The Valhalla Call (Warrior's Wings) (37 page)

The sunrise over the bow of the alien starship was a gorgeous sight, though not remotely worth the price of admission. Her comm box squawked a reply, the signal she’d come out to hear, and Sorilla relaxed a bit as she settled into the crook of her Titan’s neck and just watched the stars while she waited.

Sorilla was still sitting there when the shadow of the USV Socrates eclipsed the sun and settled over the big alien ship. She looked up from the shoulder of her Titan and waved more than a little cheekily at the immense research ship. It moved slowly into position over the alien cruiser, big outer doors sliding open as crews and cables began to snake out. They all had their jobs to do, and Sorilla was just glad that her immediate one was over.

Mission accomplished.

I just hope that the
Legendary
and others made it too.

*****

AION Facility, SOLCOM

“The alien alliance have actually sent a peace envoy?”

“Yes, sir.” The messenger nodded. “Near as we can tell, from their hinting, they want to know what happened to their war fleet.”

“Do we know?”

“No, Sir. There is no sign of either fleet, we have ships scouring the jump linked systems, but whatever happened it's like they were wiped clean from the universe. Valkyre did get off a messenger drone, sir, but they must have been in a rush because it was damaged in transit.”

“Was anything recoverable?”

“Just one line, sir.”

The admiral frowned. “What was it?”

“Valkyrie reports: By the Gods…the center held.”

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