The Shadow Among The Stars by Dylan Sanchez

Author:Dylan Sanchez [Sanchez, Dylan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-14T18:30:00+00:00

Bryluen braced at the door to Isolation Storage 2A, a facility for dangerous chemicals, radioactive materials, or other materials which, while not being overly valuable required special, long-term storage solutions. The warehouse consisted of ceiling-high rows of thick storage tanks and cells. They were entering from a side door two thirds of the way down the length of the warehouse, leaving one brief sprint to the entryway of a hidden corridor. That corridor provided a path into Secure Storage intended to allow high-ranking Qual-Ex employees discrete access. Bryluen gauged this route would provide their best chance to escape, though with the Stone in tow she knew it would be a harrowing sprint.

She had reviewed the particulars with her companions as they approached Isolation Storage 2A: Runner would take the Stone and sprint back along the path by which they arrived, his talents and gear specialized for moving his feet as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, Bryluen and Nicadzim would follow the main corridor of the facility outside, drawing The Dreaded off the trail, if possible, as they headed back toward the landing zone. She saw a light in Runner’s eye as she described his part in things—he asked if it would be improper to use his helmet recorder for posterity, causing Bryluen to smirk.

The last twelve Qual-Ex guards had set up an admirable deathtrap in the corridor to Secure Storage, dragging every weapon or supply they could find into the reinforced hallway as they retreated. While Qual-Ex held to a strict standard of not partaking in military or weapons research, they did research the refinement and use of various high-value minerals, metals, and crystalline formations which meant the facility's net worth was astronomical. The main warehouse complex had an impressive supply of ammunition and a larger than average complement of security forces. The guards on hand had fortunately understood the threat level they faced, and were therefore quick to gather the year’s supply of defensive armaments and set them up in the depths of the facility.

Four bulkheads separated Secure Storage from Isolation Storage 2A. Layers of sentry guns and grenade booby traps had been set as each bulkhead gave way before the raw fury of The Dreaded. Three of those bulkheads were now sundered, and the fourth already suffered a hole a half meter across that was becoming gradually larger with every Gugalanna or En-Rabisu that could reach it.

Bryluen turned her head and made eye contact with Nicadzim and Runner. Both were tensed and ready. Runner bore his strange ax and one of his pistols, while Nicadzim gripped a new close combat weapon: a two-handed contraption with a thick haft leading to a flywheel made of ice. The spinning shape at the end of the weapon was translucent and emitted frosty vapors as it rotated. Bryluen tightly gripped her nanowhip and trusty pistol.

The Operative nodded and quickly opened the door. Beyond, the large warehouse was filled with rows of storage units twenty meters long laid out on a grid across the entirety of the warehouse.

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