The Chimera_A Black Force Thriller by Matt Rogers

Author:Matt Rogers [Rogers, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-14T22:00:00+00:00

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Eyes wide, brain reeling, Colt Griffin clawed for survival.

He had never experienced this before. A couple of times on the sparring mats, during his years of extensive combat training, a stray shot had slipped through his guard and accidentally knocked him unconscious. It was part of the job description. Flash knockouts were uncommon, but they happened if you put enough hours into training at maximum capacity. But they involved a sudden departure from the realm of consciousness, an overwhelming darkness that shut the lights out in an instant.

This was different.

It was cerebral, and raw, and terrifying.

He’d been “rocked”, a term he was all too familiar with, save for having any true first-hand experience with the sensation. Now he understood it all at once. He tried to plant his foot on the stone floor to stabilise himself and it lurched uncontrollably to one side, the knee buckling as Griffin tried to stay on his feet. He reached out with the other foot and it behaved in similar fashion. For a wild moment he lurched across the landing with the gait of a newborn giraffe. There was no time to think about how ridiculous he looked. He sensed a surge of movement behind him and realised the mercenary was closing in, charging after Griffin in an attempt to capitalise on his hindered state.

Griffin didn’t bother looking back. Any attempt to put up a fight would be disastrous, considering that he could barely keep his feet underneath him. His brain swam, clouding his vision and throwing his equilibrium off. Nausea crept up his insides as he struggled to return to full awareness.

Still, the mercenary closed in.

Griffin sensed the man right behind him and knew another crash-tackle was inevitable. He was in no shape to execute another judo throw, let alone put up any kind of resistance. He accepted the fact that he would be taken off his feet within a couple of seconds…

…and then he put his foot down and it held.

There was barely anything behind the motion, but it supercharged him with a newfound confidence. It was like snatching onto a handhold right before he was set to tumble off a cliff. He established the slightest amount of balance and sucked in a deep breath of air, throwing caution to the wind.

He would get one attempt at a strike.

Still mentally foggy, he wheeled on the spot and launched a high kick with as much technique and power as he could muster given the circumstances. The toe of his combat boot darted through the air, and Griffin was moving so fast that he barely had time to check whether he’d aimed for the right location. He’d simply thrown it with reckless abandon, aware that if it didn’t connect it would throw him off his feet and leave him at the mercy of a furious, bloodthirsty paramilitary thug.

But it connected.

Griffin didn’t see the impact — he only heard the brutal thud of his boot slamming against someone’s jaw. The kick connected with such ferocity

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