Dragon's Ark (Gemini Gambit Book 2) by D. Scott Johnson

Author:D. Scott Johnson [Johnson, D. Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silver Spider Publishing
Published: 2016-08-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27: Kim

It fell to Kim to put the Butthead Brigade in check. She grabbed a thick stick of bamboo and tossed it at them.

“Shit! Kim!” Spencer shouted as he dodged. The other two weren’t as quick and fell like bowling pins. They sat up holding their noses.

“Damn it!”

“Holy shit!”

“Turn around!” she said. “Now!” Kim threw another set of bamboo chunks at them to drive home the point. The giggles and snorts she’d put up with on the walk to the clearing had seriously gotten under her skin. Spencer took a stalk between the eyes before he finally got it.

She went over to Tonya. “Is she okay?”

“Kim, this is amazing. She’s amazing.”

Tonya had missed the earliest stages of Mike’s integration. Now she had another one to examine. Even seeing it a second time, Kim didn’t know what to look for.

“Tonya, will she be all right?”

Tonya sat back and sighed deeply, very serious. The more professional she got, the worse the news was. “The fever is high enough to be dangerous. We didn’t learn about these kinds of people in nursing school.”

Helen groaned, and then thrashed around. Kim had to dodge out of the way of Helen’s arms. They hit the ground so hard it kicked up dust from the bare floor of the clearing. There was nothing she could do, and this was Mike’s sister.

“Stop, hey, no, it’s okay,” Tonya cooed as she stroked Helen’s face and hands, a nurse on the wrong side of the world. “We’re here. You’re safe.”

Helen’s Mandarin was mushy, like her mouth was full of cotton. “Where am I? Where is Mike?”

“She’s confused,” Kim said in English, and then knelt beside Helen and replied in Mandarin, “He’s fine. We’re all fine. Are you okay?”

Helen groaned again, and then opened her eyes. Kim and Tonya both rocked back. Helen’s left eye glanced around frantically, independent from the right.

She moaned and slurred something Kim had trouble understanding.

“My head, nothing’s working.”

“Helen,” Kim asked in Mandarin, “can you hear me?”

“Where’s Mike? Can I please have some hot water? My mouth is so dry.”

Kim translated. Tonya looked grim. “Her fever’s spiking. We need to get her to a doctor.”

“We need to get her a realm connection.” Kim slapped her hand on the ground. “We need to get the hell out of here. Spencer, you really can do those things, be all Boy Scout, right?”

“It won’t be as easy naked.”

“Do you think you can find us some water?”

“I saw a garden spigot sticking out of the ground not a hundred yards from here.”

“Good. Take Shan and see if you can find a container of some sort. Be careful, but don’t take too long.”

Ozzie sat far away from the others, shaking in silent sobs. Kim had forgotten she had two people she needed to take care of.

It was tricky trying to gauge just how close she could get to him, especially like this. He’d stayed behind far enough on the walk over that Kim was afraid they might have lost him once or twice, but he’d kept just close enough to stay in sight.

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