Free Lens of Time: Book 06 - Star Rover-Running Out of Time by Saxon Andrew

lifted him off the floor. “Owwww… put me down you big boob!”
    “Oh, I’m sorry; I thought you could take it. This is what I’m going to do next time we run.”
    Blacky put Dat down and he rubbed his abdomen, “You don’t know your own strength you idiot. You almost crushed my stomach!.”
    “Blacky, please come over here a moment.”
    Dat looked and saw Ringie next to the projector at the front wall and he ran toward her. “Wait a minute; I have some questions.” Blacky ignored Dat and ran over to Ringie. Dat saw him roll his head down to Ringie’s and they appeared to be whispering. What was going on? That’s when Gresha rushed up and wrapped her arms around him, “Not so tight, I think Blacky just pushed my intestines out of my mouth.”
    “I’m sorry, you big baby. I’ll take it easy on you.” Dat smiled and leaned in and kissed Gresha.
    • • •
    “Did you get it?”
    “I did.”
    “Well give it to me, there’s not much time to make the transfer.” Blacky extended one of his arms and it disappeared into Ringie’s skin. She immediately turned and ran out of the room.
    Dat saw her leaving and yelled, “Hey, where are you going? We need you here.”
    “I’ll be right back; nature calls.”
    Dat furrowed his brow but he was quickly surrounded by the Madator Leadership and he turned to greet them. He saw Katherine entering the room with her support staff and he winced as he moved to the take his place at the front table. Darn that Blacky; he had hurt him. He sighed and after a few minutes the pain started to ease and by the end of the meeting it was gone.
    • • •
    Blacky came over and leaned in, “I’m sorry, my friend. I didn’t mean to hurt you; I’m just so glad I’m able to see you again.”
    “You had me worried, Blacky.”
    Blacky smiled, “I saw that; go on and admit it, you really do like me.”
    Dat laughed, “What’s there not to like? Seven feet of carnage and mayhem just waiting to be released; I hope you can help us decide what to do next.”
    “Well, let’s get this party started.”
    “Do you think you’ve had enough time to get the other teams ready?”
    “We’ve transferred all we learned from our drop. We’ve impressed on all of the warriors that they should eat a full meal before dropping.”
    “Why?”
    “Because the most important skills they’ll use are making sure they aren’t discovered. These drops are not the place for hunting prey. They require stealth in a major way.”
    “I’m not so sure that’s true for the second wave.”
    Blacky’s smile was instant, “Really!” Dat nodded and went to his chair.
    Blacky looked at Ringie, who had just reentered the huge room, and saw her nod. His smile grew larger and he went to the front table and sat down beside Dat. He extended one of his arms around Dat’s chair and gave Gresha a small hug. She put her hand on his arm and squeezed it gently. She had come to love the huge, black, creature, who had almost killed her. She smiled and Blacky winked his middle eye at her.
    Katherine stood and looked around the room, “We’re here to decide what our next action is going to be. We’ll start by playing all the recordings the Madator Team made during their mission and afterwards we’ll discuss what we’ve learned.” The huge monitor on the wall illuminated and the recordings started.
    • • •
    Six hours later, after all the questions were asked and answered, Katherine stood, “I want to congratulate the four members of the team that did such a magnificent job of taking out the Grillen presence on that planet.” The room erupted with cheers and hoots from the attendees and the four Madators stood and bowed. Finally, silence was restored and Katherine turned to Belwen, “We need to know what you’ve been able to determine about the Grey Ship they brought back.”
    Belwen stayed seated and used a device to operate the monitor, “This ship is more powerful than any we currently possess.” The