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“No. This is a decision Free needs to make for himself. I’m not putting you at risk.” Fig held her gaze. “Be silent while I communicate with her.”
“Alright.”
Fig turned communications back on. “I’m not the one you need to speak to. Do you have the capability to wait here for a while?”
“Yes.” The woman’s voice sounded shaky. “Is he alive? Please, tell me.”
“He’s alive.”
“Thank you. Yes, we can wait here.”
“We?”
“I have four friends with me that have a lot in common with you.”
Fig closed his eyes.
Anna could piece that together by guessing the woman meant the four were also clones. When Fig opened his eyes, she swore there were tears there.
He blinked them away. “Understood. Wait here. Don’t attempt to follow us.”
“We’ll wait,” the woman whispered.
Fig ended the communications and turned the shuttle, flying them into dark space.
“The four are clones, right? That’s how I took her words.”
“I believe so,” Fig confirmed.
“Why does that upset you?”
He held her gaze. “We’ve felt a lot of guilt that so many of us were left behind. At first, we planned to rescue some of our friends once we got settled into our freedom and found a safe place to call home. But we were naïve and didn’t understand how impossible that would be. Clone World is too heavily protected. Even if we could manage to land there, their defenses would blow any unauthorized ship apart if it attempted to leave the surface.”
“That’s not your fault.”
“Clones are our people. It feels like we abandoned them. Logic has nothing to do with emotions.”
“That’s true.” Anna loosened her belts and reached out. “I love you.”
Fig clasped her hand. “I love you too.”
“Is she following us in the other shuttle?”
“No. I’m on high alert, though. We’re traveling in the wrong direction right now, but once we’re far enough away to leave sensor range, we’ll head toward home base.” He squeezed her hand. “Then I’ll have to give Free the news, and he’ll have to decide if speaking to Marisol is worth the risk. It still could be a trap.”
“What does your gut say?”
He hesitated. “I never trusted her, but I’m biased against humans. None of them treated me well on Clone World.”
“That woman did help you escape, right? We have another saying back on Earth. Actions speak louder than words.”
“Yet, she broke Free’s heart.”
“Shit happens, Fig. Maybe there’s a good reason why she didn’t meet up with you when she was supposed to.”
“Perhaps.”
“Are you going to contact Free now to let him know?”
