Battle of the ULTRAs by Matt Blake

Author:Matt Blake [Blake, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Publisher: Amazon Media
Published: 2016-07-12T23:00:00+00:00

27

“So, I hope you’ve got the Resistance ready to roll out a nice welcome party for me.”

Just hearing Daniel Septer’s voice in my ear reminded me of the stupidity of what I was about to do. “Don’t push your luck,” I said.

The morning sun shone over the Tanzanian coast. I’d tracked down the Resistance to an island around the Southern Hemisphere. It was a risky find. I knew a lot of islands around this way had fallen already. But before I launched my attack on Saint, there was something I needed to do.

There was something I needed to understand, and as much as I hated to admit it, Daniel deserved an answer just as much as I did.

“Didn’t you always dream of this day?” Daniel asked, as we hovered through the skies trying to track down the exact island, the sun beating down on our backs.

“I mighta had a nightmare about it once or twice.”

“Don’t get me wrong, I’d much rather we were conquering the world together. I mean, I did offer.”

“Yeah. Somehow I don’t think our goals matched up too well.”

“But it’s kind of nice,” Daniel said, as the breeze brushed our faces. “You’ve got to admit. Right?”

I didn’t admit it, of course. The thought of flying around with someone I was so keen to take down was sickening. I felt like I was in the wrong for even hearing him out. He’d hurt Ellicia. Threatened my entire family.

But he was family. He was the brother I’d never known I’d had.

There was an unshakable bond I just couldn’t put my finger on.

“So how exactly do you go about a thing like this?” Daniel asked.

“A thing like what?”

“Taking, you know, one of your arch enemies into your circle of friends. Can’t be the easiest of tasks.”

I looked down at the island below. I could feel the power radiating from it. “It won’t be. But I doubt you’ll be sticking around for long.”

I shot down toward it. Daniel pulled me back with his powers, a reminder that he was every bit my match.

He smiled. “Maybe I will stick around. Maybe I’ll fit right in.”

I pushed back with strong powers of my own. “Let’s take things one step at a time.”

We landed on the island. There was a sandy beach that stretched on for a mile or so. The waves crashed against the shore. The thick trees to our right shook in the breeze, the sounds of wild animals partying within.

Otherwise, it was silent. Empty.

“You sure this is the place?” Daniel asked.

“Yeah. I can feel it. Can’t you?”

Daniel glanced down. “Sure, I can feel it. I just—”

“You saying you can’t feel it and I can?”

“I didn’t mean that.”

I shrugged and walked along the beach. I couldn’t believe it, but I was actually smiling. “Guess you are the younger brother. Makes sense that your powers won’t be quite as sharp.”

I felt a sharpness against my neck, like a knife. It stopped me in my tracks.

Daniel was smiling. “Don’t talk to me about ‘sharp’.”

I pushed back against his powers and continued my walk along the beach.

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