Grai's Game (First Wave) Read Online Free

again.
    “Dread… what can you do to help?” Ivint asked breathing out a frustrated sigh.
    The room became eerily silent as Traze, Dread and Viper stared at each other for a few minutes, obviously speaking on the generic Shengari’ path. Dread raised his eyebrow a few times and looked long and hard at Viper before speaking.
    “Apparently, if Risk will pull up the files as requested, in less than an hour you will get to witness the death of Kalai T’Alq and the majority of the Relian council.” Dread said seriously.
    The room erupted in denials, anger and shouts as everyone wondered what game the Relian’s were playing with them. It took several moments for Ivint and Banatar to regain control of the room; Traze wisely kept his mouth shut while they did.
    “Risk? Have you found anything yet?” Ivint asked, not believing the Relian boy.
    “I found some strange files, give me a second, and I’ll get them on the screen.” Risk answered, puzzled by the files on the Relian’s comm and trying to make sense of it. He was surprised at the boy’s intelligence. His comm was a programmer’s dream that he hoped to explore thoroughly.
    “Dread? Viper?” Ivint asked, knowing they understood what he was saying.
    “Honestly Councilor, everything I have sensed from the boy speaks of truth.” Dread told the Valendran leader, while Viper nodded his assent.
    “Those animals don’t know how to tell the truth!” Banatar erupted in anger.
    “Banatar! That is not helping. Although I understand your anger, this is not the time for it.” Ivint warned quietly.
    “Grai has to be awake by now, can you at least get him up here to see this? It ’s his and Koda’s weapon that is about ready to kill our father…” Traze said with a beaming smile that startled everyone.
    “What the hell…” Jax said in surprise as a picture of a large ship came onto one of the dozen screens around the room.
    “Where is that?” Reven asked as soon as he recognized the ship.
    “That appears to be the Tragian quadrant. This is a live feed.” Risk told them, shocked that they were actually viewing the main Relian mother ship, in real time.
    “They are easily within a day’s striking distance of the planet.” Reven confirmed to Ivint.
    “Well they would be, except they are going boom in about fifty-five minutes. Can you at least record this? Grai will want to see this later. If nothing else than for proof that the bastard is dead. That drink I mentioned earlier would be pretty awesome right now to celebrate…” Traze said with a huge grin until David sat him down in a chair and smacked him in the back of his head… again.
    “Dude! Seriously! And you think I’m the animal? Geez… here we are killing our dear old daddy , protecting your people and this is how you treat me? Damn!” Traze grumbled slouching in the chair in the comfortable way he usually did in Grai’s office.
    Luckily, the pose kept the back of his head protected from another smack. He still looked over his shoulder periodically to make sure David, and his quick hands weren’t coming close to him again.
    Risk stared at the boy in shock. The things he was finding on the comm were… unbelievable. Curiosity made him record the video feed of the Relian mother ship. Might need it later, he thought to himself.
    “Oh oh! Can we at least get some popcorn? No? Come on!” Traze complained like a grumpy teen and slumped back in the chair when everyone stopped staring at the Relian ship long enough to glare at him.
    “Can we confirm this?” Reven asked, moving over to Risk’s side to look at the boy’s comm and his own.
    “I’m tapping into the orbiting pod now. You should see the view from it, on that screen.” Risk pointed to a blank screen to their right. Even though he knew it would work, he was still surprised to see the same ship appear on the screen, from a greater distance away this time.
    Gasps and low whistling were the only sounds as everyone stared at the