Galaxy of Empires- Merchant Wars Episode #1 (11 page)

Gothica turns around after dispatching the
few stragglers over on her side and sees the hovercrafts coming.
She activates her visor and releases a horrific green energy blast
from her eyes that roars across the scene and hits the nearest
hovercraft, obliterating it completely.

Xaqu has her small charmed army shooting at
the last hovercraft. Chaca releases a massive lightning bolt that
hits a hovercraft’s engine and sends it thundering down on the
house below where it erupts into a ball of fire.

Eve scans the scene and looks for more
enemies to kill. The area is filled with unfathomable carnage and
destruction.

“Are you okay, girls? Anybody injured?” Eve
asks.

“We are okay. Who would send this many people
to kill us? What do you want me to do with these guys that I have
charmed?” Xaqu inquires.

“I don’t think any of them are leader types.
They probably do not know who hired them as grunts, but we can try
to find out. Bring them over here and I will scan their minds.”

She scans all 11 soldiers, but they are all
foot soldiers and have no idea who their employer is.

“They do not know. They also have no marks on
them that indicate which company they are from, which is unusual,
and they humans. A human mercenary unit is not something that you
see in the Reptilian Republic, but I suppose is not unheard of. As
far as what to do with them, these mercenaries they knew the
risk—kill them all. Make sure there are no survivors. We do not
want people knowing how powerful we are.”

“You think this was one of the merchant
groups we are at war with?”

“No dear, a low-level licensed company would
not have the resources or even spend the resources on an attack of
this magnitude against my company that has only a level 8 license.
Apparently, I have created an even greater enemy that appears to be
unseen. That is okay. I will find out who it is, and they will
learn just who they are screwing with. They attacked us and shot
your father and they will pay. This is only the beginning, even if
I have to hunt them down to the ends of the universe.”

***

A tall snake man dressed in leather and high
boots with blasters on both hips walks down a hall decorated with
elegant paintings. He stops and knocks on a large door with a gold
handle.

“Enter.” A deep-voiced person says with
firmness.

The snake man enters the large, elaborately
decorated conference room with a big table and several large chairs
made of gold and velvet. There is a huge chair facing the other way
and looking out the window with someone sitting in it. The snake
man can only see a hand and goblet from his vantage point.

The figure in the chair says with impatience,
“Well?”

“Sir, the Strikeforce was annihilated and the
targets suffered no damage. There was one person who was collateral
damage in her party and some other people in surrounding
homes.”

“Hmm…I suspected as much. I guess my
informants were telling the truth. Dracka does not invest time on
people who are insignificant.”

“Do you wish to send another Strikeforce,
Master?”

“No, it is not necessary. The Strikeforce was
a test to see if Lady Eve is worth my time. She may be exactly what
I am looking for as well as her three daughters. Who was injured or
killed?”

“Our sources say her boyfriend who others say
may be the father of Eve’s daughters.”

“That could cause some complications. Did he
die or is he still alive?”

“He is in intensive care and looks like he
should pull through, at least they are hoping.”

“Very well. I will have to figure out
solutions to either scenario. Keep me informed.”

“Yes, Master.”

“Now get out.”

The snake man leaves the room.

The person sitting and looking out the window
says in a firm tone, “So you really think she is the one, eh?”

“Yes, I do,” The arachnid Weapon Master
appears after shedding his invisibility.

“Then get that lame excuse of a pirate to
report to me.”

To be continued in Episode
2