Carlie's Chapter 7 - Dear Tiger: Don't Look Back
LAST WEEK, Simone revealed that Odyssey were trying to reach Tiger before FedExplore did. This week, Tiger reveals he got off-world just in time to avoid being captured by the same beings that killed his parents.Chapter 7 – A Second Incursion
Hey, Simone,
Got your letter. Have to say, you’re getting really good at this sneaky I.T. thing. Those tracking programs at FedExplore don’t stand a chance.I’m glad your parents are okay—and I hope they stay that way. I’ve been watching the news, but haven’t seen much… except for what happened on Tarvesh. You heard about that, right?The newsies are calling it an ‘incursion’, but I think it’s something else. Anyway, I was heading for the shuttle to take me up to the next freighter I’d signed up for, when the world did this weird shuddery thing.At first, I stopped, but then this warm breeze blew out of nowhere, and I knew what it was. I ran, Simone, and I don’t think I’ve run so fast in my life. Everyone else around me stopped, and looked around, like rabbits looking for danger, but I bolted for the shuttle bay.I figured if I was lucky, then the shuttle crew would be almost ready to launch, and we could be out of there before the portal opened and the first alien stepped through.I was just lucky the freighter captain I’d been with, was happy enough with my work that he hooked me up with one of the local transport companies. Gave me a good reference, too. If he hadn’t done that, I might have been in the main terminal, where everyone goes to look for work on a ship… or to find cheap passage.The main terminal was where the portal opened up. Even if those creatures didn’t chase me to the shuttle, the screams of everyone around the portal did. I keep hearing them, even when I’m awake. It’s like they’re on a loop inside my head.I didn’t even go back to try and save them. I just got the shuttle crew onto the shuttle, and into the air—and I’m not proud of that. I’m really not. We saw what happened afterward. None of us are sleeping well.Thing is, I don’t know why they chose Tarvesh. Was it just a coincidence? Did Tarvesh have ruins, too? Because I wasn’t there long enough to really find out, and, right now, I don’t want to look.I’m scared, Simone. I’m so scared I haven’t told the captain anything. Not Deskeden. Not running away. Not anything, although I think he knows something is up. I just don’t want to say anything, until I know for sure, but I think those aliens are chasing me.Maybe even tracking me, even though I can’t see how.Anyway, they don’t seem to be able to find me in space, so I figure the captain might not need to know. As long as I’m out here, and not on some world, I’m safe, and the same should go for you and your parents.You need to talk to Odyssey, and ask them to get your parents off Sharvin. If it’s not me, and it’s something to do with the ruins, then you definitely need to get your family off the planet. Either way, once they’re on a ship, they should be safe from whatever these aliens want from us, because I don’t think it’s good.And you should do the same—and I mean with, or without Odyssey. Get off-planet, if you aren’t already, and stay on a ship, or an orbital. I’m not even sure if you’d be safe on a moon, so I’m not suggesting that, but a ship or an orbital, those seem to be a safe bet.I’m thinking Odyssey can help you with that—they do own cruiseliners, after all.And take care, Simone.I’m going to try to make a go of it out here.I’ll try to get to you, just as soon as things settle down with FedExplore, and I can move a bit more freely. All my love,
T.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Hey, Simone,Got your letter. Have to say, you’re getting really good at this sneaky I.T. thing. Those tracking programs at FedExplore don’t stand a chance.I’m glad your parents are okay—and I hope they stay that way. I’ve been watching the news, but haven’t seen much… except for what happened on Tarvesh. You heard about that, right?The newsies are calling it an ‘incursion’, but I think it’s something else. Anyway, I was heading for the shuttle to take me up to the next freighter I’d signed up for, when the world did this weird shuddery thing.At first, I stopped, but then this warm breeze blew out of nowhere, and I knew what it was. I ran, Simone, and I don’t think I’ve run so fast in my life. Everyone else around me stopped, and looked around, like rabbits looking for danger, but I bolted for the shuttle bay.I figured if I was lucky, then the shuttle crew would be almost ready to launch, and we could be out of there before the portal opened and the first alien stepped through.I was just lucky the freighter captain I’d been with, was happy enough with my work that he hooked me up with one of the local transport companies. Gave me a good reference, too. If he hadn’t done that, I might have been in the main terminal, where everyone goes to look for work on a ship… or to find cheap passage.The main terminal was where the portal opened up. Even if those creatures didn’t chase me to the shuttle, the screams of everyone around the portal did. I keep hearing them, even when I’m awake. It’s like they’re on a loop inside my head.I didn’t even go back to try and save them. I just got the shuttle crew onto the shuttle, and into the air—and I’m not proud of that. I’m really not. We saw what happened afterward. None of us are sleeping well.Thing is, I don’t know why they chose Tarvesh. Was it just a coincidence? Did Tarvesh have ruins, too? Because I wasn’t there long enough to really find out, and, right now, I don’t want to look.I’m scared, Simone. I’m so scared I haven’t told the captain anything. Not Deskeden. Not running away. Not anything, although I think he knows something is up. I just don’t want to say anything, until I know for sure, but I think those aliens are chasing me.Maybe even tracking me, even though I can’t see how.Anyway, they don’t seem to be able to find me in space, so I figure the captain might not need to know. As long as I’m out here, and not on some world, I’m safe, and the same should go for you and your parents.You need to talk to Odyssey, and ask them to get your parents off Sharvin. If it’s not me, and it’s something to do with the ruins, then you definitely need to get your family off the planet. Either way, once they’re on a ship, they should be safe from whatever these aliens want from us, because I don’t think it’s good.And you should do the same—and I mean with, or without Odyssey. Get off-planet, if you aren’t already, and stay on a ship, or an orbital. I’m not even sure if you’d be safe on a moon, so I’m not suggesting that, but a ship or an orbital, those seem to be a safe bet.I’m thinking Odyssey can help you with that—they do own cruiseliners, after all.And take care, Simone.I’m going to try to make a go of it out here.I’ll try to get to you, just as soon as things settle down with FedExplore, and I can move a bit more freely. All my love,
T.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The complete series is available as short, individual ebooks, and will become available as an omnibus, later this year. In the meantime, you can find them on this blog, until one week after the last chapter in the last book of the series has been posted, at which point this series will be taken down, and a new series serialised on site.
books2read.com/u/4Awrze 
books2read.com/u/mgrxdR 
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