They put Puntshó in the back of a van and set off at high speed, getting lost in the middle streets.
Puntshó, pained, asked about the situation as one of his agents bandaged his bleeding leg.
“Ahhh!”
“We'll take you to the military hospital right away, don't worry Chief Blade. These look like two clean shots.”
“Did Commander Marceau escape?”
“Yes, agents seven and eight reported that he's heading to the city’s global security offices and it looks like they're not following him.”
“All right. We need to inform Larsen about this incident, I think things are going to get very complicated from now on.”
A very distant mission.
Farman received news of what had happened to Puntshó's division while he was travelling on a military ship, heading for the Saturn orbiting station. He had spoken to Puntshó several weeks before and though he'd found the person he was looking for.
He couldn't join the crew of the Daedalus-class ship: 'Pradakshina' in Luna, from where a new mission to Pluto's moon, Charon, had departed; and which was now flying toward the asteroid belt, accelerating swiftly towards the Saturn orbiting station.
He decided to take a chance and schedule a meeting with Captain Sanchez halfway through the trip. If he was right, he'd get his answers before getting to Charon.
Perhaps, with a bit of luck, he'd be able to activate the key and would turn things to his side before Zuul, the old threat, regained his strength and it was too late.
“Three conscious races and our future lies in the hands of a man who doesn't know the importance of the information he holds...”
More books from the Labours of Iktis series:
The Charon´s Threshold. The Labours of Iktis.- Book 2. "Singularity" opens an interplanetary story that reaches its maximum expression in book 2 of the series: The Portal of Charon. A plot reminiscent of the classics of the genre with the fresh air of new concepts in modern Science Fiction, leaving the reader trapped in a game of power and betrayal, highly recommended for those who enjoy spy novels or who seek an Fresh air in the Space Opera.
Phaeton: The death of a planet.
The Labours of Iktis – Appendices
The hidden history about a planetary disaster that brought chaos to the whole solar system. And how an advanced civilisation, inhabitant of Phaeton, had left their mother planet behind to follow a dangerous path among the stars.
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Phantom in the Machine:
The Labours of Iktis – Book 3 –
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