The Revelation Chronicles_Evolution by Eric Burney

Author:Eric Burney [Burney, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 53

“This place is a war zone,” Michael observed grimly. He took in the carnage left from the wake of Evolution’s surprise attack on the unsuspecting guards. Structural fires spotted the deck of the USS Alamo. Large craters littered the beach like the shore had been targeted by an AC 130 gunship. Twisted and mangled metal and debris was everywhere.

“Watch your step,” Kara warned. They made their way carefully toward the ramp leading up to the deck. Most of Evolution’s fighting force had moved on within the ship, making their way below, but a few stragglers remained behind.

“I’ll take care of them,” Nick said.

He sped off up the ramp before Michael or Kara could object and dropped the first unsuspecting target with a smashing fist to the jaw. With Nick’s super-speed, the next victim barely had time to turn his head at the sound of his comrade being dropped before he, too, was on his back.

Michael and Kara hurried up the ramp after him. Even though Nick possessed speed to rival an F-16, he could be extremely careless at times, like now, when he decided to tackle an entire group of enemies all by his lonesome. Kara knew with his thick head and cockiness, he’d never really quite get it, so that was something they’d have to accept—no matter how annoying and tiresome it was.

By the time Michael and Kara reached the top of the ramp, Nick had placed the situation well under wraps—literally. He’d taken a roll of cable wiring that was lying around and dashed along the entire top deck in a blur, tying up the remaining Evolution members to the side railing and to each other—a total of seven in all.

“Look, Mikey, I got you a present.” Nick slid to a stop in front of his grim friend. “My business is speed, and business is good,” he said. He sounded like he was auditioning for a part in a cheesy B-movie.

“Two things: you’re a moron, and don’t ever call me Mikey again.”

Nick frowned and threw his hands up in frustration. Behind him, a man who was badly injured, but still functioning peered over a tarp-covered crate. He lined up the sights of a high-powered assault rifle with Nick’s exposed back squarely in the crosshairs. With all his theatrics, Nick hadn’t noticed that he’d missed one. Lucky for him, Michael had.

He shoved the unaware speedster out of harm’s way and drew his arms out to the side, preparing to deal a fiery ball of flame. As he did, Michael felt something different—almost like a power surge. The sleeves of his new skintight outfit began to pulsate a bright blue color along the outer seam, about an inch thick. The pulsating resembled a string of LED lights that continued up to the stitching at the center of his sternum. He looked down in awe as his blue jeans melted away, until there was nothing left but ash from the tremendous heat generated by the lower half of his new outfit.

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