“I’m glad you did, Captain. Something to look forward to.”
“Any time,” he replied, walking out of the room. Salazar looked out across the street, watching the workers swarming around the building site. Already it was advanced enough that he could recognize the familiar lines of Triplanetary architecture, like some sort of alien structure implanted here on the desert, surrounded by decaying structures.
He looked across at his table and saw a pair of flowers in a vase, bright blue and red, with a note attached, simply saying, “Thanks for the ride, Ginger.” He smiled, and settled back into his bed. Already his head was swimming, trying to cut through the fog to run down the list of personnel he was going to need. A hacker, certainly, though Harper was out of the question. A paramedic, an engineer, a second pilot. The possibilities swam in his mind.
Four months on Alamo, and he’d gone from disgraced midshipman to department head. Not a bad outcome to his cadet cruise.
“I know that look!” Duquesne said, storming in, a trio of nurses behind her. “Stop thinking, Sub-Lieutenant, it is very bad for your blood pressure. I went to a lot of trouble to put you back together, and you’ve got some of my own personal blood in your veins, as it happens.”
“Sorry, Doctor,” he replied with a smile. “An occupational hazard.”
“I’m guessing that the Captain decided to get you all excited about your promotion?”
“He thought I could do with some good news.”
“Good news?” she said. “A chance for you to wander around on alien worlds and abandoned starships, where all manner of hostile enemies, noxious environments and mutant pathogens can wreak havoc with you? I’m the one who’ll have to magic a way to fix you up, Sub-Lieutenant. Remember that.”
The smile spreading across his face, he replied, “Naturally, ma’am. When I’m being mutilated by strange other-dimensional aliens. I’ll be sure to ask them not to leave you with too much work to do.”
She returned the smile, gave him a quick wink, then turned back to one of the nurses. “Stephen, start unplugging the monitors. We’ve got to get this kid home, before he can get into more trouble.”
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 27
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