In this chapter, Devon realizes who or what the Magog are.
"Are you out of your mind?" Harper asked Brian, as he looked again to make sure that he had seen the Magog ship. "Selling us to the Magog. What did you think that you would get out of this?"
"I get this ship," Brian said, as he turned to face them. "And the girl."
"No!" both Trance and Harper said, as they quickly step in between Brian and Devon. "You can't."
"I can and I will." Brian pushed them aside only to come to a halt when Rommie grabbed his arm. "Are you really going to fight me? A woman?"
"He doesn't know that Rommie is an Android, does he?" Devon asked Rhade in a whisper, as he pulled her back away from Brian and Rommie. He shook his head no. "That's what I thought."
"You are not to hurt the girl," Rommie said, as Brian took a swing at her and missed. "You are not going to sell my crew off to the Magog and you are not taking the Andromeda."
"Oh really?" He withdrew a knife from his pants and swung at Rommie. She blocked it and punched him in the arm. "You fight well, female." He then began to attack Rommie and she went on the offense.
Harper and Trance made their way over to where Rhade and Devon were standing as Rommie and Brian fought. "What are the Magog?" Devon asked them, as soon as they were close. "I have no heard of them."
"Well, um," Harper began, as he ran a hand through his hair. "They are an alien race. They have really sharp claws and are really hairy. They shot venom from their teeth, and are really strong."
"So why are they bad?"
"They impregnate you with their young."
"That doesn't sound good."
"Well it gets worse. When it's time for their young to be born, they eat their way out of your body."
"Are you dead when this happens?"
"Not usually." Devon's eyes grew wide with fear as she shot a glance over at the Magog ship.
"I don't want to be here anymore."
"Yeah, we know." The sound of contact, made them look over to see that Rommie had Brian down on the floor. "Way to go, Rommie."
"Thank you, Harper." Rommie stepped over Brian and began to miss with the control console. The lights flickered for a second and then went back to normal. "I have complete control of myself again."
"Yourself?" Brian asked, as he slowly got to his feet. "You're not human?"
"No, I'm not."
"You're a bloody Android." He then scoffed as he straightened up his clothing. "Great, I've been fighting a bloody machine."
"Why are you selling us to the Magog?" Devon asked him, as she stepped away from the others and up to Brian. "It doesn't make any sense why you would want us to suffer."
"Yes, it does."
"No, it doesn't."
"Yes, it does. Me, bad guy, you, good guys. I need this ship and I really don't think that Captain Hunt is going to be willing to let me have it."
"No, he's not."
"So this is my old way." He quickly moved and Devon soon found herself in front of him with a knife to her throat. "You should have stayed with them, puppet."
"Let go of me."
"And why would I do that?"
"Because I asked you to." That only got Brian to laugh, as he tightened his hold onto her, as the others started to come towards them.
"One more step, and I'll slit her throat." That got them to stop. "See, now this is going to be so easy. Soon this ship will be mine, and you all will be with the Magog."
"You are a horrible person."
That got Brian to chuckle, as he looked at them. "You just realize that darling. Man you are a slow thinker."
"Magog assault ships are heading for us," Rommie said, causing them to turn to see the horrid truth.
To Be Continued
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Next Chapter: Devon comes face to face with a Magog.