Dragon Invasion by Craig Martelle & Valerie Emerson

Author:Craig Martelle & Valerie Emerson [Martelle, Craig & Emerson, Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-19T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“Sure, all you have to do is open the door,” Jack quipped. “That’s all.”

Dante smirked.

Coraolis liked to see this side of his partner. It was proof he hadn’t lost all his confidence.

Dante sat on the floor and got into a centering position. Instead of letting his hands rest on his knees, he pressed one of his thumbnails into the palm of his other hand.

“What are you doing?” Julia asked.

“I’m opening this door. Get ready to deal with the guard.” Dante twisted his hand, and a bright red drop fell to the floor. His head tilted back, and he went limp.

Coraolis got up and went to the door. Julia followed. A point of light appeared suspended outside the door, then drew down, creating a hand-length hole in the air. Its ragged edges leaked green and violet light, but the young man at the security desk didn’t look up. The tear split further, and a shaft of ice-blue light shot from the hole.

Cor couldn’t see the impact, but he smelled the scorched wires when the energy hit the controls. The door unlocked with a heavy clunk, and he shoved it open.

Julia darted past him. The guard had barely looked up when she slammed her elbow into his temple. He went down, and she followed up with a strike to the base of his skull. That was that. She shut the door leading to the brig area and locked it.

Jack came out of the cell with Dante leaning heavily on his shoulders. Dante was completely washed out and shaking with the effort of walking. He collapsed into the guard’s chair and closed his eyes.

Coraolis had seen Mystics who’d strained their physical bodies to the breaking point. That was what Dante looked like. He needed to rest before they asked more of him. Cor wasn’t sure what Dante had done, but he wanted to talk to him about using the Astral Plane to influence the material world. That was unheard-of for a Mystic.

Julia rummaged through the guard’s pockets, then through the desk drawers until she came up with a keycard. She glanced up and saw him staring.

“What?” she asked.

“I had no idea you were so…” he hesitated, looking for the right word. ‘Violent’ didn’t sound very flattering in his head.

“Capable?” she suggested.

“Sure, let’s go with that,” he said.

She just smiled.

He checked on the guard. The man was breathing, and a bruise had blossomed across the side of his face. Julia unlocked the weapons locker and passed out devices that looked like black rifles without barrels. Coraolis looked his over, then wished he hadn’t.

“I don’t think we should use guns,” he said.

“These are stunners. They’re non-lethal, incapacitate without doing any permanent harm.” She slung her weapon over her shoulder and reached into the locker again and took out a handgun. It was a slug thrower.

“That looks like a gun,” he said.

“Yes, but it’s just for me. Better to have it and not need it, right? You can be assured that I won’t accidentally shoot anyone.

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