Exo-Hunter by Jeremy Robinson

Author:Jeremy Robinson [Robinson, Jeremy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781941539569
Google: vD_dzQEACAAJ
Publisher: Breakneck Media
Published: 2020-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

24

The man, staring at me through cool, blue eyes, has skin that’s just a shade lighter than mine.

“Like looking in a mirror,” the man says. “Right?”

Not exactly. The Union might see us as twins, but he’s two inches shorter than me, his hair is unruly, like an awkward afro. Mine is high and tight. But there is something…maybe the way he carries himself, or the way he’s scrutinizing me while I do the same to him, that feels familiar. Like a younger me.

I’m not sure if that makes me like him or dislike him. But I’m not going to trust him just because he magically doubled the number of black men in the galaxy.

“Answer the question,” I say.

“In a minute.”

“Waiting for something?”

He doesn’t answer. Just has this cocky look on his face. A subtle grin. Knows something I don’t, and he’s feeling smug about it.

“Chuy, I’m going to give this guy another countdown. Feel free to remove his kneecap if he doesn’t answer.” When she doesn’t reply, I know things have just gone from annoyingly intriguing to full-on FUBAR.

“Over there,” the man says, pointing behind me.

I raise my rifle again, just in case, and turn to look. Chuy stands at the forest’s edge, hands raised. There’s a man and a woman to either side of her, weapons pointed at her head. Both of them are shades of very much not white.

Ho-lee shit. What is happening?

A question for later. Right now, Chuy is in danger, and that’s not something I take lightly, or that I’m going to let stand.

When I turn to face the stranger again, I’m smiling. It’s not a sheepish grin, or an honest, ‘Happy to meet you’ smile. It’s a ‘You just opened a can of crazy,’ smirk. “Second question. Do you know who I am? Because if you did, and you wanted to survive long enough to answer question number one, you wouldn’t be threatening my people.”

His hesitation to answer lacks all of the previous bravado.

“Don’t sweat it,” I tell him. “I’ll ask you again in a minute. Just…” I raise an index finger. “Hold on.”

Before his face is done expressing confusion, I’ve rotated out of the field and appeared behind the man and woman holding Chuy hostage.

“Howdy,” I say.

The duo flinch and spin around to face me. It’s a natural instinct, to face an attacker that’s caught you off guard, but it leaves them open to attack from Chuy.

Knowing I’m not fond of fighting enemy combatants of the feminine gender, Chuy delivers a crushing punch to the woman’s side. She crumples to the ground, dry heaving.

I handle the man by taking hold of his rifle. When he attempts to pull it free, I push. The heavy weapon collides with his forehead and knocks him unconscious. As the man falls to the ground, Chuy slides into my arm, and we rotate back across the field, right behind the cocky wannabe doppelganger. Chuy draws her pistol and shoves it against the back of the man’s head. I stroll around in front of him.

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