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games.”
“A-all right.” The defeated alien replied while looking at the humans before him, their weapons held at the ready.
“You Earth men are tougher then you look.”
“Who ever said we were from Earth? We didn’t.” Red growled.
Endorf gulp ed hard at this and looked around for some avenue of escape, but he’d run out of options.
“Sit back down and let’s talk.” Mark nod ded at the table and the burly alien took his seat again. He looked visibly uncomfortable as his companion was carried away from the arena in front of their table on a stretcher. Dan took a seat on one side of Endorf and Red on the other. Both smiled at the alien, but their smiles were without mirth.
“Now as we were saying. What do you know about Earth?”
“Uh, I know that a ship came here a while back. A few months, by how we count time on this world. There was a man who looked like you people, an Earthman. He was taken out of the spaceport quietly, and under guard. No one asked questions. There were a lot of credits passed around to make sure of that. Very few saw him come and go. Credom and I did because we were working maintenance on a ship that had to be repaired by the following morning.”
“So you saw the whole thing? Why weren’t you made to shut up about it? How’d you escape notice?” Red asked, face to face with the big alien.
Endorf snorted, “Heh. You’re not as stupid as you look, are you? They never saw us. We were back in the repair bay of the spaceport and they brought him through there to avoid crowds. It was long past work hours were over. We shouldn’t have been there at all. But Credom saw them coming and it just looked wrong. No one ever comes through the repair center, especially at night, at least not that late. So we both hid inside the ship we were working on, and watched silently. We saw them hustling this guy through here. I think he was old as you people go. His fur was white, an’ he had a patch of fur over his mouth.”
“Wait a minute,” Eddie interjected, “Was this guy kinda heavy? Like round around the middle?”
“He was.”
“Did you hear a name? Did they talk to him at all? Did they call him anything?” Mark pressed.
“They called him, like I told you before, the General.”
“Did you see where they went when they left the spaceport? What’d they leave in?”
“You losers really aren’t too bright are ya?” The alien laughed gruffly. “He was their prisoner. They were laughin’ at him. His hands were tied in front of him. They pushed him into a hover car an’ took off.”
“And you have no idea where they went, do you?” Red grunted.
“Up north. To the mountainous regions a few hundred clicks that way.” He waved his hand in a direction behind his head.
“Let’s all take a walk back to the spaceport.” Mark commanded and everyone stood at once. “Endorf, pay the bill.”
Endorf sneered as he laid the credits on the table for the waitress. “Make sure you tip her good.” Red growled. The alien started to protest as Dan placed his hand on the red skinned brutes shoulder and squeezed, just enough to make his point.
The entire group walked back out into the street and headed towards the spaceport a few blocks away.
“What are you?” Endorf asked Dan as they walked.
“It’s complicated . Leave it at that.” Dan replied gruffly.
“I ain’t never seen anything like you. No one ‘round here can m atch Credom an’ me in strength. Yet you’re stronger than we are. How’s that even possible?”
“You better learn pal, that no matter how bad you are , there’s always someone badder.” Dan replied.
“So where we goin’ now?” Endorf continued talking.
“Now you are coming with us aboard our ship and we’re going to fly up into those mountains and find that man you saw.”
Endorf stopped in his tracks. “No. I can’t do that. I’m not authorized to travel out of this area, and you can’t take a ship out of here and fly that way.
“A-all right.” The defeated alien replied while looking at the humans before him, their weapons held at the ready.
“You Earth men are tougher then you look.”
“Who ever said we were from Earth? We didn’t.” Red growled.
Endorf gulp ed hard at this and looked around for some avenue of escape, but he’d run out of options.
“Sit back down and let’s talk.” Mark nod ded at the table and the burly alien took his seat again. He looked visibly uncomfortable as his companion was carried away from the arena in front of their table on a stretcher. Dan took a seat on one side of Endorf and Red on the other. Both smiled at the alien, but their smiles were without mirth.
“Now as we were saying. What do you know about Earth?”
“Uh, I know that a ship came here a while back. A few months, by how we count time on this world. There was a man who looked like you people, an Earthman. He was taken out of the spaceport quietly, and under guard. No one asked questions. There were a lot of credits passed around to make sure of that. Very few saw him come and go. Credom and I did because we were working maintenance on a ship that had to be repaired by the following morning.”
“So you saw the whole thing? Why weren’t you made to shut up about it? How’d you escape notice?” Red asked, face to face with the big alien.
Endorf snorted, “Heh. You’re not as stupid as you look, are you? They never saw us. We were back in the repair bay of the spaceport and they brought him through there to avoid crowds. It was long past work hours were over. We shouldn’t have been there at all. But Credom saw them coming and it just looked wrong. No one ever comes through the repair center, especially at night, at least not that late. So we both hid inside the ship we were working on, and watched silently. We saw them hustling this guy through here. I think he was old as you people go. His fur was white, an’ he had a patch of fur over his mouth.”
“Wait a minute,” Eddie interjected, “Was this guy kinda heavy? Like round around the middle?”
“He was.”
“Did you hear a name? Did they talk to him at all? Did they call him anything?” Mark pressed.
“They called him, like I told you before, the General.”
“Did you see where they went when they left the spaceport? What’d they leave in?”
“You losers really aren’t too bright are ya?” The alien laughed gruffly. “He was their prisoner. They were laughin’ at him. His hands were tied in front of him. They pushed him into a hover car an’ took off.”
“And you have no idea where they went, do you?” Red grunted.
“Up north. To the mountainous regions a few hundred clicks that way.” He waved his hand in a direction behind his head.
“Let’s all take a walk back to the spaceport.” Mark commanded and everyone stood at once. “Endorf, pay the bill.”
Endorf sneered as he laid the credits on the table for the waitress. “Make sure you tip her good.” Red growled. The alien started to protest as Dan placed his hand on the red skinned brutes shoulder and squeezed, just enough to make his point.
The entire group walked back out into the street and headed towards the spaceport a few blocks away.
“What are you?” Endorf asked Dan as they walked.
“It’s complicated . Leave it at that.” Dan replied gruffly.
“I ain’t never seen anything like you. No one ‘round here can m atch Credom an’ me in strength. Yet you’re stronger than we are. How’s that even possible?”
“You better learn pal, that no matter how bad you are , there’s always someone badder.” Dan replied.
“So where we goin’ now?” Endorf continued talking.
“Now you are coming with us aboard our ship and we’re going to fly up into those mountains and find that man you saw.”
Endorf stopped in his tracks. “No. I can’t do that. I’m not authorized to travel out of this area, and you can’t take a ship out of here and fly that way.
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