Solar Warden

Delay Part 61

About twenty minutes later Samuel and SW-3 were on the ride to the shuttle LZ. They were a bit faster and waited. After landing Samuel went in to get the drones. The others covered the area. Samuel came out with two and one of the pilots was carrying the third.

Then Samuel uploaded the mission objectives, activated the drones and sent the start signal. The drones went away with over 100 kilometers per hour. Samuel and SW-3 went back to the facility and the shuttle to the more guarded landing zone.

The Gray woke up and the Commander was called. While the Commander was on his way, the alien said nothing. It looked at the autopsy mess but seemed not to have any noticeable reaction to it. Then it looked at the guards and did not move anymore.

Knight went in. The Gray looked to him but said nothing.

"We want answers. Why did you abduct people from our planet?" the Commander asked.

He did not answer.

"What have you done to our people in this room?"

Still no answer.

"What do you do on this planet?"

The alien seemed not to care.

"Microwave rifle," Knight commanded. One of the soldiers stepped forward aiming with the rifle to the chest of the alien.

The Gray stood up turned to the rifle and said nothing.

Knight checked it was on lowest settings.

"Speak now or we shoot," the Commander said.

He knew this level was very painful for humans and would disable them for a short time.

"Fire!" came the command.

The Gray went down on the other side of the table which was a simple white rectangular box. It was the right table. There were three tables in the room. The dead and opened turtle face was on the left one. Now the Gray was lying on the ground and flickering through the effect of the microwaves. After he calmed down he stood up and made a yawning gesture.

"We only want some information if you are not cooperative we will get them otherwise," Commander Knight said.

The Gray moved one step forward as he was waiting for the next shot.

"Fire!" Knight commanded unimpressed.

Samuel walked in with a scanner and checked the brain while the Gray flickered. After that the Gray stood up and made the same gesture. Samuel scanned again. Then left the room with Commander Knight.

"He has a device in his head. But we cannot measure any electrical signature from it or any other activity that comes from it. Also our methods are limited. If we go down to the level off EEG, we cannot distinguish from the normal brain function and maybe the device. For that we would need to use a real EEG and MRI what we don't have here," Samuel reported which was supported by Watkins.

"Thanks for the info. I will discuss further options with the Captain. But take SW-3, place an additional communication relay on top of the tower. I want to observe him in this room using the camera. Place a microphone and a speaker in there if needed. Then we can monitor him when we are gone. We will guard the area with the combat drones. So it should take them some time and resources to get him free," Knight informed Samuel.

"I inform you when I am done. I guess it will take about an hour," Samuel replied, then went to Yamada.

Knight discussed further options for the interrogation and the retreat plan with the Captain. Then went back to continue the interrogation. The Gray was just standing there.

"We guess that you are all here artificial created organic machines controlled from somewhere else. If you don't want to talk we continue our investigation. There is no reason why we should stop. Whatever, you will be stuck here for a while or even end up like the other here," Knight went on.

The alien did not respond.

Knight continued to ask question and let some more shots fire. But he could not get a word out of him.

Finally, Samuel showed up. They tested the communication and its volume then all left the room. Samuel locked the door.

It was time for the retreat. Everyone went to the bikes. The Icarus had the control of the building systems which could be controlled remotely. All teams used the river route to get as fast to the shuttles. Only SW-3, Samuel and the shot ones were picked up before the canyon. Then they left the planet via the backside route.