Razer Edge by Jake Bible

Author:Jake Bible [Bible, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2017-09-17T06:00:00+00:00

23.

Gentle pat. Gentle pat. Hard slap.

“I’m awake,” Roak gasped. “Don’t hit me—”

Hail’s hand, he could tell from the smell, covered his mouth and he shut up. His eyes popped open and the woman’s face was only centimeters from his, her eyes wide with fear and panic.

Roak was not happy to wake up to that. He felt liked hammered terpigshit and having to calm down a Lipian as his first conscious act did not sound like fun. He nodded slowly and Hail removed her hand. Then his eyes went to the bathroom door where Hail had been busy.

The metal alloy toilet and metal alloy sink had been removed from their normal positions and stacked against the door. The sink was wedged so that it was braced between the door and the shower stall with the toilet on top for weight, keeping the door from being able to slide freely open. Roak nodded in approval. He figured she’d probably had to barricade herself in more than one bathroom before, considering her line of work.

Roak met Hail’s eyes and asked a silent question. Hail shook her head. She had no idea who was out in the store. Roak’s eyes kept asking and Hail held up one then two then a third finger, but quickly lowered the third finger.

Two, maybe three, outside the bathroom.

Someone tried the bathroom door. Roak glanced up at the single halogen in the ceiling and hoped to all the Eight Million Gods the bathroom door was sealed well enough that the light didn’t leak out into the other room. He was surprised there was even power to the abandoned store, but it was probably easier to keep power flowing than to have to switch it off then switch it back on again later.

Razer Station wasn’t exactly known for having a motivated maintenance staff. Like everything else on the station, maintenance was a racket, so price dictated service.

The person continued working the door then gave up and walked away, saying something to someone else. The words were impossible to make out, but the tone was easy to decipher. Whoever was out there was hunting. The sounds of the search continued for a long while then slowly, quietly eased away.

After a good fifteen minutes had passed without any noise at all, Roak nodded to Hail.

She shook her head. He sighed and rolled his eyes. She shook her head no again.

“Move,” Roak whispered as quietly as he could while also getting across that he was done waiting and it was time for her to get all the Hells out of his way. He was successful and Hail finally nodded then helped him up and out of the shower.

First thing Roak did was inspect his wound. It was a charred mess and considering the environment he was in, the flesh would turn sour within hours if he didn’t reach a med pod in time. There was a distinct risk of him losing the whole arm. Roak did not want that. He hated the comm implant in his head, so he sure as all the Hells didn’t want a cybernetic arm.

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