Episode 55: A New Threat
His mind an angry blank, Fannia staggered forward and hit the chief in the face with a mailed glove.
The chief went down, and the natives backed away in horror. Quickly, the chief snapped out a knife and brought it up to his throat. Fannia's hands closed on the chief's wrists.
"Listen to me," Fannia croaked. "We're going to take that fuel. If any man makes a move�if anyone kills himself�I'll kill your chief."
The natives milled around uncertainly. The chief was struggling wildly in Fannia's hands, trying to get a knife to his throat, so he could die honorably.
"Get it," Fannia told Donnaught, "and hurry it up."
The natives were uncertain just what to do. They had their knives poised at their throats, ready to plunge if battle was joined.
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