Endure (Forgotten Starship Book 4) by M.R. Forbes

Author:M.R. Forbes [Forbes, M.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-23T22:00:00+00:00

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Juno

Pioneer. Passageway. 04.24.2324. 0015 hours.

Preslan sprinted to the elevator, frantically slapping the controls before moving to the door, pressing her back against it while she waited for the cab to arrive. She could hear the Intellects in the distance, their feet fast and heavy on the metal deck. They were running after her, coming to kill her again. The Intellects were probably as confused about her survival as she was.

Damn it, Rose.

The Intellects appeared at the end of the passageway at the same time she heard the cab arrive. She had already made the connection between her anger and her ability to use this weird telekinetic power Rose had somehow given her, but that didn’t mean she could just get pissed off at will. She watched the Intellects carefully, watching their hands so she would know when they were about to shoot.

They lifted their palms as the door to the cab opened. Already leaning against it, she fell inside, landing on her back as the energy blasts sizzled in overhead, blasting the cab wall behind her. She looked up at the controls, too far away to reach. Damn it!

Sixteen! She screamed the deck number in her head, the desperate, furious thought enough for the elevator to register her request. The doors began sliding closed as the Intellects charged, still shooting at her, one of the beams searing her arm. She cried out in pain and rolled to the side, barely avoiding another direct hit before the doors finally slid closed.

The cab started to ascend. Preslan looked down at her burned arm, watching in disgust as white gel oozed out from where her blood should have been. It covered the wounded area, soaking into it as if it were a sponge. Layers of skin reappeared as it dried, fusing all of the tissue back together. The only sign she had been hit was the burned hole through the sleeve of her gown.

“What the hell?” she said softly, unable to control her nausea. She sat up, leaning over to vomit, but nothing came up. “What the hell?” she repeated. “What did you do to me, you crazy bitch?”

She slumped back against the wall of the cab, determined not to cry. She’d had no problem accepting the moiety in her head. Being connected to Joseph like that, the alien interface had done her more good than harm. But this? She didn’t have a heartbeat. She didn’t have blood. She didn’t need to breathe. She was pushing things with her mind, and she healed like Goliath. She probably didn’t even need to eat. It was as if she were part Relyeh, part Intellect and part human.

How could Rose have even come up with an idea like that, nevermind create it? How had she known it would be effective? Maybe she didn’t, Preslan realized. Besides, what other choice had Rose had, other than to stand by and let her die?

Preslan got back to her feet. A part of her wanted to die. But Pioneer and her people were in trouble.

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