Extraordinaires by Michael Pryor

Author:Michael Pryor
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: TEEN FICTION
ISBN: 9781742754598
Publisher: Random House Australia
Published: 2011-01-17T22:00:00+00:00

Gustave greeted Damona. ‘Good news, Eldest!’

‘Casualties, Gustave.’ Damona stood aside. Her fellow raiders dragged themselves up the ramp that led to the river. At the top of the ramp was the tunnel that took them home. It was good to see it. All were weary, but chaffed Gustave. That bluff heartiness that had been missing for years. Laughter. Jokes. The stories growing already.

She was pleased. Not just because she’d ended the threat from the Immortals. Combat bound people together. Useful soon, maybe. She took Gustave by the arm, explained. ‘Holger has a broken arm. Others have bad slashes. Have to get treatment for them.’ She rubbed her forehead. The night had been long. ‘Is Ragnar still practising medicine?’

‘Medicine?’ Gustave grimaced, then his eyes went wide. Two happy raiders toted the pair of bound prisoners. ‘Invaders?’

‘Useful prisoners.’ Would Dr Ward respond best if he saw the boy? Or should she threaten the boy separately? He might be able to convince his father, as long as he had an incentive.

She yawned. Not now. She needed rest and a clear mind. ‘We need some attention. Stitches, bone setting, nothing serious.’

‘You’ve been raiding?’ Gustave said. ‘I thought you were off looking for material for the project.’

Damona had done her best to keep the raid a secret. A failure would have been a disaster. Now, though, battle success on top of their engineering success? Times were good. ‘We were. In a way. Don’t concern yourself with it.’ Damona laced her hands in the small of her back. ‘What’s this good news?’

‘We’ve improved the extraction process already,’ he said. ‘Hilda had an idea about compression and dimensional pressure. Output is up by at least twenty per cent.’ He beamed.

‘Twenty per cent? Congratulations. Let me see this advance.’

‘You’d rather see it than your time machine, ready for testing?’

‘What? Already?’

‘I have enough volunteers for us to work in shifts.’

‘Together? Cooperating?’

‘It’s a miracle.’

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