Dark Matter (The Starfire Wars Book 2) by Jenetta Penner

Author:Jenetta Penner [Penner, Jenetta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Torment Publishing
Published: 2018-11-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

We sprint down the stairs, against the stream of people who are making their way out of the building. I’m not sure whether the people in the crowd or our group feels more like salmon swimming against the current toward our impending deaths. Probably all of us.

We hit the underground parking lot, and Trav races our direction.

“You should have just left the vehicle for us and got out of here, Trav,” Irene says.

He tips his head. “Does that mean you care, Irene?”

“Give it a rest, Trav,” she says. “I don’t want anyone to die here.”

“I wanted to make sure no one else claimed the Rover.” Despite visibly tense shoulders, he smiles at Irene and then runs around a corner. A few seconds later, he appears again with a small, enclosed off-road vehicle with four seats.

“It’s pretty cozy in there,” Trav says as he swings the driver’s side door up to reveal both the front and rear seats.

Beda gives the vehicle a scowl, and I’m guessing she’s never ridden in such a thing. And being in such close quarters with three humans probably seems unbearable, too.

Max places a hand on the driver’s seat door, but Irene cuts him off. “No way, buddy. I’m driving.”

He throws his hands to chest height in surrender and then races to the passenger side. Beda slides in the front seat before he can get in, so he takes the back next to me.

“You all be careful out there,” Trav says as he begins pushing down the driver's side hatch.

“Take care of yourself,” Irene says before the door snaps shut.

Beda pulls down the other side. Within seconds, Irene swings us around and we’re rolling out through the rising gate while the vehicle’s console lights up with data.

“I’m uploading a program to block others from tracking us,” Irene says.

Beda growls, “Just get us out of the city.”

Irene glares at her. “That’s what we’re doing. If you have something helpful to add, we welcome your opinion. Otherwise, be quiet.”

Beda glares out the front window.

Irene taps in the last of the instructions, and I follow Beda’s gaze. To our left, a group of armed soldiers run toward an escape hover. The same vessel that people from our building, as well as others, have lined up to board. A single enemy fighter ship sweeps across the sky on a direct route toward the craft.

“The incoming ship is aiming for the escaping people.” The words barely escape as my heart jumps to my throat.

Irene manually takes a sharp turn, momentarily disengaging the autodrive, throwing me into Max. He helps me up just in time to see laser shots fire from the ground. The blast clocks the edge of the single fighter and sends it off course and out of sight. Then a plume of smoke billows into the air. From behind us, people speed up their loading process, and I watch until Irene tears around a building and the waiting crowd is out of sight.

“Where are they taking them?” I ask.

“Outside of the city,” Max says.

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