Gray Panthers: Battle for Earth by David Guenther Read Free Book Online Page B

the internet, I felt it important to ensure you were safe, so I have been tracking you."  Grubs reply struck Dan silent for a minute, then quipped, "Grub you continue to amaze me. How have you been tracking me?"
    "I started by using the devices in your house; phone, TV, the security devices in the city, but mainly I used a set of intelligence drones.  They have not been more than 5 feet from you since you left the mine." A small spot materialized directly in front of Dan, then disappeared again.  "The drones are able to bend light so it is very difficult to see, especially if you are not looking for them."
    Dan smiled and turned to Abdul, "Abdul meet Grub our new partner, and Grub do you have video of the entire time you were monitoring me? If so I'd like a copy of last night from eleven o’clock local time until eight this morning." Before he could continue, in front of him in full life size he saw his room and himself on top of Maria, "END DISPLAY NOW!" Dan shouted as Abdul hit him in the side and broke out laughing.  "Is there also security footage of Abdul? Dan asked going from shocked to accepting the invasion of his privacy.
    "When the importance of Abdul to you was apparent to me I, began dedicated monitoring of him also.  Do you need any replay of his actions?" Grub asked.
    "Hell no! You damn pervert!" Abdul roared, then looked at Dan fighting back his tears and restarted laughing again. 
    "Grub, if you were monitoring me when I left here and you saw my interaction with the Outsiders, why didn't you help me? Dan asked, once again serious.
    "I was going to stall their engine when you turned around to engage them, so I did not want to interfere as I was not sure what was going on.  Your actions left me confused, especially when it appeared that you enjoyed the engagement.  Had one of them tried to use their firearms, the drone did have the ability to redirect the bullet in flight by hitting it with their body. But as it turned out you did not need any assistance against the nine men that attacked you."
      Abdul just looked at Dan as he listened to the conversation, respect growing for his old comrade.  "Boy you are nuts!  Good thing I'm back to give you adult supervision, and don't give me no crap about the best defense is a strong offense.  Sounds like you could have just kept running and avoided that stupidity! Enough said.  Now Grub I'm tired of talking to thin air, I want to see what you look like, now!"  As Dan was getting ready to explain Grub was the ships voice they were in, an apparition appeared before them.  Standing in front of them was a six-foot tall prairie dog, comical looking as it seemed to have a mouth full of something making the cheeks look fat, as it absently scratched its chest with both paws.
       "This is how I am represented to my builders when they wanted to talk with me.  This is also how the average Flem looks," Grub answered as his nose started to twitch slightly.
    "Damn Grub, you got a fat ass," Dan quipped.
    "How about we go sit down and start getting me up to date here," Abdul groaned as he rubbed his forehead as he felt a throbbing pain that was slowly getting stronger.
    Grub nodded and they followed him down a wide hallway and into a conference room with a long table down the center and fat squat chairs all around it.  Dropping into the seat, Dan noticed how plush and wide it was on the bottom but yet perfectly comfortable. 
    "OK Grub, Dan tells me your species is being hunted, by now probably extinct." You luckily escaped the destruction and will not do anything to save them.  So, you will stay hidden in this hole as they do the same thing to our people in 20 years.  Are you going to volunteer your services to them when they come, maybe in exchange they will repair you and use you to hunt humans." Abdul softly asked so coldly Dan shuddered, remembering when he had heard that tone used before during field interrogations in the war.  "Will your new masters