The Bounty Hunter: Resurrection by Joseph Anderson

Author:Joseph Anderson [Anderson, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-02-09T17:00:00+00:00

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In Brisbane’s armory, Burke looked over the chest plate of his aegis that he had just removed. He ran his fingers through the thin scrapes left in the metal, feeling the ragged edges of the indentations biting into his fingertips. At a distance, the marks wouldn’t be discernible in the black color of the armor. Still, the armor was something he took pride in owning and he hated when it sustained any damage. Repairing it was expensive but he never hesitated in paying that cost.

He didn’t bother with a shower or a rest. He knew that Cass may lose her tracking on the murderers. Instead, he looked through the armory and picked out a rifle. The weapon was too large to fit into the compartment in his aegis but was small enough to carry in the open without risking too much trouble. As low in the city as they climbed, there were hardly any people to frighten by carrying the gun.

Below the rows of weapons, secured into the racks while they were on display, were large drawers full of ammunition. The bullets were kept tightly packed in boxes, each of them built into the drawers as a solid unit to prevent spilling their contents if the ship ever lost gravity. He searched quickly through the drawers until he found the correct caliber for the gun he had chosen. Then he picked out rounds specifically designed to pierce armor—barriers, doors, and personal infantry protection. The bullets he had previously used were tailored for soft targets, breaking apart in flesh to cause massive damage. The bullets he chose now, he hoped, would be capable of punching through whatever protection Spectrum had installed on Lumen and Shaw.

Burke loaded the rifle gun and set extra magazines to insert into the armor. He then put his aegis back on with the intention of leaving the ship immediately; however, when he stepped out into the main corridor of the ship, Cass asked him to come to the helm.

Rylan was still sitting at the front of the ship. Cass was above her podium. Burke released the faceplate on his helmet as he walked in, so that he could see with his own eyes instead of the suit’s view.

“Did you lose them?” he asked.

“No,” she answered. “But I looked over the other records I found in Spectrum Industries. I think you should see this.”

He stepped around the podium. In front of Rylan, the ship’s main screen showed the city outside. The rain fell and streaked along the front of the ship and then was boiled away a moment later, keeping the view clear. Cass took over the display and it changed to show a video log. An empty, white room was on the screen instead, from the perspective of a camera in one of the corners of the room’s high ceiling. Cass jumped through the recording until he saw Lumen and another woman occupying the room.

“How are you today?” the woman asked.

“I’m good. But I’m cold,” Lumen answered.

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