Independence Day: Resurgence: The Official Movie Novelization by Alex Irvine

Author:Alex Irvine [Irvine, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Titan
Published: 2016-06-21T05:00:00+00:00

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“Everyone buckle up,” Jake said as his passengers—there were more of them than he’d expected—found their seats. Charlie helped them get the harnesses straightened out and fastened. “Take a seat, David,” Jake added when he saw the scientist still standing, his head nearly banging against the ceiling. The tug wasn’t built for guys as tall as Levinson. Jake pointed to an open seat next to his.

“Really?” David didn’t look thrilled. “Front row? Okay…”

“What’s the matter, you nervous?” Jake woke up the pre-flight systems, which he’d put on standby instead of shutting them down.

“No,” David said, in exactly the tone of voice a guy used when what he really meant was Yeah, but can we pretend I’m not? “It’s just… not my favorite thing,” he added.

“Nothing to worry about,” Jake said expansively. “I haven’t crashed in…” He realized too late that maybe he should have tried another way to settle David’s nerves. “Well, a couple of days, but that was intentional.”

“What?” Levinson stopped trying to hide his fear, but Jake didn’t have time to deal with it. He had flying to do.

The engines fired up, blowing a rolling wall of dust around the courtyard of the big-ass house that apparently belonged to the guy in the back—the one with the machetes. Jake didn’t know who he was, or what connection he had to the aliens, but both he and Charlie had seen the alien city destroyer sitting just beyond the next ridge, all powered up like it was ready to get back to leveling cities. Something weird was going on here, having to do with the invaders. Levinson had found out about it, and Machete Guy was part of it.

Jake glanced over at Charlie, who gave him a thumbs-up. Passengers locked in. All systems go. Jake eased back the control stick. The tug lifted a few yards off the ground, hovered as it swung around, and then he hit the gas. The tug blazed off across the morning sky, pinning all of them into their seats.

He loved this part. It was like the world’s greatest roller coaster, combined with the thrill of driving way too fast, and knowing the cops wouldn’t bust you.

David offered another angle. “I forgot how much I hate this!” he shouted over the thunder of the engines and the sound of rushing air. They cracked the sound barrier, then hit Mach 2… 4… and kept accelerating, angling up into the sky. Escape velocity from Earth was around 25,000 miles an hour, and Jake wanted to get there fast, because he already had visions of Lao, standing in the tug’s empty parking spot and swearing revenge.

“That wasn’t so bad,” David said as they reached the edge of space. They had plenty of speed for a stable low-Earth orbit, and as gravity started to lessen the ride smoothed out quite a bit.

But the show wasn’t quite over yet. Jake shot David a grin.

“I haven’t kicked on the fusion drive yet.”

The look on Levinson’s face was priceless. Jake hit another button next to the control stick and the tug rocketed away.

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