Chapter 122

A jab from her elbow kept Seth from making other remarks, but she thought she heard him growl as she tucked her hand in Jerry's crooked arm and followed him down the spaceship's gangplank to the docking bay floor.

"So tell me what's been going on while I was away." As Jerry related a series of boring events, she kept her eyes peeled for trouble. It seemed odd now that she thought about it that only Jerry had greeted her. A soldier or a liaison at the very least should have also been on hand, if only to debrief and take care of her guest.

She interrupted Jerry during some dull tale of his work to ask, "Where is everyone? I would have thought Lancomb or Helger would have shown up by now to take Mr. Tweed here to some quarters and to debrief him."

"The higher-ups are in a bit of a tizzy. Seems we lost yet another female unit to the other side. B785 was reactivated and is now in the possession of the rebel cyborgs."