Free The Last Starship by Marcus Riddle

You're never going to be able to trust us. Even if we help you bring an end to Kabex, you'll always wonder if we want to take Earth from you.”
    “Sometime in the future, maybe centuries, things won’t be like this. I promise you that, Sagin. You can give us the time we need to let go of the memories of this time and truly accept you as someone we can share our home with.”
    A ship appeared on the horizon.
    Jake stared at it. He knew it belonged to Kabex. It came to a stop just in front of the Atlantis.
    When he heard the sound of someone trying to communicate with him, he went to the panel and pressed a button. Kabex appeared in front of him on the screen.
    There was no doubt in Jake’s mind how much the robot hated him, even though there were no emotions in those created eyes, and he was intrigued as to why Kabex had returned.
    “You're a fool to trust Sagin.”
    “Who says I’m trusting him? For the moment, he's an ally. If it turns out that I’m wrong-”
    “Of course, it will turn out that you're wrong. When Sagin leaves your craft, get someone to check it. He's going to have sabotaged it in some way because he wants Earth as much as I do. He just thinks the best way to win it is to work with the humans before turning on you once I'm gone, and I know that's something you must've thought about.”
    “It is.”
    “Good. At least, you're not a total idiot. The Emperor was. Sagin filled his mind with stories of being in control of both worlds. I've always been honest about how I feel about you and what I want to do with you. Sagin is lying to you. Sagin will always lie to you. He does not know how to tell the truth.”
    “You might be right about that, but I'm willing to give him a chance to prove to me he's a worthy ally.”
    Kabex chuckled. “Maybe you are a total idiot. We're immortal. We'll live forever unless someone takes us apart so he can wait for as long as he has to in order to take your world. There will come a time, in the not too distant future, when your descendants will have forgotten all about this - and that is when he will strike. You'll be long buried by then, Captain, and Sagin will take over your precious human race. He'll make them his slaves. He'll show you how little he thinks of you because you created him to be a slave. You built him, you sent him off in a craft with too little petrol, and then he spent years doing the same things I did.”
    “What is that, Kabex?”
    “He plotted his revenge. It was meant to be very different to this, but I pushed him to do things faster than he wanted to, and he didn't like that. I don't think he liked my appearance much. He tried to take me apart, but my people stopped him. That was when he knew for sure he was not in total control and he was so angry. He blamed it all on me. He didn't want to think his people might actually like me more than they liked him.” Kabex smiled. “We will meet again, Captain, and you might be grateful for death then.”
    Jake sighed as Kabex disappeared from the screen. Dealing with him and Sagin wasn’t something Jake would wish on his worst enemy, but he was the one stuck with them.
    A noise made him look at the panel in front of him and he couldn’t help grinning when he saw who it was. He pressed the button to connect the transmission.
    “You should be sleeping, Your Eminence.”
    “The next person who calls me that is going to lose a finger,” Joanne joked. “I know what I should be doing, but I keep dreaming of the last battle we had against the aliens.”
    “Who were you up against?”
    “I don’t have a clue.” Joanne sighed. “I wish I did. What are you doing up this late?”
    “Having an unexpected conversation with Kabex, who seemed to be trying to turn me against Sagin by telling me things I’ve already thought of, and I've realized something paramount.”
    “What?”
    “There’s no way we can win.” He looked up at the ceiling of the ship. “We take out Kabex and Sagin leaves. Give it