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

tears of worry and frustration.
    “We know. We got an alert when the main doors opened up. Why are you freaking out so much?”
    “I don't know. I just can't stand the thought of losing him. I can't explain why, I just don't want to lose him,” Cassie said.
    “You two might want to see this,” Jason shouted from the briefing room. “We got video feed from The Raven .”
    Cassie and Lars ran back to the briefing room and stared at the screen showing Dahl in the cockpit and the screen showing the external camera. Dahl had a look of steely determination on his face as he flew directly at a large, black ship that was at least twice the size of Solaris .
    “Dahl, get back here. You don't have to do this,” Jason shouted into the communicator microphone. “Especially don't do this in my ship.”
    “The Grimmots have taken everything from me,” Dahl said in a voice that Cassie felt was disturbingly calm. “My friends and my family were murdered by these people. I've been running for a long time. Cassie was the first person to show me any compassion since the Grimmots killed my family. I won't let them take her, too. I have suffered long enough. This ends now,” he said.
    “Dahl, please no!” Cassie shouted with tears streaming down her face. “I don't want to lose you. Please come back to me.”
    Dahl stared directly into the camera and Cassie saw those bright blue eyes he used last night. She thought it was his attempt to comfort her, but triggering that memory ripped her heart apart even further. Without saying another word, Dahl flipped a switch and the screens went dark.
    “Get that video back,” Jason ordered. 
    Jennifer typed furiously on the keyboard in an effort to restore the feed. The best she could do was to find the external camera on the front of Solaris . The entire crew of Landers watched in horror as The Raven flew into the engines of the Grimmot ship, exploding it into millions of pieces. Cassie collapsed on the floor at the sight of it and began to weep openly.
    Lars knelt next to Cassie and attempted to console her. “I know it sucks, but he saved all of us and countless others. You heard him. Once they killed him, they were just going to go to another planet and commit another genocide there. He is a hero for this entire galaxy.”
    “Him?” Jason interrupted. “What about The Raven ? I loved that ship.”
    “Shut up, you dumb ass,” Jennifer said slapping Jason on the shoulder.
    The whole scene was suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door leading to the hangar. Jennifer looked back at the screen and saw the main doors were closed again. Cassie looked up when she heard the knock and searched the faces of the crew hoping they had an answer. However, everyone looked just as confused.
    Cassie rose and slowly walked toward the door, suspicious and scared. There was no way anyone could be on the other side of the door. For a moment she thought it was just her ears playing tricks on her until she heard another knock. Slowly and carefully she crept toward the door. Jack, along with the rest of the crew, followed behind her with a rifle aimed and ready to fire on whatever was on the other side. Cassie took a deep breath and pressed the button to open the door. She nearly fainted when she saw Dahl standing smiling on the other side.
    “How? How did you get here?” Cassie asked dumbstruck.
    “I came back just as you asked me to,” Dahl said in that same calm voice.
    “How the hell did you survive that explosion?” Lars asked.
    “I was never in that explosion. I evacuated the ship shortly before impact. It was a simple matter of changing my body to survive the vacuum of space and floating back here,” Dahl explained.
    “You are one tough bastard,” Jack said stunned, lowering his rifle.
    Cassie struggled to believe it. Finally she reached out and placed a hand on Dahl's face. Feeling his warm skin against hers, she knew it was really him. Her terror and sadness was immediately replaced