Jane and the Exodus (Stargazer Series Book 1) by T.R. Woodman

Author:T.R. Woodman [Woodman, T.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stargazer Press
Published: 2018-06-25T22:00:00+00:00

MILITANT

Evelyn maneuvered the shuttle quietly through the mountains as Jane stared absently through the window, still trying to process what she had seen. She felt nauseated and had no way of knowing how many other places the government was using as a dumping ground for anyone unwilling or unable to fit into their master plan. She didn’t want what she had seen to be real, but the more she thought about it, the more she realized that her dad was right. He certainly didn’t know about the open graveyard she had just landed in, but he knew the people of this country needed a future away from this insidious regime. Just like her dad, Jane couldn’t just leave Earth and never come back. They had to find another place—another planet—and bring as many people back with them as they could.

“If I have to spend the rest of my life doing it,” Jane offered, still staring out the window, “I am going to save as many people as I can from that fate. I don’t care if I have to travel back to Earth a million times, Evelyn, I have to help these people.”

“I know, Jane. I understand.”

Quietly Jane offered a prayer for the millions of souls departed from the graveyard she was in—and the other graveyards she was sure existed—and for the many millions more who were likely to come to the same horrific end. A moment later, she lifted her head and could see Evelyn was bringing the shuttle in low, setting it down on scrub brush behind a small treeless ridge.

“Alright, Evelyn, let’s talk this through,” Jane said, shaking her head briefly as if it might help her refocus on where she was going as opposed to where she had been.

“DF-23 is about three miles away,” Evelyn began, “over the ridge in front of us and down the slope beyond. There are plenty of rock outcroppings between here and there, but you should try to stay low anyway. I have used the cameras on Vista to map the entire area, and it looks like you might have caught a break, Jane.”

“What? Dad and Tate are lounging out back looking at the stars?” Jane said, trying futilely to lighten her mood.

“Not exactly. Even though DF-23 is sitting on the site of a former prison, it doesn’t appear to be operating as a prison any longer. From the surveillance photos, it also appears that if it ever was heavily guarded around the chain-link fence surrounding the perimeter, it isn’t any longer. Perhaps they don’t feel it’s necessary, or maybe they have grown lazy, but there aren’t any manned guard towers along the perimeter.”

“So all I have to do is hop the fence, walk up, and knock on the back door.”

“Jane, try to get serious here.”

“I am, Evelyn. I’m just nervous—okay?”

Jane stood from her captain’s chair and walked over to her pack, which was still strapped to the wall behind her seat. Pulling it down, she pulled off the holsters. Buckling them around her waist, she tucked a pistol into each hip.

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