Version 2006 - Ch 55

INTERLUDE



When the lights went out, Damon had used his chance to flee. The force field barrier to the spectators was gone as well and there between the crowd, he deactivated his Bio flex mask changed his appearance. Up in the VIP box a blaster-shot rang As the lights came back on, he was halfway to the exit. He stole a jacket from a spectator who paid no attention. Down in the arena only the dead stomper, one of the Insectos the other Dai attacked was only wounded and started to tear into the crowd. Panic erupted and he was swept outside, before he could see were the Nul went. He caught a Taxi Skimmer and went back to his ship. He needed to leave and come back with another identity and then he would return and deal with that Duke. He also needed to tell the Nul that their prince was alive, but he doubted he would be alive for long. No one liked Nul-Nul and everyone was afraid of them. The Nul could not hide in the crowds and Cartel would find him .He would give them a fight but he would die in the streets of Sin 4 or back in the Arena. Just as he readied his ship to take off he saw bright orange light in the far distance suddenly flash across the sky. Something big had been blown up. As he saw the other Dai fight the Insecto, he was glad he did not try and his mind always wandered back to that masked female as she fought that big beast. Her dress torn to shreds, she fought like a savage as if she was born fighting monsters with just an axe. He wondered who she really was. He knew the days of the worm were numbered, maybe his work was done. He wondered if he should not forget the whole thing and simply fly to the Union and surrender. He shook his head just to himself. No his work was not done. The Nul-Nul still need to be monitored. His small ship shot into the night sky and now he could see a massive still glowing mushroom cloud growing over the very island fortress of the Duke. He magnified and switched to sensors, the island was completely obliterated. Someone else had taken care of the Duke already so it seemed. Was it the Kermac or the Nul? He programmed his course and leaned back as his ship left the atmosphere and went past the Translight thresh hold and slipped into quasi space. ________________________________________