All Chapters of Dark Goddess: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

"You can help me here, do you want?" She nodded, a little disappointed. "We have to go to my private rooms first."They walked through the dining room, then down the long, lighted corridor, past the library to the entrance to Tjonre's private rooms, consisting of his bedroom, bathroom and study. From the corridor you reached the study first. You had to cross it to get to the other two rooms. While Elri stood in the middle of the room, Tjonre hurried past the massive desk to a picture on the wall that showed a wonderful evening mood with the sun setting over the sea; the landscape was strange and unlike Ivarn. However, Tjonre did not see her, but folded the picture aside. There was apparently a safe behind it, which he quickly opened. It contained money in local currency, a handgun; Tjonre took both, sliding the weapon behind his belt on his back. He also took out a stack of papers that he put on the work table. Before he closed the safe again, he reached for two of those "snu

It was over. Franak stomped into the control room, over whole corpses and parts of corpses, still with cloudy vision, which, at least for the moment, was quite good. All the pirates were dead, only one of the patrol men had it, Sitha. There were no injuries, thanks to the protective suits, but everyone was very exhausted. It was more emotional than physical exhaustion. In any case, no feeling of triumph would arise, and not just because one of her team had died. Certainly none of them belonged to those people in whom killing could trigger euphoria and neither of them needed the immediate danger to their lives in order to feel good; on the contrary.It never occurred to Franak to think about the disproportion between the dead on her side and that of the pirates, to consider why the pirates were so poorly armed and so inexperienced in handling their weapons. Again he uncritically took his own competence for granted. He looked at the others, Ezza, Orej, Relav's team, all of whom

“ No, ”she replied, suddenly smiling in a very peculiar, even frightening way,“ we still need that. ”Franak noticed that she suddenly had a pistol in her hand. Did Nijem have hallucinogenic effects? Araissa's colleagues had also taken up their pistols and were pointing them at Franak's men. Something unexpected and threatening was going on, that suddenly became clear to them despite their gloomy condition."Hey, what's the point?" Franak asked, stretching his arms to the side, palms turned to Araissa to demonstrate harmlessness. “We're from patrol, just like you!” 'Could it be', he thought, 'that they think we're pirates?'Araissa looked at him with obvious amusement. “Well, not exactly like us. Maybe I should introduce ourselves. First to me. My name is not Araissa SeFrin. She's actually in command of the patrol, but far, far away. My name is Reja OrPhon from the planet Ivarn. ”Franak shook his head decis

Raft continued to nod his head and growled every time he raised it: "Yes". After a while it got on Elina - yes - yes - yes ... on her nerves. She continued with the questioning. “Are there any other Federation agents on this planet besides you?”“I don't know. Its possible. Probably. ”“ Are you in contact with anyone else? ”Now Raft shook his head. "No - no - no ...""Who else knew that you were an agent?"Raft looked at her with wide eyes, hesitated briefly. "Nobody," he finally whispered."What was your job?""Spy, huh, huh, huh," he replied.Elina got angry. She hissed: "I already know that! A little more precise! ”At the moment, Raft was unable to produce lengthy thoughts. “Just look at what's going on and assess the danger for the Federation. The planet left behind is not worth the effort, if you ask me, ”he muttered.“Who did you report to?&rdquo

Elri! Are you okay? ”“ Now yes! I was worried about you! I was afraid that something had happened to you. ”Relief was in the voice of the usually shy."I'm good. Elri, listen to me! I wouldn't have called you if I wasn't right. Elina was in the process of interrogating Raft and then surely wanted to kill him. Somehow, however, he took care of her. But she is certainly not alone! Therefore you have to leave the manor as soon as possible, all of you! Do not give the certificate to the overseer SvErin. He is reliable and will give them to the others tomorrow. Let the people disperse. Then they don't make a good target. Take a cab with Ma. Take the path west to the old quarry. Ma knows him. We will also go there and meet you there. Everything else later. OK? “Elri confirmed. *** Their skulls buzzed like a swarm of bees and they were

