Project Solaris 2: Hero Rising by Chris Fox

Author:Chris Fox [Fox, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Goodreads: 28272334
Published: 2016-02-25T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16- Black Knight

I rushed back up the hallway into the main chamber where Jillian and the others were waiting. Everyone looked exhausted, and Summers had gone a shade paler since we'd left the room. We were a mess, and in no shape to fight. We needed to get out of there immediately.

"We've found a teleporter," I said, drawing everyone's attention. "We don't know where it leads, but it's somewhere in orbit."

"That seems to confirm the whole Black Knight theory," Jillian said, rising to her feet. "Do you have any idea what to expect when we get up there?"

"None," I said, massaging my temples. We needed the one thing we didn't have--time. "Mom, did you learn anything else useful from Ra?"

She shook her head, glancing at the red hologram. Ra's face had gone passive, and he was watching us curiously. What must it be like to be woken after millennia, with no idea how the world had changed? I scooped up her crystal and she winked out of existence.

"All right then, we've got to take a chance. We're going to use the teleporter, before the grey men show up. I'm surprised they're not here already. Everyone, on your feet. We're getting the hell out of here," I said, moving to help Marcus with Summers. He gave me a sharp glance, but let me take Summers' right arm while he got the left. "We're going to do this as intelligently as possible. Since we're going into space, there's a chance oxygen will be an issue. Marcus, can you make a telekinetic bubble around us right before we teleport?"

"Can do," he said, nodding. We helped summers up the hallway and into the next room.

"David, what about all these books?" Kali asked, pausing in the doorway.

"We can't read them," I said, without slowing. "No doubt they're important, but we need to leave them for now. They're too heavy to carry."

"All right," she replied, sadly.

Our little group moved up the hallway, and we'd almost reached the little room with the teleporter when the ground began to shake. No, that wasn't quite the right word. It was a subtle vibration, one I'd experienced before on a smaller scale. "The grey men are here. Move, people, move!"

Marcus and I darted forward, all but dragging Summers onto the platform in the next room. The others clustered around us, peering back the way we'd come. A bright light flared in the room where we'd discovered Ra, and none of us needed to see what had caused it to know that the grey men had come. We were out of time.

I closed my eyes and mentally reached for the teleporter, feeling the firmware the same way I'd done with Object 3. I examined the connection to the destination in orbit, then willed the device to take us there. At first nothing happened, and I realized that it needed more power to complete the connection. I offered my own, letting it draw from the inner reserve of strength that I used to fuel my powers.

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