Redux by S. A. Stephenson

Author:S. A. Stephenson [Stephenson, S. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Franklin and Akaroa Publishing
Published: 2019-06-30T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Night had fallen by the time that they had arrived. The Hercules C4 plane landed on the dusty runway and as she looked out of the window, Hawk could see the two white orbs glowing in the distance, nestled amongst the corn crop.

She looked over to Polskin and Walker who were sat opposite her, they looked out of place in this military place, with their well-pressed suits and finely groomed appearance. Government men weren’t military leaders, they just liked to think that they were. ‘Are you sure coming here was the right thing to do?’ Polskin asked through the microphone.

Hawk scowled at being questioned, ‘A war is about to break out, and if we can combat it with biowarfare then I say that this is exactly where we should be.’

She looked over to the back of the plane where they had loaded Galen’s body. Her chest rose faintly and the rhythmic beeping from the machines had managed to keep her stable during the flight from Volt.

The plane came to a land with a shake and lurched to a halt. Hawk rose to her feet as soon as she could unbuckle the safety harness they had been strapped into and she went to check on Galen.

‘Ma’am?’ She was aware of the tentativeness in her voice as she spoke.

Galen looked over to her, her lips were dry and cracked, her face shallow and her eyes grey and losing the life they once had. ‘Where have you brought me?’ She rasped.

‘I’ve brought you back to the beginning,’ she said. ‘Where it all started.’

Galen’s eyes widened. ‘Why?’ She asked, her voice was barely audible now. Once so powerful, it was now just a shadow of what it once was. Hawk’s heart was starting to pound and the small voice inside her that she tried to silence was getting louder. She had done this to her leader, she had reduced another human being to something that was clinging onto life. Memories tried to seep through, the times when Hawk and Galen had been at the pinnacle of their relationship when things had ebbed and flowed in a way Hawk had never experienced before. Galen had mentored her in ways she could have only dreamed of, and this is what she was doing in return. Hawk quickly dismissed the voice and made it quiet again.

‘Because you can help end it,’ Hawk tried to mask any empathy in her voice. ‘You can help end this war once and for all, by destroying them.’

‘General Hawk?’ Polskin quickly sat back in her seat as Hawk shot him a look and strode over to him. ‘President Hawk?’ He corrected and Hawk let her muscles relax a little. They would learn eventually, or she would kill them if they didn’t.

‘Get her to the chamber and to Molanger, he’ll want her while she still has life in her.’

‘This is treason,’ Walker exclaimed.

‘This is what we have to do to survive,’ Hawk hissed. ‘And you work for me now, so do what I say and get her to the chamber.

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