Enslaved by N.W. Harris

Author:N.W. Harris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2017-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

From the outside, the freighter appeared dark and abandoned. It didn’t look seaworthy—more like someone had forgotten it at the pier and left it to slowly disintegrate into the harbor. Inside, it was better preserved. The bowels of the vessel had been cut out to create a hangar of sorts, and the bottom had a large, rectangular opening cut in it, providing covert access to the sea. In the opening sat a long, black submarine, illuminated by large floodlights that hung overhead. It reminded Shane of a hidden base in a spy movie.

“Los Angeles Class,” Tracy said, whistling with admiration. “Would’ve rather it be a Seawolf, but she’s still got it going on.”

“No match for an alien spaceship,” Shane reminded her, surveying the vessel, which sat mostly under the water.

It would’ve been an impressive bit of advanced technology to him before he learned there were aliens out there that had spaceships bigger than the biggest pyramids on Earth. Relative to Anunnaki technology, the submarine may as well have been from the Stone Age.

“Hey,” Tracy scolded. “Don’t rain on my parade. It’s not every day that someone gets to ride in a billion dollar WMA.”

“What?” Shane glanced at her and saw the grin forming on her face. The Unimog had lifted her spirits, but standing on the platform and looking down at the submarine seemed to infuse her with joy.

“Weapon of Maximum Awesomeness,” she said, grinning. “WMA.”

“Is there anything military that you don’t know about?” Shane teased, chuckling.

“Um, let me see.” She scratched her head thoughtfully. “Nope.”

She headed down the metal staircase with a spring in her step Shane hadn’t seen since before they attacked the Anunnaki. Shane was glad she got a moment of happiness from seeing the sub; her glumness over losing Jules wasn’t making it any easier to deal with his over Kelly.

He followed her onto the boat, climbing down a hatch guarded by one of Jones’ clones. The air was cool inside, and it had a peculiar oily, metallic smell that was foreign to him though it wasn’t offensive, mixed with the fragrance of food, which made his stomach growl and his mouth salivate. The bottom of the long, stainless-steel ladder ended in a room that looked like the ship’s cafeteria. The rest of his team stood around Lily and Jones.

“Rather convenient that you have a submarine for us to use,” Laura said, sounding a little suspicious.

“It must take a lot of highly trained people to run this ship,” Shane joined in, glancing around the small room and feeling claustrophobic. “I’m not crazy about taking this thing underwater with a bunch of people guessing at how to drive it.”

“Like many of the other technologies your military uses, we gave them the knowledge and in return they gave us this sub,” Lily explained.

“The crew is all our people, and I assure you they are quite competent sailors,” Jones added with his usual growl. If he held a grudge for Shane throwing him against the wall at the hotel and then trying to disarm him in Cairo, he hid it well.

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