Expected Visit
A fanfic drabble
by Luminator Thelms
When they kicked in his parlor door, old Capt'n Selig in his rocking chair grinned. "Welcome aboard. I've been expecting you."
The Major in Imperial dress uniform paused. "Expecting?" Fifteen troopers crowded in behind him. One consulted his scanner. "No Galactic devices, sir."
"Aye." Selig nodded. "Though great-niece Olivia wouldn't listen. Pity." He indicated the clipboard in the officer's hand. "Yuri's own handwriting, belike. I'm first on your list? Good."
"How the devil-? Take him to the orchard," the Major ordered.
They pulled Selig from the chair. Zzzzzt!
"What's that?"
"Obsolete ordinance," Selig chortled. "Forty barrels of naval gunpow-