Persevere: Book 6 in The Trapped in the Hollow Earth Novelette Series by Peebles Chrissy

Author:Peebles, Chrissy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, young adult, science fiction, ufo, aliens, teen, outer space, mothership
Publisher: Chrissy Peebles

Chapter 4

The corridor ended in a circle with a security station situated in the middle. Black metal doors lined the round back wall, reminding Casey of the cul-de-sac at the end of a street. She forced her gaze away from the engraved details and stared ahead. Her heart raced, and her hands sweated a river under her too-tight gloves. Jack was close; she could feel it. They couldn’t make a mistake, but Thorn’s plan was as simple as it appeared bold: a daring prison escape without proper weapons and enough manpower. She would have felt safer with a pickaxe, some ropes, and a few sticks of dynamite. And a few mixed martial arts fighters wouldn’t have been bad either.

Thorn paced faster with Casey and Mike following in step behind him. When she looked up, she gulped.

A soldier shifted his stance. “Halt. State your business.”

“I see you’re great at what you do,” said Thorn. “Maybe a little too eager, but one can never be too careful.” He straightened and raised his voice, confidence oozing through every pore. “I’m Lieutenant Buckers, serving as the medical team coordinator with Dr. Fanthoms.”

The guard shook his head. “I’ve never heard of any Lieutenant Buckers.”

“Well, that leads me to believe you are either new or ignorant,” said Thorn frostily. “Learn the names of your superiors. Others won’t be as understanding as I am.” He pointed behind the guard. “Now, enough of your incompetence. I’m here to transport the human prisoner.”

“Commander Tio ordered a deep sleep.” The guard looked at his chronometer. “It is scheduled an hour from now.”

Thorn clapped his shoulder. “Change of plans, soldier. Commander Tio has instructed my top medical team to examine the prisoner now, in the med lab.”

The guard stood his ground as Thorn tried to walk past. He lifted up his visor and glared. “If that is so, why didn’t anyone tell me?”

“Looks like I’m doing it right now,” said Thorn.

Casey barely dared to breathe as the guard’s eyes moved from Thorn to her and then back to Thorn again. She let out an exaggerated sigh. “We need to put him on ice.”

“I’m not sure I can…” The guard took a deep breath, and his shoulders slumped as his eyes moved across the hall, as though he hoped someone might miraculously appear and jump to his rescue. “Let me call someone—or, even better, wait for the others to get back from the meeting.”

“We don’t have that kind of time,” said Mike.

Thorn grabbed the guard’s shoulders and looked into his eyes. “Don’t you see, friend? This human could be the answer to all of our problems. There’s hope for our people who’re suffering. With his special DNA, we can truly make a difference.”

“It didn’t work last time,” whispered the guard.

Casey could not ponder how uncaring, unremorseful they were after all the people they’d killed in the name of so-called research. Her stomach clenched. If Jack died, they’d just move on to the next sample as soon as they could find one.

“He is the key to perfecting the formula,” Thorn continued to lie, “and we know it’ll work this time.

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