Forbes, M.R. - Forgotten Fallout 03 - No Way Back: by Forbes M.R

Author:Forbes, M.R. [Forbes, M.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

Cyrus slid his finger through the dirt, tracing the slight depressions made by the motorcycle on its way past. He knew from the shape and depth of the tread that the machine was moving north, away from Walton. Comparing it to the second motorcycle the justice had in her stock, he was sure it was Isaac.

His mouth extended at the corners into a slight smile. He had always respected Sergeant Pine, while at the same time had often found himself questioning why a man with such obvious abilities limited himself to guard duty. What he had told Camila was true. Isaac could have been a Ranger if he had put the effort in. But he was a family man, dedicated to his wife and children. In all honesty, he should have died with them, all of those years ago. But something, some twist of fate, some curse, some luck of the draw had made him special. Immune to the Axon Intellect. Immune to the one weapon that held the Hunger at bay.

For now.

The Axon was a dying race. Shurrath believed, and so Cyrus believed, that the few remaining organic Axon knew it. The number and volume of their attacks had diminished, their strategy reduced to sending torpedos through wormholes and into the sides of the Relyeh masterships in pathetic attempts to destroy the massive vessels. They couldn’t win the space war. Once the hallucination problem was solved they would also lose the ground war. Shurrath understood how valuable that solution was. How valuable Isaac was. He was the key to expanding Shurrath’s resurgence beyond a single planet and restoring the ancient Relyeh to his place at the table with his brothers and sisters. Fortune had favored him, first in allowing him to escape to this world and then providing Isaac.

For Cyrus, it had been a long wait. For Shurrath, hardly any time at all.

He had told Shurrath he should be the one to recover Isaac. Camila was loyal, and she had done well with her training, but she wasn’t a natural warrior. She was too emotional. Too compassionate. Orsk was the most compatible khoron to her, but that only compounded the problem. Shurrath believed Alexander would keep Camila in line.

But Alexander was gone. Dead, though they weren’t sure how. Was Sheriff Duke responsible?

Cyrus hoped he would have a chance to meet the sheriff. Duke reminded him of himself.

Shurrath wanted Cyrus on the hunt for signs of his brother’s coming. The rumors had been in the wind for some time. Nylarth had designs on Earth and was making preparations. What Cyrus had discovered was limited in usefulness. Yes, Nylarth knew of Earth and had some level of interest in taking the planet and its people as his own. No, there were no immediate plans to interfere. It was a benefit to Shurrath that Nylarth was the most cerebral of his siblings. He rarely acted without considerable forethought, treating the Hunger’s expansion more like a game of chess than a tidal wave.

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