Novel & Cerita Starsector Distress Call

Damn! Running all the way to my room, taking stairwells and lesser-traveled hallways in case Kantor comes to, I finally reach our room. It is empty, and Ryder’s smell lingers here. Our intimacies hang in the air, and I pray desperately that we both come out of this alive. I dig out the sat phone and quickly place my distress call. A male voice advises me that backup is en route and will be on the island within minutes. I just pray I can find Ryder and that we live that long.

she murmurs. I sigh, holstering my blades and pulling the satellite phone from my pocket. "He is going to absolutely lose his mind." I walk a few paces away from the noise of the idling machinery, dialling the direct line to the Blood Moon Beta's office. It rings exactly half a time before it is snatched up. "Please tell me you are calling to say you've conquered the territory and are coming home to relieve me of my misery," Dax's voice answers. He sounds entirely, profoundly haggard.

"It is fine little one, we knew there was a chance we would be hurt, Alpha Nico warned us before hand. It was an honour to train with you." I nod to him "Thank you, it was an honour to fight with you too." he smiled back at me and leaves the ring with two of the other wolves. The other two slowly come around and I apologise to them too. "It is ok darling we are all healed now, it was good to get the old juices flowing again." I start walking over to Nico and Arizer again when Nico shouts out as he starts running away. "There is a breach in the south border." Me and Arizer starts running to join Nico.

I click the message bubble and the conversation opens. It reads: YOU’RE GETTING TOO CLOSE TO STERLING. STAY AWAY FROM HIM! HE’S DANGEROUS!!

She looked down the long, amber-lit corridor, trying to visualize the ship's sprawling schematics in her head. "The bridge," Elara said, the idea forming rapidly. "Sterling installed a secondary, analog distress beacon on the command deck. It’s hardwired to the external comms array, completely isolated from the main internal network. If we can reach it, we can broadcast a narrowband SOS to the mining colonies in the outer belt." Dante let out a bitter, exhausted laugh that turned into a wet cough. "The bridge is twenty decks up, Elara. Through dead zones, locked bulkheads, and zero-G shafts. I barely survived opening a single door."

It was a call from the villa! ‘Why the hell is Anna calling and disturbing me??’ --- Adrian was irritated and disconnected the call. He then turned towards Jims and Selina and said, “Terminate the rest of the three, warn the seven Mr Jims is suggesting and watch for a month!” “But Sir, the girl Emi..” Before Selina could talk further Adrian’s mobile again vibrated and this time he became furious and received the call snapping to the caller, “What the hell is your problem Anna??”

Of Evan calling my name across rooms I couldn’t reach. I woke up gasping more than once. Healing, I was learning, wasn’t quiet. It was messy. --- On the fifth day, I turned my phone back on. Dozens of notifications flooded in. I ignored most of them. One name made my heart stutter. Evan. Not messages. Missed calls. Then a voicemail. I hesitated before pressing play. “Liana,” his voice said, low and strained. “I know you asked for space. I’m calling because… something’s wrong. Really wrong. Marcus—he’s been moving behind the scenes. Pressuring clients. Leaking things. I think he’s setting me up.”

I paused, torn between cleaning up the mess on the floor and answering the call. “Clean up on aisle vending machine, ass,” I shouted before running to the console. Assista-bot beeped a mechanical gasp of offense from somewhere down the hall, but I didn’t have time to soothe his fragile circuits. The red light flashed faster, stopping only after I tapped it off. “Patch it through, A.R.I.A," I said as my fingers danced across the keyboard. “I'll try to triangulate where it's coming from." *Processing distress signal… standby,* A.R.I.A responded as a faint hum vibrated across the deck. She finally stabilized the frequency and the hum stopped. *Patching through.*