Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) by Edwards Janet

Author:Edwards, Janet [Edwards, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wallam-Crane Press
Published: 2016-07-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-one

The next day, Adika announced he wanted to test everyone on the Strike team’s swimming ability, and mine as well, before we made any more trips to 600/2600. We all headed over to the unit swimming pool. I went into a changing room, stripped off my clothes, pulled on my swimming costume, studied my reflection in a wall mirror, and wrinkled my nose. The Strike team were going to have a big disappointment. My figure didn’t live up to their fantasies.

When I came out of the changing room, the Strike team were already at the pool side in their swimming costumes. They were all very pointedly not looking at me. A quick check of the closest mind told me that Adika had given them a typically unsubtle warning. “Don’t ogle the telepath or I’ll drop you down a lift shaft!”

I was startled to see Lucas appear from a changing room, wearing a swimming costume and with a towel slung round his shoulders. He came to stand next to me, giving me a blatant inspection.

“Lucas, behave!” I hissed the words at him.

His eyebrows bounced wickedly at me. “Seen you wearing less,” he whispered.

Adika came over and looked at him disapprovingly. “Why are you here, Lucas?”

Lucas beamed at him. “Reporting for swimming ability check.”

“We know that you’re half fish, Lucas,” said Adika. “There’s no need to prove it.”

“I insist,” said Lucas. “This is my big chance to show I’m better at something than half the Strike team.”

“Oh, all right,” said Adika. “If you must humiliate someone then you can humiliate me. We’ll go first.”

I watched the two of them line up at the pool edge. The watching Strike team, including Forge, were very decorative half naked, but I was far more interested in Lucas. This was the first time I’d seen him in just a swimming costume. Despite his constant comments about the muscle-bound Strike team, he had plenty of muscles himself.

Lucas did a low racing dive, and powered up the pool and back again at impressive speed, while Adika struggled to swim a single, painfully slow length. My Strike team leader could barely swim, but he’d still gone underwater in that lake, and entered a flooded pipe to help Forge. I was awed by his courage.

When the pair of them were out of the water, Adika made a note of their times. “Amber next!” he called.

I strolled up to the pool, positioned myself ready to dive in, but hesitated. The whole of the Strike team knew about my old friendship with Forge now so …

“Forge!” I beckoned him over.

Adika raised an eyebrow, but didn’t say anything. After our conversation yesterday, he was probably scared to comment.

Forge lined up next to me, and we exchanged smiles. “Three, two, one, go!”

We chanted the words in unison and went for the racing dives. I surfaced an instant before Forge as always, and swam hard for the turn and the second length. Forge beat me by the normal couple of seconds, climbed out of the pool with one smooth movement, then took my hand to pull me up to join him.

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