Nowhere to Hide by Saxon Andrew Page A

stunned the inhabitants and removed them afterwards.”
    The First looked at his Admiral, “We’ve done this once, First; we can do it again.”
    “But this is on an entirely different scale.”
    “Yes, but we aren’t being attacked while we’re doing it this time. If our forces can buy us time in M87, we can accomplish a great deal in what time we have.”
    The King of the Union nodded, “I need your assistance in helping us organize our exodus.”
    The First nodded, “I’ll get you the people you need to get it started.”
    “We don’t have as many planets as you do. I’ll get our information on what planets are available to the Hub Computer and it can coordinate with our Obelisk in making the assignments.”
    The First shook his head, “Let’s hope we have enough time to do this.”
    The Admiral nodded, “We need to make good use of the time our brave warriors give us.” The First and the King both nodded.

Chapter Seven
    T he Advisor looked at his panel and saw the Senior Father, “I wish you success on your mission.”
    “Thank you; we should have things ready for your arrival. When are you coming?”
    “I’ll start the main invasion in three days.”
    The Advisor smiled and said, “Make it four days.”
    The Senior Father was furious; the idiot still challenged him on everything, “It will be delayed by one day.”
    The Advisor smiled and knew the frustration the Father must have been feeling but he hid his emotions well. “I’ll let you know if we need you sooner.”
    “That would be good.”
    The panel went dark and the Advisor looked at his Son, “You will launch the scouts to their assignments as soon as the main body of ships leaves.”
    “Yes, Father.”
    He looked around the bridge and saw all the crew at their stations waiting for the command. He smiled, “Jump in two minutes.”
    The probe saw the giant mass of ships all activate their force fields and sensed their star drives being activated. It sent the warning out as the millions of Invader ships disappeared.
    ***
    Lieutenant West sat in his ship and waited for the message to come in. “Glen, are all systems active?”
    “You’ve asked me that four times and for the fourth time, they are.”
    “I know; I’m just a little nervous about this.”
    “Aren’t we all?”
    “Computers don’t feel fear.”
    “Speak for yourself; I was at the first trial with you.”
    “Just make sure they’re all in normal space before we jump.”
    “You don’t have to worry about that.”
    ***
    Millions of ships appeared in normal space outside M87 and began forming up into units. The Advisor looked at his Second and heard him say, “Ten minutes until all units are organized.” The Advisor nodded and watched his display. He looked for enemy ships to start attacking but none appeared. He turned an eyestalk to his left and the nephew at the scanning station shook his body. This was not what he expected; they had to know his fleet was here.
    ***
    A million Invader Ships jumped into M87 and began collecting data on the main civilizations. Their initial arrival went unchallenged, but not for long.
    ***
    Lilly received her target’s coordinates and relayed them to her wing. Seven attack craft jumped and came roaring in on the giant almond colored ship. “Spread out and launch! Get out if you take fire from their main lasers.”
    Lilly watched her wing spread out and the first three launched two boson missiles each at the giant ship. They began hitting the huge ship’s force field and it looked like it was covered in a massive wave of fire. The Invader fired at the three attack craft and two of them exploded when they were hit by multiple beams. “Damn, those beams are too strong.” Lilly rolled her ship toward the giant and saw beams start reaching out for her. She turned parallel to it and accelerated away from the beams sweeping toward her. Just before they hit she dropped out of normal space and micro-jumped to the other side and