The Hive Engineers (STAR Academy Book 3) by Emilia Zeeland

Author:Emilia Zeeland [Zeeland, Emilia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Emilia Zeeland
Published: 2019-09-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23. Injection

Eric kept the view from Jen’s body cam on his tablet as he and the others stormed down the corridor. She was moving, but she hadn’t yet replied.

“Jen?” Eric asked again. “Are you all right?”

“Fine,” she groaned. “We’re fine.”

“There’s a parameter secured around the crash site—wide enough so that the soldiers surrounding you are out of range for the RWD. The army will keep the Fians in range of the device.” He paused, before addressing Nico. “How long do you need to calibrate the RWD for deployment?”

“About fifteen minutes,” Nico said.

“But we need to get all of the clones out first,” Jen said. Despite sounding rattled from the crash, she remained firm. “Tell those at the parameter to let them pass. Felix will no doubt send them out at the front line. Our forces shouldn’t engage.”

Eric was torn. He owed so much to the clones—the very chance of ending this war—but the opportunity to strike was now. “I’m not sure there’s time. We have to take Felix and the rest out as soon as possible, before they’ve had a chance to retaliate.”

“On it,” Nico said.

Stubbornly, Eric vowed not to let the sacrifice of all the Bluedrop pilots be in vain. They had to hit now. Fast and hard. Mercilessly.

Then his eyes fell on a tube of sickly green fluid at the corner of the screen. “Jen, turn back.”

“What?” She twirled around, confused.

“There,” Eric said. “Stop.”

Jen must have seen it too, because she approached cautiously. “Holy stars.” She ran to the human-sized tube of murky green liquid. It wasn’t empty. Inside the fluid, a woman’s body floated. “She must be unconscious,” Jen said. “Or...”

Eric’s throat throbbed painfully. Please let it not be Yalena. Please let it not be her.

The body floated in the liquid, dark hair swirling around the thin figure. Through its cover, he barely made out the glint of a purple complexion.

“It’s Sibel!” Jen squealed in terror. “Oh my God, get her out of there. Nico, we need to get her out.”

She ran around the tube, hands gliding down its smooth surface as if searching for an off-switch where there was none.

Nico came into view, leaning in. “The glass is thick. I’m not sure we can get her out without hurting her.”

Jen shook so hard, Eric was growing dizzy. “We can’t leave her in there. What are they doing to her?”

“We don’t know,” one of the clones replied. “We’ve never seen what masters...Fians do to each other.”

One of the other clones leaned into view as well. “It must be something that keeps her under.”

Jen was mumbling unintelligibly to herself. “We need to get her out and inject her with the serum. Has Jea finished the final serum?”

Suddenly aware that he stood rooted in place in the middle of the corridor and not on the Fian ship with Jen, Eric willed himself into action. He sped to the hangar to find Cooper, Heidi, Sutton and Jea in front of an Eagle ready for take-off.

“There you are,” Cooper said, but Eric turned straight to Jea.

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