Sacrifice by T Y Carew & Jess Mountifield

Author:T Y Carew & Jess Mountifield [Carew, T Y & Mountifield, Jess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Feather Writing
Published: 2018-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

As the group made progress back the way they'd come, Matt quickly realized it wasn't fast enough. The Beltine were pouring down the tunnels behind them, coming closer and closer. Up ahead the way was still clear, but they were almost back at the camera room and were running out of time to run. At some point soon she was going to need to turn and fight, even if only to buy the rest time to get out somehow.

Taking a moment, she flicked through her Adamanta eyes again, seeing the Beltine Dairos come rushing towards them as she tried to keep ahead and judge the distance between. A Kyraos somewhere was driving them hard, possibly now aware of their presence.

As she moved to the cameras up ahead, the ones searching for a route out, she groaned. There were more Beltine, a set of Elite Dairos, standing out in the tunnel as an ancient Kyraos called upon more Dairos. They'd definitely been detected somehow.

Only a few seconds later Paton pulled up, his team evidently having spotted what she had. He flicked his flashlight towards her so he could see her face.

“You seeing what I'm seeing?” he asked. She nodded, not sure what to say. She didn't want to panic the guests but they were in a bad situation and couldn't linger.

“Hub room,” she replied eventually. “Only good option.”

“Can you get through to the colonel? Or send for help at all?” His eyes widened, showing her the first hint that he felt out of his depth and not sure what to do. She remembered how she'd felt the first time she'd been faced with overwhelming odds against the Beltine, but right now she was surprisingly calm. She'd held out before, and she'd do everything she could to do it again.

“The colonel will already be on his way to us, and he'll have called for backup,” she replied, ushering everyone on with her hands. “I can hold the door till he gets here, but we need to hurry now.”

Matt spoke far more confidently than she ever had, feeling determined. After all this effort to persuade the investors with her to part with their money and give her the opportunity to study the technology on this planet, she wasn't about to let the Beltine end things.

And Xander would come for her. He always did.

This seemed to be enough to get Paton's head back in the game. He issued several quick commands, getting his small unit to lead them back to the camera hub room, encouraging everyone with them to lightly jog. If the investors thought of protesting, the sound of Dairos growls and footfalls coming from behind only silenced them and added to the urgency.

Within another minute they were back in the main cave of the network, Matt stood by the door, Paton and one of his men by her side.

She reached out her Adamanta eyes with her mind, bringing them to positions where she could monitor the influx of Beltine, but have them far enough out to stand a chance of seeing someone like Xander as he came to their rescue.

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