Rage (Galactic Cage Fighters) Read Online Free
Author: KD Jones
nothing on me, pure human.”
“Then why help with this investigation?” She looked at him out of the one eye that could still open.
“The last woman that was taken, Lindy, she meant everything to Talon. Talon was my best pupil. I practically raised him. Ever since the girl went missing, he has been in a downward spiral of self-destruction. I want the girl found for his sake.” He stood up and waited by her side until the healers arrived. She watched him walk away, leaving her completely on her own.
Pain killers were a thing of beauty. Sh e didn’t feel anything as repairs were made to her broken jaw. There had been swelling in 90% of her body, but now the bruises were instantly vanishing from her soft skin. She realized that if she hadn’t had the healing implants, she would have bled to death. She hated to admit Lesak was right about anything, but he was about this. Damn him!
She reported in one last time to Chief Officer Marks. She would have very limited communications with him while on circuit. She would contact them and they her only when necessary and in code.
She wasn’t worried about working alone. She had been on her own since she was thirteen. Her parents had been killed in a bombing. Her Uncle Ted took her in, but he was in the Galactic Police Department so he was gone a lot, leaving Rachel had to fend for herself most of the time. She cooked for herself, kept their little apartment clean, paid the bills, saw herself to school.
The only thing she gave her uncle credit for was teaching her how to fight. One day she had come home from school with a black eye and bruised ribs during one of the few occasions he was home. When he found out that the kids from school had been picking on her and beaten the crap out of her, he took it upon himself to see to her training. He also had some of his buddies from the force help. She had really appreciated it.
He died a few years after she wa s accepted into the academy for law enforcement. When she had gone to see him at the hospital that last time, he had told her that he was proud of her. Then he was gone. Out of her life forever, out of this plane of existence and into the next. She was left alone again.
She reported in at 5:30AM the next morning with the GCFA coordinators. They assigned her to a suite on board the GCFA circuit ship, bunking with another woman fighter. Her roommate was a halfsie, part human and part Reptan.
The GCFA had rented use of a large spacecraft to take them from Region to Region on their circuit. The ship was big enough to accommodate up to eighteen fighters on board. There were currently seven male fi ghters and six female fighters signed for the circuit. The ship had a large open training facility that included three floor mats and their own training cage, as well as a dining facility with enough tables to seat the fighters and the crewmembers.
“I am Ssssersssan,” her roommate introduced herself. Rachel recognized Sersan as being the other female fighter at the tryouts. Her face looked humanoid, but the top of her head was slightly pointed and covered in scales. She had no hair anywhere on her body. She reached out to shake hands.
“ Nice to meet you Sersan. I’m Rachel … Starr,” she responded trying not to cringe when she felt the scales on the outside of other woman’s hand. She couldn’t imagine what it would have been like to be the human that mated a full Reptan. It gave her the shivers just thinking about it.
“ Isss thisss your firssst cccircuit?” Sersan asked.
“Yeah. How about you?”
“ Thisss isss my sssecond with GCFA. I toured with preliminary cccircuitsss for two yearsss.” She rubbed her hairless, scaly head as she continued, “You ssshould eat breakfassst. Meal times are at 06:30, 12:30, and 18:30. We train three times a day at 09:30, 15:30, and 21:30.”
“Okay . Are you coming to eat too?” Rachel asked.
“ Yesss. I am ssstarving.”
Chapter 4
Rachel noticed right away that none
“Then why help with this investigation?” She looked at him out of the one eye that could still open.
“The last woman that was taken, Lindy, she meant everything to Talon. Talon was my best pupil. I practically raised him. Ever since the girl went missing, he has been in a downward spiral of self-destruction. I want the girl found for his sake.” He stood up and waited by her side until the healers arrived. She watched him walk away, leaving her completely on her own.
Pain killers were a thing of beauty. Sh e didn’t feel anything as repairs were made to her broken jaw. There had been swelling in 90% of her body, but now the bruises were instantly vanishing from her soft skin. She realized that if she hadn’t had the healing implants, she would have bled to death. She hated to admit Lesak was right about anything, but he was about this. Damn him!
She reported in one last time to Chief Officer Marks. She would have very limited communications with him while on circuit. She would contact them and they her only when necessary and in code.
She wasn’t worried about working alone. She had been on her own since she was thirteen. Her parents had been killed in a bombing. Her Uncle Ted took her in, but he was in the Galactic Police Department so he was gone a lot, leaving Rachel had to fend for herself most of the time. She cooked for herself, kept their little apartment clean, paid the bills, saw herself to school.
The only thing she gave her uncle credit for was teaching her how to fight. One day she had come home from school with a black eye and bruised ribs during one of the few occasions he was home. When he found out that the kids from school had been picking on her and beaten the crap out of her, he took it upon himself to see to her training. He also had some of his buddies from the force help. She had really appreciated it.
He died a few years after she wa s accepted into the academy for law enforcement. When she had gone to see him at the hospital that last time, he had told her that he was proud of her. Then he was gone. Out of her life forever, out of this plane of existence and into the next. She was left alone again.
She reported in at 5:30AM the next morning with the GCFA coordinators. They assigned her to a suite on board the GCFA circuit ship, bunking with another woman fighter. Her roommate was a halfsie, part human and part Reptan.
The GCFA had rented use of a large spacecraft to take them from Region to Region on their circuit. The ship was big enough to accommodate up to eighteen fighters on board. There were currently seven male fi ghters and six female fighters signed for the circuit. The ship had a large open training facility that included three floor mats and their own training cage, as well as a dining facility with enough tables to seat the fighters and the crewmembers.
“I am Ssssersssan,” her roommate introduced herself. Rachel recognized Sersan as being the other female fighter at the tryouts. Her face looked humanoid, but the top of her head was slightly pointed and covered in scales. She had no hair anywhere on her body. She reached out to shake hands.
“ Nice to meet you Sersan. I’m Rachel … Starr,” she responded trying not to cringe when she felt the scales on the outside of other woman’s hand. She couldn’t imagine what it would have been like to be the human that mated a full Reptan. It gave her the shivers just thinking about it.
“ Isss thisss your firssst cccircuit?” Sersan asked.
“Yeah. How about you?”
“ Thisss isss my sssecond with GCFA. I toured with preliminary cccircuitsss for two yearsss.” She rubbed her hairless, scaly head as she continued, “You ssshould eat breakfassst. Meal times are at 06:30, 12:30, and 18:30. We train three times a day at 09:30, 15:30, and 21:30.”
“Okay . Are you coming to eat too?” Rachel asked.
“ Yesss. I am ssstarving.”
Chapter 4
Rachel noticed right away that none
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