by Loki Renard
Armed, they continued their journey. The alien with mating on its mind proved to be in nearby quarters. It was looking at a screen, upon which several alien figures were moving against one another, quite without any form of clothing.
“Alien porn,” Mixer whisper-snorted.
The sound was enough to alert the alien; it turned its oversized head in their direction and emitted a scream for help without so much as opening its mouth.
“Shut it!” Mixer discharged his weapon at it. A bolt of energy hit the alien, vaporizing it where it stood. Where once there had been an alien, there was only a small pile of ash, barely enough to fill an ash tray.
“Oops,” he said. “This dial… er… I guess it’s set a little high.”
The sound of other energy weapons discharging behind them sent the threesome into the alien’s freshly vacated quarters. Eden took refuge behind a bed, Ghost next to her. Mixer crouched down behind the porn.
The final two aliens burst into the room. Their expressions were as dour as ever, but their thoughts were racing, their intentions as violent as they were afraid.
“They killed Quen-I!”
“Kill them! Kill them with death!”
Mixer was not of a mind to be killed with death. Before either alien could discharge their weapons, he had fired twice, making contact in quick succession. Both aliens were dust before Ghost could so much as object. Afterward, there was plenty of time for objection. He used it.
“I told you not to kill them!”
“You know what? There wasn’t the time to take this weapon to a range and calibrate it,” Mixer said, unapologetic. “I worked with what I had. If they didn’t want to die, they shouldn’t have imprisoned us.”
Ghost did not stay angry for long. Eden was not angry at all; she quite agreed with Mixer. The aliens had been exceptionally hostile to all of them, and they deserved to no longer exist.
“Let’s see how this thing flies,” Mixer suggested.
“If you fly this the way you used that weapon, none of us will get off this ship alive.”
“I’ll be careful,” Mixer promised his superior officer. He gave Eden a little wink, which made her giggle. Her spirits had never been so high. They were safe. And they had a means of transport.
“We’ll all three make it,” Mixer promised.
“All four,” she corrected him.
“Four?” Mixer scowled. “Is there another alien on this ship?”
“There’s one in here. I mean, not an alien…” Eden rubbed her belly and smiled.
For a second, Mixer’s only expression was one of shock. He walked toward her, his eyes wide, his mouth partway open. Then, when he was close enough, he wrapped her in the tightest hug she’d ever experienced.
“You’re happy?”
“Damn right I’m happy,” he said, pressing kisses to her cheeks. “We’re going to be fathers.”
“Never picked you for the daddy type,” Ghost drawled, smiling.
“Our little space baby,” Mixer said, smiling broadly. “We can start a dynasty. We can colonize a planet. We can…”
“How about we escape this one, before you decide to take over the galaxy,” Ghost said, his influence calming and grounding as always.
“She’ll need medical care,” Mixer said, still holding Eden close.
“You’re a doctor.”
“That’s right,” Mixer agreed, grinning like an idiot. “I am a doctor.” He handed Eden to Ghost carefully, carrying her across the space as if she were a very precious artifact. “Take care of her,” he said. “I’ll get the ship running.”
“Where will we go?” Eden pressed happily against Ghost.
“Wherever we like.” Ghost dropped a kiss on the top of her head.
“But the Alliance…”
“We’ve left Alliance space behind, and we’re going to go deeper. Much deeper. It’s obvious that this ship is more powerful and advanced than the one we landed. These aliens handed us a ticket to the universe. And we’re going to take it.”
What Ghost was talking about was more freedom than Eden could ever have imagined; the freedom to travel beyond the paths of stars so familiar to their instruments and discover not just new worlds, but the places where those worlds were born. Who knew what might await their growing family? Adventure, likely danger, but more than that, love and freedom of the kind that made any hardships they might encounter pale in comparison.
“Come along,” Ghost said. “Let’s make sure Mixer doesn’t fly this thing into the sun.”
Eden took his hand and followed him into the future.
The End
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
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