23 Chapter 23 - Fabricated Dreams (2/2)
Dustin and Olivia were both shocked and outraged.If they didn't commit the crimes they thought they had, then why were they here?
”Does that mean, they're just grabbing people at random to throw down here?” asked Dustin, trying to remember what had actually happened.
”That doesn't make sense.I was a pretty big player in the Josagn political field.They couldn't just make me disappear without a really good reason.”Olivia shook her head.
”Did you have anything political going on with you?” asked the prince, turning to Dustin.
”My dad was a war hero in the last excursion.He died shortly after returning, but how could that have anything to do with it?”
”With the Ogifgar?That was a brutal war.”
”The Ogifgar?? That's why!” exclaimed the prince, standing up in excitement.
They both looked at him, like he had grown a second head.
”The Ogifgar are our top competitors at the moment.Or they had been.We only agreed to partner, somewhat, with the human race, because you guys took out the primary force of the Ogifgar race.Once you did that, it opened a doorway for us to be able to start playing our war games with them.”
”What, let me get this straight, you guys refused to deal with us, unless we crippled this other race for you, so you could go and kill them for fun?”
The prince shrugged.”That's what we do.”
”But what does that have to do with us?” asked Olivia.
”What did you have to do with the Ogifgar?” he asked her.
”Nothing.I was a species analyst for your race.I stayed with your people for six years trying to learn about you for my government.”
”Oh! Well, that's why you were sent here.Our people don't like snoops.That is what you call them, right?Those who go into other places to learn about them?”
”Do you mean, like spies?” she asked.
”Yes!We hate those who would spy on us.I imagine one of our diplomats threatened to cut off relations if you weren't removed.”
”By claiming you killed a general, that would give them plenty of permission to throw you away,” said Dustin, thoughtfully.
”Alright, I'll give you that.” She finally conceded.”But that doesn't explain you.Just because your dad was in a war, I don't get the connection.What did you do for a living again?Something about building alien tech?”
”No, I reverse engineered tech that came from aliens.I was pretty good too.I had just gotten a promotion for this little device that came from somewhere.It looked kind of like a cube, but when you turned it, this glow would emit, causing all those around you to freeze, for like, ten seconds.”
”A dantien cube?” shrieked the prince.
”Maybe?It didn't come with a name tag.I was told to reverse engineer it, just like all the other crap they throw at me, and I did.I was hoping for a larger bonus, but eh, I took what I could get.”
”What's a dantien cube?” asked Olivia.
”It's one of our most top-secret military devices!How the skadfhg did you guys get one???”