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"Yeah, he's still out there," Frank sighed. "But we don't have any clue where he is. And even if we did, we don't have any weapons or gear to go after him with."

"He's in the Pentak System," Vic said simply.

The other crew members gap
ed at him, not speaking. Frank thrust his hand in the air and said, "Uh, excuse me, but am I missing something here? How in the hell do you know that?"

"An informant inside the prison told me. While you knuckleheads were out here gallivanting around the galaxy with Unification Administration, I was deep in the jungle gathering intelligence and planning our next move."

"One hour ago you were a catatonic invalid who couldn't even move!" Frank said. "Monster had to carry you out of your cell!"

"So?" Vic said, shrugging. "At least I never told you to kill yourself."

"I never told you to kill yourself either!"

"Maybe not, but someone very believable told me you did, and it was extremely hurtful. You should apologize."

"For the thing I never said?" Frank said.

"Right."

Frank threw up his hands and said, "I give up. Forget it. Let's go to the Pentak System, Bob. I guess we're going to go kill the galaxy's most wanted terrorist. Oh, by the way, we'll need to figure out a way to finance and gear the entire mission on our own."

Vic snapped his fingers
at Monster and said, "I need you to find us a new ship, Big Man. Preferably one carrying a lot of weapons or money. Find something in the area, whether it's a merchant vessel or an armored courier service, I don't care. It's time for a little on-site acquisition, gentlemen. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go find something to drink. It's been a really long day."

Frank watched Vic vanish into the captain's quarters and turned in his seat toward Monster and Bob and said, "Can you believe this guy? Doesn't miss a beat. He's not out of prison twenty minutes and it's right back at it. Unbelievable."

Bob shrugged and said, "Well, at least we're not all rotting in prison." Bob looked across the way at Monster and saw that the Mantipor was smiling as he peered down at the computer screen in front of him, searching for the ships he'd been instructed to find. "What are you smiling about? You that glad to see me again?"

Monster shrugged and said, "He called me Big Man. It's been a while. I missed it."

Frank unbuckled his seat belt and stood up, shaking his head. "All of you are nuts. I really mean that. Absolutely, certifiably crazy."

"Yeah," Bob said, "but we're
the crazies you know and love."

Frank let out a short laugh and then went to Vic's door to help him look for a bottle of something to drink. They could work later.
Maybe they'd even find a place to go fishing.

COMING SOON

GRENDEL UNIT 4

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Bernard Schaffer is the author of multiple books that span a wide variety of genres, including modern American literature, police procedurals, and science fiction westerns. He has worked on several projects with famous authors such as Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster, and Bill Thompson (the editor who discovered Stephen King and John Grisham). In 2011, Schaffer founded KAS, a select group of independent authors that donates proceeds to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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