Scifi Romance: Solaris (Paranormal Alien Space Romance) (Fantasy Interstellar Military Short Stories) Read Online Free PDF

from your blood and now the computer will tell us if it can be used to terraform a planet.”
    She stood up, redressed herself, and walked over to the computer. She scanned the numbers and data with an increasing level of excitement. When she finished reading, she turned back to Dahl with a huge smile on her face. “I did it! Using your DNA, I've created a serum to change any planet we want into a suitable home for us!”
    “Well done, Cassie. I knew you could do it,” Dahl said as he changed himself into his original human disguise. 
    “We should go and tell the team,” Cassie said rushing out of the lab into the hangar.
    She found the hangar empty. She ran across it into the briefing room where she saw the team standing around the large screens. 
    “What's going on?” she asked.
    “The aliens Dahl was running away from,” Jennifer said without taking her eyes off the screen, “they are on their way to us. It seems they are more determined than we thought to kill him.”
    “Is there anything we can do?” Cassie had suddenly forgotten about her good news.
    “Captain Jackson should be meeting with his Security Officers now. Defending Solaris is their job, not ours,” Jason answered.
    “So, we just sit here and wait?” Cassie asked again, becoming increasingly worried.
    “Pretty much,” Jason said. “How's the lab work coming with the alien?”
    “Oh, actually, I was just coming to tell you. It's done. I did it,” Cassie said suddenly remembering.
    “Great!” Jack shouted. “We can send him back to the planet now and these other guys will just piss off.”
    “I don't think it will be that easy,” Dahl said as he entered the room.
    “What do you mean?” asked Lars.
    “The Grimmots see you as allied with my people now and will exterminate your people as they have done mine,” Dahl answered sadly.
    “What are these things?” Lars asked.
    “The Grimmots are a race of invaders that have swept through this star system like a plague. They never settle anywhere, they just eliminate all life on a planet and move on.” As Dahl finished speaking, Captain Jackson's face appeared on the screen. 
    “Landers, I have spoken to my Security Officers and we have decided our best course of action is to surrender the alien you brought on board.”
    “Sorry, Captain, but that's not going to work,” Jason said. “Apparently we made ourselves a target when we brought Dahl on board.”
    “Wrong. I made contact with the Grimmot leader and we have negotiated our safety in exchange for the alien known as Dahl.”
    “You can't do that!” Cassie screamed. She felt hurt that Captain Jackson would surrender so quickly. “You're a coward!” she shouted.
    “Silence, Cassandra,” Captain Jackson reprimanded her. “I will not tolerate your insubordination. You may feel a need to protect this alien, but I am protecting the entire ship. Remember that.”
    Cassie felt like she wanted to cry. When she first rescued Dahl from Novus, she was doing it out of kindness. Now, she felt like he was her responsibility. After last night and his contribution to giving humanity a new home, Cassie was heartbroken at the thought of losing Dahl. She turned around to seek solace in his arms and found he had already left the room. That was when she heard the roar of shuttle engines.
    Cassie sprinted to the door leading into the hangar and attempted to rip it open only to find it locked. She slammed her body against the door in an effort to force it open, but to no effect. She pushed against the metal door becoming more and more desperate to get into the hangar. She knew Dahl was in The Raven and planning on sacrificing himself in order to save Solaris .
    “Cassie, stop it!” Lars said as he arrived at the scene. He grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her away from the door. “The main doors are open. Even if you did get that door open, you would be sucked out into space!”
    “Dahl stole the shuttle!” Cassie said fighting back