“What do you mean?” Danya protested. “I told you I don’t want to be stuck here while you are out all day.”
“We will be on another mission,” Vyken said. “Kydel is activating more cyborgs, including females. Since you and I got more people to respond and join us, I determined that possibly they felt less threatened by a female. You may help train the females to do the job with each of the three teams.”
“Oh, okay,” Danya agreed, and her father looked relieved. “Then what are we going to do?”
“We will take the shuttle to the other cyborg production facility on this world to see if there are any more cyborgs in stasis at that location,” Vyken said. “You are welcome to come as well, James.”
“No thanks,” he said. “I really hate flying, and I have a lot to do here. I am starting to teach people to read, helping people who have special needs make them known.”
Vyken stopped talking and went into a vacant stare as the ship AI patched through a message from cyborg command.
Commander Dark, this is Chancellor Rexar Falcon we received your message about the thirty-three hundred cyborgs left in stasis at the Chicago Enclave. Are you aware there is another cyborg facility on Earth?
Yes, sir! I am planning to travel to it tomorrow. I want to make sure we set all of the cyborgs free.
Excellent Commander. We will wait to hear back from you before we send transport for them to Phantom.
What if they do not wish to come to Phantom?
Cyborgs in stasis will be transported to Phantom. They can choose at that point what they will do from there. Cyborgs that you activate to aid your mission are free to go where they will. There may not be enough resources left on Earth to support high numbers of cyborgs. Once you have inventoried the number of cyborgs in stasis at the other facility, get back to me with the number, and we will send ships for them.
As you wish, Chancellor.
“Vyken, are you okay,” Danya asked, touching his arm.
He blinked and looked down at her. “I’m fine, Star was relaying a message to me from the ship. Are you ready to return to the ship?”
She nodded with a shy smile. “I told Dad that I have accepted you as my mate. He wasn’t surprised. He’s okay with it---probably because you saved our asses and he knows I want to be with you.”
Vyken smiled at her and drew his fingertips down her cheek. He bent down and whispered in her ear, “I’m going to pleasure you in every way I know when I take you back to the ship.”
Danya laughed softly and pressed a quick kiss on the side of his mouth. “Bring it on,” she whispered back.
“Do you wish to return to the ship this night, James?” Vyken asked?
“Thank you, no. I’m have promised to visit some of the new people who just got here. Jacob has given me a room,” he replied with a smile. “If I don’t see you before you leave tomorrow, have a good trip.”
“We will,” said Vyken as he was walking Danya out the door with an arm around her shoulders. His words had had the desired effect on Danya as he could scent her arousal even before they left.
