The Time Thief (K9 short story)

 was the third short story in the K9 anthology Megabytes. It was written by Bob Baker.

Publisher's summary
K9 encounters a cheeky time and space travelling character who is a chancer, a petty thief and vaguely familiar! Drax, under the employ of the leader of one of the gangster gangs that thrive in NuSev's more unsavoury districts has recently stolen over 10 million credits worth of diamonds and what he thinks is an ancient relic from the NuSev museum. Unknown to Drax, the relic is in fact a hatch of incredibly rare eggs belonging to the Mandrel species who are thought to be extinct. K9 has to face a gang war, apprehend the culprits and face the fact that the Mandrel eggs are beginning to hatch...

Plot
to be added

Characters

 * K9
 * Drax

Worldbuilding

 * Drax was known to have been on NuEarth Three.

Continuity

 * Drax recognises K9 but sees he's had a face lift like he has. (TV: The Armageddon Factor)
 * The home planet of the Mandrels is Eden. (TV: Nightmare of Eden)