Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #15 June 2015 | Page 19

the Council is still involved in this matter.”

“Are you sure this can’t wait until this situation is
solved?” Mark asked.

“So you mean that a political battle is going on among
the aliens about whether the Nordics have the right to
take us?” Bruno asked.

“Unfortunately not.” Wu answered.
“I will be fine here since Bruno’s room isn’t far away.
Djamal, go with him and be careful.”

Hiba nodded affirmatively. “Until the matter is solved,
we can’t count on the orbs to protect us. The Nordics
are mainly interested in taking women and children,
but when it comes to this base, their main interest
is me due to the mutation I’m going through. They
know that I won’t be able to manage the whole station
by myself. If they take you all I’ll have to leave with
them if I want to survive. But I’ll do everything I can
to stop this from happening. It is nothing for them to
get rid of all four of you away to get me. The Nordic
aliens took Liam already.”

Wu and Djamal left the recreation area and went to the
cargo bay.
“This is all so mad... I’m still wrapping it all around
my mind.” Djamal said.
Wu grabbed the young man, pushed and pulled him
back, head-butting him unconscious. “Sorry pal.” He
told Djamal’s unconscious form. Then he sat and said.
“Where are you aliens? I’m here.”

The four sitting men stared at her, still shocked by the
things she had told them.
Mark shook his head, his mind racing. “Your new
abilities seem to be the only thing standing between us
and these aliens who consider us their property.”
Hiba nodded and supported her head with a hand.
“You all must stay alert and call me in case you see an
alien. Avoid staying alone. Until the situation improves I’ll rest here down, the garden is too far away
in case I need to be here in few seconds. But now, I
have to sleep.”
Bruno rose and approached her chair. “I’ll stand guard
near you while you rest. The others, stay here together
until this situation is over.” Hiba rose and they left,
she relying on him as he embraced her.
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Wu

I will be betraying my friends, but there isn’t anything
I can do about it. Wu thought. Since Chun left life
has not been worthwhile. If he could be together with
her again, he would undergo anything. “I must go fix
something in the cargo bay.” Wu said a few minutes
after Hiba and Bruno had left.

The air shimmered in front of him and Saskia appeared. “So you are interested in our offer, human?”
“Take me where you took my wife.” Wu said emotionless.
“As you wish Sir.”
“Will you take Djamal and the others too?” He asked
blandly.
“We will eventually, but we must have the slightest
amount of consent from the ones we take. They can’t
be totally unconscious like him. Otherwise, we are
breaking universal laws.”
“I see.” Wu answered, although, he pondered, what
was the alien’s definition of minimal consent?
They both then disappeared.
#

Judgment

Mark stayed for a while, sitting on the recreation area’s sofa, reading. But, after rereading the same paragraph three times while his mind raced to the current
circumstances on the station, he realized he couldn’t

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