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“Did we do it?” Alice said.
Her eyes fluttered open.
“Yes, we did it,” I said, though in truth, I had no idea if we had or not.
Then, rising like seagulls over a sharp cliff, we heard the most glorious sound we could imagine.
Screams.
Screams of a huge mob finally seeing the truth.
Only then did we truly know we had done it.
The holographic generator was down and the partiers could see the town for what it was. A sham.
I ran my hands over her body, looking for signs of blood or injury. “How do you feel?”
“I’ve felt better,” she said. “Nothing that a little bonding can’t fix.”
She reached up and pulled me closer. We kissed deeply, passionately. I gave myself to her, and she buried herself in me.
“By the way,” Alice said. “How come I understood what you were saying earlier when I wasn’t wearing the translator strip? You were speaking in your native tongue, right?”
“Yes. And you were speaking in yours.”
“Then how could you understand me?”
“We’re bonded now. Body and soul. You understand me on a level far deeper than language.”
“Can I understand anyone who speaks your language?” she said.
“Only if you bond with them. And don’t be getting any ideas.”
She chuckled and kissed me again. “Never. You’re all I want.”
There we sat, surrounded by my destroyed starship, and what remained of the fake town we’d helped expose.
No human female would have to suffer the same experience Alice had.
At least, not at this colony.
I supported Alice as we limped from the cracked hull of my former ship. A dozen smuggling vessels took off and ascended into the thick clouds of an approaching storm.
Bright lights broke through the cloud cover and made me cover my eyes with my hands. The ships froze in midair as multiple beams of light held them in place.
“Are those tractor beams?” Alice said.
“Yes,” I said. “Dozens of them.”
A broad smile spread across Alice’s face. “It’s nice to see them getting some of their own medicine.”
The ship didn’t descend out of the clouds. It was the clouds. It was one of the largest ships I had ever seen. The identifcation mark on its side turned my throat dry. I imagined every smuggler’s throat dried at the sight of it.
It was an Enforcer frigate. A ship designed to end wars and settle disputes on an intergalactic scale.
“What is that?” Alice said.
“The Enforcers,” I said.
