Green Space Rangers

Mercenaries
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5439-0564-9
Verlag: BookBaby
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Year 2535 The citizens of planet Earth were going about their daily routine. The military was monitoring space radio traffic and travel. The local government was monitoring the movement of people traveling around town as they shopped and the kids played in the parks. Joggers kept fit as they exercised. Some people cooked breakfast as others got dressed and ready for their daily routine. Unknown to them, Earth was about to be attacked and take a heavy blow. The people of Earth were going to be used as slaves. A wormhole quickly appeared. A huge alien ship passed through it, stealthily descended, entered Earth's atmosphere and began dropping huge bombs from the sky. The bombs pounded the Earth's surface like raindrops on all four quadrants of the planet. The explosions were devastating as a well-planned attack. There were scores of people burned beyond recognition. Hundreds of thousands of homes were destroyed. The major population was in disarray. Most of the military ships were destroyed upon impact.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, Douglas

Leseproben

Year 2535

Early in the morning, the heat scorched the pavement as joggers traversed their normal course. The Earth people carried on with their normal daily activities as some people casually walked to work and others shopped in the retail stores. The majority of the population was still asleep because it was early in the morning. A wormhole quickly appeared. A huge alien ship passed through it, stealthily descended, entered Earth’s atmosphere and began dropping huge bombs from the sky. The bombs pounded the Earth’s surface like raindrops on all four quadrants of the planet. The explosions were devastating as a well-planned attack. There were scores of people burned beyond recognition. Hundreds of thousands of homes were destroyed. The major population was in disarray. Most of the military ships were destroyed upon impact.

There were some ships on missions in outer space, but they were too far into space to be of any assistance. Many of the survivors reported to Earth Command and its military base as a staging area for protection. Earth Command also consisted of a huge safe underground facility. No one knew the enemy was coming. The aliens were known as Catalonians. They were fierce fighters that traveled through space trying to destroy every planet along their flight path. They took each planet’s people and flew them back to their home planet to use as slaves. The Catalonians flew smaller ships throughout the cities and beamed up prisoners young and old. Earth Command once again asked for volunteers with military and combat skills experience. They also needed engineers and mechanics to repair the damaged ships.

Most of all, they needed combat pilots to fly the warships. Major Mitchell arrived at Earth Command with his family. They tried to be inconspicuous because Tati and Nori were still in the military. They were on leave, but they had to report in. Captain Shakira had her baby with her who was just barely walking. The family was recognized by one of the senior Earth Command figures. The council member smiled at the Bowen family and introduced himself as Councilman Borack. “There will be a meeting announced later for volunteers,” he said, “and we can use good pilots like yourselves with your important space travel experience,” he said.

“We are retired, and we are here just for information and protection,” Major Mitchell replied.

“We have special facilities set up for you and your family members.” He handed Major Mitchell a special identification card with the section and location of their temporary living quarters.

Councilman Borack then smiled and walked away to continue on to check on the hurt and injured people. Lieutenant Fem arrived and spotted the Major and his family.

“I have contacted Mother, and she is powering up as we speak,” Lieutenant Fem said. “We have to locate the other rangers and get into outer space for protection.”

“No, we can’t leave our people in their time of need plus we need to find out what happened and who attacked us,” Major Mitchell said. “This is the emergency staging area. So, everyone will come here.”

“Lieutenant Fem, I need you to locate all the female rangers and create a rendezvous point. Once we get the information we require, we’ll join Medusa and head out for space,” Captain Shakira said.

“We have to report for duty,” Ranger Tati and Nori said.

“No. Both of you are coming with us, and you will be assigned to the Medusa because I have a plan,” Major Mitchell said.

Lieutenant Fem went to locate the other rangers, and the Bowen family went to the briefing. As the Bowen family walked through the crowds of wounded people, Tati stopped to help an injured old lady with burns on her hand and legs. She quickly tore the lady’s nightgown and rapidly began wrapping her hands and legs.

“Young lady, are you a medic? Because you are wrapping me up like you know what you are doing,” she said.

“No, I’m a ranger,” Tati said.

“Well, shouldn’t you be up there going after the bastards that attacked us?” the old lady asked as she pointed up at the sky.

