Dr. Stone had attained the rank of captain in the United Planets armed forces, but he preferred the title “doctor” to that of his naval rank. The placard on his desk read simply, “Doctor Donald Stone, M.D.” He chose to display his medical paraphernalia over any other personal items, taking great pride in his career.
Lunk awoke to find himself strapped to an examination table in a brightly lit room with blindly white walls. The heavy scent of antiseptic told him it was a laboratory or medical facility, but all he could see was the light directly above him. He had been led to a cell after he was taken
Molly fired her thrusters, sending her gun suit into a supersonic dive that would have shattered the eardrums of any human on the ground beneath her. But there were no humans on the surface of the desolate planet that had been the battlefield for this scouting mission gone wrong. And as she spared a glance
Lunk could feel the energy bands on his wrist tighten when he pulled against them. There was no way to break free of them. Even though the bands were designed for an average human, his muscles were no match for the military shackles. The light transport offered him no comfort as his giant frame was
