The War of the Skies - chapter 1 Part 2

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Self-control prevented Rick's face from reflecting his amazement at the offer. He had expected some sort of threat from the commander, something that would put his life on one side and the telium on the other so that he would confess where he had hidden it, but this was most unexpected and strange. To cross a portal into the unknown in exchange for their freedom. His interest in the conversation had just increased considerably.
Before I give you an answer, I'd like to hear the details," Rick said calmly. He had yet to discover the motive behind that offer. I wasn't naive enough not to know there was something hidden.
You will be informed of everything when you accept the mission. You know the protocol. No one outside the operation can know anything about it.
Not that I've been very happy with the secret operations lately," said Ricky. You can't expect me to accept without knowing what I'm getting into. Things have changed.
I'm actually hoping for just that. Especially considering the alternative he faces," Gordon said.
With all due respect, sir, don't take me for a stupid rookie. I haven't even mentioned that I'd get rid of the whole telly thing because I take it sitting here knowing that otherwise I won't cooperate. But I'm not going to be taken for a ride I'll be back again. I want answers to two questions or we can get back to that farce of a trial. that he's set up. Why are you proposing this mission to me, precisely?
Rick had no doubt that they loved him for any particular reason and it was essential to find out. And then there was the fact that the trial was going to end.
sentencing him to death, which gave him a small margin to forget about the
who has nothing to lose.
The risk is high, almost as high as the importance of the operation," replied the commander, speaking very depressedly. We need the best man we have and it is no secret that you are the one who has overcome the most successful combat situations. The second question?
Rick immediately rejected Gordon's explanation and considered it a blatant lie. While what he had said was true, the military skills of a woman did not make him indispensable to that extent. If that's what you're looking for. I really thought, Gordon would have chosen to send more soldiers, more weaponry. or take any other action than to negotiate with someone I considered annoying. problem to suppress. The bad thing about his answer was that he made it too clear that he didn't was going to reveal the real reason. Rick would have to resort to assumptions by the moment, and the one that most convinced him was that someone was mysteriously interested in him. Probably the same person who had gotten him a attorney at law. He hadn't even bothered to try knowing what course the events.
The second thing I want to know is what assurances I have that when I finish my work I will not be locked up again to continue with the trial.
You have every guarantee, Captain," said Gordon, sketching a grimace that was
the closest thing to a smile you'd expect from him. Your service record will be clean.
He has every guarantee, Captain," Gordon said, sketching a grimace that was the closest thing to a smile you could expect from him. Your service record will be clean. I'll give it to him myself in front of witnesses if that's what you think is best. I've already told you that this operation is very important. I don't want him to take it and be thinking of eloping. It has to be centered or it won't do us any good, so you can rest assured.
That seems reasonable to me," said Ricky. Is it true that this portal leads to another world?
Am I to understand that you accept the mission? Gordon stared at him and Rick nodded. It's a very real possibility. We don't have confirmation but that's what our scientists believe.
Does it have any relation to the Wave?
That's what your expedition is going to find out.... It's all right," said the commander when he saw Rick's disapproving gesture. We can't know that. There is no point in hiding from you that a considerable percentage of the people involved in this believe that it has something to do with it, even that this may be its origin and the answer to its mystery, but you must know that it is conjecture. They are not based on any solid data.
I'll need time to catch up on the details.
He doesn't have much. Entertain yourself with this. The commander threw a binder through the bars and Rick picked it up from the ground. It's a preliminary report with general data. This afternoon he will attend a meeting where he will be able to ask any questions he may have about his role.
-This afternoon? Rick asked, amazed. I won't have time to assimilate such a report. There must be at least a thousand pages here.