Star Streaker Boxed Set 1 (Star Streaker Series) by T.M. Catron

Author:T.M. Catron [Catron, T.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Antimatter Books
Published: 2019-05-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

A crowd had gathered in the street. Sounds of shouting and breaking glass bounced off the towers and echoed back to them. Thick, sharp-smelling smoke drifted down the street. The crowd had concentrated around a tall tower which was on fire.

“Are they mad?” Solaris asked.

“The fire won’t get far,” Rance said. “The building’s protective systems will kick in before it does much damage.”

Solaris shook his head. “I’m not talking about the fire.”

Rance and Abel looked to where he nodded. Just outside the crowd, a man, woman, and two children were loading a small transport with bags. The youngest, a boy of about six, was carrying a bag twice his size.

A group of men noticed the family and broke off from the main crowd. The father saw them and threw the remaining bags into the back. The woman and girl climbed in, and he had just put the little boy into the cruiser when one of the men grabbed him by the tunic. He hurled him away from the transport while the other thugs swarmed the vehicle. Inside, the girl cried, and the woman pleaded with them.

Solaris grumbled and shrugged off his satchel, letting it fall to the ground.

“Wait a minute, Solaris,” Rance said. “Where are they going to go in the transport?”

He scowled. “It’s none of my business. Are you suggesting we don’t do anything?”

“I didn’t say that.”

Just then, one of the thugs grabbed the boy and tossed him out of the vehicle too. The father yelled something and caught the boy before he hit the ground. Rance grew hot with anger. As much as she didn’t want to get sidetracked from their goal, she couldn’t stand by and do nothing.

The little drive on the transport spun up. The thugs were going to take off with the woman and daughter inside.

Without a word, Rance, Solaris, and Abel sprang into action, running to reach the transport before it took off. They skidded to a halt at the door. Solaris stuck his staff in, holding it open. Then he reached into the pilot’s side and landed a quick jab to the man’s throat.

The man choked, spitting and going red in the face. In the meantime, Rance grabbed the little girl out of her seat while Abel tackled the second man inside the transport.

Before Rance could pull the little girl out of the cruiser, hands grabbed at her back and then latched onto her helmet. Whoever had a hold of her was trying to pull her out of the transport by her head. With a pop, the latch sealing her helmet to her suit broke apart. Rance yelled and spun around, trying to use her elbow to whack her attacker.

It was the girl’s father. Apparently, he thought Rance was trying to attack the girl too.

By now, Abel and Solaris were in an all-out brawl with the other men, who were proving to be stronger than they had seemed. Solaris’ staff had disappeared, and he was trading blows with a man who was shorter and stockier than himself.

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