Page 32 of Cops in Space
Qa’a quietly watched Nix eat.“Where were the Tai-Kok keeping him?”
I sent him mental pictures of the lab and the scientist.“I think the little creep was experimenting on him.”
“Blipblat is the head scientist for the Tai-Kok. I have hunted him for a hundred years.”The menace in Qa’a’s voice made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Captain Zan spun around.“You know where Blipblat is?”
I gave him my Debbie Sunshine smile.“I do.”
“Where is he?”Captain Zan demanded.
“He’s dead.”
The captain was suddenly in my personal space.“You saw him die?”
“I killed him.”
“How?”
I held up the Tai-Kok laser pistol.“With this.”
“You took a laser pistol from a soldier and shot him? Impossible,”Captain Zan sneered.
Was he calling me a liar?
“Onkel need help,”Gita cried.
“Shit!” I bolted for the door.“What’s wrong Uncle Ben?”
The image of a diamondback rattlesnake formed in my head.“He got me on the ankle.”
“Me protect Onkel.”
“Stay away from the snake, Gita.”
“Him mad.”
In my mind’s eye, I could see her drawing the snake’s attention away from Uncle Ben.“Shit! Shit! Shit!”
“Come back here. I am not done interrogating you,”Captain Zan yelled.
Qa’a wrapped a tentacle around him.“Yes, you are.”
“What’s wrong?”Dad demanded, chasing after me.
“A rattlesnake bit Uncle Ben.”
Dad frowned.“Where?”
“He’s in the garden with Gita.”
“Gita?”Dad frowned.“Who the hell is Gita?”
“Can we stop with the twenty questions?”I punched in the code for the elevator.
The door slid open. Uncle Saul, Dad, Kaelen and Xyler squeezed in with me.
Squeaking loudly, Nix ran up my leg and settled on my left shoulder. His tentacles intertwined with Jaxor’s. Aw, they liked each other.
