Synthesis: Retribution (The Synthesis Trilogy Book 3) by F.G. Smith

Author:F.G. Smith [Smith, F.G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-12-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

19:59, January 7th, 2135

“Fuck.”

Kayden barely got the word out of his mouth before the swarm of drones leapt off his armour and began firing into the crowd of Voidborn. Their energy weapons quickly overloaded the shields of the lead crab and snake monsters, leaving them open to fire from the dwarven guards. Thankfully for him Swann recovered from his shock at that point and began barking orders.

“Don’t just stand there! Shoot something!” He bellowed, quickly pulling his sidearm and firing indiscriminately at the crowd.

Screaming erupted from the scientists further away as the dwarven guards unloaded with their automatic weapons, tearing the front rank of Voidborn apart. Unfortunately for them the air shimmered again and yet more Voidborn monsters began to materialize – this time surrounding Kayden, Ali, and Swann. The slavering jaws of a quadrupedal spine monster appeared right in front of Swann, leaving Kayden less than a second to dart forward and grab them before twisting them with all his enhanced strength, tearing the creature’s head from its shoulders.

“What the hell is going on?” Swann shouted, firing several more rounds from his pistol into the crowd.

“Fight now! Talk later!” Kayden responded tersely as he deployed his nanobots protectively around them.

The electrified swarm of nanobots worked in tandem with the drones, ripping through the Voidborn nearest to them. Duos and trios of monsters fell as Kayden frantically fought, but it still wasn’t enough to keep up with the unending tide of Voidborn materializing in the lab. He distantly heard yet more dwarven guards approaching and firing into the crowd, but was far too focused on the task at hand to keep track of how they fared.

Ali? Kayden asked frantically as he formed the nanobots around his hand into a spear – one which he electrified and used to punch through a snake creature in one swift motion. How much longer?

[“Another minute. Perhaps two.”] She replied tersely.

I could use the adrenaline rush now.

[“Deploying.”]

Time slowed around him, buying him precious moments to think. He pulled his spear from the snake creature’s face with a grunt before whirling around and kicking a leaping quadrupedal monster in the face, separating its head from its body. As it fell in slow motion he caught sight of a firing line of crabs unloading their back-mounted cannons into the dwarven formation, blasting them aside. His eyes flicked across the battlefield to see the rest of the Voidborn’s plan – a fresh new horror had been unleashed on them and was scurrying into the breach created by the crabs.

The meter-tall creature’s body walked the line between reptilian and insectoid, with plates of brown chitinous armour covering its torso. It walked on 6 thick plated metallic legs, each of which ended in what looked like a hook. It lacked any sort of discernable neck, with the torso ending abruptly in a set of 4 glowing yellow eyes set above a jaw that wouldn’t have looked out-of-place on a crocodile. Long tendrils of saliva dripped from its mouth giving it a distinctly feral look.

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