Before long, three armed men in pseudo-military uniforms entered gracelessly in th Wait for us on the bridge.”
Off in the distance there was the hiss of equalising pressure as the hatch opened and met theirs, then the airlock cycling. After a few seconds she felt and heard the prosthetic’s clamps disengage from the sockets implanted into her arm and the metal device clattered to the deck. If they know Fleet is looking for them, it could create an issue, and might put us both in danger.”
“I won’t.”
“Swear to me.”
“I swear.”
“And don’t let them know we’ve been involved.” Cait sighed. “Use the ladder.” One of the armed men grunted. “We can’t have that. “Long enough.”
“What did he do to you?”
Cait didn’t bother to answer, she thought the answer to that was plain enough and it wasn’t a conversation she felt like having in front of their captors.
