Kharon Part 29

So based on some suggestions I got from friends I'm going to post a different chapter on Mon-Thurs.  Then on Fri I will post all four chapters from the week in one post as a recap.  This way you can either read a quick little snippet of the story during your coffee break or  sit down and really enter the world in longer chunks.  Hopefully this works out for everyone but let me know if I need to do more tinkering.

Kharon Chapter 29

        The group is slowly making their way through a thick mist along a seaside cliff as they follow Kiarah.  

        “What’s this brilliant plan of yours to get my ship fixed?”, demands Luke. 

        “Your ship?”, asks Jacob.

        “Don’t start”, snaps Luke.

        “The Sloons use magic and science for everything.  They will be able to fix the ship quickly”, says Kiarah.

        “And how in all the three suns do you expect to get them to do that?”, asks Luke.

        “By making them think they captured the crew and commandeered the ship for themselves”, says Kiarah.

        “How the hell are we going to pull that trick off?”, asks Luke.

        “We let them capture some of us.”  With that Kiarah unsheathes her spear like weapon and swings it at the crew, knocking Simone, Jacob and Luke off the cliff.  The three fall through the mist for a moment before suddenly coming to a stop appearing almost frozen in mid-air.

         As the three struggle like they are caught in some kind of invisible spider’s web Luke is almost frothing at the mouth in rage.  “That Quarsian bitch!  Wait till I get my hands on her.  I’m going to tear her limb from limb.”

         “Should have seen that coming.  Pulled something similar myself once”, says Simone to herself.

        “Why can’t I move!?”, screams Jacob.

        “It’s a Sloon magnetic net”, states Simone.  As soon as she says this the mist around them clears revealing that the threesome are stuck in a glowing net suspended in the air.  

        Several Sloons gather around below the net.  One of them shouts, “Take their weapons.”  The Sloons hold out their hands and the weapons float off Simone, Jacob and Luke and down towards the waiting Sloons.  The piece of the net with Simone, Jacob, and Luke attached then magically breaks off from the rest of the net and floats down a path in the island with the Sloons marching behind it.

        Emma, Sparky and Kiarah watch all this transpire from a hidden perch high on the cliffs.

        “Are we going to rescue them?”, Emma asks.

        “Yes.  Assuming they survive till the Kharon is fixed.”  With that Kiarah rises and walks along the cliff back towards where they came from.  Emma looks at Sparky and shrugs.  She then turns and follows after Kiarah.