Arkana (ESS Space Marines Book 4) by James David Victor

Author:James David Victor [Victor, James David]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Time was limited.

The three Marines had taken down the six remaining Arkana soldiers, but they all knew that this reprieve wasn’t going to last long. Eventually, the others would figure out something was wrong and would come back, or reinforcements that were held in reserve would decide to come check on things. At least it seemed that none of them had heard any of the noise.

Andy took a moment to scan everything before them, but she didn’t see anyone coming from either side.

She nodded and the three moved forward. They scanned everywhere around them as they advanced, just in case there were any surprise visitors, and they kept as low as they could while they hurried. The terrain they had to cross was more open, with no decorative foliage, and it made her anxious to be out in the open so much.

They reached the tank and stepped around the bodies, watching them warily to make sure that none were about to reach out and grab one of their ankles.

“Martin, you need to get in there and figure out how to disable it,” Andy said in a loud whisper, although the end of her words were drowned out when the tank fired again. “I’m guessing there’s a pilot in there. You’ll have to neutralize him and then figure out the controls.” Her ears were ringing slightly from being so close to the tank when it fired. She wondered how the Arkana kept from being deafened entirely.

“Yes, Major,” Jade said with a nervous nod.

“You can do this,” Andy reassured her. “Just move quickly. I don’t know how much time we’ll have before they come back here. We need that thing out of commission before it pulls the buildings down on our heads.”

Jade nodded again shakily. She stared at the ladder on the side of the tank before slinging her rifle back and pulling her sidearm, knowing that the inside of the tank was not likely to be spacious enough to fire a rifle.

Andy wondered just how it was that the tank driver hadn’t known there was something amiss right outside its door, quite literally, but it had to be just as loud inside that thing as it was outside. And undoubtedly, it was more focused on the enemy in front of it, rather than trying to keep an eye to either side. The soldiers surrounding it were supposed to be in charge of that.

Roxanna kept a watch out while Andy split her gaze between their surroundings and watching Jade go up the ladder. Anxiety that she refused to acknowledge gathered in the pit of her stomach, hoping that the young Marine could shoot the driver before the driver—or anyone else that might be in there—could get her.

It was yet one more calculated risk, but she knew it had to be taken.

Jade reached the top and put one hand on the handle of the hatch, keeping low, her other hand holding her sidearm at the ready. She glanced down at Andy and nodded once, as if gathering her courage and focus.

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