Battlelines (The Human Chronicles Saga Book 14) by T.R. Harris

Author:T.R. Harris [Harris, T.R.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2016-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Adam pulled his ear away from the metal of the door as it suddenly turned icy cold. This was the moment they were waiting for. But how long would they have to remain closed off in the anteroom? He had no idea, and they couldn’t stay in here long enough for J’nae to thaw out.

And his armor suit was lying empty on the floor outside the containment chamber.

“Everyone stand back,” he commanded. “I’m going to try the door.”

Like most doors in modern buildings, this one was operated by motors which slid the panel into a pocket in the wall. These motors were also affected by the cold.

“Dammit! It won’t open.”

“Let me try,” Benefis said. He pressed past Adam and placed his large fingers in the recessed activation panel. Nothing happened.

“So now we wait until the door thaws—just like what’s happening to J’nae?” Sherri said. “And you know she has backup on the way.”

Adam looked around the small room. It was your typical supply closet, something no building could survive without, even in a far distant universe full of flesh-eating aliens. He spotted a thick-handled mop. Grabbing it, he began to bang on the wall where the servo motor was located, hoping to break it free. Riyad kept activating the controls.

“This is just great,” Sherri said. “A perfectly good plan gone to shit…”

“Inside the room, have patience. We will free you soon.”

All mouths fell open in the storage closet. There were Sol-Kor in the room outside, and they were going to open the door.

“Anyone have a gun with them?” he whispered.

“I left mine by the armor,” Riyad whispered back.

“Mine, too,” said Sherri.

Adam pursed his lips. “Well, isn’t this special. No choice…let’s get ready to rumble.”

The door suddenly slid open, and Adam, Riyad, and Sherri rushed out ready to attack anything within striking distance. What they hadn’t figured on was that the rapidly evaporating liquid would leave residual moisture on the smooth, stone floor.

The trio slipped and fell, sliding along the smooth surface, coming into contact with unsuspecting legs along the way. They tripped four Sol-Kor soldiers before regaining their bearings. Well-placed elbows and fists took care of the aliens on the floor, yet a quick glance around the room revealed another five or six huddled before the hunched-over figure of their Queen.

They took notice of the scuffle across the room, drawing weapons. Adam attempted to lift himself from the floor, using a sprinter’s starting pose to rush toward the cluster of soldiers. But he slipped again and fell on this face—luckily at the precise moment a flash bolt passed over him.

Wet with freezing water, he rolled to his left, toward a table near the containment chamber. Another bolt flashed by, missing him by inches. Then a huge figure crashed into the contingent of Sol-Kor and they toppled over—Benefis Na riding the pile. Arieel was there too, lifting a chair she’d found somewhere and crashing it onto an exposed head.

Sherri managed to get some traction and joined the fight. With Human strength, she tore into the pile, relieving one of the Sol-Kor of his flash weapon.

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