Star Warrior by Isaac Hooke

Author:Isaac Hooke [Hooke, Isaac]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-11-25T07:00:00+00:00

19

The pair carefully made their way down to the first floor and out onto the street. They kept close to the insubstantial-seeming glass walls of the buildings, and paused at the intersections to ensure the way was clear before dashing across.

Tane kept an eye on those dark threads that emerged from his body. The strands seemed to point in the same general direction, passing into the buildings on his right, or down the street at the intersections. Yes, he was definitely going to follow those filaments at some point. After he armed himself appropriately.

There were vehicles parked on the side of the road here, both land- and air-based, but Tane didn’t feel the need to use any of them. Not yet. He didn’t want to draw attention to himself and Sinive, not with that dweller ship lurking somewhere out of sight overhead.

They reached the retail center and proceeded inside past the tiny storefronts. There were several boutique clothing and shoe stores, all with no inventory, ready to print customer requests on demand. In between those storefronts were microbreweries, cafes and restaurants. It was odd seeing plates of food sitting beside full glasses on the tables, with no customers actually present to eat them, as captured during the latest universe “reset.”

“Well if we get hungry, we know where to go,” Sinive commented.

They took a gravalator to the third floor walkway and made their way to the shooting range. It looked like the place also sold weapons—past those glass counters and display cases awaited all the firepower Tane could dream of. He and Sinive immediately split up to survey the vast selection available underneath to them.

“You know, when I was younger, I used to call places like these cum shops,” Sinive said.

“What?” Tane looked up. “Why?”

“Coming here to look at the weapons was almost as good as sex...” Sinive said.

Tane knew exactly what she was talking about, even if most of his experiences regarding sex were of the virtual kind. He stopped beside the first weapon he saw, a beautifully shaped plasma rifle, and immediately reached into his storage pouch to dump the banana crates and spare spacesuits onto the floor. He’d definitely be using the inventory for weapons instead.

He considered dumping his clothes suitcase as well, since he could always buy new gear with any profits from the weapons, but decided against it. Some of his favorite outfits were in there. Besides, he figured he could stuff an extra rifle into the suitcase if he needed to.

Tane kicked at the glass, trying unsuccessfully to break it with his boot. He leaped over the counter and found the latch. Locked.

Across from him, Sinive was having no problem getting access. She’d stop beside a counter, shoot the lock with her pistol, then slide the glass case open without issue. She had already cleared out two weapons, shoving them into her own personal storage device.

Tane went out to the shooting range and found a pistol sitting on its own in one of the stalls. “Bingo.

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