Space Team by Barry J. Hutchison

Author:Barry J. Hutchison [Hutchison, Barry J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zertex Books
Published: 2016-09-26T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Cal’s legs dangled in the air, a full three feet off the floor. His fingers tried to dig in beneath the metal hand that was currently wrapped around his throat, squeezing the life out of him.

An ominous shade of red glowed deep in Mech’s eyes. His metal jaw jutted out, the pointed bottom teeth almost touching his nose.

“Mech, let him go,” Loren said.

“Uh-uh. Dude was going to leave me back there,” Mech grunted.

Cal’s legs flailed around. His eyes bulged. He could hear his own heartbeat in his head, picking up speed as it raced towards the finish line.

“Take your hands off him,” Miz snarled. She lashed out with her claws. There was a spark and a squeal and three shallow claw marks were carved into Mech’s paint. He either didn’t notice, or didn’t care. His eyes narrowed as he hoisted Cal another few inches into the air.

“You set me up, shizznod,” Mech said. “You used me to get the disk, then you were gonna leave me there.”

“Y-you… v-volunt-teered,” Cal wheezed.

“To go get the thing, not to be no hostage!” Mech said.

“I’m warning you, Disselpoof, let him go!” Loren said, training her blaster pistol on the cyborg’s face.

“I’ll let him go in a minute,” Mech said. “Just got to kill him first.”

“Shoot him!” Miz barked. “What are you waiting for?”

She lunged for the gun, knocking Loren’s arm. Mech snatched the weapon before either of them could get a proper grip on it. The gun sparked and fizzled as he crushed it with a squeeze of his hand.

Mech’s eyes flared crimson as he glowered at Cal. “Any last requests?”

“Up.”

“Say what?”

“L-lift me higher,” Cal gasped. “Or is t-this as h-igh as… you can get m-me?”

“What you talking about? Of course I can go higher! Dude, I could throw you through the roof if I wanted to!”

He extended his arm, hefting Cal higher into the air.

“M-much better,” said Cal. Bringing up his feet, he caught hold of Mech’s dial and twisted it all the way to the right.

The red fire died behind Mech’s eyes. His grip slackened. His arm dropped. He toppled backwards, remaining perfectly rigid all the way to the floor. Loren and Miz jumped backwards just in time to avoid having their feet crushed.

Cal coughed and wheezed on his hands and knees, his head spinning as oxygen flooded his lungs. “That guy has serious temper issues.”

Miz peered down at the inanimate cyborg. “What did you do?”

“Intellect power diversion at one-hundred percent,” chimed a voice from somewhere inside Mech. Miz waved a hand in front of his face, but his expression didn’t change. Even Mech’s mouth remained motionless as the voice came again. “A thousand apologies for my attempts to bring about your death via asphyxiation, Cal.”

“Hey. Forget it. Not a problem,” said Cal, getting unsteadily to his feet. “Probably deserved it.” He turned to Loren and pointed to his neck. “Is there a bruise? Can you see?”

Loren lowered her head to look, then scowled. “Man up,” she said. She squatted down next to the fallen Mech.

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