Deep in Your Shadows by Darien Cox

Author:Darien Cox [Cox, Darien]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 30645968
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“Christian! Stop playing with your phone. I asked you a question.”

Christian put his phone away and focused on Ogden. “Sorry.”

Ogden, JT, Elliot, and Nolan were all crowded into Christian’s office for the briefing. They’d been cautious not to speak too close to the craft in the boathouse since Baz revealed that there could be not one, but two aliens alive in there.

“You’re not even paying attention,” Ogden barked at Christian. “You’re supposed to be my strategist. What am I paying you for?”

“Hey!” Christian scowled. “I was the first one to pinpoint the location of that field up on the mountain, which if you’ll recall, turned out to be an entrance to the Whites’ underground installation. That’s what you fucking pay me for.”

“Take it easy, Christian,” JT said.

“In case you haven’t noticed,” Ogden said, “we have a new problem now. I need options.”

“Maybe you can just transport all your equipment here,” Nolan said. “That way you can study the craft without moving it out of the perimeter.”

“It’s not that simple,” Ogden said. “I’ve been ordered to bring the craft, they want it there, and they don’t want excuses. We need to figure this out. Plus if the Whites have this thing shielded within the perimeter of this area, our equipment probably won’t work.”

“Not shielded,” Christian said. “Baz didn’t say it was shielded. He said it was sealed.” He clapped his hands together the way Baz had.

“He could have meant the same thing,” Elliot said.

“I don’t think so.” Christian shook his head. “He may not be totally adept at our language, but he chooses his words carefully. He said the craft was sealed shut so nothing could get out from the inside. But if it’s not shielded, we can...” He stared off as an idea formed.

“We can what?” Ogden asked.

Christian went to his desk and got a piece of paper and a pen. “Here’s the craft.” He drew the Hershey’s Kiss shape. “What if you could construct a containment apparatus around it for travel...” He drew a larger square around the craft.

“It would have to be something that could contain the angry nasties,” Nolan said. “If they’re as powerful and have superior weapons as Baz said, they could cut right through it.”

“But...” Christian pointed his pen at Nolan. “If the craft is merely sealed and not shielded, then they should have been able to cut or shoot or whatever through the hull already and gotten out. It’s been days, and they hadn’t expected to be locked in. They’d have figured out by now that the Whites aren’t coming to their rescue. If they’re still alive, they could be dying in there. So if they haven’t cut through with whatever weapons they have already, that means it’s likely they can’t cut through that particular material.”

JT jumped from his chair and approached. “I see where you’re going with this. If they can’t break through the material the craft is made of, maybe we could reverse engineer the same material and make a containment. Ogden, you could build the containment apparatus around the craft for transport, set cameras inside.

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