The Time Refugee: Book 4 of the Evaran Chronicles by Adair Hart

Author:Adair Hart [Hart, Adair]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: time travel, science fiction, aliens, space adventure
Publisher: Quantum Edge Publishing
Published: 2016-11-28T00:00:00+00:00

Dr. Snowden looked out of the housing structure. Naomi’s trembling brought back memories of the first time he ran into a pack of creatures, and it was not pleasant. She even had to deal with a killer robot on top of that.

They had taken a quick break to catch their breath.

With Jane and Naomi watching, Dr. Snowden put a finger to his lips, then waved forward as he exited the building. As they walked through the maze of housing structures, he noticed that there were burn marks on the walls. It was like there had been some type of firefight.

When they reached the edge of the housing structure, Dr. Snowden looked across a pathway to what appeared to be a park. A large body of water sat behind a row of the trees he had seen near the entrance. Even from where he stood, the foul smell of the lake assaulted his nostrils.

Naomi scrunched her nose. “Smells horrible out here.”

“I’d hate to know what’s died or living in that,” said Jane.

“We don’t need to go near it. We can walk along this edge toward the exit,” said Dr. Snowden.

“That’s fine with me,” said Jane.

“You can put your helmets up if you want,” said Naomi. “Don’t keep them down on my account.”

“It’s okay. Smell is an important sense, and I don’t want to lose that here,” said Dr. Snowden.

Naomi half smiled.

They continued creeping along the edge for the next ten minutes.

Dr. Snowden raised his hand, then pointed off into the distance. Vibrations were coming closer, but he could not pinpoint it. “Something’s coming. V, see anything?”

After flying up, V scanned toward the direction Dr. Snowden had pointed. He flew back down. “Multiple organic humanoids approaching.”

Sap sighed. “Translation. Mutants are coming.”

Dr. Snowden narrowed his eyes. Sap seemed to enjoy egging V on. It had gone beyond fun and games, and seemed malicious.

Jane pulled out her weapon. She gestured for Naomi to do the same.

Dr. Snowden looked up at the housing structure they were near.

A mutant jumped off the ledge toward Jane. She fell to the ground in surprise as she activated her front shield.

Dr. Snowden’s eyes popped open. He had not even detected the mutant. The skin around the mutant’s head looked like half of it had been melted off. A disease ravaged the skin, giving it a pockmarked look. The tattered remains of an Advanced Dynamics uniform hung off the body. The speed at which it moved surprised him. The force and angle the mutant took was one meant to incapacitate whatever it landed on. Even with Jane’s shield, the angle from which it would hit her would cause her to roll, exposing her to the mutant.

V flew full speed into the mutant, wrapping his extended arm around one of the mutant’s arms, changing its trajectory.

When the mutant crash landed off to the side, it pulled V off and smashed him into the ground. V’s lights blinked out.

“V!” said Dr. Snowden. His nanobots went into overdrive as he activated his shield. His vision went red as he charged the startled mutant.

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