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    Visit With The Damned
    Visit With The Damned
    Visit With The Damned
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    Visit With The Damned

    By R. Richard

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    Ciara says, “My, aren’t we cheerful this shift!”
    Danar doesn't answer. He doesn't need to answer. His face shows that he has gone into his pre-board mind state. Danar is a true warrior.
    Ciara starts to say something and then thinks better of it. She's both a pilot and a language specialist. She prefers talk to violence, but the big man has the muscle to give them a chance to survive, if talk doesn't work.
    Ciara relieves Porv at the helm. Porv is a good pilot. Ciara is an exceptional pilot. Ciara will make the final approach to the colony ship.
    Ciara matches trajectory with the immense colony ship. The ship is old, but there's a standard landing and join area marked off. Ciara hits the landing area dead center!
    Danar has walked back to the exit port. He checks the seal of Ranger 97 against the colony ship hull. The seal is air-tight, but he'll still seal off the entry port area before they try the entry hatch.
    Ciara then joins Danar.
    Danar and Ciara don the pressure suits that they will need for the entry attempt. At Ciara’s ready signal, Danar notifies Porv and Kaal over the intercom link. Then Danar seals the entry port area. Danar then does a quick, final check of his sonic weapon.
    Ciara is annoyed at the bravado displayed by Danar. However, she calms as she realizes that Danar must do the entry his way. However, he's not stupid enough to start trouble unless they're attacked. If the inhabitants of the colony ship do attack, Danar will be worth his weight in gold.”
    Danar completes all the pre-entry checks, turns and asks Ciara, “Ready?”
    Ciara replies, “Ready!”
    Danar just says, “Let’s go.”
    With that, Danar applies the magnetic release bar to the colony ship entry hatch. It requires quite a bit of his muscle, but the long unused hatch opens.
    Danar drops through the hatch opening and lands on guard and ready for trouble. In the same movement, he continues a couple of steps forward as Ciara drops through the hatch.
    There's a group waiting to greet them.
    Danar scans the faces. There's something wrong! The faces of the colony ship people show no real emotion, the faces simply watch him and Ciarra.
    Back at the colony ship entry hatch, Ciara punches the standard buttons and the entry hatch closes.
    Ciara moves up to stand side by side with Danar.
    Danar tells her, “There's something wrong here.”
    Ciara doesn't reply but simply slumps to the floor.
    Danar brandishes the sonic weapon that he carries. He feels perhaps a sort of movement or intrusion in his mind. The sensation is unlike anything he has ever experienced before. Primal rage fills Danar’s mind. Something is wrong and it's time for fight or flight. Danar is a warrior; a warrior doesn't run.
    The faces of the colony ship watchers now show surprise and maybe a little fear.
    A tall woman steps one slow step forward. She pauses and makes a slow, slight bow.
    Something in Danar’s mind registers the concept, “Welcome.” The concept is not in words, just a sort of idea.
    Not knowing what else to do, Danar returns the slow, slight bow.
    The rest of the group from the colony ship remain in place while the woman who greeted Danar moves very slowly forward. She reaches the slumped form of Ciara.
    Ciara is now stirring and the woman helps her up.
    The woman, who somehow greeted Danar earlier, now appears to again communicate, this time with Ciara.
    Ciarra uses the inter-suit comm to tell Danar that the woman has greeted her and that Ciara is running the usual entry tests from her pressure suit. After a time, Ciara indicates that the tests were successful. She also tells Danar that something the crew of the colony ship did caused her to black out. However, Ciara has no idea what they did.
    Danar says, “They can do some sort of mental communication. Perhaps they can control you.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateAug 23, 2015
    ISBN9781311106728
    Visit With The Damned
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    R. Richard

    I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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      Visit With The Damned - R. Richard

      Visit With The Damned

      By R. Richard ©

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      Copyright 2015 R. Richard

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      Visit With The Damned

      By R. Richard © 2015

      After a long, unproductive cruise, the scout ship Ranger97 is near the end of its outward leg.

      Ciara is clearly feeling the frustration. She asks of no one in particular, It's bad enough to have to go on a wild goose chase, why do we have to live in coffins?

      Danar says pedantically, Ranger97 is a long range, military scout craft. It's all legs and lungs, with a minimum of creature comfort. The military weapons system has been replaced with a super efficient long range search device. Ranger97 has only one single function; find and catch colony ships. If Ranger97 were any more comfortable, it would inhibit its prime function.

      Ciara cuts him off. Okay. Okay. But I still don't like sleeping in a metal coffin at all.

      Danar says, Think what it would be like if we had a standard 12 man crew instead of just the four of us.

      Ciara replies, No thank you! It's bad enough with just the three of you.

      Danar replies, If you think the lack of space is bad for your five foot eight inch body, try it sometime with a six foot six inch body.

      Ciara favors Danar with one of her overly sweet smiles. No thank you. I'm clumsy enough at five foot eight inches, as is.

      Danar doesn't reply and Ciara glances back over at him.

      Danar is working the long range detection system. He has the full scan narrowed down to a focus search in a specific

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