The Survivors | Book 15 | New Beginning by Hystad Nathan

Author:Hystad, Nathan [Hystad, Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Alien Invasion
Publisher: Woodbridge Press
Published: 2020-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

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Jules and Dean wore their Gatekeepers’ uniforms, and it felt right to keep them on while they walked into the Keepers’ supply warehouse. Her code worked, and there would be footage of them entering. If they found something to assist Papa with Slate’s issue, she didn’t care what kind of punishment they faced. Plus, she was with Dean, and that meant they’d face it together.

There was automated security, but since they were documented as members and programmed into the system, the drones wouldn’t attack. Jules was grateful for the small things.

She’d only been here once, and that was for orientation during an academy field trip. They saw the different suits, ships, and everything a Gatekeeper could ask for, ranging from tents specific to a race’s measurements, to food storage, to weapons of every kind. They perused the aisles, adding things to a multi-leveled rolling cart.

“What else do we need?” Dean asked as they neared the locked weapons room. Jules glanced at him, and he waited. “What?”

“Turn around,” she said.

“Why?”

“I was given a higher access code than you. I can’t break the sanctity of that,” she told him, completely serious.

“Are you being real right now?”

“Yes. You know how much being a Gatekeeper means to me. To both of us. I’m not jeopardizing that.”

“Even for me?” he asked tensely.

“Dean, this isn’t about you or even me. It’s about Uncle Zeke. So turn around so we can keep moving.” It came off as bossy, but it did the trick.

“You’re a tough cookie,” he said.

“I’m not a cookie.” Jules tapped the code in, and the lock beeped gently as it flashed green. She tugged the door wide and entered the room, the lights snapping on the movement.

She’d only used half of these weapons, but they’d studied most of them. Dean whistled as he neared a thick but deadly gun. “The DM-936. Man, they can vaporize a target at five hundred meters. Able to set to organic material specifically, or non-organic.”

“Take it.” Jules didn’t know why and assumed it was overkill, but she wanted to be prepared. She was so used to diving headfirst, racing in with her energy sphere keeping her and her loved ones safe. Now she felt the need for reinforcements. It wasn’t just her life on the line either. She couldn’t let anything happen to Dean.

“You sure?”

“Positive.” She gathered other supplies: some thermal grenades, as well as two pulse pistols, and an upgraded rifle she didn’t think her father had even seen yet. Its scope had all the features of a visor and HUD built in. She passed it to Dean, and he inspected it with caution.

“This is badass. Anything else?” he asked, glancing at their cart.

“If this isn’t enough, we shouldn’t be going at all,” she replied.

They threw it all into two duffels and added a few days’ worth of food and a heated tent, just in case, before heading outside. The parking pad was littered with spacecrafts, most meant for suborbital travel.

“Maybe we should try a Molariun skimmer,” Dean said, rushing toward one.

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