First Life by Nathan Hystad

Author:Nathan Hystad [Hystad, Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Audible
Publisher: Woodbridge Press
Published: 2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00

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Everything was different. The mood changed after that first live training. No one believed that was an accident, not on Team Blue or Orange. Steven had survived. His glasses had been cracked, but an Angor had reproduced the lens with a 3D printer the next day, after he declined their laser surgery once again. I was on edge, vividly recalling the scrambling monsters every time I closed my eyes.

“This isn’t any normal colony, is it?” Willow asked. Miya sat close, holding her tablet.

“I saw the plans. It looks legit,” I told them.

“Then why are we preparing for battle?” Franklin asked.

We had access to other parts of the ship, but in the two weeks since we’d almost been killed, we’d stuck close to our quarters. I hadn’t seen or heard from Indie, and that concerned me. Hell, this entire Expedition had a strange aura surrounding it. The more I thought about how it went down, the worse my stomach hurt. Ten thousand volunteers, picked and rushed to Angor City. There were people from all around the world, yet they still shared the same inexplicable faith. They were proud to be citizens of Dicore.

Were they seeing something we weren’t? They’d bought in, but our side was starting to second guess everything. It left us feeling alone. We couldn’t broach the subject with any other teams, because they might turn on us. I’d tried to speak with Leruf about it, but he wouldn’t discuss the Vezo’s path to their Unity partnership. He kept saying that things would unveil in time. That I’d learn firsthand. No comfort came from hearing that.

Desmond stroked his mustache and drank a sip of his coffee. “They’ve done this before. Eleven times according to what our friend Colton has learned, right?”

I nodded in agreement.

“Then maybe we should stop worrying so much. We know the Angor are different. We’ve struggled to believe the training issue was an error, but perhaps it was.”

“That doesn’t explain why they had live alien bugs on board,” Willow said.

She hadn’t seen them, but she was correct. It was a question no one would give us an answer for.

“I’m sick of this.” Miya had her tablet out, and she worked on it. “I’ve been trying to access their network again, and I think I’m close, but there’s something blocking me. If only I could…”

“Stop right there, squirt,” Des told her. “The last thing we need is for you to get pinched. We’ll require that brain on Dicore. We’re only a few weeks away from the colony, so let’s keep our focus and survive this trek, okay?”

Desmond had been on the fence since our incident, but he was slowly lowering his defensive position against the Angor. It was unlike him. Had he forgotten recent events?

“If each of these Unity partners has an Angor City on their planet, how many Angor are out there?” Adley asked.

“They have a firm foothold, that much is clear.” Willow rubbed the fuzz on her shorn head. “I wish we were done with this part of the Expedition.

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