The Remnant by Paul B Spence

Author:Paul B Spence [Spence, Paul B]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781929928217
Publisher: Asura Press
Published: 2014-05-07T22:00:00+00:00

McGee cleared his throat loudly. "It's time to go."

No one paid any attention to him. They were too fascinated by the desiccated bodies.

"We need to go now if we're going to make it back in time," he said. "Doctor!"

"What?" Anderson looked up from the body he was examining. "I can't leave now. Go back and let the others know what we have found. I'm sure they will want to see this. We're going to have to spend a few days here exploring. The value of this place is too high to ignore."

"I'm sorry, Doctor. I can't let you do that," McGee said, unslinging his rifle.

Anderson stood and laughed in his face. "Really, Sergeant, I doubt you are going to shoot me if I don't comply. You don't have the balls. Just be a good little soldier and do as I say."

McGee could see the horror on the others' faces. He wasn't sure if it was directed at him or Anderson, and he didn't care.

"I'll not shoot you, Doctor, much as I may like to. But I'll do this." He shot the body next to Anderson, which burst into flame as the laser struck it.

Anderson cried out in horror and stamped out the flames before they could spread to the other bodies, but that one was destroyed.

"So help me, I'll blast every one of these things if you don't get moving. I've got my orders, and I'll not let you or anything else stop me from getting out of this place before night falls, and if you persist in this nonsense, I'll leave your ass here. And don't think that anyone will come looking for you."

"You're a madman!" Anderson shouted.

"Maybe so, Doctor," McGee said with a grim smile. "But I'm the one with the gun."

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