Pax Omega by Al Ewing

Author:Al Ewing [Ewing, Al]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Steampunk, Adventure, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781907992919
Publisher: Abaddon
Published: 2012-04-16T14:00:00+00:00

JACK SCORPIO TOOK a moment to double-check the three chambers of his S.T.E.A.M.-issue multi-ammo Magnum. He’d selected his three ammunition packs carefully: dum-dums to pack a hard punch, tranq-darts for stealth – and the third category, the one he knew for sure he’d need before the day was over. The experimental round.

The four of them were inching along the cold stone corridors of Castle Abendsen, taking out troops as they found them; so far, the alarm hadn’t been raised. Scorpio wanted to keep it that way. The deeper they could penetrate into the building without raising the alarm, the easier it’d be to smash whatever insane scheme was being built here once and for all.

He turned to the other three men and raised a finger to his lips – silent running. Then he flipped open one of the pockets of his flak jacket and took out a shaving mirror, angling it so he could get a look around the corner at the next corridor. Two stormtroopers were walking towards them – SS men, not the usual guards. These two weren’t bored and feckless after weeks cooped up in here; they were fresh, rested and itching to find four American spies, and in another half a minute they’d turn the corner and do just that. And then they’d suddenly find a use for those Sturmgewehr 88 machine-guns they were carrying, which would probably mean raising the alarm if nothing else. Sturmgewehr 88s made a hell of a racket.

Scorpio took another look at the Magnum, and winced. Out of tranquilisers again; how come the non-lethal ordinance was always the first to go?

Hell, no time to beat himself up over it now. He looked at his men; Reed was just about useless for this kind of situation – it just wasn’t in his skill set. El Sombra would deal with the soldiers effectively, but Scorpio couldn’t be certain if he’d do it without a burst being fired. He probably could, but ‘probably’ just wasn’t good enough right now. Scorpio needed a sure thing.

He needed Savate.

And Savate knew it, the arrogant son of a bitch.

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