The Recarn Chronicles- Omnibus Edition by Greg Krojac

Author:Greg Krojac [Krojac, Greg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-22T23:00:00+00:00

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Michelle waited until she knew that her colleagues were definitely following her order and then rushed back to the entrance. The three children that she had met at the derelict factory were crouched down by the wall.

“What are you doing here Tommy? I thought you’d be sending someone else.”

“I’m the one who found the other Recarn children. Plus, I’d really like to be involved in pissing Marcus Gallagher off. And remember, we look like kids, we act like kids, but we’re not kids. And I’m in charge, so I want to make sure nothing goes wrong. We were a bit late ´cos we had to get these.”

Tommy lifted up his sweater to show a pulse-pistol tucked into his jeans. Philip and Jenny did the same.

Michelle was still finding it a little difficult to reconcile the appearance of these three Recarns with the knowledge and experience that they had.

“How did you get those guns?”

“It wasn’t easy. You should try buying weapons as a ten year-old. But we did it. Plus I’ve got this.”

Tommy fished into his pocket and took out a disruptor grenade, placing it on the flat of his palm so that Michelle could see what he was showing her.

“A disruptor grenade? Where on earth did you get that?”

“You really don’t want to know.”

Michelle had a good idea where the grenade had come from. It was One Life technology. Of course, in due course, the grenades would be reverse-engineered and copied but, at the moment the only source could have been One Life.

“Forget you saw that, Michelle. But remember to execute a security purge when you get back. I can tell you now that there are a couple of weaknesses that need addressing.”

He tucked the disruptor grenade back in his pocket.

“Right we’re off now. Wish us luck.”

The three children scampered through the space left by the atomised door and headed down one of the remaining three corridors.

***

Buzz was waiting patiently in the undergrowth, exactly where Michelle had told him to wait. A rustle in the foliage alerted him to the presence of something or someone and he was relieved when Michelle appeared.

“OK Buzz. We’re going on an adventure. Keep close to me and you’ll be alright.”

Buzz liked the sound of that. He followed her closely for a couple of minutes until they arrived at a small clearing. Michelle stood looking at something that wasn’t there.

“What are you looking at Michelle? I can’t see anything.”

“This.”

She pressed a button on a small cigarette packet sized unit on her belt, and the space in front of her shimmered, revealing an off-road motorcycle. Buzz was impressed.

“Wow! That’s cool. I want one.”

“You’ll have to grow up a bit first.”

Michelle mounted the machine and stared at Buzz, who was still awestruck by what he had just seen.

“Are you staying here or coming with me?”

Buzz didn’t need asking twice. He trotted over to the motorbike and clambered aboard. He’d never been on a motorbike before; this was already a great adventure. He’d ridden horses, driven carriages, even driven a tank in past lives.

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