occasional rustle of clothing.
The Blue Fairy was under guard at the Yerio spaceport, Shiver was acting as General Korwait and Gwyn was plan B.
Each ship was equipped with their own toys, and her Fairy was all about optical illusions. The heavy belt around her waist kept anyone from seeing her as long as she moved slowly. Once she was out of the spaceport and approaching the public sidewalks, she turned the unit off.
The disguise was probably a good thing, as her formfitting suit would probably cause her to be incarcerated immediately. The Yerio had very specific requirements in dress, and there was no clinging clothing for men or women.
The prison was locked with a standard keypad and palm print. Attached to her belt was a scanner with the prints she needed as well as the keypad crack.
It took her thirty seconds to make it through the prison gates and five minutes to find her target. She beckoned Ambassador Wikkio when she opened his door. He looked at her in confusion, but when she peeled off the outer layer of her cloak for him, leaving her with a lighter version and providing him with camouflage, he nodded and followed her lead.
She put her hand on his chest and clipped the adjacent invisibility unit to him. As long as he was within ten feet of her, he would remain cloaked, but in the silence of the prison, they couldn’t converse.
Outside the prison, she activated the invisibility unit. They would know he escaped, there was no getting around it, but they wouldn’t know how or who. As far as the Yerio knew, General Korwait travelled alone.
Gwyn kept hold of the ambassador’s cloak to keep him near her. It was an expression of affection on Yerio and the only one allowed. She could do nothing else to keep him with her.
She kept her head down and her shoulders slumped as they moved through the spaceport. When they worked their way past the guards, she opened her cloak to hide the opening of the hatch. She shooed the ambassador past her and slipped into her ship.
Once the door was sealed again, she breathed and flipped her hood back. “Upstairs and to the left please. I have a sealed unit for you to hide in.”
He frowned. “You are not my council.”
“No. General Korwait is my partner. We have been assigned to get you out of here, but they rushed to judgement, so I had to break you out.”
She removed his cloak with efficient movements and removed the stealth unit. “Please, either go and rest or step into one of the cold-sleep units. That will lock your life signs as well.”
He frowned. “I don’t want to be caged again.”
“Then, stop being a prat and pick your poison. Comfortable room until we take off or cold sleep and I will wake you when we get there.”
He scowled and looked around.
The klaxon that the Fairy set off made her mind up for him. She punched the ambassador in the belly, kneed him in the jaw and when he was slumped and dazed, she shoved him into the nearest tube, engaging the full shielding.
The blaring noise was her warning that the escape had been detected and to expect armed guards invading her private space.
Knowing the drill, she double checked that the ambassador’s tube was completely invisible, and then, she headed for her library. It was time to hide.
The Fairy showed her the troops examining her hull from the inside out. Gwyn kept calm by reading and occasionally checking on the display that was up for her convenience. All of her clothing was in here with her. No trace of a woman was left on the ship.
She watched as Durz sat in the command chair, and when the last member of the Yerio guard had left, she sighed in relief. The first leg of it was over. Now, she just needed Durz to return for the night, and they could be on their way.
She munched on a pack of vegetable sticks and tried to read as the time ticked by.
The display outside showed her that night had fallen and there was still no sign of Durz.
She began to pace as the night went on and still no
The Blue Fairy was under guard at the Yerio spaceport, Shiver was acting as General Korwait and Gwyn was plan B.
Each ship was equipped with their own toys, and her Fairy was all about optical illusions. The heavy belt around her waist kept anyone from seeing her as long as she moved slowly. Once she was out of the spaceport and approaching the public sidewalks, she turned the unit off.
The disguise was probably a good thing, as her formfitting suit would probably cause her to be incarcerated immediately. The Yerio had very specific requirements in dress, and there was no clinging clothing for men or women.
The prison was locked with a standard keypad and palm print. Attached to her belt was a scanner with the prints she needed as well as the keypad crack.
It took her thirty seconds to make it through the prison gates and five minutes to find her target. She beckoned Ambassador Wikkio when she opened his door. He looked at her in confusion, but when she peeled off the outer layer of her cloak for him, leaving her with a lighter version and providing him with camouflage, he nodded and followed her lead.
She put her hand on his chest and clipped the adjacent invisibility unit to him. As long as he was within ten feet of her, he would remain cloaked, but in the silence of the prison, they couldn’t converse.
Outside the prison, she activated the invisibility unit. They would know he escaped, there was no getting around it, but they wouldn’t know how or who. As far as the Yerio knew, General Korwait travelled alone.
Gwyn kept hold of the ambassador’s cloak to keep him near her. It was an expression of affection on Yerio and the only one allowed. She could do nothing else to keep him with her.
She kept her head down and her shoulders slumped as they moved through the spaceport. When they worked their way past the guards, she opened her cloak to hide the opening of the hatch. She shooed the ambassador past her and slipped into her ship.
Once the door was sealed again, she breathed and flipped her hood back. “Upstairs and to the left please. I have a sealed unit for you to hide in.”
He frowned. “You are not my council.”
“No. General Korwait is my partner. We have been assigned to get you out of here, but they rushed to judgement, so I had to break you out.”
She removed his cloak with efficient movements and removed the stealth unit. “Please, either go and rest or step into one of the cold-sleep units. That will lock your life signs as well.”
He frowned. “I don’t want to be caged again.”
“Then, stop being a prat and pick your poison. Comfortable room until we take off or cold sleep and I will wake you when we get there.”
He scowled and looked around.
The klaxon that the Fairy set off made her mind up for him. She punched the ambassador in the belly, kneed him in the jaw and when he was slumped and dazed, she shoved him into the nearest tube, engaging the full shielding.
The blaring noise was her warning that the escape had been detected and to expect armed guards invading her private space.
Knowing the drill, she double checked that the ambassador’s tube was completely invisible, and then, she headed for her library. It was time to hide.
The Fairy showed her the troops examining her hull from the inside out. Gwyn kept calm by reading and occasionally checking on the display that was up for her convenience. All of her clothing was in here with her. No trace of a woman was left on the ship.
She watched as Durz sat in the command chair, and when the last member of the Yerio guard had left, she sighed in relief. The first leg of it was over. Now, she just needed Durz to return for the night, and they could be on their way.
She munched on a pack of vegetable sticks and tried to read as the time ticked by.
The display outside showed her that night had fallen and there was still no sign of Durz.
She began to pace as the night went on and still no
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