Dagger by Steven dos Santos

Author:Steven dos Santos [Santos, Steven dos]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Teen
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The tile felt cold and hard against my bare soles as I raced down the corridor that had swallowed Tresses. In seconds, I’d reached an intersection, which branched out into three hallways, left, right, and forward. I paused to examine my options. Each direction loomed under the amber glow of strobing emergency lights embedded in the ceiling.

Hmmm. If I were a gender-mutable faerie, which way would I go?

Você tem agora dez minutos para alcangar a distância segura minima, a voice blared over the intercom system.

Great. Ten minutes to evacuate. I flexed my bicep. The stiletto tattoo pulsed over the vein pumping blood through the muscle.

“Initiating TDT.” I scratched the tat three times.

The blade flickered and became translucent. Then it assumed a three-dimensional quality, sawing a quarter-sized pattern in my arm. Despite a mild burning sensation, the skin remained intact.

“TDT ini—”

The patch erupted in a burst of gold, which knocked me flat on my bare butt. Sheesh. And I thought it’d felt cold under my feet.

“Dagger, you may want to brace yourself, the TDT’s got quite a little kick to it,” Felanie warned in my ear.

“Thanks for sharing.”

A plethora of tiny sprites shot from my arm, dispersing in every direction. With their flaming tails, they looked like incandescent sperm on speed. Appropriate, considering that before this deal was through, someone was going to get screwed.

“Data transfer in progress,” Felanie reported over my comlink. “Receiving schematics and transferring to your MPA glasses now. Are you getting a readout?”

I slipped the sunglasses over my eyes and gripped the right lens frame. “Affirmative, Base Ops.”

Holographic blueprints whizzed by in the upper corner showing corridors, access tunnels, ventilation systems, elevator shafts, room diagrams. Those little nymphs really knew their shit.

“Dagger, we’re picking up multiple bio-readings. Two tangos, one at nine o’clock, the other at three o’clock, moving on an intercept course toward your position.”

I studied the hologram display. Two burly figures approached from the corridors to my right and left. “I see them. It’s the two remaining sentries that were guarding the backstage area. Tresses took out one of them. Wonder why he left these two intact? They must have made it back here before the area was sealed off.”

“Proceed with caution. Scans show they’re still armed.”

“Copy that.” I’d already spotted the weapons clutched in each of their hands. However, even the swirling yellow lights couldn’t disguise the tremble in those grips. If these two brutes were scared, something was definitely up.

A new bio-reading appeared down the corridor directly ahead. The visual showed a mane of raven hair disappearing around a corner. “I have a reading on Tresses at twelve o’clock. I’m on it.”

“Dagger, lay low until those sentries clear your position. They’re almost on top of you.”

“What was that, Fel? I didn’t copy. Something about getting laid in the top position?” No way was I going to lose the Faerie now that I had him in my sights.

I dashed across the intersecting corridor—and right into firing range of the sentry emerging to my right.

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