“ By the way, I recently tracked a radio message, ”interjected Nehem. “Unfortunately it was coded, so you can't say anything specific about the content, we don't have an efficient decoder on board. But the source and destination could be located. Guess where the conversation was conducted from! ”“ Near Ephram's tavern? ”Advised Elina.“Exactly.”“SoErgen. And the other interlocutor, where was he? ”“ Somewhere on the farm. ”“ Well, yes! ”Elina pursed her lips. "I knew it! There's a third agent, even though Raft denied it! Maybe this Talira, the vampire lady! ”Melor looked meaningfully at Nehem:“ Now she'sgone nuts . ” “ I'm not, ”Elina snapped angrily and she jerked her face so energetically in the direction of Melor that her full, mostly uncovered breasts were impressive billowed. "What can I do for it if this stupid

***They raced too quickly through the almost total darkness. Elri held the reins in his hands and expected an accident at any moment. Ma Handor next to her seemed completely calm. She'd advised her to rely on the harpy's superior night vision, and she'd been right so far. Nothing had happened, except that her little heart had skipped a few bars a few times in shock. If a stone hit a wheel, with every shock she expected the worst. Only slowly did her trust in the strange animal grow. Yet fear did not leave her; she found the darkness terrible and threatening; Her attention never let up for a moment.That is why their sensitive ears immediately noticed the soft roar behind them. Before it had been calm, now a breath reached it; it was nothing more. At the same moment a harsh, dark blue light framed her delicate face. She wondered about it for a moment; she knew that her beautiful dark hair could not only break light down into its spectral components, but also slightly a

In the glaring cone of light he saw the shape of a crooked harpy - motionless and full of blood; behind and partly above her lay a cab with the simple symbol of the manor - a single Nijem fruit. He realized that this was the cab with which Ma and Elri had hurried towards him. Horrified, he shone the light on the bench, which was empty. In a panic, he called the two of them by name, initially in vain. Only then did he hear a weak cough behind him, and turned around; shone in the appropriate direction and recognized the small, delicate, broken body of Ma. He ran to her and sat down next to her with tears in his eyes. "Ma, what happened?"She whispered. He had to put his ear very close to her bleeding mouth to hear the reply. She was evidently tormented by speaking. “They came ... shot the animal ... we were thrown out.”“What about Elri? Is she ... "" Elri is alive. The woman took her with her, by helicopter ... she knew Elri ... "" Elin

Raft actually looked excited. “I'm looking forward to turning her neck. But it won't be easy. I suppose they are better armed than we are and if they are already at the lake they must have flown. ”Tjonre nodded. “They must have plasma pulse rifles and Ma told me they have a helicopter. There are three of you. Where will you position yourself to give us a warm welcome? You are the strategist. Tell me. Think about it well. Elri's life is at stake! ”“ Ours too, by the way. If you don't care - I don't, ”replied Raft, already very lively, his eyes sparkling with energy and energy. Tjonre saw this with a certain satisfaction. He was going to need Raft's warrior skills now. Even between the mighty giant trees, Tjonre was now able to perceive clear contours; dusk had set in. At that time, the forest floor looked particularly bizarre, as it was covered with mushrooms that were often as tall as a man and crooked. Not only the ground, but als

Tjonre stopped in a small grove of resin trees not far from the lake, but still in the area that offered them cover. He had a queasy feeling. He wasn't a hero and the idea of having to kill people or, worse still, being in danger of being killed made him shiver and a film of cold sweat formed on his body. Then he remembered Elri, trapped and defenseless against a beast. That didn't make him calmer, but it took his fear away and replaced it with anger. Do not think! Act.The trees all around gave off a sticky liquid at the slightest injury that dried quickly. Finely rubbed this resin was used for sniffing. But Tjonre was interested in the sticky form. He put his double forward, dismounted, and began to take off his clothes."What is that?" Raft asked unnecessarily, for he had a very good idea of what Tjonre was up to.“Come on, join in!” Tjonre replied, “we have to dress our doubles.”“Shall I go into battle in my underpants?&