Project Terra by S. J. Woods

Author:S. J. Woods [Woods, S. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hayden Woods Creative
Published: 2018-12-20T22:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

If Dane had felt nervous on his last trip home, that was nothing compared to the tsunami of emotions and worries rushing over him as they made their way back to South Apatia. Teonie took the lead, letting Dane follow her cool, calm instructions as they passed through the Military base. He couldn’t help but feel that every camera was fixed upon them, watching their journey, maybe picking up on their conversation, their body language. He had never felt paranoia like it.

When they were finally on a non-military capsule, heading towards their first stop, Teonie’s home town of Glenrise, Dane’s jittering nerves eased up enough for him to start thinking about the logistics of Teonie’s plan.

“Nothing we say is being recorded?” Dane turned to her as he tried to get his head around the jargon she used while she had worked her tech-magic on their wrist devices.

“Nothing.” She confirmed, confident in her abilities.

“Won’t they think that’s weird?” He puzzled. “They could be watching us now, seeing us talk, yet hear nothing.”

“Just trust me on this.” Teonie gave his hand a comforting squeeze. “Technology is what I do, survival in the wild is what you do.”

“I’ve had the same training as you.” He still couldn’t see how they could possibly evade the Apatian Military. “Teonie, I don’t know how this is going to work. It’s crazy.”

“It’s got to work.” She said stubbornly. “Dane, I know they want us gone. They let us walk off base, after the things Gia was talking about. We should be in jail, being interrogated. The tech-out appeared in their schedules, sent to only Commander-level upwards. It’s as much a coincidence that we both live there as it’s a coincidence that all those parents have died young.”

“How do we do this then?” Dane had run over a million scenarios in his head as they’d been travelling, and he couldn’t see one that didn’t involve them getting themselves and their families killed or locked up. What if Teonie was wrong? He would be dragging his mother and the kids into danger. How would he even convince them to go? It all sounded crazy.

“I can do a couple of things to give us a head-start,” She promised. “We’ll be off the grid and I think I can get us forty-eight hours. I’ve done some digging, and I think I know how the missing were getting to De Sierto. There are retired military vessels docked at Port Layton. This is the part that will be our biggest challenge. We’ll be out in open sea, and it’ll depend on what kind of vessel we can get.”

“If we can even get one.” Dane cut in. “Security is off-the-scale right now. Teonie, I can’t do this. I can’t put my family in danger.”

Teonie threw her hands up in the air, as if in frustration, baring her teeth in a grimace. His eyes were drawn to the tiny chip in her tooth despite the situation. It made her look even more beautiful; an imperfection in her flawlessness.

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