Spacetastic Mysteries

Who Killed Ben? Episode 12 - The Showdown

Federal Agent and seasoned SpaceVessel Commander, Jessa Strazzer, emerges from the wreckage of a devastating accident that claimed the life of her beloved husband, Ben. Returning to her duties with a heavy heart, she grapples with grief and unanswered questions, determined to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that shattered her world.

As Jessa sifts through the remnants of her past life,...

Federal Agent and seasoned SpaceVessel Commander, Jessa Strazzer, emerges from the wreckage of a devastating accident that claimed the life of her beloved husband, Ben. Returning to her duties with a heavy heart, she grapples with grief and unanswered questions, determined to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that shattered her world.

As Jessa sifts through the remnants of her past life, she stumbles upon a mysterious box of ite...

Federal Agent and seasoned SpaceVessel Commander, Jessa Strazzer, emerges from the wreckage of a devastating accident that claimed the life of her beloved husband, Ben. Returning to her duties with a heavy heart, she...

"I believe you," I told Natasha who lay on her bed, reading a book. The old-fashioned kind with pages and a spine. The kind you could actually hold in your hands. I noticed that it was Holmes and Watson, a Sherlock Holmes' novel, that held Natasha's attention. "I believe you that you didn't kill Ben. You may have tried to lure my husband away from me, fooled me and Ben into thinking you were on the Freedom Alliance's side, but you ...

"But I didn't kill Benji," Natasha shrieked, moving to the edge of the bed. "I swear I didn't. You have to believe me, Jessa."

When she realized we weren't buying her Lieutenant Colonel Polk act any longer, she referred to me as Jessa instead of Colonel. Although I found her shift in attitude quite intriguing, I knew I still couldn't trust her to tell us the truth.

"Then, my husband was murdered," I concluded; my breath became raw ...

"CHIP, play disk," I instructed the computer.

When I saw Ben's face, I unconsciously ripped my hand away from Nate.

"Agent Benjamin Masters' Log, January 8, 2150...Agent Austin and I have infiltrated Bravo Ait without incident. We are in search of the crew of the Washington. So far we haven't been able to locate them. We, however, have happened upon a compound. It was pretty easy to make it past the guards. We entered the TravelTra...

This is the Spacestastic Mysteries Podcast.  We are continuing science fiction, mystery author Annagail Lynes’ first novel in the science fictions series Jaguar and Peacock Series, Who Killed Ben?  

Federal Agent and seasoned SpaceVessel Commander, Jessa Strazzer, emerges from the wreckage of a devastating accident that claimed the life of her beloved husband, Ben. Returning to her duties with a heavy heart, she grapples with grief...

We ate in silence for the next few minutes.

"The Washington was a vessel similar to this one. At least three-hundred people should have been on board," Nate noted, giving me a look of uneasy puzzlement. "Three-hundred people can't just disappear. Maybe the Crimson Fleet took them as prisoners."

"Perhaps," I consented, steepled my fingers and leaned back in my chair. "But the Crimson Fleet's philosophy is the survival of the fittest," I went on, trying to explain my position....

I lifted the flaps of the box. An envelope with the words "Watch This First" scrawled in Ben’s handwriting caught my eye. Picking up the envelope, I removed a small circular disk the size of a button from it.  After pushing the disk through a slot on the side of the screen, I instructed the computer, "CHIP, play the disk."

My heart felt as if it had sunk into my boots when Ben appeared on the screen. He sat on the couch in our Base...

Just then, a bright light from an oncoming car blinded my eyes. Shielding them with my hand, I looked up at the road. A car barreled through the intersection, then sped up and made a beeline for our car. "Ben, watch out!"  I heard a deafening crash as metal slammed against metal.  A sound that echoed in my ears long after the event.  Thrown forward, I felt my body sail through the window shield like a missile flying through a war-t...

“She foiled our gas and bombs on her vessel, so we are going to have to take more drastic measures.  We are going to have to bomb her crew with her on it.  She has always been the bane of my existence since she married Josh.  He wasn’t supposed to marry her.  We weren’t supposed to be family, but he fell for her.  Why? I will never know.  She is not that pretty, and she is so annoying.”

“Let’s go,” I told my people, leading them ov...

“I don’t know, but my instincts are screaming. It is not far-fetched to think they have a back-up plan. I am concerned that they have more ‘surprises’ for us.”

He nodded. “Unfortunately, I suspect you are correct.” He rolled up my arm and said, “It is your turn to take the cure.” I offered him my arm, watching him inject me with a syringe. I didn’t feel any different, but I reminded myself what I told everyone else, “It will take s...

“Why not?  I thought that was the point--to find the cure.  I found the cure.  It works.  I know that because I created it while in captivity.”

“That was not the point.  You should be smarter than that.  We cannot allow you human beings to destroy our planet and get away with it.  You come to our planet and set up that monstrosity of a dome that houses humans like you.  We lured you all here with that disease to take you out.  Some...

As Doctor Winehart entered the room, a person with thick hair and skin darker than mine but not as dark as Jake’s, that sported a rugged jaw, cold black eyes, still outfitted in a cappuccino-colored jumpsuit, appeared in the room.  He had not walked in.  Just appeared.

Jake’s face hardened.  He ran his eyes over the man before uttering, “What the-- What the actual hell?  How did you just appear here?  Why are you here?  To freakin’...

“It will until your hand has a chance to heal. It is going to take time to get used to it. I will bring it and the simulator to help you practice getting used to it in a couple of hours.” She looked back to Graham and then at me again. “I am staying on board until you and Doctors Morgan and Riley are recovered.” I remember this. I remember living through this before. Why was I reliving this?

I put up my hand and said with grave del...

I sent the information over to Jake and asked, “Do you think this is possible?”
 
He studied the file I sent him.  He looked over at me.  “If this is right—and I am not saying it isn’t—if this is right, we have been looking in the wrong direction.”
 
“I don't know what made me believe that, but I know that I believed it wholeheartedly.  Maybe the proof is somewhere in there, but if this is true, Heaven help these people because bus...

For the next hour, Jake tried to talk to me, trying to make me laugh, get angry and forgive him.  “Come on, talk to me, yell at me.  Just talk to me,” he pleaded.  I refused to give in to him.  The next hour, none of us said anything until Jake looked around with curiosity.  “I remember this place.  We used to meet here when you could get away from Josh.  I didn't remember that until now.  I swear.  We used to leave messages for ea...