Sequence by Adam Moon

Author:Adam Moon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Hard Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Space Opera, General, Science Fiction, Fiction
ISBN: 9780811478328
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2012-12-31T10:00:00+00:00

No More Mr. Nice Guy

All three members of the original flight crew returned before things could get too awkward between Samda and Chris.

The captain said to Chris, “As much as I like having you in that suit, I don’t think it’s good for your mental health. You nearly strangled that Gray to death.”

Chris pointed at Number Four and said, “That asshole didn’t scrub the unit before he put my mind into it. If I’m going crazy it’s his fault.”

Number Four explained to the captain, “We were out of time. I had no choice.”

The captain looked at the floor. “So you’re telling me there’s a chance the suit was contaminated when you transferred the Earth-man to it? You know how dangerous that can be. He might go insane and kill us all. He might jeopardize the mission.”

“I’ll transfer him back right away, sir. Come with me, Earthman.”

“Go fuck yourself. I’m here to stay. If I go back into my meat I’ll be at your mercy once again. In here you can’t force me to go into stasis.”

Samda added, “You’ll just have to put someone else into the suit if you come across another fleet of Grays. Why not just let him stay? It’s the safe bet.”

The captain relented. To Chris he said, “You’ll be scrutinized closely from now on to make sure you’re not losing your mind. The second I think you’re lost, I’ll forcibly evacuate your consciousness from that unit. I hope you understand my meaning. Your mind will simply evaporate if I set it free without giving it a vessel to fill.”

Chris shuddered but he had no intention of letting the captain rattle him or change his mind. As a human being, they treated him like a punk, but as a physical equal, they treated him with far more respect. And if things went to hell, he was better equipped to defend himself as a humungous robot.

He had quickly gone from being an annoying pest to being someone they had to worry about.

Plus, he liked being able to look Samda in the eye as he flirted with her.

As a human being, he’d have to crane his neck to do that. And if she didn’t like his banter she could just step on him like a bug while he was inside his own small human flesh. No, he liked everything better this way.

It had been a pleasant surprise too, when his hunger pangs had vanished the moment he’d taken over the mechanized unit. He could only imagine how starving Samda was right now.

As though she’d read his mind, she asked the captain, “I don’t suppose you have anything to eat on this ship?”

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