Starbound: A Space Odyssey 70 The Floran Colony 23

John was on the ground, making some exercise.

He was without his s.h.i.+rt and only in a away shorts.

"Who's it?" John stood up. His body gleamed when the light coming from the lightbulbs. .h.i.t the sweat in his body.

"The caller is identifying herself as... Peri."

"Peri?" John lifted his head. [Is she done with what she had to do already? It only took 4 days.]

"Transfer the call to my PIPS." John replied while looked for a towel.

"Done..." With that SAIL went into silence once again.

John glanced at the pocket watch thing in his right wrist and activated his PIPS. "h.e.l.lo, John?" He heard Peri's voice coming from the PIPS.

"It's me." John replied while he used a towel to wipe the sweat on his body. "Everything went well? I mean with the kids and all?"

"Yes... Thanks for the help back there. I already brought them to a safe place to stay with one of my family's member."

"It's good to hear..."

"So... About our deal..." Peri hesitated a little but still spoke. "I know a few colonies, but first I want to know your intentions of looking for Floran colonies." Her tone sounded very serious.

"I'm looking for... Something, an object belonging to an Ancient Civilization." John said without hiding a lot.

He still withheld some pieces of information and specifications because he doesn't know if he was allowed to tell other people about Esther's findings, he didn't mystery her about that.

"Oh... Then I think is for the best of we go find my grandmother." Peri said after some thought.

"Your grandmother?"

"Yes, she's a member of the Greenfinger's Council, she must know about what you're searching for."

"That's good then... Where can we find her?"

"Don't worry about it, I'll be sending the coordinates for the planet shortly after our call."

"Alright, I'll be waiting for it." He was about to end the call when a few questions popped in his head. "But... Is it okay for me to just go to the planet? Won't I be stopped or something when I get closer?"

"You will be fine." Peri a.s.sured John. "When you arrive at the orbit just give your name and some sort of identification card and you they will allow you to enter. I had already informed them they you will be coming."

"Okay, then... See you later."

"See you later." With those words, Peri turned off the call.

John glanced at his PIPS and soon enough he received a message coming the number belonging to Peri's PIPS.

"Bellatorsilva... Latin...?" John read the name of the planet that Peri gave him. [If I'm not wrong it roughly means... Warrior's Forest?] He didn't really learned Latin in the past, but only a few broken words, since the knowledge about this language it was one of the things that were almost completely lost with the 100-Years Great War.

John left the the room went to the c.o.c.kpit.

He transferred the coordinates from his PIPS to the Navigation Console.

"Coordinates have been placed..." John heard SAIL's voice. "The targeted location is too far way from Protector's current location. It will take... 27 days at full power thrusters. I recommend to use the FTL Warp Drive, it will take only 2 minutes to reach the targeted location."

"Let's go with it then." John wanted to complete his mission the fastest possible, he simply couldn't wait 27 full days just to get to the planet.

"The FTL Warp Drive will be activated in... 10 seconds. Pa.s.sengers should fasten your seatbelts to minimize the chances of an accident." SAIL's voice echoed throughout the whole s.h.i.+p, but only John was in to, so the remainder was for him, alone, to listen.

John did as SAIL instructed, he sat on the seat and fastened the seatbelt.

"5... 4... 3..." SAIL stared the countdown. "2... 1... Starting the warp process."

The sudden forward momentum of the s.h.i.+p made John felt like he was being crushed and glued at his seat.

Looking at the outside from the c.o.c.kpit's gla.s.s, John was able to see prolonged lights of starts and other spatial bodies going around his s.h.i.+p as it pa.s.sed around them with a speed faster than light.

After a few seconds, the s.h.i.+p stopped to accelerate and stabilized at the proper speed.

"Speed stabilized. Warp jump is under the process, Protector's free to roam around the s.h.i.+p." SAIL's voice stopped after it finished the last line.

John took out the seatbelt and moved his limbs around. "d.a.m.n, the process of acceleration really is uncomfortable..."

He looked at the gla.s.s in the front of the c.o.c.kpit. It was a beautiful sight. "Now... I wait 2 minutes, it isn't that much of a long time. The coordinates showed that the planet he was going was still on the Gamma Sector. There's no information about it on the Data Chip that Itsuki gave me... Such mistery..."

John stayed at his seat, waiting for the warp jump to end.

...

"AHHHHH...!!!" Screams of pure pain and agony echoed throughout the whole dirty, dim-lightened bas.e.m.e.nt.

In the middle of the bas.e.m.e.nt, there was a group of menacing people that were wearing some technological armor, and weapons, staring at a Human male that was tied at a wooden chair.

The man was covered in dried blood, and dirt. He was completely naked and his body was filled with cuts, burnt marks, and other types of wounds. His breathes were long and weak. His entire body was barely moving at all.

"Made him talk?" A casual voice came from behind the people wearing armors.

They looked at the source and saw a young man with red hair steadily walking toward them.

"Not yet boss." An armored man stepped forward to report to Jevil. "He's quite a tough and loyal dog."

"It doesn't matter." Jevil stood before the man roped in the chair. "They are always tough in the beginning, but they always give up in the end..." Jevil flashed a bright smile as he carefully used his hand to lift the man's head by the chin.

*Ptui*

The man spat an at Jevil's face just as his eyes met with Jevil's.

Blood and saliva mixed up at Jevil's face. His expression instantly turned from smiling to expressionless in a matter of milliseconds.