Underworld (Shadows of the Void Space Opera Serial Book 5) by J.J. Green

Underworld (Shadows of the Void Space Opera Serial Book 5) by J.J. Green

Author:J.J. Green [Green, J.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-12-13T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter Eleven

“What are you planning to tell the Transgalactic Council, if you ever manage to contact them?” Erielle asked. The day following their capture, Sayen and the others had been allowed to climb the stairs to her private room once more. Though, from the way Erielle continued to ignore her, Sayen doubted she would have received the same respect if she’d been alone.

“We’ll tell them what’s been happening here on Earth,” Jas said. “We’ll tell them the Shadows have infiltrated the Global Government, and that whoever hasn’t been killed and replaced believes that the problem was dealt with, and the Shadows are no longer a threat.”

“That’s a long message.” Erielle smiled sardonically. “And why would the Council believe you?”

Jas had been resting her elbows on the low table that separated the two women. She leaned back. “Why would they believe us? Why wouldn’t they? It isn’t the sort of thing someone would make up.”

“You don’t think so? There’s plenty of crazies around. Sometimes modding goes wrong, you know. Some people aren’t right in the head, and they often end up here. Plenty of conspiracy theorists. The Council wouldn’t take much persuading from someone high up in government to convince them that you’re insane. Hell, I bet they receive a thousand messages a day from crackpots in one corner of the galaxy or another. Why do you think they’d treat yours any differently?”

Jas frowned and looked down.

“What do you think we should do?” Carl asked.

“I’m not sure. Tell me more about these aliens.”

They told her all they knew, and when they arrived at Sayen’s investigations at the Global Government Security HQ, she took over the story and related what she’d read in the hidden files. She also explained how her manager, Bernie, had turned out to be a Shadow and had arranged for her to be abducted and nearly replaced by a Shadow herself. Erielle didn’t look at her as she spoke, but she listened.

“So you can identify Shadows, no matter how closely they resemble their victim, with one of these special scanners?” she asked.

“That’s what I read,” Sayen replied.

“And that’s what I saw, too, when we rescued Sayen,” said Carl. “We were covered in that invisibility spray you stole from us.”

“Ha, consider it payment for your bed and board,” Erielle replied. “Well, we can’t use that. That’s long gone down the pipeline. Much too hot to keep. But if you had a scanner, you could identify a Shadow and capture it. A Shadow found in Earth territory would be good evidence to show the Council.”

“We don’t need to identify a Shadow,” Sayen said. “I know one. The man I was working under at the Security HQ. If he’s still there, we could try to kidnap him.”

“That British guy you were telling us about?” Carl asked.

“Well, that’s who the victim was, yes,” Sayen replied. “Now, a Shadow’s doing a great impersonation of him. Unless that thing’s gone somewhere else, he’ll be at the HQ.”

“Yeah,” said Jas, “we could kidnap a Shadow to prove that we aren’t crazy.



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