“Yes please.”
Z gave me a fist pump and then grabbed the control sticks. Ten minutes later we were gliding over the surface of the moon. Z set our dark spaceship down in front of the cave where we first landed, and we took the elevator down to the hold. Jatal and a few dozen of his people were waiting for us once we dropped Persephone’s ramp, and I walked down to shake hands with the man.
“Damn. So good to see you,” he said as he threw his arms around my shoulders. I hugged him back and let out a sigh when I felt how thin and frail he was.
“Come look,” I said as I pointed up the ramp into Persephone. The men followed us up, and they let out cries of joy when they saw what we had brought them. The entire hold was filled with storage crates.
“Is all this for us?” Jatal asked.
“Hell yeah!” Z said proudly.
“Is it all food?” he asked and I saw him start to blink.
“Food, water, some extra shelters, blankets, filters, power packs for your equipment. I just bought a bunch of stuff I figured you would need,” Z said as she gestured between the numerous bins. Persephone’s hold was of decent size, and my friends were able to cram thirty-six storage bins of the same volume that Wayne first hired us to deliver.
“This will last us years,” Jatal was crying now, and he wiped his face with the back of his dusty hand.
“We have to unload it first,” I said. “Are your forklifts still working?”
“Yes!” Jatal said. Then he nodded to his men, and they ran down the ramp to find the machines. Once the men had left, he turned back to us and swallowed the lump in his throat.
“I don’t have any more rhodium. I thought we’d be able to get operations going, but when those ships showed up; I guessed it was Alloprize all over.”
“We took care of the ships in orbit,” I said. “You don’t have to worry about them, or paying us back.”
“How? We didn’t give you enough to buy all this,” he said as he gestured to the crates.
“You actually did,” Z said, “but we didn’t spend all of it. This is Kasta and Paula. They donated some money so they could have passage on our ship.” The two women smiled and waved at Jatal.
“Such beautiful angels,” Jatal said as he came down on one knee and took each of their hands in his. The twins were surprised by his gesture and they each giggled.
“It was nothing of consequence,” said the one I thought was Kasta.
“Happy to help,” said Paula. “It appears that you needed it.”
“That we did, angels.” The man let out a laugh and then stood again.
“I don’t know if I can ever repay you all, but you’ve saved my people, again.”
“As I said, you don’t need to. It’s what we do. We want to help people,” I said, and I saw both Eve and Z smiled broadly.
“Damn. I don’t know what to say,” Jatal wiped his eyes again, and a sob escaped his mouth. “Once we get everything back and working again. I’m going to fill your hold with rhodium like you have filled it with supplies for my people.”
“It’s okay, Jatal, you don’t need to--” I started to say, but Z interrupted me with an elbow to the stomach.
“We aren’t going to turn down a few thousand kilograms of rhodium! Just don’t worry about it right now.”
“Ha!” Jatal let out a laugh, and his tears seemed to stop leaking out of his eyes. A pair of forklifts pulled out of the cave, and dozens of other people were walking out to see what we brought.
It didn’t take long for the good news to spread, and there wasn’t a frown to be seen amongst the Children of Rah.
“Will you all stay for a bit?” Jatal asked us once the forklifts started moving crates down the ramp. “We haven’t had news this good since the last time you all were here and saved us from Alloprize.”
“Funny you should mention that,” Z said. “We were just talking about having a party. Do you guys know how to throw a good party?”
Jatal’s blue eyes twinkled, and a wide grin split his face into joyful halves. “Know how to throw a good party? My friends, you have not ever been to a party, unless you have been to a party thrown by rhodium miners.” It suddenly seemed as if ten years had been shaved off his face, and the young man was practically bouncing on the balls of his feet.
“Ohhhh good,” Z purred, and I saw Eve, Kasta, and Paula smile.
“Is there dancing at rhodium miner parties?” Eve asked politely.
“Oh yes! Dancing for days! You’ll have trouble walking back onto your ship. I guarantee it.”
“I would like to dance,” Eve said as she turned to me. Her strange red eyes seemed to fill my vision, and I felt myself fall into them.
“And drink,” Z said.
“You two okay with--” I asked Kasta and Paula, but they were already nodding. In fact, all four of the beautiful women were staring eagerly at me.
“Looks like we are staying for a few days. If you’ll have us, Jatal?”
“Adam, I owe you a few lifetimes of staying with us,” the miner said as he shook my hand again.
“Alright, but just for a few days. Then we have more work to do.” I thought about the planet that Persephone had shown me on the bridge. Whoever was there needed our help.
And they might not be able to hold on for a few days while we took time off to relax.
End of book 3
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Title Page
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
End Notes
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