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Chapter Four

Zyra sat in her pilot’s chair with one foot rested on Helship-II’sflight console and took a sip from the cup of hot chocolate in her hand, reflecting on the events of the past few days. She was lost in her thoughts when a familiar face appeared on her view screen.

“So, Ms. Zanr. Did you find the culprit?” asked Admiral Forsythe, his trademark frown proudly on display.

“Looks like she got away from me, Admiral. Lost her trail somewhere in the Panoax system. If you ask me, Molly probably hightailed it all the way to the other side of the galaxy by now.”

“Where is the Gaia sample?”

“It’s a no show. Wish I could help you out. This mission’s a bust.”

Admiral Forsythe gave up all pretenses at being civil and let out an angry growl.

“I knew the President made a mistake hiring you for this job!”

“Well, I’m sure you boys back at the barn’ll figure out something. You’re far better at hunting criminals than us bounty hunters.”

“Somehow I don’t think you’re telling me the truth.”

“My dear Admiral, when have you ever known me to lie to you?”

Admiral Forsythe gave Zyra his most disapproving stare before he disappeared off of the screen. With a reflective grimace, she got up from her chair and walked to the back of her ship. In her hand, she held the metal cylinder containing the Gaia sample.

She looked at the cylinder long and hard, wondering what had made her lie to the Admiral. There was a massive reward for returning this cylinder and here she was doing the very opposite of what she ought to do.

“Here’s your candle, Molly,” she said, unable to rid herself of her conflicting emotions. Zyra placed the cylinder into a torpedo tube and pressed the button that launched the cylinder from her ship. She returned to the front of her ship and watched on the view screen as the cylinder flew into a nearby star.

Oh, well. There’ll be other bounties to collect.

Zyra leaned backwards in her comfortable pilot’s chair and let out a deep breath of frustration when the proximity alarm went off with a resounding wail. Zyra sat up in her chair and switched to her ventral visual sensors. Lumbering across her screen was the massive black form of the Libertatia.

Maybe someone upstairs really does like me.

“Look out, Captain Rador. Zyra Zanr, bounty hunter extraordinaire, is hot on your trail!”

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A lone figure draped in a ragged cloak straddled the darkness of the Darokkeen night. The surreal glow of the sister moons Septyr and Naddik cast a mystical spell on the desert. The figure displayed no sign of distress to the blistering cold that accosted the desert, appearing oblivious to all but the path it tread. Just out of earshot of the figure, a trio of mounted beasts bearing arthropod shapes combed the nearby ridge that rose from the bowels of the valley like a stiletto blade. The beasts clung to the shadows as they hungrily stalked the figure knowing that in only a moment the slaughter would commence.

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