Shadow Born by James Axler

Author:James Axler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Worldwide Library
Published: 2014-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Grant and Kane approached the scattered remains of the last two sentries, moving fairly swiftly yet cautiously, weapons drawn and ready to deal with any segments that still remained “conscious.”

Grant handed Kane several shells to use to reload the shotgun he’d picked up. “Don’t stand too close with these babies.”

Kane glanced back. “Explosive?”

Grant nodded. “And in case you’re asking why I didn’t use it before...”

“Those things were too close to Nathan and Neekra to fire without injuring them,” Kane replied.

Grant smirked. “Smart-ass.”

“I learned from the best,” Kane said.

“Thanks,” Grant answered.

Kane chuckled. “I meant Brigid.”

“Don’t you two ever rest?” Nathan asked, jogging up to them.

“This ass grabbing is our rest,” Grant answered. He noted that the young man had his staff in hand. The artifact had more than proved its worth as it impaled and ended the existence of two of the enemy. Grant felt a little more relaxed having it on his side, but he wasn’t going to let his guard down. Two wounded guards might be down there, or the fleeing entities might have been leading them into the jaws of a horde of their brethren.

Those guardians might also have been unharmed, especially because it seemed that their heads needed an expenditure of energy to neutralize, as with Kane and the Taser or Nathan with Nehushtan’s inner fire. Grant had managed to take off their heads with his bow and arrow, distracting them and forcing them to chase after their lost parts, but if there had been an army waiting around the next turn, it was going to be a close, brutal melee, and one he might not be up to.

Kane slowed, scanning the scene. He’d pulled on his hood, utilizing its advanced optics to study them from afar. Grant and Nathan took that as a good idea, both of them suiting all the way up.

So far, the metallic sentries had attacked with physical means: claws and the occasional brilliant flash of laser light into the eyes. If they had been simply constructs of magnetic energy, there was nothing keeping them from countering humans with things such as nerve gas or other poisonous clouds. Grant had an arrow nocked, ready to pin down a creature’s head for either Kane or Nathan to put it completely out of business.

Grant zoomed in on the two skittering creatures. One of them had lost its left arm and leg, those pieces obliterated by the detonation of the implode gren. The other was missing its right arm but was “together” enough to look back over its stump of a shoulder to see the three humans advancing down the ramp. Grant drew the string back to full tension and cut loose with his arrow, the broadhead punching between those burning red orbs.

The canister sailed off its shoulders, the crimson eyes sparkling as the arrow spiraled, then struck the wall. It was just another sign of how durable the stone of this ziggurat truly was as the broadhead merely bounced off it. The thing struck the ground with a clang, and its body chased after its lost noggin.

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