Enemy Invasion by A. G. Taylor

Author:A. G. Taylor [Taylor, A.G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781409537571
Publisher: Usborne Publishing

Robert mumbled something in his semi-sleep as a screen on the wall flashed a message in the periphery of Sarah’s vision. She walked over and looked at the confusing array of data from the medical scans. A compartment slid open in the wall and a clear vial emerged on an arm, along with an injector gun.

“What is it?” Louise asked, hovering beside the table.

“I have no idea,” Sarah replied. She slotted the vial into the chamber of the gun. “But it can’t do any harm. The medical computer was thoroughly checked out by the HIDRA scientists. They assured me it’s more competent than the most experienced doctor.”

A diagram flashed on the screen, indicating that the drug should be administered near the bite. Sarah placed the gun against Robert’s neck and pulled the trigger. He gasped in pain and his eyes flicked open, staring wildly. Sarah placed a hand on his shoulder, trying to ease him back down as he sat bolt upright.

“Sorry!”

Robert nodded it was okay and lay back. “What happened? Did we get off the island?”

“Yes, we’re on the jet. Headed back to the Ulysses. Don’t you remember?”

He shook his head. “What about Hack?”

Sarah and Louise exchanged a look. “We had to leave him behind,” Sarah said. “There was no other way.”

“We have to go after him,” Robert said.

“We will. But first there’s the Ulysses to protect. After that, we’ll track down Bright.”

Robert nodded and tried to get up once more. “You’ll need my help.”

“Uh-uh,” Sarah said, holding him back down. “You need to rest.”

Her brother attempted to argue, but his eyelids flickered and he was asleep before his head hit the pillow again. Restraints, Sarah ordered the computer and a series of straps appeared from the side of the table and wrapped across the top of the blanket, holding Robert secure.

“Keep an eye on him,” she told Louise.

“He’s going to be okay, Sarah,” Louise said as Sarah headed back to the cockpit. At the door, she looked back at the younger girl and gave a smile, as if she believed it.

Wei was monitoring the progress of the squid on the scanners at the front of the jet. Sarah took her place in the pilot’s seat and asked for an update.

“We’re less than five minutes from the Ulysses,” he said. “But so is the squid.”

Sarah leaned in towards the holoscanner. It showed an image of the alien machine moving through the water somewhere ahead of them, its body elongated as it swam. Data indicated that it had almost tripled in size in the last thirty minutes.

“You mean we haven’t overtaken it yet?” she said.

Wei shook his head. “It’s moving too fast. Nothing should be able to outswim this jet, right?”

“Nothing from this world,” Sarah corrected.

She placed her hand on the control stick and disengaged the autopilot. “Warn the Ulysses the squid is four minutes from them,” she said. “And let them know we’re going to be late.”

As Wei spoke to Lt. Kaminski, Sarah gave the jet computer another order.

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