Page 100 of Seeded By Two

His beady eyes glared into me and might have been black holes for all the gravity they emitted.

I opened my mouth to speak but thought better of it.

If I spoke in my real voice, they would know I was female and not one of them.

Then I would adopt a deeper voice, I decided.

Before I could get a word out, the guard jabbed me in the arm with a thick finger. “And what sort of form is this?”

He believed I was a member of the Ukmat and wondered why I hadn’t adopted the same appearance as all the others.

Finally, I found my nerve.

I deepened my voice and growled:

“I am… optimizing… sir.”

The creature cocked his head to one side. “Optimizing? For what purpose?”

“To see if… if the Jizzik form is really the best warrior form in our arsenal… sir.”

The creature just glared at me.

I wondered if I had put all our lives in danger.

Then the guard did a surprising thing and morphed into a perfect replica of my spacesuit.

The moment he did, he moved his arms around, extended them.

Staring into the visor of his helmet, I couldn’t read his expression.

“Hm. Not bad. It’s quicker, smaller, certainly less strong… but it could have its uses…”

Then he gave an appreciating nod and handed me a small plasma pistol. “Do not lose it. I expect it back once your shift ends. Understood?”

“Uh, yes,” I said. “Yes, sir.”

The creature marched away to berate another member of the team.

I just stared, wide-eyed, at the blaster pistol in my gloved hand.

I had wanted a weapon… and now I had one.

How was that for manifesting?

It wasn’t the same caliber as the larger plasma rifles but it was something.

I peered at the restraints around Feon’s wrists—and I was certain it was him as I felt I could already distinguish between my two mates already having spent some time in their company—I could blast them open…

Or else risk putting a hole in Feon instead.

I had a weapon and a goal—to spring my fated mates loose so we could escape—but I had no means to reach it.

Then the situation forced my hand.

I watched, open-mouthed, as the pod I had been inside just a few short minutes ago appeared as a holo-image.

The team of drones chased after it and began blasting at it with their lasers.

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