Eclipse (Blackout Book 5) by Daniel Young

Author:Daniel Young [Young, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

9

Bombie led Liri and Hitori through the dim passages of Arlyane’s underground command center. Liri had been down here countless times. She even countered herself one of Arlyane’s most trusted operatives, but now she dreaded seeing him again.

The real problem was that she couldn’t deliver Uzud’s message, and Lana was out of action. What if Uzud turned out to be Arlyane’s enemy, the way everyone said? Lana had agreed to cooperate with Uzud, but Liri never would.

Bombie waved them into a tiny room lined to the ceiling with bookshelves. Arlyane leaned over the desk. He looked up when Liri and Hitori entered. “Ah! You’re here! Excellent.”

Liri motioned to Hitori. “This is Hitori Haru, Arlyane. He’s a sentient robot from the—”

“We don’t have time for that.” Arlyane strode around his desk and approached the pair. “We need to mobilize right away. I know you’re a crackerjack pilot, Liri. I need you to fly for me now.” He turned to Hitori. “Do you know how to fly?”

“I have flown a Keter Legion Rebel, but only once.”

“He can fly,” Liri put in. “He’s really good.”

“Excellent. We need every pilot we can muster.”

“Hold on a sec,” Liri interrupted. “Aren’t you even going to wait to find out what message Lana brought you from Uzud?”

“I don’t need to. I already know what message she brought from Uzud. The fact that she showed up here, even unconscious, delivers the message. Now please, quit stalling. We have no time to waste.”

He pushed between them and headed for the door. Liri and Hitori exchanged glances and then hurried after him. “What’s going on, Arlyane? I would never question your orders, but if there’s anything—”

“Don’t give me that shit, Liri,” Arlyane snorted over his shoulder. “I’m counting on my loyal officers questioning my orders, and no one can question them better than you and Lana. Uzud sent word that it’s time to trigger a plan we’ve been hatching for years. I don’t know what Lana said to him in Doing-Doing, but it’s time.”

He burst into the command center, where Wicklow, Montayne, Creet, and a handful of others still worked around the central table. “Pack it up, all of you,” Arlyane ordered. “We’re moving.”

“Where to?” Creet asked.

“The parking lots. Mobilize every pilot on the roster and get the mechanics on deck with all their gear.”

Liri gasped. “The parking lots! The…” She couldn’t finish her sentence.

“The Legion parking lots. Now move!” Arlyane’s voice boomed through the command center. The assembled staff scurried away to carry out his orders. Liri would have done the same thing, but before she could move, Arlyane sliced his finger at her and Hitori. “You two, come with me.”

He crossed to an alcove tucked into the command center’s back corner, and held a safety gate out of the way in invitation. Liri pulled herself together and stepped onto it next to him. Hitori joined them. Arlyane shut the safety gate, and the alcove whizzed upward on an invisible track.

The platform carried them up three levels, and then sideways.

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