Chapter 6With the expedition teammembers, someof whom were wounded, the shuttles were a bit jammed, but we liftedoff without incident. Astrid stood with me as we looked down andsawthe thousands of gold bots storming toward the coastal barricades.They hadn’t gotten the word yet that we had exited.
“Where did they come from?” Astridsaid. “The ship that brought the expedition team is here. Almostdestroyed but here. How did they get here?”
I shook my head. “A very goodquestion, but right now I’m not going to worry about it. We’retaking the expedition team and heading home.” I yanked my thumbtoward our prisoner. “With golden boy here.”
“You plan to deliver him toFederation officials? Think they might want to take a look athim?”
“No, we can show them what he lookslike. He doesn’t appear to b
