Defenders of Shadow and Light: Ghost Thief by Jason Levine

Author:Jason Levine [Levine, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781534984479
Published: 2016-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen: The General Makes His Move

Sean rooted through Murray’s duffel bag and removed his work suit.

“So, is that what you wear when you go out?”

“Yes,” Murray said, feeling oddly embarrassed for having brought it.

“Good. Let’s see what else you have and I’ll see if I can’t provide some assistance to tip the odds even further in your favor.”

Sean motioned and a pair of robots carried a metal table over. Sean laid Murray’s work suit out on the table. Murray began taking his various gadgets out, describing them as he went. Eddie watched silently, but Sean was anything but quiet.

“This is an ingenious design,” Sean said picking up Murray’s knife. “Microfilament, am I right?”

“Yes. It’s attached to a blade. I can use it to scale up trees or some walls.”

“Did you come up with this yourself?” Eddie asked.

“I found the basic components at various places that I… was hired to obtain things from. I did assemble much of it, though.”

“It is quite remarkable,” Sean said. “Your skills are incredible–which is saying something coming from me. I wonder why you didn’t get into engineering or another technical profession.”

“I’ve tried, but nothing ever stuck like stealing did.”

Eddie picked up one of Murray’s staves. “What’s this thing?”

“A weapon I use during my jobs.” Murray answered. He took the staff from Eddie. “I can disarm and knock out guards with it. It also has removable cartridges that can be used to inject a sedative that can knock people out.”

“Don’t you have a gun or something?” asked Eddie.

“That’s not really my style.”

“I’m impressed with the lengths you go to to avoid killing. Employing staves and sedative drugs must have made your ‘job’ riskier.”

“Maybe,” Murray conceded. “But I always just saw it as more challenging.”

Over the next two hours, Murray went over every component in his suit. Some were barely mentioned and then set aside. Others sparked detailed conversations about the source and construction of the device. A few devices, like Murray’s goggles, Sean augmented with his powers.

“These should be lighter and have better zoom,” Sean said, placing the improved goggles on the table.

“So, what’s our next move?” Murray asked as he wound down his presentation. “How are we going to save Thomas?”

“Well, you should head to Sampson Technologies. Get another few vials for me to run tests on. Meanwhile, if Eddie will consent to it, he can stay with me. He can give me more details about the security setup of the General’s base and I can run some blood tests on him to see if I can figure out why Eddie feels pain when he uses his powers.”

Eddie looked at Sean, “I don’t want to seem ungrateful, but I really don’t want to have anything to do with this. I don’t need help with my powers. I don’t even want them. As long as I keep this watch on, I’m fine. I just want to get away as quickly as possible.”

“Eddie, do you remember attacking this junkyard when you were under the General’s thrall?”

Eddie looked at the ground.

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