The Hunter, part 15
"I think he's coming round: Dylan, can you hear he? Dylan, try to wake up."
Dylan slowly opened his eyes and saw Trance standing over him, "What? What happened? Where's Rommie?" Trance's face fell, "We where hoping you could tell us that: you where alone when they brought us in." Dylan slowly sat up, "We where in a tunnel: Rommie had just taken out a anti-personnel plasma cannon. Something moved up ahead of us." His eyes went wide, "Rommie was shot! There was an android with a forcelance: it shot Rommie, then me, and then knocked me out."
Across the room, Tyr shook his head, "We where ambushed by another Planetary Warfare-bot. It didn't try to shoot us, it just stood there, it's weapons train on us until a squad of security androids arrived: they escorted us here." Dex banged his head against the wall, "Of all the mission I've been on, I've only been captured once before, and I ain't going through that again."
The cell door opened, and two security androids dropped Rommie to the floor, then left, closing the door behind them. Dylan managed to pull himself across the floor to where she lay, "Rommie! Can you hear me?" Her eyes flickered, and she smiled, "Dylan! You're ok?" Dylan smiled, "I'll live. What did they do to you?" Rommie blinked, "I don't know, but I can't move." Dylan turned round, "Try, Dex."
The two men pulled Rommie up against the wall and got her into a sitting position. Dylan managed to stager over to sit next to her, "Do you remember anything after the tunnel?" Rommie nodded slowly, "They took me to a dark room, and someone asked me questions: about the fall, about Andromeda, about you."
A hologram appeared in the middle of the room, "That was me." Dylan looked at the newcomer, "And you are?" The hologram smiled, "My name is Peter, I am the main AI of the High Guard New St. Petersburg supply depot." Dylan slowly stood, "I'm captain Dylan Hunt of the High Guard." The hologram smiled again, "You can claim to be whoever you want: Captain Hunt died over 300-years ago. I don't know how you recovered the Andromeda Ascendant, or managed to convince its AI that you are her former Captain, but you don't fool me."
The cell door opened again, "Shut up for one minuet will you." Dylan span round and found himself facing Peter, "Who are you?" The hologram sighed, "He is my Avatar, I'd I've told him before not to interrupt me during an interrogation!" The Android crossed his arms, "Why don't we just take a DNA sample from him and run it against Captain Hunt's file?" The hologram nodded, "If it will prove his lies, very well."
The Avatar drew his forcelance, "If you would please follow me." Dylan got shakily to his feet, "What about Rommie?" Peter looked at her, "She'll be ok in about 15-muiets: the capacitor-round that hit her overloaded her circuitry, but it's effects are only temporary." Dylan nodded, and followed the android from the room.
TBC
"I think he's coming round: Dylan, can you hear he? Dylan, try to wake up."
Dylan slowly opened his eyes and saw Trance standing over him, "What? What happened? Where's Rommie?" Trance's face fell, "We where hoping you could tell us that: you where alone when they brought us in." Dylan slowly sat up, "We where in a tunnel: Rommie had just taken out a anti-personnel plasma cannon. Something moved up ahead of us." His eyes went wide, "Rommie was shot! There was an android with a forcelance: it shot Rommie, then me, and then knocked me out."
Across the room, Tyr shook his head, "We where ambushed by another Planetary Warfare-bot. It didn't try to shoot us, it just stood there, it's weapons train on us until a squad of security androids arrived: they escorted us here." Dex banged his head against the wall, "Of all the mission I've been on, I've only been captured once before, and I ain't going through that again."
The cell door opened, and two security androids dropped Rommie to the floor, then left, closing the door behind them. Dylan managed to pull himself across the floor to where she lay, "Rommie! Can you hear me?" Her eyes flickered, and she smiled, "Dylan! You're ok?" Dylan smiled, "I'll live. What did they do to you?" Rommie blinked, "I don't know, but I can't move." Dylan turned round, "Try, Dex."
The two men pulled Rommie up against the wall and got her into a sitting position. Dylan managed to stager over to sit next to her, "Do you remember anything after the tunnel?" Rommie nodded slowly, "They took me to a dark room, and someone asked me questions: about the fall, about Andromeda, about you."
A hologram appeared in the middle of the room, "That was me." Dylan looked at the newcomer, "And you are?" The hologram smiled, "My name is Peter, I am the main AI of the High Guard New St. Petersburg supply depot." Dylan slowly stood, "I'm captain Dylan Hunt of the High Guard." The hologram smiled again, "You can claim to be whoever you want: Captain Hunt died over 300-years ago. I don't know how you recovered the Andromeda Ascendant, or managed to convince its AI that you are her former Captain, but you don't fool me."
The cell door opened again, "Shut up for one minuet will you." Dylan span round and found himself facing Peter, "Who are you?" The hologram sighed, "He is my Avatar, I'd I've told him before not to interrupt me during an interrogation!" The Android crossed his arms, "Why don't we just take a DNA sample from him and run it against Captain Hunt's file?" The hologram nodded, "If it will prove his lies, very well."
The Avatar drew his forcelance, "If you would please follow me." Dylan got shakily to his feet, "What about Rommie?" Peter looked at her, "She'll be ok in about 15-muiets: the capacitor-round that hit her overloaded her circuitry, but it's effects are only temporary." Dylan nodded, and followed the android from the room.
TBC