delivered his punches via sarcasms.
They should be ready to leave in a couple of weeks. She actually hoped they would go dancing again in a week. She also noted that Dr. Connor had a very athletic body. But she wasn’t going to tell him how she knew. It surprised her that he was gentleman enough not to question how he was put to bed. She smiled, and then decided that Dr. Morris could handle the change in the navigation system. She left to go work on the Ninja. She hoped she wouldn’t have to use it, but one never knew what would happen. Everything could be lost if she did.
“Have you found out what is being done in that building?”
The large heavyset man lowered his head, “No, Iman. We have not been able to penetrate their security.”
“What readings have been taken?”
“There are radioactive emissions. The building’s walls blocks most of them, but enough are escaping to allow us to see that the substance is highly enriched.”
“What does that mean?”
“Either they have a very powerful bomb or a powerful reactor. The particles leaving are very excited.”
“Ummmm. If it’s a bomb, we could use that for our vengeance.”
“Even if it’s a reactor, we could explode it and do massive damage to the port and the city next to it.”
“Before I send the Mujahedeen to die, I must know for certain that what we need to make the infidels pay for their attack on the Holy Places is there. Get someone inside.”
The large man bowed and said, “Iman, the facility is guarded by Alphas.”
The Iman took a quick breath. He knew that no one could get close to the building unless they passed the Alpha’s scan. If they scanned someone that didn’t show up in their database, they were killed instantly. This was not something he had counted on. However, the only reason that Alphas were there was because whatever was in that building was considered extremely important. This gave credence to Kahale’s readings. “Do we have the necessary weapons to get in?”
“I have gathered our best armor and weapons. This will probably be our last chance to make them pay for the Jews dropping those nuclear bombs on Tehran, Mecca, and Medina.”
“They won’t be dropping anymore.”
“No, but the faith has lost so much, Iman. Not only our holy sites, but the other ten cities that had a billion of the faithful. Who could have known they had so many nuclear warheads? Now many of the faithful hold us to blame for that loss.”
“We will see each other in heaven. This will be our last act, and we will die doing what we know to be right. I will be joining you in the attack.”
Kahale smiled, “I never thought you wouldn’t.”
Chris looked over at Jillian and furrowed his brow, “Jillian, why is this landing bay so large? We could do this with a much smaller ship.”
“I’m taking a smaller ship with us.”
“Why?”
“Against the possibility that something breaks and we need another way to get home.”
Chris thought about it and shrugged, “Ok. I just wondered. How are we going to get this thing into orbit?”
Jillian said, “We’re going to reduce the ship’s mass with the anti-gravity device.”
“What anti-gravity device?”
Jillian stood and said, “Come with me.”
Chris followed her out of the ship’s construction facility to the building holding the tablet. They walked up to the tablet and stopped directly in front of it. Dolly looked down at them from her terminal, and Jillian said, “Would you do the honors?”
Dolly smiled and picked up a small device that looked like a water gun. She aimed it at the tablet and pulled the trigger. Chris watched and didn’t see anything happen. He looked at Jillian with raised eyebrows. Jillian smiled, “Have you ever wondered how the ancient Egyptians were able to build the Great Pyramid?”
Chris nodded, “It has held my curiosity since I was five years old. Why do you ask?”
Jillian placed her hand on the huge tablet, “How much do you think