Humble Beginnings (Tri System's Edge Series Book 1) by Ron Schrader

Author:Ron Schrader [Schrader, Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KWYM Publishing, LLC
Published: 2013-08-19T04:00:00+00:00

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Landing on her feet, Kalla turned to face the eerie mist and began a sprint in the direction of her ship. While the Vie were sometimes out during the day, protected from the sun by the blanketing mist, she didn’t plan on seeing any as she closed in on her ship. Before long, she could see the large outline becoming clearer until finally she arrived at her destination.

As she reached the entrance of the ship, her thoughts turned to the brief moment in Jarek’s cave when they’d almost kissed. Why did he pull away like that? she wondered, but with evening on its way, she didn’t have time to worry about it.

Manipulating the keypad just outside the door, she waited patiently for the ramp to fold out, allowing her to enter the ship. Once inside, she moved to the cargo hold toward the back of the ship where the large rectangular containers marked “Directive Property” still sat untouched since her last visit here. She walked through the stack of containers, looking for one in particular, until she finally located it at the bottom of a tall stack. The task of dismantling the stack would have been quite time consuming for anyone else, but Kalla managed to complete the work in just a few minutes, moving the heavy containers with ease.

With the container she was after now sitting in front of her, she opened it to reveal a large brushed-metal, cylinder-shaped device about a meter in length. Designed to stand upright, the bottom of the device contained a tripod of spikes used to secure it into the ground. At the top of the device, a sphere-shaped object was seamlessly attached, only slightly larger in diameter than that of the cylinder. Satisfied she’d found what she needed, Kalla folded the lid shut, secured the outer latches, and began dragging it toward the front of the ship.

As she neared the exit, she turned her back to the ramp and began pulling the container through the narrow opening and off the ship, but before she’d made it half way to the ground, a painful sting pierced her left shoulder. She knew instantly what had jumped onto her back, sinking its sharp fangs into her flesh. Pushing the pain aside, she reached for the pistol on her right side and removed the attacker with a single bullet.

Ready to face more, Kalla crouched down and turned her back to the ship, searching the fog for more attackers. But as she waited for another Vie to make its move, Kalla couldn’t stop thinking about the pain from the bite and how it seemed to be throbbing, not healing quickly, like she expected it to. Jarek was right, she thought to herself. She remembered him saying their bites took longer to heal. The sting of the bite made Jarek’s concern about her plan more real too, understanding now that if she couldn’t outrun a massive pack of Vie, things could end badly for her. She needed that part, though, and she wasn’t about to give up before even trying.

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