“No. I have to wait for orders but don’t you worry, we will get them. I give you my word.”

The old lady smiled and held Tati’s hand and said, “You go get them, and you make them bastards pay for what they have done to us.” After she had finished the bandages, Nori tapped her on the shoulders and told her, “We need to go.”

They ran to catch up with the rest of the family. Lieutenant Fem was passing through the crowd of people. She walked past two young females on the ground drinking water from a bottle.

As they looked up, they jumped to their feet with big smiles on their faces happy to see Lieutenant Fem.

It was Raven and Yoshi. “Do you remember us?” Yoshi asked.

“Yes, I remember both of you girls. It’s only been a year since I last saw either of you. Are either of you hurt?” Fem asked.

“No, we were going shopping then a big ship started dropping bombs on everything,” Raven said. “We need to get home. Can you give us a ride?” Yoshi asked.

“I don’t have a vehicle, but if both of you come with me, we can go looking for all of our sisters. We have to assemble the ranger team because it’s possible that we are going to be reactivated.”

“I thought we weren’t ever going back into outer space,” Yoshi said.

“Well, sometimes shit just happens, and we have to deal with it the best way we can. This is a crisis, and when duty calls, we have to react because we are rangers and we will always be rangers. This is our home, and it is our job to keep it safe from all foreign and domestic enemies,” Fem said. “Now, we have to get to the Medusa, get a hovercraft and go looking for our sisters,” Fem said.

“I thought Medusa was hiding at the bottom of the ocean,” Raven said.

“She is but I can talk to her telepathically, and she is sending a hovercraft to the surface.”

“That is so cool that you can still talk to your mother like that,” Raven said.

“Both of you girls still remember your ranger training?” Fem asked.

“Yes, it is part of us,” Yoshi said.

“Okay, because now you are going to need it because we are going to hoof it down to the coast to pick up that hovercraft. It’s about twenty miles away, and once we get it, we are going looking for everyone.” The three of them took off running in a northerly direction.

“I hope all of our sisters are okay,” Raven said.

“I’m sure they are fine because all of them have many years of ranger experience,” Fem said as they continued to jog down the road.

“Stop; get down!” Yoshi screamed. They quickly took cover.

“What’s wrong?” Fem asked.

“You told me to use my training, so I turned on my hyper instincts, and I sensed someone pointing a high-powered pulse rifle at us,” Yoshi said.

“Damn girl, you can turn it on and off like a switch?” Raven asked.

“Yes, when Dr. Clair removed my wings, it enhanced my sensory system. To answer your question, yes, I can turn it off and on like a switch.”

Fem put her finger up to her lips to gesture for them to stop talking. She used her scanner vision to check the area at a distance. She spotted someone at long range with a pulse rifle. She increased her vision to get a closer look. “I recognize the shooter; he is an ex-ranger,” Fem said.

“Does he remember you and why in the hell is he trying to shoot us?” Raven asked. What about the ranger code that we always protect each other and we take care of our own.

“He doesn’t know either of you, and it’s been about five years since I last saw him. I will try to see if he remembers me,” Fem said.

“Hold your fire, Lieutenant Manny Silver hawk. It’s me Fem. Do you remember me, Manny?”

He hesitated for a moment as he wiped his eyes and tried to focus, then he called out, “Is that you, robot girl?”

“Yes, it’s me. Please hold your fire.”

“You are safe; I would never shoot a fellow ranger,” he said.

They walked from behind their cover. Manny lowered his weapon and walked toward them as he slung his rifle on his back with a big smile on his face as he walked toward the three women. He walked up to Fem, embraced her and softly kissed her on the lips as if they were in a sexual relationship. She kissed him back to her own surprise. Yoshi and Raven stepped back; they were surprised because they have never known Fem to love any man.

“Sorry, I kind of got a little carried away with the kiss. It’s been a long time, and I am very happy to see you.” Fem smiled as she could feel her body wanting more of him, but she had to control herself in front of Yoshi and Raven.

“We were hit by something military and alien, and I witnessed them beaming up our people onto their ships. I thought they had returned,” Manny said.

“Were they human looking?” Fem asked.

“Yes, the soldiers were human looking except their face;...