Alliance of Fear

"Hover high over their heads."

The door slid slowly open revealing a doorway. A human ran into the room with a pistol in his hand.

"Drop me now," Jess said.

Oglethaine did so, and Jess landed on top of the man and sent him sprawling. The weapon flew out of his hand and slid across the floor. The dragert landed, and Dainler grabbed the weapon. As Jess rolled away from the human, Dainler pointed the weapon at the captor who had now become the captured.

"Don't shoot me!" the man said.

"Give me one good reason not to," Jess said.

"Because I didn't shoot you. I don't know how you know, but you know that I could have."

"Liar," Dainler said. He raised the weapon and pointed it.

"He's not lying," Jess said.

"Well, he deserves to be shot anyway. He's helping Huskus to enslave us."

"Not me."

"Don't shoot him, Dainler," Jess said. "He's telling the truth. Besides, we can use him."

"How?" Oglethaine and Dainler said.

"Give me the gun," Jess said.

Dainler did so. "I didn't know how to use it anyway."

"What's he saying?" Oglethaine asked.

"What's he saying?" Dainler asked.

"Doesn't matter. Zyglots are liars," the dragert said.

"Dragerts are murdering" "Do you two understand each other," Jess interrupted.

"No," they said.

"Do you understand them?"

Still terrified, the human shook his head no.

"No wonder we don't get along," Jess said. "You two be quiet." Oglethaine and Dainler obeyed. "You both understood that?" Both nodded. "Who else is in the ship?"