Enhancer 5 by Wyatt Kane

Author:Wyatt Kane [Kane, Wyatt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Published: 2019-07-01T16:00:00+00:00

20: Plan Of Attack

It was Lilith who responded first. “What do you mean?” the demon woman asked.

Vixen transferred her gaze to Lilith, and Ty could sense the tension between them. Yet, perhaps Vixen couldn’t. She seemed vaguely puzzled at the flatness in Lilith’s expression.

“Just what I said. This Master seems to be having it all his own way. You’ve got Concussion out there destroying buildings, and this Bain guy is still out there as well. And you’ve got all these potentially powered people recovering from that drug, and who knows what will happen with them. What are you doing to find the Master and his henchmen? What are you doing to combat the potential threat of the those enhanced by this drug?”

Neither Ty, Dinah, nor Lilith could come up with a response. In Ty’s mind, they were already doing all they could. Yet Vixen was right, in a way. They’d put all their proactive activities on hold once Tempest had been injured. Even Lilith had spent her time just cleaning up Concussion’s latest mess.

At the thought, Ty couldn’t help but feel guilty. He still hadn’t even checked if his friends from the Concubine Club still lived.

“We’ve been busy,” Dinah said.

Ty knew that if he’d said the words, they would have come across as resentful. But Dinah was made of sterner stuff than that. And, in truth, they had been busy. Trying to keep Tempest alive.

Yet, even as he played the justification over in his mind, Ty knew it wasn’t strictly correct. Tempest was in stasis. She could remain as she was for as long as the power in her chamber allowed, with only the injuries inherent to extended periods of cryo-sleep to show for it.

Vixen didn’t back down. She held Dinah’s eye for long moments. Then, “What would Tempest think of the progress you’ve made?”

Ty couldn’t help it. He cursed under his breath. At the same time Lilith let out a gasp of outrage, and even Dinah favored the dark elf with a glare.

“How dare you–?” she began.

But Vixen wasn’t finished.

“Look, I know you were close.” She glanced at Ty and Lilith as well, including them in her statement. “I don’t know how I would react if something bad happened to Delve. But this is Tempest! The superhero. The one who will keep fighting no matter what’s happening!”

She looked around again, but Dinah’s reaction remained. Instead of focusing on her, Vixen turned to Ty.

“Look,” she said again. “You told me about the efforts you’ve gone through to bring Tempest back. If you were able to ask her directly, what would Tempest ask you to do?”

Ty didn’t like what he was hearing, yet he knew the dark elf was right. But he didn’t want to say it out loud.

Lilith said it for him. Of them all, she was the most empathic. She knew better than anyone, except maybe Dinah, what Tempest would have thought.

“She would want us to get on with the job,” Lilith said. She drew a deep breath. “She would want us to go after Bain and Concussion.

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