Single Shot (Justice of the Covenant Book 3) by M.R. Forbes

Author:M.R. Forbes [Forbes, M.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2018-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Bastion turned slowly, raising his hands and letting his pistol fall to the ground.

“Who are you?” the Sentry said. “And how did you get in there?”

Hayley’s TCU toned four times in her ear, giving her a count of the Sentries approaching Bastion. They didn’t seem to know there was more than one person at the terminal yet.

“I was looking for the head,” Bastion replied. “Seriously, I was planning to off myself. That’s why I have the gun.”

The Sentries were approaching cautiously; rifles leveled at him. “And the armor?” the lead asked.

Bastion smiled sheepishly. “Oh. Yeah. Right. The armor. Well. I. Giant dog!”

He shouted as he dropped to the floor. Seconds passed. He raised his head. The Sentries were moving closer.

“I said, giant dog,” Bastion said, looking over at them. “Was that request not obvious enough?”

“It was,” Hayley said.

“And?”

“Wait for it.”

Bastion’s qi flashed red. The Sentries were almost close enough to see into the open doorway, but they had their attention fixed on him.

“Get up. Keep your hands behind your head.”

“Yeah, sure,” Bastion said, starting to push himself to his feet. “Do you have friends, soldier?”

“I have friends,” the Sentry replied.

“Are they good friends? Like, friends who wouldn’t hide in the shadows of a small terminal room while their other friend gets arrested?”

The Sentries shifted their attention to the terminal, at the same time Tibor came blasting out of it.

He hit the closest Sentry with his shoulder, throwing them back and into the wall. Then he turned and lashed out with a large claw, growling as he caught another Sentry’s armor and dragged him to the floor. The third Sentry almost fired into the Goreshin, but Bastion kicked his arm, sending the shot wide.

Hayley bounced out of the room, hitting the third Sentry again, a sharp kick to his leg that knocked him down. She came down on top of him, bringing her Uin to his throat.

“Stay still,” she said.

He did.

Tibor was finishing up behind her, grabbing the last Sentry and holding him fast against the wall. He leaned his head in close, sticking his sharp teeth in the soldier’s face.

“Don’t move,” he said.

The Sentry’s qi was white, the man beneath the armor terrified of the Goreshin. He didn’t even think to move.

“Grab their guns,” Hayley said, taking the rifle from the Sentry she was kneeling on. She put her Uin away before taking off the soldier’s helmet, revealing a woman’s face underneath. “Sorry to do this to you, but we can’t have you calling for help just yet.” She put her hand on the woman’s forehead, sending the naniates into her and putting her gently to sleep. Then she stood and did the same to the Sentry Tibor had caught.

“How long will that buy us?” Bastion asked.

“About ten minutes,” Hayley replied. “Not much time. How far to the Oracle?”

“Not far. It’ll be faster to head to street level. If the map’s right, they’ve got her stashed in one of the spires.”

“A transmission tower, I’m sure,” Hayley said. “But how did

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