Fury: A Near Future Thriller (Forsaken Mercenary Book 3) by Jonathan Yanez

Author:Jonathan Yanez [Yanez, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Archimedes Books
Published: 2019-07-14T22:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

The next morning, the settlement was alive with the tense anxiety of knowing we weren’t alone in the universe. It was strange how panic could set in and even fracture normally grounded people.

After a hot breakfast in a long building with benches, I was on the way back to my designated housing unit. The idea was to pass the day getting as much rest as possible and the following morning would see the supply craft to the settlement. Once that happened, there was no telling when the next time was I’d get food or sleep.

My plan was to spread the word about the aliens to those in power then leave it to them to do the rest. We needed to reequip and go back in to find Preacher. We could do it with a small team or even a larger assault squad. It didn’t matter to me.

The sun was still fighting the cold in the morning air when I arrived back at my designated building. A group of men and woman in white robes had gathered there.

Scowls written across their faces told me they weren’t there for a social call.

Sister Monroe had her back to the door, trying to calm them.

“They only brought the news to us,” Sister Monroe was saying above the hubbub of the crowd. “They had no hand in the aliens coming to Mars.”

“We want them out!” a woman shouted.

“They can’t stay here anymore,” another voice from the crowd yelled.

“What’s going on here?” I asked, pushing my way to the front door. I stood next to Sister Monroe, who looked grateful for my arrival.

“We want you out of here!” a burly man with a thick beard and bald head said, stepping forward. “You bring nothing but bad news and hungry mouths with you. Normally, that would be fine, but now you want us to leave our home? We already left everything we had in the cities for a life here.”

“I don’t want you to do anything,” I said, looking the man straight in the eye. “You can stay here and burn for all I care. But you need to know the truth. The aliens are here. When they attack Mars, you’ll be the first to go. They’ll kill most of you and enslave the rest.”

I got it. They were scared, and for most, fear turns to anger.

“We want you to go,” the man yelled in my face. He bunched up his fists. “You and everyone who came with you. Go back to your cities and leave us be.”

“That is not the consensus of the elders, Eli,” Sister Monroe said back to the man. “They are our guests and bring us a warning. We should be thanking them.”

“Thanking them?” Eli spat. “I want them gone. Now!”

“You look like you want to hit me,” I told Eli, stepping up to him. “I get it. Really I do. You have a family, friends, an entire way of life you’re about to lose. You gave up everything for this and now everything you rebuilt is about to be taken away.

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