Page 18 of Cops in Space
Not to be outdone, Kaelen roared his battle cry.
Qa’a brayed like a drunken donkey.
Captain Zan’s mouth worked but no sound came out.
Strange shapes emerged out of the blackness. The shapes turned into dark, wraith-like creatures.
Oh yay, the Executioners were escorting us. I glanced over at Captain Zan. His worried gaze was locked on the flailing tentacles inches from his face.
Jaxor grabbed one.
“No! Bad baby. Let go of the tentacle.”
The Executioner tugged it out of his grip.“No harm.”
The violently rotating walls abruptly began to collapse.
A choked groan broke from the captain.
The vortex spat us out on the tarmac of the badly damaged spaceport. Bolts of lightning danced and pulsed over the smoldering wreckage of three spaceships.
I shuddered as the world spun wildly around me. It was hard to breathe, and once again I was covered in goopy green slime.
Jaxor gleefully played with the goop.
Captain Zan fell to his knees and vomited.
A giggle escaped me as slime dripped off his nose.“Told ya. Unless you enjoy slime baths, you need armor.”
Captain Zan shot me a hostile glare.
Kaelen tapped an icon on my bracelet and poof! The slime on my armor was incinerated.
“Thanks, sweetie.”I retracted my helmet and watched the captain dry heave.“Do you need a medic, Captain Zan?”
“No!”He shot to his feet.“I do not.”He promptly vomited all over his once shiny black boots.
Males and their stupid pride. I yanked out my healing wand, jabbed it against his neck, and triggered it. “You’re welcome.”
“Your father failed in his duty to teach you manners,”the captain rasped.
“And you don’t have a clue about how to catch bad guys, do you?”
“You think you do?”Captain Zan growled.
“Yes.”Dad stepped between us.“We are here to enforce the law and bring the lawbreakers to justice.”
“Captain Zan let me introduce you to my father, Major Drake Ryder. On my world, he outranks you. Show some respect.”
Qa’a added,“Major Ryder is a hunter who never fails to capture his prey.”
“My father’s arrest rate is ninety-two percent,”I bragged.
Captain Zan cocked an eyebrow.“What happened to the other eight percent?”
“They were killed resisting arrest.”Dad extended his hand to the captain.“How about we go find the bastards responsible for this and get your starfighter back.”
“I would like that.”Captain Zan shook his hand.
