Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

to delay her until he could get some answers. He’d getanswers soon enough. He was wondering if he was beingarrested for something he had done, or something theythought he had done.Across the plaza from his front door there was now theforbidding facade of a police station. There were almost asmany steps as the cathedral, but they were narrow and steep.He had to try hard to keep up and not stumble. He got a blinkoutall set up in case he needed it. He doubted that Glayetnoticed him keying on the small invisible panel he brought upin front of his nose.As it happened, he didn’t need it. They got to the top ofthe steps and entered her office. She threw him in the foldingchair and cuffed him to it. She pressed a button on herintercom, which was rendered as a big brown box on herdesk. “He’s in custody sir,” she said and then sat back.There was no reply. She glared at the box for awhile.When that did not make it squawk, she glared at him. Sherepeated her message, then waited an even longer time. Allthe while she scowled at him like it was his fault the captainwasn’t answering.“What am I here for?” Alan asked.Her scowl got even deeper. “One: treasonous breach ofsecurity. Two: aiding an enemy agent. Three: unauthorizedtampering with the technical components of the ship. Four:unauthorized entry to secured areas of the ship. Five:violation of duly imposed sentence. Need I go on? Thanks to121