Semper Fi by Evan Currie

Author:Evan Currie [Currie, Evan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Berlin

“Here he comes.”

Tessa nodded, “Get some more popcorn, would you? This should be fun.”

Pitr silently retrieved a bag from the closest theatre, pausing only to check that the machine was topped off with kernels and running. He handed it over to Tessa as he returned his attention to the riot below.

“Did you get enough of them?” He asked.

“I suppose we’ll find out,” Tessa responded. “Honestly hard to say, but it’ll be a good show, if nothing else.”

Pitr grinned.

There was truth there.

The worlds greatest action blockbuster, and they had the best seats in the house.

Sucked to be the players in this little action drama, of course, especially the ones drafted by Tessa, but hey… showbiz was a tough way of life.

The Marine arrived on schedule, slowing to float above the crowd and instantly getting all the attention focused on himself rather than the bedraggled riot cops who had been struggling to hold the movement back as best they could.

Not that it was working, of course. Not with the police taken by surprise by the sudden shift in direction the mobs had taken, nor the sudden appearance of enraged superhumans in the mix.

“Here we go,” Tessa said, sounding rather eager.

Blasts had torn up from the crowd, aimed at the Marine as he floated there.

The American dodged them easily enough, letting the blasts fly off into the night as he shifted position to put himself side on to the crowd while he scanned them more intently. The blaster tried again, much to his regret Tessa suspected.

The Marine just vanished, reappearing on the ground beside the blast in a blink, slamming the man into the ground in a hard takedown.

“Oh, that had to hurt,” Pitr winced.

“Did he teleport?” Tessa asked, blinking.

“No, pure speed,” Pitr said. “You heard that crack, like a whip only louder?”

She nodded.

“Sonic boom. He hit at least seven or eight hundred kilometers an hour there, maybe a lot more. Literally blink and you’ll miss him. The man has style, you have to give him that.” Pitr chuckled.

Tessa scowled, “Style or no, he is in my city.”

Pitr looked sharply over, “our city, Fraulein.”

Tessa rolled her eyes, “Yes yes, Our city.”

She then silently turned her focus back to the scene below, dark amusement glittering in her eyes.

*****

Hale pinned the man who’d shot off some sort of energy crap at him, twisting his arms nearly to the point of breaking. He was willing to put up with a lot of shit, given his mission and the nature of the situation, but blindly firing off what was probably the equivalent of small explosives was really pushing his tolerance.

“Stay down!” He ordered in german, noting that a gap had opened up between the two of them and the rest of the mob that had quieted suddenly, shocked by the fast pace triggering of events.

Hale held the struggling man, noting that unlike most of the superhuman types he’d encountered so far this one didn’t seem to have any enhanced strength to speak of.

“Everyone be calm!” He called out.

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