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“And when you’re done with her, give her to me,” Trang said. “I like to use what’s left before I slit their throats and toss them on the fire.”
Unable to bear it any longer, I turned and jabbed a finger at them. I didn’t know what I was going to say but I knew it would be cutting.
The siblings waited expectantly. They’d gone fishing and were about to catch a whale.
The door at the end swung open with a creak, cutting me off. All thoughts of what I was going to say died on my lips.
Stari marched into the room. A line of soldiers followed and formed two regimented lines.
The Changeling siblings lost interest in me and focused on this new distraction.
“And what do you think you’re doing?” Trang said.
“Looks like they’re about to perform a show to me,” Klang said.
Stari stepped forward armed with the security pass required to unlock their cell door.
The siblings stepped back and warmed up, preparing to have a showdown with the soldiers.
“Looks like we’re about to become part of the show too, dear sister,” Klang said.
They shared a grin and squared off against the soldiers, cracking their necks left and right to limber up.
Stari didn’t step forward. Instead, she nodded to the other soldiers. Two stepped forward from the back armed with large rifles.
“Hey now, wait a minute,” Trang said. “That’s not fair—”
The weapons ejected a round of invisible projectiles. Only a faint outline was visible as they arched and slammed into the floor at the siblings’ feet.
The shockwaves threw them against the hard surface of the tiled back wall. They struggled to their feet and wobbled unsteadily.
“Again,” Stari said.
The soldiers fired another volley. This time, they were knocked off their feet and lay unmoving on the floor.
Stari swiped the card across the control panel on the far wall.
“Computer,” she said, “unlock cell number seven.”
The door hissed open and the soldiers filed inside. They approached carefully and kept their rifles trained on them in case they needed to unload another shot. Drool seeped from their lips as the soldiers hefted them up and carried them out of the room.
The soldiers left, leaving me alone with Stari. She turned to me.
“What happens to them now?” I said.
“Now, we see if you’re right and these guys are hiding a secret as you said,” she said.
That was good. There was no chance they would listen to me. As far as they were concerned, I was as bad as the Changelings.
A moment passed between us. Stari cocked her head to one side.
“She cares a lot for you,” she said. “I don’t know why. I mean, you’re attractive enough but I don’t get what the big draw is.”
“I care a lot for her too,” I said.
“I know that. Half the Yayora would give their right arm to be with her. For some reason, she chose you. You’d better treat her right.”
“I intend to.”
