Chapter 50: Contacting Dora's Small Space Cruiser

Charles didn't reply fast as he was like someone who just received shocking news. James felt more unease, as Charles looked at him as he said decisively:

"We have to save her."

"Save who?"

"Princess Dora, she is in grave danger," Charles replied as he began to look for his gun. James was at loss, so he asked again:

"What happened to her? She is going to save her mother."

"You don't understand, do you think it was simple to capture me and to be replaced?"

James paused as his mind got the general idea, so he expressed his thoughts:

"Do you mean there is a mole in the close circle of Dora?"

"No, I mean her mother is the mole," Charles was still looking for his gun, but he couldn't find it, so he looked towards James as he asked:

"Where is my gun?"

James wasn't in the mood right now to reply to him, as he was shocked by what he heard, so he tried to confirm Charles' claims as he asked:

"Are you sure? Her mother is an ally to the Immortal? How can this be?"

"It's complicated, and I don't know the whole truth, but from what happened to me this lady who called herself Dora's mother is a subordinate to the Immortal, not an ally, now where is my gun? I need to rush out and stop Dora from that trap."

James didn't believe him, so he asked seriously:

"Do you have a proof?"

Charles pointed to himself as he said:

"I'm the proof, I was framed by that witch."

James shook his head firmly as he replied:

"Your words aren't enough, she is her mother… she can't do it to her."

Charles sighed as he said:

"Believe it or not, that's your business. Believe me mate; I don't care about what you think. Just give me my gun and let me go to save Dora before it's too late."

James looked deeply towards Charles, that youngster wasn't lying, or at least that was what he felt. James tried to weigh out things, if Charles was wrong, then he would risk facing that Immortal right now, but if he was right then he must save Dora.

He also knew Dora was heading to a trap, but he didn't think this trap would be set up by her mother.

"Listen, the commanding deck has a spying device that I planted before I escaped from there. Just take this chip and put it into any secondary control unit scattered everywhere here and you can see and watch everything like you are there with them."

Charles then took out a small thin black with yellow stripe chip and handed it over to James.

"Now, give me my gun and get out of my way."

James glanced at this chip and then towards Charles. That youngster was burning with fire, a fire for vengeance. James took a deep breath as he took out Charles gun from his storage device while saying:

"Just tell me what you intend to do."

"How did you…? Ah, forget it," Charles was surprised by the way James took out his gun, as he thought he was like a magician or something. He had no time to waste here, so he didn't pursue this matter while saying:

"Why do you want to know my plan?"

"I might come with you," James replied casually.

"Come with me? No thanks, I can do this alone. Just keep yourself out of trouble."

Charles took the gun and didn't take James' words seriously, for him, James was a mere rogue adventurer who had some tricks and thought highly of himself. Charles moved outside the small room as he said before disappearing:

"This place isn't tightly secured from the Immortal's men, Head this way and you will find a secondary control unit inside a small, well hidden corridor."

James watched him disappear in a hurry while he stood silent at his place. He was trying to judge the info he received from Charles, as he was still hesitating regarding what he should do next.

Regardless of anything, he needed to get a copy of this large cruiser interior design map, or else he would be still lost. He moved from that room, and headed straight towards the direction Charles gave to him.

After walking for a few minutes, he managed to spot a small corridor that was dark from the outside. It was similar to the one Charles mentioned, so he entered it.

Inside that corridor, the light was so dim that James hardly could see his own steps. at the end of this corridor, there was a small room with a semi-closed door, which he pushed it unintentionally while he was walking.

Once the door fully opened, the whole room lit up suddenly with a bright flash of light that almost blinded him for a few seconds. After he got used to the light, he managed to see a control unit that was similar to his own at the small cruiser.

'That's better, this secondary control unit is exactly the same as any small cruiser commanding deck.'

James muttered to himself after he closed the door firmly and then sat over the only seat here. The room was smaller than his commanding deck, but that was only because it only contained the controlling unit only.

James didn't know what this secondary unit was used for, and he didn't care right now by discovering the uses of it. The first thing he did wasn't to look for Dora, or trying to follow Charles, or even searching for the map of this cruiser.

James started first to contact his trusted aide, Rigo, as he sent him a message briefing about what happened here and asking for Rigo's help.

The search for Dora's little cruiser wasn't that hard, as the large cruiser was stalking it.

After he sent the message, he then put the chip he took from Charles into the commanding unit, and then he waited patiently for the direct feedback from the commanding deck to be projected in front of him. During his wait, he started to look for the map of this cruiser, which he found smoothly.

There was a good reason for Immortal's men not to be here, as this was located at the other end of the commanding deck. The distance he needed to cross wasn't small, but he didn't want to move right away without knowing some facts and deciding what his next steps should be.

Before the camera which Charles planted at the commanding deck started to broadcast, James received a transmission from Dora's cruiser.

He wasn't so deep with technical matters, but he knew this unit had a separate space to act at, as long as those in the commanding deck didn't catch a whim of his presence.

Rigo has sent a simple message, which was a series of buttons and some codes he needed to perform. Rigo didn't explain much, but James knew this long strain of orders and codes must be to ensure his safety and secure this secondary unit from the main deck eyes.

James started to perform the log list of buttons and codes one by one in a hurry. He needed to secure himself before anything else.