Humanity's Path (Terranus Book One) by J. S. Crouch

Author:J. S. Crouch [Crouch, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-08T07:00:00+00:00

15

ON THE BRINK

Sean and Taris were thrown across the frozen, slippery room as blasts rocked the outer shielding sending shockwaves across the decks. Sean pulled himself from the floor, wiping away a burst of blood from a swollen lip. Across the shimmering room, Taris laid motionless

“Taris!” he yelled.

Standing upright, he caught sight of his frozen remains, the lower half was cocooned in an opaque substance. He couldn’t believe what was going on, but there was no time to think, survival was his first and only instinct.

Lunging towards Taris, who didn’t show any signs of life, he shook her cold body generating no response. Wetting the back of his hand he placed it near her light lips and felt a faint breath.

“Oh, thank God,” he breathed a brief sigh of relief.

A trickle of blue blood slid down her icy face, panicking, he pushed her hair aside and searched for any wounds – A large gash ran across the top of her head. Ripping a piece off his clothing, he pressed firmly against her injury, trying his best to remember any medical training he had when he was part of the planet landers - He knew it wasn’t much.

Glancing around the room, he searched for any moveable surface he could lay the injured Ioution on before he remembered the table his corpse laid on. Upon looking closer, he noticed the wheels on the feet of the bed. Quickly, he unstrapped his body and rolled it onto the floor with a wet thud and pulled the gurney over towards the still female.

Without warning the ship was struck again, pushing him onto the table’s cushioned surface. Bending down, he wrapped his arms around Taris and pulled. His face wobbled from the stress he applied to his body trying to lift the surprisingly bulky female.

“Come on!” he yelled, clenching his teeth. With all his might, he barely lifted her off the ground, but it was just enough to throw her in an act of desperation onto the trolley. Panting heavily and swearing under his breath, he took one last look over at his crumpled corpse but his questions could wait.

“Come on Taris, just hold on a little longer… Med bay is just down the hall then left… or was it right?”

They managed to get halfway before a large crackling sound emanated from the ship. Static pulsated across his skin, he knew something had just happened. “Our shields were down for a second there, we need more people in engineering,” Yumie’s voice blared over the speakers.

Another large burst impacted the shields, making him stumble and lose control of the trolley. Taris’ body flew from the gurney, it crashed against the wall and landed propped up against the surface. Crap he thought, I shouldn’t tell her about this.

Making his way around the table and once again wrapping his arms around the heavy Ioution, he pushed as hard as he could but his feet slid out from under him on the icy surface, making him fall on top of the immobile alien.

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