[Danny]

ah, the hell with it, here's another!

CHAPTER 34

Tillyn glanced up at their captors. “What are you going to do to us?”

The scientist slig looked at them. “You’ve probably heard lots of horror stories about the Labs, haven’t you? Well, most of them are true. But you two are just going to be examined. Dr. Angrak will look at you, examine you, and then decide what to do. He’s one of the nicer scientists. Some of the others would dissect you as soon as look at you, but I’m taking you to him because you’re sligs, like me.”

“Why do we need examination?”

The slig just looked at him. “If I hadn’t told them you needed examination, you’d probably be dead by now. Or worse… Besides, I can see that you friend here isn’t a normal Bigbro, and I’m curious. You can call me Zak, by the way. And you are…?”

“I’m Tillyn, he’s Gormanul.”

“Pleased to meet you.”

Tillyn looked up at Zak. “Any chance of untying us?”

Zak smiled. “We may be friends for now, but I know you’d knock me down and escape if I gave you the chance. Anyway, Supervisor Dran doesn’t trust me, and he’ll be watching the security screens. If he sees that I’ve untied you, it’ll be my body baiting those traps.”

“What’s going to happen to us after the tests?”

Zak’s eyes saddened. “That’s up to Angrak.”

Tillyn nodded silently, and they continued the journey in silence.