Heaven Saga 3: Sojourn Into Despair Read Online Free PDF

nominated,” he said sarcastically. “There’s something else that’s
bothering you though.”
    “You
can tell without even looking at me?”
    “Remember,
I did take a peek before going back under this panel.”
    She
laughed. “You’ve got me pegged.” The look on her face changed. “I know this may
sound crazy, but just before the attack on the Avoni; I’d swear on Kali’s name
I saw a Grey staring at me in this launching bay.” She started shaking. “But I
was the only one who noticed. It just stared in silence at me, as if it was
seeing into my soul. I don’t know if it was real.”
    Brian
stopped and remembered what had happened to him in the elevator yesterday.
“You’re not crazy Daes, because I saw the same thing.” He slid out from under
the panel and saw the distress on her face as she stared at the floor.
    “Its
eyes…it was as if they creature had no feeling at all. It was like looking into
a vast emptiness without end, a void that even Kali herself couldn’t see…” Daes
trailed off before looking at Brian, seeing his concern. “How did you endure
it? How did you not go insane looking into those eyes?”
    “For
a long time I didn’t think it was real. I remember seeing the first Grey from
my tiny bed when I was around three years old. It peered into the window and
stared at me with those empty eyes. I denied it to myself for years, trying to
believe the abductions weren’t real. I convinced myself it was only a scary
dream that kept on happening.” He paused. “It wasn’t until the time I managed
to break free from them I realized it was actually happening.”
    “You
endured their torture for that long?”
    “Seventeen
years to be exact,” he answered. “Although I can’t be sure they didn’t find me
sooner.”
    “I
can’t imagine what it must have been like for you,” Daes said. “Years of such
terror, and yet you could tell no one around you.”
    “Because
none of them would’ve believed me,” he said.
    “What
does it mean?” Daes asked. “If we saw them, what were they?”
    “Scouts,”
he answered.
    “Why
do I feel this way?”
    “Their
eyes have no light in them, and that’s the most terrifying thing about them
Daes. It’s not just that their eyes are black, but it’s the expressionless look
that comes with it. Whatever makes us what we are they don’t have it any
longer,” he explained.
    “Is
it like not having a soul?”
    “That’s
a good way to put it. In any event, you’re not crazy Daes.”
    She
sat silent for a moment before composing herself. “Thanks. I appreciate the
chance to talk with you on this.”
    “Anytime
Daes,” he said.
    “We’re
ready to go!” Dreka shouted up at the two.
    “I’ll
be down in a second,” Daes answered. “It’s time for me to go.”
    “Take
care of yourself while you’re over there.”
    “I
will. Brian, take care.”
     
    * * *
     
    Kivi
entered the bridge while usual crew was taking a break. Valis sat back in her
chair half passed out.
    “You’ve
been working too hard lately,” Kivi said as she went to her chair to take over
the duties.
    “All
of us have,” Valis answered before yawning. “When we get back to Dega Jul
everyone’s going to have a few months off.” She looked at Kivi. “Well, except
for you of course.”
    “I’ll
be taking a few months off, that’s for sure,” Kivi said.
    Zae
turned as something came up on her console. “It looks like Daes’s shuttles are
on the way.”
    “Good,”
Valis said.
    Another
blip appeared on Zae’s console. “Captain, we’re detecting something coming out
of a space time distortion.”
     “Everyone
report to battle stations!” Valis commanded to everyone onboard. A Grey saucer
appeared above the Avoni and fired a blast into the center of the ship.
     

Chapter 5 - Worse Than We Thought
     
    The
blast was so strong it knocked Brian to the ground in the launching bay. Looking
around as he stood up, he saw that the situation was not good. He