind.

When I awoke, I half-hoped that it had been some horrible nightmare, but no, I was still in the cell with Ciangi across from me. I could see slightly into the cell next to her as well, but I could only catch the edge of Eske’s elbow where she was huddled on the ground.

I’d forgotten that she hadn’t been imprisoned like we had when we were first betrayed by Earth. This was an entirely new experience for her and I certainly didn’t envy that.

I opened my mouth to give her some tips, so maybe I could make her stay a little easier, but before I could, there was the sound of a door opening not too far away and multiple sets of footsteps approached us.

It didn’t take long for them to reach our cells, and of course it was none other than one of the generals that had initially broken the pact with us. His face was still just as red and squashed, and the look he gave me was one of utter disdain.

“I bet you thought you would never see me again,” he said, voice low and raspy.

“I certainly hoped so,” I answered slowly, minding my words. As much as I hated the man before me, I needed to tread carefully. “Sadly, it seems that wasn’t meant to be.”

“Yeah, I’m sure you’re real sad, but this is just the beginning. We have all of you now, and you’re going to face the trial of the century for what you’ve done.”

“Really?” Ciangi scoffed from her cell. “You want us to buy that you brought us back purely for some litigation? I know you think we’re idiots, but we’re not that stupid.”

“Aren’t you?” he countered. “You’re the ones who were moronic enough to be betrayed by one of their own kind, a child, who’d been sentient for less than a year. We didn’t even have to give them much. All they wanted was you gone and some simplistic weaponry. The best deal we’ve ever cut, if I’m honest.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Ciangi continued. Although she was being flippant, I could tell there was something underlying it. A type of rage that I hadn’t seen in her in a very long time, seething just under her skin and her honeysuckle smile. “You wanna stop with all the chitchat to hype yourself up and get to what you need from us, or are we going to stick with the useless posturing thing?”

He turned away from me to glare at Ciangi. “If you want to rush things, fine.

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