Terminal Point by K. M. Ruiz

Author:K. M. Ruiz [Ruiz, K. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-SIX

SEPTEMBER 2379

AMUNDSEN-SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION, ANTARCTICA

“That’s a lot of hyposprays,” Quinton said. “Are you sure it’s going to be enough for everyone?”

Rows of silver hyposprays stretched out down the long table, each calibrated to give twenty doses of the virus-carrying nanites before needing to be discarded. Quinton picked one up, holding the thin object in his hand. It didn’t weigh much, didn’t look as if it had the power to change a person’s life, but that’s exactly what Lucas had created. Korman didn’t care to see the value in something that would save psions, not at the expense of the human bondworkers he had tested it on. Quinton didn’t let himself dwell on the process, just the results. As horrendous as the process was, it was still saving people.

“It’ll be enough,” Lucas said without looking up as he packed them into carrying cases. “Your job is going to make sure you use them all.”

“I thought we were just dropping them off and breaking Threnody out?” Kerr said.

“I would bet my Syndicate’s entire bottom line that Erik is pushing up the launch, which means we need to work on convincing your Strykers that they need our help.”

“You ask for the impossible a lot of the time,” Samantha said as she closed one carrying case and reached for another. “It’s very annoying.”

“You want to know what I find annoying?” Matron said, glaring at Lucas. “The way you keep killing off my scavengers. Fahad’d been around a long-ass time. He deserved to see the end.”

“He wasn’t your scavenger and he wasn’t as loyal as you think. You’re lucky it wasn’t me who killed him. Kristen was actually quick for once,” Lucas said. “Her version of nice.”

Matron opened her mouth. Lucas shut it for her, telekinesis wrapped around skin and metal. He stared at her across the worktable in silence. Matron closed her eyes, hunched her shoulders, and got back to work. One packed carrying case later, Lucas retracted his power.

Jason came into the crowded workroom five minutes later, dragging Kristen behind him telekinetically. The younger girl knew better than to fight his hold, but the second he freed her, she invaded his space again.

“You want me to fix your daughter?” Jason snapped at Lucas. “Keep your sister out of my fucking head.”

Lucas rolled a hypospray between his fingers, staring at them. “I sent you to get the rest of the hyposprays, Kris. Not to touch things that aren’t yours.”

“Little, itty-bitty thing is a Serca,” Kristen said. “I just wanted to say hello.”

Whatever else Kristen might have said, Lucas cut her off before the thought was even half-formed in her mind. The empath’s head snapped back from his telepathic blow, mind cracking a little beneath her brother’s strength. Lucas let his telepathy drift through the growing stain of insanity that was creeping back into his youngest sister’s mind, familiar holes that were beginning to open all over again. He could sense the places that Jason’s stolen pattern had once filled and which were slowly dissolving.

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