Earth Space Service Boxed Set: Books 1 - 3 (ESS Space Marines Omnibus) by James David Victor

Author:James David Victor [Victor, James David]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2017-12-15T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

They reached the armory without incident, and Andy used her security code as a squad leader to open it. They moved for the weapons locker with the “old-fashioned” weaponry, opening it and distributing projectile-firing side arms and rifles. They doubled up on weapons so they could provide them to any fellow Marines they found as they went.

As she was locking the armory, they heard thudding footsteps coming down the corridor.

Everyone spun toward the source of the sound, but held their fire. It was a good thing they did since the footsteps belonged to Corporal Lewis, from Delta Squad. Andy watched as he ran forward, then skidded to a halt in front of them once he realized who they were.

“Sergeant Dolan,” Lewis said, slightly out of breath but not too much. They were conditioned, after all. She had the feeling this was a hint of emotion in addition to physical exertion; adrenaline could be quite a thing. “The enemy has trapped Delta in the shuttle bay. We couldn’t keep them from entering, but we’re holding them at bay. I got away and came to find help. I don’t think they know I got out.”

Andy listened intently, nodding as she processed the information. She thought through the list of intruder alerts that she had heard from the ship. The shuttle bay had been one of those sections, and it was the closest to where they presently were.

She handed Lewis a gun. “We’re going to go get them out of there.”

He nodded, but eyed the weapon as he took it. “Sergeant?”

“I’m sure you’ve discovered that standard weapons aren’t very effective,” she explained quickly. He nodded. “Hand to hand combat was more effective. I’m betting bullets will be too.” She gave him an extra magazine of ammunition.

He smiled a little with understanding.

With Corporal Lewis falling into formation with Gamma Squad, Andy and Roxanna led the way through the corridors. What seemed clear, from getting to the armory and then moving away from it, was that the intruders were not roaming the corridors, or at least that there weren’t enough of them to be everywhere. Hopefully, that was a good sign, but she knew that at least some of them were forces to be reckoned with, if they had the bridge.

Were the other squads heading to the bridge? Did they know what was going on? It was possible that they didn’t. She had called into the bridge, and they likely only answered because it was her.

As the group of six came around the corner, they finally saw some of their enemy. They were camped out in front of the doors to the shuttle bay, as expected. They pulled back into the corridor and leaned back against the wall.

“Are there any inside?” Andy asked in a low voice.

Lewis nodded. “They had us pinned down in a back corner. Adams is pretty badly injured. Everyone else is just holed up while they keep us in place. When I managed to sneak out, they weren’t advancing but they weren’t letting up either.

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