Bitch!
He slid down the chute and landing perfectly on the floor. There was no noise, but it couldn't have been otherwise, for he was a master in his trade. Silent and quick, his services were much in demand in certain circles in galactic empire. It stood to reason, he thought, with unravelling of empire it was power, which would be deciding the future, and he was the key for any important player.
Even now, he was on such an assignment. It was difficult because it involved kidnapping and stealing instead of killing, but the cash was good, so he can't think of any objection. Moral consideration, of course did not play any part in this, indeed he found morality illogical and hence a mystery. He silently walked down the corridor, cameras and alarms were of course deactivated, apparently Saxenas were desperate enough to make an exception in this case, and had spent money in a departure from their character stinginess.
He walked up to the door at the end and took a quick survey, it was perfect. He looked at the name tag on the door, no surprises there. He placed his hand on the access panel, green light came up, for authorization, and door silently slid back. He entered the room, his target was on the bed. He took out the deactivator and pressed the contact.
He stared, she was beautiful. Suddenly he was hesitant, he did not know why, and would have been astonished if anyone suggested that there was anything romantic. Coming out from reverie with a start, He moved towards the data pod with direct access to ship's computer. There was a flash, he began turning around, but lost balance by the impact. There was a searing pain, he felt around, his primary electric generator was damaged, which meant he was incapable of movement.
She stood and walked deliberately. He was again struck by her beauty, a caramel skin, and a vulnerable face was offset by taut, lithe body and a arrogant demeanour. As she raised the blaster again, he realized that she was the latest prototype, the secret one.
It was love at last sight.


4 comments:
Gaurav,
finally mustered courage to knock at the gate to leave this note...
"he stared ..she was beautiful"...I got the flavour of the outcome..reminded me of
...well I don't know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain't right,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs,
here I am,Stuck in the middle with you.....
nice but I like Father more. I got this brilliant book penned by Thomas Bernhard (the thinker n philosopher)..Voice Imitator...in this each story is a page length. have not started reading...but I love this man Bernhard...courtesy Alok who introduced.check him out, you would love Bernhard.am not so much into sci-fi...blithe fragile thing!
but "love at last sight" is a deception...J
J,
Sci-fi is the perfect medium to explore reality :-)
Hey Gaurav
I was reading this tiny story from "Voice Imitator" by Thomas Bernhard when I was going for my meeting ...the book has 140 stories each is a page length...
felt like sharing this with you..why, am deceptively clueless.
now story-Hotel Waldhaus
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We had no luck with the weather and the guests at our table were repellent in every respect. They even spoiled Nietzsche for us. Even after they had had a fatal accident n had been laid out in the church in Sils,we still hated them.
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dark,unsentimental.what do u say? ~Jyo
J,
It is devoid of tender sentiments. I can smell a grim sense of humour.
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