Prisoner X

Chapter 1 A moments reprieve and the spy prepared his nerve for what was next. A resounding shriek of laser scything into metal shot through his ears. Commander John Henson could not halt a lurch forward into his partner who huddled beneath his protective embrace. He heard Salome squeal as his jolted weight bore down upon her. Henson quickly collected himself and unburdened her and raised his head into a noxious mist of laser fumes. The spy snorted and spat out the smog but it had already embedded a sour taste in the back of his throat. Henson craned his neck up above the mist and found himself scowling at the quarter moon as it hung smugly above them.