Tagged by D. Laine

Author:D. Laine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Desni Dantone

I had a sense of déjà vu twenty minutes later when Spence dropped the keys to our new ride into my hand. I passed them over to Jake without hesitation. For the first time, I missed the old Hummer.

“She’s in hangar five,” Spence told Jake and me. “Fully charged and ready to go.”

“It’s not a Prius, is it?” I asked warily. “Because they’re great for the environment and all, but I don’t really see a couple of lethal assassins pulling up to a vessel haven in one of those weenies.”

Spence flicked an annoyed glance at me before fiddling with the massive pile of reports scattered across his desk. “Agency-designed, agency-built, never-before-seen, one-of-a-kind vehicle made just for you assassins,” he informed me in a clipped tone. “We rolled them out two weeks ago. They get the job done in the ash. Now go. It’s a four-hour drive to Los Angeles. I suggest you start moving.”

“Yes, sir.” Jake paused long enough to collect the file of intelligence that Spence held out to us. As we took the stairs to the surface level, he filled me in. “One vessel. Six tags. Building just outside the city limits. Satellite image here.”

He shoved a paper over my shoulder, and I glanced at the street-level image of the building. Looked like a dump. Might have been nice before the vessel claimed it as his end-of-the-world hideout. The dead bodies sprawled on the sidewalk certainly didn’t help its curb appeal.

“Got it.” I handed the image back to Jake.

“Wow.” He whistled. “They even got us blueprints of the interior.”

“As they should. They sit behind a desk with the sole purpose of making our jobs as easy as possible. We’re the ones doing the hard work.”

“We’re the ones experienced at doing the hard work,” Jake reminded me while I requested access to the outside with the key card in my hand.

I stared at the little red light beside the door until it changed to green. The door slid open with a swoosh, and we stepped into the Nevada desert—covered by a layer of ash. At least it wasn’t falling from the sky as hard as it had been. Now it resembled a light snow, only dry and messy.

Two flyboys from Nellis nodded as we passed through the gate surrounding the entrance to the agency. I momentarily wondered if they were the same two who had dragged Thea off the day we arrived. Probably not. They swapped out relief more often than the CeeCees took coffee breaks.

Another heavily armed flyboy stood outside the entrance to hangar five. After flashing him our assassin identification badges, he ushered us inside where an agent waited for us with a clipboard in his hand.

I didn’t give a shit about him. One look at the rows of sleek black vehicles that filled the building and I was entranced.

“Holy shit!” I barked out a laugh as I ran a hand over the smooth lines of the nearest car. Glancing at the agent, I asked, “You guys made these?”

He nodded curtly.

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