Read Star Force: Bloodlust (SF54) Online
Authors: Aer-ki Jyr
“
We did not
attack them
,” Jen’ton said, snarling up at her face that was only a few
inches above him, close enough to smell her Human breath. “
If we had we would not have hidden our intent
.”
“
You
sure about that?
”
Morgan asked irreverently. “
Seems you don’t know what the hell your people are doing. Perhaps you
should investigate that too
,” she said, throwing up her arm again as more
guards got a bit too close and sending these flying backwards so hard they took
down others behind them, some of which were knocked unconscious by the impacts.
“
We are not to
blame in this war
,” Jen’ton reiterated. “
Why are you not on their homeworld?
”
“
They didn’t
abandon my troops in battle!
” Morgan said, slapping him hard across the
face with her armored hand before emitting another brief Fornax field. “
We put you in power to rule wisely and you
stab us in the back, you treasonous bastard. We’ll deal with the Lacvamat on
our own terms, but as you damn well know we don’t have the troops to spare. We
don’t even have enough to hold the border worlds without you, and we’re going
to have to scramble to try and find a way and
hope
the Skarrons don’t recognize and take advantage of the weakness
.”
“
You aren’t
defending yourself against attack any more than the Lacvamat are. You’ve been
building towards this for decades and now that you both have an excuse you’re
going to go all out, damn the ADZ and everyone else in it, just to fulfill your
bloodlust…and you know we can’t stop you without pulling troops off the border,
which we WILL NOT DO
.”
Morgan knocked some more guards down, but more and
more kept coming in, making the room very cluttered and forcing her to keep
rendering them unconscious in order to maintain a buffer zone around her and
their leader.
“
If you want to
fight go ahead and bleed your dishonorable asses dry. The Sentinels we have
guarding your worlds won’t defend you or the Lacvamat. In fact, we’re going to
move them to the front to try and help fill the holes you’ve left us with. If
the Skarrons or lizards or anyone else
feel
like
jumping across the border and hitting you, well, you’re going to have to defend
yourselves on your own merits…but then again you’re good at that, aren’t you?
Going it alone and all. Putting yourselves first and saying to hell with your
allies, so I think you’ll understand the concept, but don’t misunderstand this
as consent. We simply can’t stop you…now. But don’t expect that to always
remain the case
.”
Morgan
Fornaxed
again, this time having to take down more than before.
Apparently the
masses outside on the plaza were finally working their way inside.
“
And if you have
a change of heart and feeling like fighting our true enemy again, you won’t be
doing so with us. Pick your own battlegrounds, because we’re not sharing ours
with ‘allies’ that may or may not stab us in the back again. Fool me once,
shame on you. Fool me twice…not happening.
”
Morgan stood up and telekinetically pulled her helmet
back to her, slipping it on and no longer worrying about an errant plasma blast
hitting her. She released her invisible hold on Jen’ton then kicked him hard in
the gut, breaking at least a rib and sliding him a meter across the floor
before
Fornaxing
again and pulling down the guards
that were nearly on top of her as if she suddenly commanded the gravity of the
planet to increase tenfold. They all dropped and she ran across their wriggling
bodies, heading for the exit and busting her way through the troops there and all
the way out to her waiting dropship.
A group of the troops outside approached her
hesitantly, not sure whether to jump her or not as the boarding ramp lowered
once again. Morgan walked to it, almost daring the Scionate to jump her, then
held up a warning finger and waved it at those she felt were considering it.
Remembering what had happened before they let her go, with other less wise
troops coming back out of the den and trying to chase after her, but they were
too late. The dropship took off and headed for her warship in low orbit…without
any interference.
It left immediately, taking her back to the weakest
areas on the front to do what she could on the ground in lieu of the armies of
Scionate troops they no longer had. A trailblazer might not be able to replace
the millions that had been lost, but she could at least rack up a decent kill
count in their stead and hit some secure facilities to try and stall the
Skarron advances while others began plucking the Sentinels out from Scionate
and Lacvamat territory and redistributing them to the front.