Messenger by Walker James

Author:Walker, James [Walker, James]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-07-18T04:00:00+00:00

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The Spacy forces pulled back to an airfield located on the border between Hongpan's inner and outer districts. An enormous cargo plane waited for them on the runway. Under Koga's direction, the marines disembarked from the A.P.C.s and entered the cargo plane via the loading ramp. After everyone else was aboard, Lambda and Omicron walked their suits up the ramp into the plane's warehouse-like interior and found sets of foot clamps. They stepped onto the clamps to lock their suits into place and lowered them into kneeling position. The ramp slowly folded up and closed with an echoing clang, momentarily plunging the plane's interior into even deeper darkness. Then several rows of lights flashed on, flooding the plane with dim illumination.

Lambda broke the airtight seal on her helmet and pulled it off, a light rain of sweat coming with it. The three-eyed girl looked at her curiously. She opened her mouth and uttered a few incoherent sounds; then, to Lambda's surprise, she began to speak, albeit haltingly.

“Who are you?”

Lambda stared at the girl in surprise, then answered automatically, “Lieutenant Lambda, T.U. Spacy, currently assigned to the T.U.S.S. Onyx Down.”

The girl blinked, then said, “Soldier.”

Lambda almost laughed. “Well, they more typically call Spacy troops sailors, based on some old Theran custom, but yes. Who are you?”

The girl pointed to a three-digit number printed on her medical gown over a starkly asymmetrical chest. “Experimental subject 778.”

Lambda looked sadly at the girl. “But do you have a name?”

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