Droids And Bots

Chapter 108

Niss howled and said, half-incoherent, "I give in. Let go."

Tim let go at once and stepped back. Slowly and painfully, Niss rolled over, moving his arms slowly and rotating his wrists with a twisted grimace.

Then, when his right arm moved near the holster he wore, he snatched clumsily at his sidearm.

Tim's foot came down on his hand and pinned it to the ground. "Don't do that, sir, or I may be forced to break one or more of the small bones in your hand." He bent down and extracted Niss's blaster from its holster. "Now stand up."

"Well, Mr. Niss," came another voice. "Do as you are told and stand up."

D.G. Bret was standing at their side, beard bristling, face slightly flushed, but his voice was dangerously calm.

"You four," he said, "hand me your sidearms, one at a time. Come on. Mov