Supreme Leader of Anstractor: A Sci-Fantasy Space Adventure (The New Phase Book 3) by Greg Dragon Page A
Authors: Greg Dragon
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leave this human place to get back to our world?”
Maes looked at her quizzically, wondering why she was asking such a stupid question. She had to have come in with a raiding party, right? The signal he sent up to the general would have brought in the cavalry; all she had to do was fly back out.
“Are you here by yourself, Lasae?”
“It was strange, I came in with the raiders. We were to retake Zynec Prime from the humans, but something happened to us up there. They had suicidal pilots who flew into our fleet while we hovered and caused a chain reaction that destroyed us all … But we got teleported somehow, and I found myself down here, counting my blessings that I had kept my mask on when they attacked.”
“That is part of their power, Lasae; that is what these Phasers can do, which makes them difficult to kill.” He paused suddenly and his eyes flicked one way and then another, like an ancient machine calculating a decision through a series of algorithms. “So they got one up on you, eh, and you ended up down here? Surviving due to your discipline and not much more. I wonder how you got teleported. The Phasers have that power but what you describe sounds almost accidental.”
Lasae looked around quickly, as if she heard something, and then focused on Maes Van Senthyn. “There were many of us. Some have gone off to kill as many humans as they can, and others have gone looking for a ship to escape in. I came upon this place and saw where they had you. I have a background in the medical sciences, so I did what I could to bring you out of the comatose state you were in.”
“You did well, Lasae. When I am successful our people will owe you the glorious debt.”
Her face lit up with pleasant surprise and Maes could see the ambition reflected across her face at the prospect. For a spy of her rank to be given the immortal blessings of the ancestors was the greatest honor.
Lasae was smiling but she was mildly annoyed by Maes Van Senthyn’s arrogance. She had expected him to be grateful and promise her the life debt, but even if he didn’t she had expected him to be a little bit nicer to her than he was being. The Geralos-turned-human had come out of his screaming to bark orders at her, question her bravery, and wonder at her intelligence. She wondered if she had made a terrible mistake in saving him.
As if seeing that his savior had grown tired of his posturing, Maes saluted and then touched her shoulder in the gesture of gratitude. She forgave him instantly when he did this even though it repulsed her to have a human touch her place of honor.
Maes Van Senthyn walked to the tank that had his lifeless and soulless body and motioned her over. He asked her to drain the fluid as she had done with his tank, and he watched the entire sequence until the wet corpse was on the floor of the glass tank. He unlocked a hatch and dragged it out, and then looked over at Lasae, who looked like she was about to vomit.
“The place where they kept me imprisoned; show it to me, Lasae. We must delay their realization of what happened here as long as possible,”
Lasae nodded and led him out the door to a dark corridor, which seemed to take them deeper into the underground of the facility. He hoisted the body up by the underarms and walked so that it was suspended in front of him and the water was dripping away from his body. Lasae touched a panel and then another. They were in another place filled of tanks, but these held no water and were surrounded by chairs.
They placed the body of the former Maes Van Senthyn in the preservation tank that he was originally in and used the towel to wipe up the water marks as they retraced their steps.
“These Phasers, they are sloppy for being masters of espionage and combat,” Lasae said as they walked through the hallway, wiping up the puddles. “I have been here for over four hours and not one of them has come to check on their comrade.”
“Perhaps they didn’t like him,” Maes
Maes looked at her quizzically, wondering why she was asking such a stupid question. She had to have come in with a raiding party, right? The signal he sent up to the general would have brought in the cavalry; all she had to do was fly back out.
“Are you here by yourself, Lasae?”
“It was strange, I came in with the raiders. We were to retake Zynec Prime from the humans, but something happened to us up there. They had suicidal pilots who flew into our fleet while we hovered and caused a chain reaction that destroyed us all … But we got teleported somehow, and I found myself down here, counting my blessings that I had kept my mask on when they attacked.”
“That is part of their power, Lasae; that is what these Phasers can do, which makes them difficult to kill.” He paused suddenly and his eyes flicked one way and then another, like an ancient machine calculating a decision through a series of algorithms. “So they got one up on you, eh, and you ended up down here? Surviving due to your discipline and not much more. I wonder how you got teleported. The Phasers have that power but what you describe sounds almost accidental.”
Lasae looked around quickly, as if she heard something, and then focused on Maes Van Senthyn. “There were many of us. Some have gone off to kill as many humans as they can, and others have gone looking for a ship to escape in. I came upon this place and saw where they had you. I have a background in the medical sciences, so I did what I could to bring you out of the comatose state you were in.”
“You did well, Lasae. When I am successful our people will owe you the glorious debt.”
Her face lit up with pleasant surprise and Maes could see the ambition reflected across her face at the prospect. For a spy of her rank to be given the immortal blessings of the ancestors was the greatest honor.
Lasae was smiling but she was mildly annoyed by Maes Van Senthyn’s arrogance. She had expected him to be grateful and promise her the life debt, but even if he didn’t she had expected him to be a little bit nicer to her than he was being. The Geralos-turned-human had come out of his screaming to bark orders at her, question her bravery, and wonder at her intelligence. She wondered if she had made a terrible mistake in saving him.
As if seeing that his savior had grown tired of his posturing, Maes saluted and then touched her shoulder in the gesture of gratitude. She forgave him instantly when he did this even though it repulsed her to have a human touch her place of honor.
Maes Van Senthyn walked to the tank that had his lifeless and soulless body and motioned her over. He asked her to drain the fluid as she had done with his tank, and he watched the entire sequence until the wet corpse was on the floor of the glass tank. He unlocked a hatch and dragged it out, and then looked over at Lasae, who looked like she was about to vomit.
“The place where they kept me imprisoned; show it to me, Lasae. We must delay their realization of what happened here as long as possible,”
Lasae nodded and led him out the door to a dark corridor, which seemed to take them deeper into the underground of the facility. He hoisted the body up by the underarms and walked so that it was suspended in front of him and the water was dripping away from his body. Lasae touched a panel and then another. They were in another place filled of tanks, but these held no water and were surrounded by chairs.
They placed the body of the former Maes Van Senthyn in the preservation tank that he was originally in and used the towel to wipe up the water marks as they retraced their steps.
“These Phasers, they are sloppy for being masters of espionage and combat,” Lasae said as they walked through the hallway, wiping up the puddles. “I have been here for over four hours and not one of them has come to check on their comrade.”
“Perhaps they didn’t like him,” Maes
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