LOST REVENGE by Hao Yang Read Free Book Online

in every way possible.”
    I raise the glass to
the level of my eyes.
    Bud and Lisa pick up
their glasses and stand up, but others still sit there.
    This is a bad sign.
    Why Roy, Lock, Jim
and Charles just sit there? Are they all aliens?
    I stare at them, my
face muscles twitching. I have to know for sure.
    “OK, let’s drink
first. I know this is not wine, but you know it is just symbolic.” I squeeze
out a smile.
    “Put down the
glasses,” Roy shouts to Bud and Lisa who are about to take a sip.
    Bud and Lisa first
look confused, and then their eyes widen. They slowly set the glasses on the
table, their face calm and cold.
    Now I know Roy, Bud
and Lisa are aliens.
    Who else?
    Charle, Jim and Lock?
    It can’t be.
    It can’t be! Waves of
chill are running through my entire body.
    I glower at Roy
realizing we both know what is going on.
    “Guys, we don’t need
the disguise anymore.” Says Roy with a relax tone.
    Others turn to Roy
for a second and then every one of them slowly change to the alien form Betha
had earlier. Bluish skin, red eyes, big face without nose. The one used to be
Roy has a black mark, the size of a coin, on his forehead that others don’t
have. It is a triangle with several lines in it. He must be the leader.
    Looking at them, I
know this is the end. I take a deep breath and let it out slowly.
    “I am sorry I have to
introduce myself under this circumstance. I am Commander Asuak. We live in a
planet far far away from your solar system. We can copy the appearance of any
life form without even touching them, but apparently we didn’t do a very good
job. How did you find out?” The thing used to be Roy says.
    “My wife!” I say
coldly.
    “Oh, yes. She was
special. She interrupted the process and destroyed all sedatives. That was how
you woke up. She also burned herself. I guess she thought we had to use her
body to assimilate her. If things happened as I planned, we would wake you up
after we get the access code to the mainframe.” Asuak continues.
    “Fuck you!” I shout.
    “Be honest with you,
we have decided not to kill you, even though you killed one of my crews and
injured another one. Our civilization despise killing. We didn’t want to kill
your crew. Your crew tried to kill my crew in the first place, but I guess you
won’t believe me.” Asuak says sadly, his voice low and coarse.
    “Damn right!”
    “Tell me what you
want.” Asuak says with a serious face.
    “You killed all my
crew. What do you think?” I say angrily.
    Except Asuak, they
are all looking at me with frightened faces, their red eyes widened and their
mouths opened.
    Asuak sighed and
says, “So now what?”
    I am staring at
Asuak, but thinking about Lily’s death in the incinerator.
    Lily, I will make
them pay what they did.
    “Lily” I shout at the
top of my lung. Then I smile at Asuak.
    One second.
    Two second.
    Three second.
    I am waiting for the
big bang.
    Dead silence.
    Clock is ticking, but
nothing happens.
    Now Asuak throws me a
disdainful smile and says, “Use voice to activate the procedure to overload the
reactor is a very smart idea. Actually, I just found it out before the dinner.
I didn’t know you would use the word Lily though. You really love her, don’t
you? Now listen, we lost our ship and we need the access code to the mainframe
to send out distress call to my species. After we are done, we will leave.”
    “You will never get
it!” I shout.
    Asuak turns to the
alien sits at his right and says, “You were right. At least we have the bug.”
    “What bug?” I ask. Now
I remember the three levels of fucked up and I am at the third level where
everyone knows you are fucked up.
    I look around in
panic while they are standing up from their seats.
    A red button near the
door catches my eyes. It is the emergency button for fire suppression. I sprint
off my chair, dash to the button and hit it hard with my right hand.
    “Swoosh.” White power
busts into the compartment like a descending