Helix by Mary Ting

Author:Mary Ting
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dystopian, thriller, young adult, post-apocalyptic, juvenile detention, assassin, warrior, runaway
Publisher: Vesuvian Books
Published: 2019-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

Rhett

The ISAN glider landed directly in front of ours, its high beam shining a spotlight on the tinted window. No space to the left or right. Nowhere for me to take our glider except forward.

“What the hell is going on?” Zen rose behind me, squinting.

“Shoot it.” Frank pointed, his other hand blocking the brightness.

I clenched my jaw and cupped the missile launch button before Frank got the itchy finger and did something he would regret.

“No. Stop. Calm down. If you shoot and that glider blows up, what do you think will happen? This building won’t hold, and we’ll go down under it.”

My words seemed to have passed through Frank’s one ear and out the other. He kept staring at my hand, indicating he wasn’t going to back down.

“I’m going to remove my hand, but if you touch the button, or so much as flinch, I’ll blow your hand off, and your head might be next. Do you understand, Frank?”

He scowled and straightened his spine.

I rose out of my seat. “Stay here. I’ll be right back.”

“Where do you think you’re going?” Zen tried to shove me back down, but I barely budged.

Knowing he would try again, I had tightened my muscles. “It’s Mitch.”

I had an urgent question for Mitch. When Ava had said Mitch put a gun to her head, I needed clarification, needed Mitch’s reasoning. He also wouldn’t have risked being here unless he had to give me dire information.

Ozzie jumped up and readied his Taser. “I’m coming with you.”

Reyna arched her eyebrows. “Punch him in the face for me.”

Zen and I made eye contact. He nodded, giving me permission to leave. I tapped the release pad and the door opened. Ozzie and I stepped out. I shivered in the frosty air, a cloudy mist puffing out of my mouth.

Mitch came out of the shadow of the glider’s wings but stayed away from the light.

“What if I was an ISAN guard? I could have shot you.” Mitch’s attention went to Ozzie. “Put your Taser down. I’m not going to force you to come with me. I have no one to trade for. Well, technically you have Ava. That’s not going to be good for me.”

Mitch and Ozzie had always butted heads. Mitch, well, he was quite a character, and Ozzie didn’t trust Mitch—not like me. Just because he was family didn’t mean squat. But I couldn’t help thinking that having the same blood would mean loyalty would prevail above all. At least I hoped.

His cocky voice aggravated me. “Shut the hell up. Why did you come after us? And why did you come back?”

“Is that the way to greet your brother? After all, I did let you take Ava with you.”

“Half.”

“Rhett ...”

Ozzie said my name as if I were a dog to tame. He knew me well, but his plea would not stop me today.

“I don’t care you’re my brother. Don’t mess with me right now. My team didn’t trust you, but Ava and I did. So, you better have a good explanation why you held a gun to Ava’s head.

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