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The Supervisor turned to the console.
“Computer. Reinstate the power.”
“Power is currently offline,” Computer said. “It will take some time to initiate.”
“Do it.”
The Supervisor turned to me.
“Now. Where were we?”
He raised the injector device and marched toward me.
I struggled against the guard’s grip. My arms were held behind my back and there was no way I could wriggle free.
As the Supervisor closed on me, the device raised, I snapped out with my foot, kicking his hand and sending the device sprawling across the floor.
The Supervisor howled and clutched his hand close. He jammed a finger in my face.
“Do you know your problem? No respect. You don’t have any idea of what we’re trying to do here. We’re here to make the galaxy a safer place! Where there will be no wars. We might even figure out a way to eradicate disease and, one day, death.”
“Do it. But you’re not doing it with my baby!”
“Your baby will be the key to unlocking every creature’s ability in the galaxy. And you will be a proud member of the team or you will be removed the moment the baby is born. You’re going to be a part of this project, whether you like it or not.”
He bent down and picked the device up again.
“Now, let’s try that again, shall we?”
30
KREN
A prisoner ran into me and knocked me off my feet.
“Hey!” they said. “Watch it!”
I shoved myself up and crouched, lowering my center of gravity. I ran with my elbows out, to jab anyone in the ribs who came too close.
I never stopped. Stopping meant putting Ivy’s life in danger longer than necessary.
The emergency lights flashed and came on. They were bright but only illuminated the barest of details. It cast an eerie green hue over the prison. At least now the prisoners could see and avoid, for the most part, each other.
“Power restored,” the Computer said. “Resuming in ten seconds.”
The countdown began.
The science lab was still some distance off. There were no guards outside. They would be in the room. But that didn’t mean the fresh contingent of guards wouldn’t come and flood the prison any moment.
I ground my teeth and dashed forward. I dodged out of the way of prisoners who threatened to get in my way and leaped over a smaller prisoner with bulging yellow eyes and slimy green skin.
“Eight… seven…” Computer said.
I wanted to be in the science laboratory by the end of the countdown. I took off through the sporadic crowd, who ran across me like a river I had to struggle across.
“Four… Three…”
The guards were going to come down hard on the prisoners when the lights came back on. I definitely didn’t want to be anywhere near them when they did.
