City Strike by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace [Grace, Viola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adult, Science Fiction, action, Space Opera
ISBN: 9781487408022
Publisher: Devine Destinies
Published: 2018-03-09T06:00:00+00:00

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Xaia ran Ai as quickly as she could. She and Hima were moving neck and neck in their bots.

Through the flickers on the coms, they could hear the engagement with the enemy.

“That sounds bad.”

Ai comforted her. “They are hitting with the intent to remove the population without destroying the value of the soil.”

“Why do they want the soil?”

“The Tokkel wanted food to expand their empire. I am guessing that they still do.”

Xaia snorted. “We don’t even use the above-ground soil for food growing. We dig it out from underneath.”

“Why?”

Xaia chuckled. “There is a lot of sulfur runoff from the ridge. It is only suitable for some vegetation, not others. It’s a concentrate that we don’t use much.” She shrugged as they ran. “And other stuff.”

“What other stuff?”

Xaia cleared her throat. “The broken bots leak radiation from their power cells. That is why we rotate on maintenance, and that is why we live underground, under shielding.”

“Why do you remain here if the soil is so impure?”

She nearly stopped them in their run, but she focused and said, “We swore to maintain the bots for planetary defense, and the city promised to maintain the pilots. Just because they didn’t keep their word doesn’t mean that we wouldn’t keep ours.”

As they ran, she reached around and grabbed the bow. There was an empty space where no bots had yet engaged the enemy.

Running and firing was not something for a novice, so she skidded to a halt, aimed and felt the bow charge. The bolt of plasma shot out and streaked across the empty wasteland.

Xaia didn’t know what she was expecting, but she was gratified when the bolt ran through one of the worm-bots and then another and a third, pinning them to the ground before it fizzled out.

“Okay, that is impressive.” Ai sounded surprised.

“I always had good coordination, but now, I need to find somewhere else to strike.”

“Targets acquired and highlighted. Shoot when it’s blue.”

Xaia lifted the bow and kept shooting. She had joined the fight.

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