Icharus_ARC Series by Renee Sebastian

Author:Renee Sebastian [Sebastian, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

I had never attempted to destroy an oculus before, so I did not know what to expect. But now that the outer covering was shucked off under my assault, a light started blinking from inside it. She picked it up and turned it towards herself. Abruptly, the light that had been emanating from it went dark, casting us in a gloomy blackness.

“How did you do that?” I asked.

"I knew where to press to deactivate it."

I heard clicking sounds and then asked, “What are you doing now?”

“Removing the capacitors and the tracking device,” she replied.

“How can you see in here?” It was Torvian dark in here, with only a thin sliver of diffused light trickling in from the rim of the lid.

“You can’t?” I could sense her head had lifted up to look at me from the tone of her voice, although I could not see it.

“No.”

“Maybe I am… different.” Better would have been the word I would have used.

"Hand it to me, and I'll jump out to fry it."

Nearby, a boom shook the water container, sloshing water against our knees. “What was that?” she asked.

“I don’t know.”

“I’ll take a peek. Hold me up so I can take a look.”

I nodded and grabbed her waist. She pushed up with her legs and up she went, her breasts resting on my head and my nose buried in her stomach. She had an odd smell that I could not place but likened it to a plant in the desert. When its stalk was broken, it bled out a purple gelled material that we could use to mend shorts in wires.

I was quite surprised by her lightness too. It was well known that we were slowly losing our pre-colonization height and weight, but she seemed to be immune to the planet's increased gravity. Also, she appeared to run just as fast as I could or quicker.

The lid went up, casting the cramped space in dim light, and after a few moments I heard her say, “Put me down.” I loosened my grip and allowed her to slide down my body. She felt good against me. Better than Astrid ever did, and then we were cast in darkness again.

“What did you see?”

“Nothing.”

“No smoke or fire in the distance?”

“No.”

“Did you see or hear anyone?”

“No, but I did see something odd. I saw some rodent creatures running en masse down the alley.”

“How many?”

“Fifty-seven.”

I did not know which was odder, the fact there were so many rats moving as a herd or that she knew the exact number.

“Now we need to fry that thing,” she added. “Hand me your gun, then throw the device into the air and I will cook it.” I hesitated only a moment to flip the charger on, and then I handed it up to her.

“Now throw it up.”

“Have you ever shot a plazgun before now?”

"You ask me this now? Just throw it up, and I'll shoot it."

I threw it up, and before it could hit the top of the container, she fired the gun.

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