Page 22 of Arresting the Warlord

A shower did sound good. “And the battle armor too?”

“And your battle armor.”

My internal radar screamed a warning. I ran out the door and scanned the area.

Jake followed me. “What’s wrong?”

“Someone’s intent on murder. My gaze locked on a Coletti warrior walking down the corridor. I’d seen the same muddy aura on a homicide suspect. “Him.” I hit him with my freeze ray.

The warrior’s eyes bulged in shock as he struggled to move.

Jake shot me a startled glance. “I don’t sense anything. Are you sure?”

“Yes, and he has friends,” I warned.

An instant later another warrior wearing red coveralls, appeared with a sword in one hand. He swung at Jake.

Jake dodged the blow, pulled his sword and with a deadly upward arc, beheaded the warrior.

The head rolled to a stop at my feet. Ugh. “That’s gotta be the shortest sword fight in history.”

“Iama warlord.” Jake scanned both warriors. “They don’t belong on this ship.”

“Today. You. All. Die,” the immobilized warrior mumbled.

“Yeah, I don’t think that’s gonna happen.” I jabbed my stun gun into his back and triggered it. He did a nice face plant on the floor. “You’re piss-poor warriors.” I handcuffed him.

Tremendous power filled the corridor as Zarek and the General teleported in.

“Do you sense any more threats?” Zarek demanded.

I quickly scanned the ship. “There’s another one in engineering.”

Zarek grabbed me and poof! We were in the engine room. “Who?”

I pointed to a little dude with an odd-looking device in his hand. “Him.”

The dude laughed. “You can’t stop me. Your psychic powers are useless. We’re taking back our world.”

General Jones and Jake appeared behind the little dude.

“Freeze him,”Jake barked.

I obeyed him.

The little dude’s eyes rolled wildly.

The General hurried over to the little terrorist and carefully removed the device from his hand. “He rigged the warp drive to explode.”

I wiggled in Zarek’s hold. Being this up close and personal with the Overlord was freaking me out. His body thrummed with power.”

Zarek slanted me an amused look and released me.

I pulled my stun gun. “Want me to zap him?”

“That will not be necessary.” Zarek tapped his warrior’s bracelet. “His ring is a cleverly disguised energy nullifying field generator.”

Frowning, I linked with Jake.“What does an energy nullifying field generator do?”

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