The Alien Wars (Book 2): Striker by Paul Moxham

Author:Paul Moxham [Moxham, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction | Alien Invasion | Post-Apocalyptic
Published: 2016-08-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 15

As the seconds passed and no one appeared at the small cave, Logan’s cheek twitched more and more. There’d been too many close calls in the last week. Every single time, the first indication that the plan was in trouble was when someone didn’t show up on time. Logan checked his watch yet again and took a ragged breath. The contact was only two minutes late after all. Maybe Seods weren’t as punctual as humans, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was up.

Logan peered down the tunnel, listening carefully. Only silence greeted him. Deciding to give their contact the benefit of the doubt, he nudged Mike. “Is the rest of the base like this? Just a lot of small winding tunnels?”

Mike shook his head. “The tunnels are a large part of this structure, but there are quite a few massive caves in the center of this base.” He touched the wall of the cave that they were currently standing in. “As you can see, this is pure rock. No support from wood or metal or anything like that.”

“Are you not afraid of it falling down?” Jet asked as he tried to see how stable the wall was.

Mike shook his head. “No. It’s been this way for some time, even before we came here.”

Kenneth frowned. “What? Before you came here?”

“But I thought your species built this place?” Logan asked.

“No, we didn’t. Actually, we took it over from …” Mike paused as he heard a noise in the tunnel. He peered out and smiled in relief as his contact sauntered toward them. “I was beginning to wonder—”

“Run!” the newcomer bellowed. “They’re …” The Seod stumbled and hit the rock floor hard as green bolts tore through him.

Mike froze in shock. His mouth was wide open. He couldn’t believe it. He was shaken out of his shock as a green bolt hit his arm. “Aaggh!” He drew his body back into the cave.

“What the hell happened out there?” Jet said, looking at Mike.

Mike took out his silencer. “Someone betrayed us.”

“Who?” Kenneth asked, worried.

“I don’t know.” Mike paused as green bolts hit the cave entrance. He edged back a foot to avoid the broken bits of rock and shouted at the others, “All I know is that we’re being shot at.”

Logan tried to peek around the entrance of the cave, but he could only do so for a second or two before more green bolts shot toward him.

“What did you see?” Kenneth asked.

“It was too dark to see much,” Logan admitted. “However, I think I saw three Seods.”

Jet spit out a mouthful of pulverized rock dust. “Is there another way out of this cave?”

“No,” Mike muttered as he glanced toward the cave entrance. The green bolts had stopped momentarily. “Whoever is out there is to the left. If we were to go to the right, we could escape. The tunnel splits into two just around the next bend, so if we can get to the intersection, they won’t know which way we will have gone.

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