Star Trek - NF - 10 - Excalibur 2 - Renaissance by Peter David

Author:Peter David [Peter David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-07T14:57:44.782000+00:00

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\ \ "Do I?" Giniv looked at her with polite bemusement "I did not intend to. I simply found hir choice not to do so ... fascinating. If you died, after all, it would solve hir problem."

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\ \ "Leaving hir to explain to our son the circumstances of his mother's demise."

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\ \ "I do not think s/he was thinking that far ahead."

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\ \ "It does not matter. The moment is past. I must attend to other difficulties."

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\ \ "You could have killed her." There was a faint sound of scolding in Slon's tone.

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\ \ "Yes," said Burgoyne. It was only now that s/he was out of Selar's immediate line of sight that s/he allowed any of the exhaustion to show on hir. S/he felt as if s/he were running uphill through mud. Hir breathing was labored, and hir eyes, lips, and throat felt completely dried out. S/he couldn't help but feel as if hir tongue was swelling up to twice its normal size. S/he leaned against a rock, steadying hirself.

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\ ") else document.write("\ \ It did not work out that way, however. With an infuriated roar, Burgoyne slammed the lirpax to one side, the bladed end crashing against the hard rock-ground. Crashing... and breaking. The sound of snapping metal reverberated through the thin air, and suddenly the lirpax had a jagged end where once a blunted blade had been.

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\ \ The ramifications of the moment were suddenly clear to Selar, and, for just a moment, she hesitated. That was more than enough for Burgoyne, who suddenly released the lirpax andwith one quick move cupped hir hands and boxed Selar's ears.

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\ \ For one of such sensitive hearing, it was as if two small bombs had suddenly exploded in her head. Selar let out a most inappropriate cry, losing her grip on the lirpax altogether. Burgoyne yanked it out of her hands, reversed it, and suddenly the jagged and lethal blade was directly above Selar's face. One thrust downward would cleave Selar's skull in half.

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\ \ "Surrender," whispered Burgoyne.

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\ \ "Never," Selar shot back.

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\ \ Burgoyne froze, hir eyes glittering with momentary triumph. But s/he didn't move. S/he simply stood there, as if paralyzed.

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\ \ Selar took the opportunity and speared out with her foot, catching Burgoyne squarely in the knee. Burgoyne went down, the lirpax tumbling away from hir. Instantly both of them were on their feet, facing each other, hands poised.

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\ \ "Kroyka!" shouted T'Pau, the air reverberating with the strength of her command. Immediately Burgoyne and Selar took several steps back from one another. Selar studied Burgoyne carefully, looking for some sign of stress due to the heat or the thinness of the Vulcan air. But Burgoyne gave no indication at all that s/he

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\ \ was the least bit hampered by the unforgiving climate. Hir eyes were glittering with excitement, hir lips drawn back to display hir fangs.

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\ \ "Step back and rest," ordered T'Pau. They did as she commanded, and Giniv stepped in close to Selar.

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\ \ "S/he had you.

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