Surprise Melody Flintkote. Part Two
Copyright© 2019 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 28
“DEAD?”
“For all intents and purposes you are missing and presumed dead on Sol 3, or will be when they find the boat,” she said. “Where you are? Not so much.”
“Where we are now? Where Are we now?” I asked.
“Well ... that’s an inhabited tropical island ahead ... this whole island chain looks an awful lot like the Bahamas,” Seven said. “It’s not ... but you can call it that ... the locals won’t mind.”
“Why here?”
“You need a vacation,” Seven said. She discombobulated. “We do too.”
The seven in one looked like they did in Australia ... like they had spent weeks on the nude beaches of Perth ... tan, fit and ready to party.
“Listen to that,” said Two.
Faint and wind borne, fading in and out with the breeze, was the summer music of Jamaica ... reggae.
“Oh, good lord,” I said. “I love reggae. That sounds like UB 40. Who is that?”
“Some local group,” Seven said. “We don’t have any other ‘specials’ here right now.”
The others began reporting in. It didn’t look like anyone was as bad off as I had been. Before I could say anything, Seven pointed at Cassie.
“Your people want you back.”
“I don’t want to go,” she said. Scurrying behind me, she peeked out of my armpit and said, “Don’t let them take me, Surprise!”
“Why?” asked Four.
“These people treat me like I’m important ... and they have the best ride,” Cassie said.
Seven looked confused. “Best ride?”
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