The Bounty Hunter: Soldier's Wrath by Joseph Anderson

Author:Joseph Anderson [Anderson, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-02-22T17:00:00+00:00

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The front doors of the Brisbane opened before the vessel came to a complete stop. Burke ran the final few meters and jumped onto the roof of the building below them. He looked back and saw Rylan carefully adjusting the ship to be as close to the roof as possible for when they returned. Burke looked at the video feeds on the inside on the visor and saw that the group of mercenaries had split: Cass displayed half of them in one of the elevators and the other half rushing up the stairs of the building.

He stepped forward and felt the bullet strike into his head before he heard it. The sound of the explosion came later, barreling from one of the nearby buildings and where the sniper was hiding. The bullet collided into the side of his helmet and streaked through the outer layer of armor. The visor changed to a scarlet red, hissing a warning of damage that he had sustained. He dived quickly forward as another shot narrowly missed him. He didn’t waste time checking to see if the door on the roof was unlocked or not. He jumped, put all of his weight into the door, and broke through it as if it had been made of a paper.

“Are we hurt?” Burke asked. Cass displayed an overview of the armor. She had softened the blow with a kinetic barrier but not enough to prevent all damage.

“Burke?” Kristen answered. The call was still active. He wanted to kick himself.

“I’m on my way. As fast as I can,” he said.

He jumped down each flight of stairs, not bothering to take individual steps. Kristen looked worried for a moment and then composed herself. She checked the handgun she held and then turned to face the door.

“These are the same people that took me last time, aren’t they?” she asked.

“They are,” he said. “I’m sorry.”

He expected her to look afraid, or to at least be angry with him. Instead, she looked suddenly wild and fierce at the door. He admired her determination; it made him feel even worse for lying to her. He hoped he would have been as brave if he was in her place.

Cass displayed another warning when they were half way to Kristen’s floor. Two other groups had entered the building. One stayed in the foyer while another was already in a second elevator. The squad in the first elevator had ascended passed Kristen’s floor. The group in the stairwell were closer to the girl than he was.

The elevator stopped on the floor below Burke’s position. Cass changed his view to the camera in the corridor below them as they rushed to the stairs. He reached back for his rifle in one smooth, quick motion and wasted no time in waiting for them. He charged through the door and ambushed the ambushers, firing indiscriminately at first to put the group on the defensive. He aimed more carefully after they scrambled out of his fire. There were only five of them and he killed four of them before his first magazine ran out of bullets.

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