The Flyght Series

“Captain, we have now gained access to the map and directory inside the classified section.” This time, Ai is in my ear.

“Okay. Everything is in position. Be ready to move.”

I leave the cold storage and hustle to the locker room farther down the hall. This room also opens with a hand scanner, so I lay my palm on it and hope to the heavens that Carlos and Yan’s database magic continues to work well.

“How am I going to first pretend I’m a chef and then turn around and impersonate a botanist too? What if I run into the same people in both the cafeteria kitchen and the labs?”

Warmth on my shoulder sends a shock down my back, but I’m unable to flinch away. Life is dark and swimming, a long, black tunnel, stretching off into nothing.

“You have got to be kidding me.” I stare at the photo Yan sent me and sigh.

My belly tightens as I stare out the bridge windows across the expanse at our secondary ship, one of Jinzo’s called the Daegu. I wish I was there instead of here.

“Hello, Eamon. ” “Aw, fuck,” he says, sighing and sinking into his chair.