Assassins of the Lost Kingdom (Airship Daedalus Book 1) by E.J. Blaine

Author:E.J. Blaine [Blaine, E.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: pulp, adventure, fantasy, occult
Publisher: Deep7 Press
Published: 2016-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Jack came to with Doc shaking him and shouting directly into his face.

“Jack, wake up!”

He was still in the cockpit of the smashed Bristol. Oh, Padger was not going to be happy about this. He hurt, but he hurt everywhere more or less equally so he assumed he didn’t have any critical injuries. And Doc seemed to be okay, but he should make sure of that.

“Are you okay?” he asked. That was just the right question, he realized. It focused right in on exactly what he wanted to know, and didn’t take them off on any irrelevant tangents. So it seemed like his mind was working. All things considered, he decided, it could have been a lot worse.

“Damn it, Jack, move! NOW!”

He shook it off and unsnapped his harness. Overhead he heard the Silver Star planes coming closer. Doc was hauling him out over the edge of the cockpit, and he managed to help push himself clear. He tumbled out of the smashed plane, hit the dirt, and quickly got to his feet. He recognized the sound of an airplane going into a dive. He grabbed Doc’s arm and pulled her with him.

“Come on! We need to move!” he snapped.

“Oh, do you think?” said Doc, and they sprinted for the cover of the jungle.

They made it the few feet to the trees and dove under the thick foliage as machine gun bullets strafed the wreck behind them. The Silver Star plane pulled up, and its partner came in for a pass of its own. More bullets ripped up the deep green leaves and fronds and stitched across the ruins of Padger’s Bristol.

“Keep your head down,” Jack said.

Doc sighed. “You are just full of good ideas today. Yes, by the way.”

“Yes, what?”

“In answer to your question, I’m okay. In better shape than you, I think.”

“I’m okay,” said Jack. “Just shook me up. Not used to being the one that gets shot down.”

“Well, I think we made it out of this one okay,” she said. “But let’s not make a habit of it.”

One of the planes made a final pass over the site, and a smoke grenade tumbled down to the ground alongside the wreck, sending up a thick plume of bright red smoke. Then they heard the engines recede into the distance.

“Well, here we are,” said Doc. “And I don’t think we’re flying out in that.”

Jack gave her a confident smile. “Oh no, not nearly enough runway to get her up to takeoff speed.”

“Oh, poor Padger,” said Doc. “We didn’t even ask. We kind of stole his airplane, didn’t we?”

“Kind of,” said Jack. “All right, let’s see how much of our gear made it. They marked the crash so their ground troops can find it. We need to be far away by the time they get here.”

They hurried back to the wreckage and managed to dig their kit bags out of the rear compartment. Doc’s bag hadn’t taken any damage from enemy fire, though it remained to be seen how much damage the crash itself had done to the scientific gear she’d packed.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.