Alien Tango by Gini Koch

Author:Gini Koch
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Space Opera, Fiction, Urban Life, Fantasy, General
ISBN: 9780756406325
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published: 2010-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 40

A-C REFLEXES MIGHT MEAN THEY couldn’t drive cars or fly planes safely, but they sure came in handy during a crisis situation. Christopher grabbed me, Michael grabbed Brian, and then we were all running at hyperspeed back the way we’d come. Martini and Gower were also with us.

The bomb went off as we rounded one of the many corners. Fortunately A-Cs were also much stronger than humans, because the shock waves knocked me down, and I would have gone flying if Christopher hadn’t managed to wrap his arms around me.

We stopped. “MOVE!” Martini bellowed. I saw a fireball headed toward us. Whoever was “in love” with Brian had some serious skills with explosives.

We all ran again at hyperspeed. Christopher still had my hand, but Martini was on my other side. He didn’t touch me, not because he was in a snit but because doubling the hyperspeed effect was more than hard on humans.

I had no idea where we were going, but Michael was in the lead, dragging Brian along, and the rest of us followed them. We weren’t headed back to quarantine, that I was sure of.

We came to a stop what seemed like far away in the maze of hallways from where we’d been. Brian and I both dropped to our hands and knees and started retching.

“This sucks worse than being possessed,” Brian gasped out between gags.

“Better than blowing up,” I managed to reply. I’d kept a hold of my phone somehow. It was still open, and I put it up to my ear. “Are you still on, psycho stalker person?”

She was. Lucky me. “How did you survive that, you bitch?”

I hit the speaker option so I could keep on retching while chatting with my favorite unknown loony. “Look, babe, I have no idea who you are or why you think committing felonies is the way to any man’s heart, let alone Brian’s, but I think I now speak for both of us in saying you are one truly whacked-out piece of work, and when we find you, we’re going to enjoy locking you up somewhere for good.” I was no longer amused, felt anything like pity for her, or considered this the lowest-level threat we had.

“You’ll both pay for this.” She was crying. “How could you escape the bomb? You’re the devil, aren’t you? That’s why you’ve enticed him all these years!”

“You religious at all, babe?”

“Very, and I can spot a she-devil.”

“Then, let me just say I’m gonna go all kinds of Old Testament on your ass whenever we finally meet up. That is, if you’re not too freaking scared of me to stop trying to blow me up and just settle this like women have through the ages.”

“How’s that?” She actually sounded interested. I was so good with the psychopaths. What a fab skill.

“Girl fight. You pick the spot, I’ll be there. Whoever wins gets to keep Brian.”

She was quiet for a few moments, and I got to my feet with an assist from Martini. Michael helped Brian up as well, while Christopher carefully handed me the phone.

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