Invasion: Age Of Expansion - A Kurtherian Gambit Series (Ascension Myth Book 11) by Ell Leigh Clarke & Michael Anderle

Author:Ell Leigh Clarke & Michael Anderle [Clarke, Ell Leigh & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00

Safehouse, Gaitune-67

Giles was on his way out of the kitchen, mocha in hand, when he felt his wrist buzzing. Careful not to spill his mocha he glanced down and saw it was a group message from Oz.

ALL PERSONNEL BE ALERT. ANNE MISSING AND ASSUMED ON BASE.

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YES. AGAIN.

Giles exhaled strongly, shifted the antigrav mug into his other hand, and then scrolled down the rest of the message to read the details of what they knew. Then he hit to connect a voice call with Oz.

“Hey, Oz.”

“What’s up G-man?” Oz replied through Giles’s audio implant.

“Anne, by the sounds of it. Is anyone checking the ships?” he asked, recalling the last time she had disappeared, and thoroughly embarrassed him by stowing away on The Scamp Princess.

“Yes. Crash and Brock are down there already. They’re going to check The Empress just as soon as they’ve finished what they’re working on.”

Giles nodded grimly. “Ok. I’ll head down there and give them a hand.”

“Ok thanks, Giles. I’ll let them know.”

“Sure. Anything I can do to help.” He turned around with his freshly brewed mocha and headed back into the kitchen. No point in trying to carry it around with him. He’d have to warm it up later.

He placed the mug down next to the machine, and reluctantly turned and headed out again. Crossing the open plan common area through to the foyer he stopped suddenly and listened.

There was a faint muffled whimpering sound, like someone trying not to be heard.

His brow furrowed as he listened more closely.

“Neechie?” he called gently.

Nothing.

Then a sniff.

“Hello?” he called, spinning around 360 degrees to try and figure out where the sound was coming from.

There were a shuffle and a thunk. He glanced all around him trying to figure out where the movement was coming from.

“Anne? Is that you?” he called.

No answer. And then another faint thunk. He looked up. There was an air duct.

“Anne?” he called again. “Are you in the air duct?”

He waited, straining his ears. “Maybe,” a little voice replied.

Giles stood up straight and stopped craning his neck. “Anne. Are you ok?”

No answer. Then another sniff.

“You’re crying?”

“Maybe,” the muffled voice replied again.

Giles’s tone shifted. “Anne. For goodness sake. You’ve got the whole team looking for you.” He tapped on his holo to alert Oz, then he softened his voice. “How did you get in there anyway?”

“Through the vent behind the common room.”

Giles lifted his voice to the duct above him. “How about you come back down and we can talk?”

There was no answer, but he could hear a shuffling just a little further down the duct like she had begun moving.

He hit his holo. “Oz?”

“Yep.”

“I’ve found Anne. She’s with me. You can call off the search.”

“Ok. Good. Thank goodness for that. Arlene and Ben’or were about to mount a search too. I’ll let everyone know.”

“Thanks, Oz.”

The shuffling and thunking had become louder and moved along the duct into the open plan common area. Now the noise was sliding down the far wall, beyond the holoscreen and back sofa. Giles

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