They Called Me Madder: The Mad Series Book 2 by Pal J

Author:Pal, J
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2021-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Weapons Testing

We were eating breakfast as a group the following day when Liam’s voice echoed through the base. He had rigged an intercom system without telling all of us. “Gear up and get to the fifth floor!” He exclaimed. “Now!”

We did as told. David and Jay ran up the stairwell. The rest of us took the elevator to the third floor. I had my prosthetic on but needed the Pogo Heelies, lab coat, and Grappling Belt before getting into a fight. Kitty pulled on her black coat over her pajamas. She still hadn’t gotten used to its grappling function, but it gave her some degree of protection. When we joined the others on Liam’s level, Morpheus and Miley were already there.

“What’s up?” Caitlin asked. She had her hairdryer and blood pressure machine plugged into the sockets on her abdomen.

Liam and I showed them to the surveillance room. All the screens displayed the base’s exterior. More specifically, the direction facing our old sector. Giant plumes of smoke rose from all over the sector.

“It looks like a war zone.” David gasped.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but it looks like chaos.” He pointed towards lights flashing from two opposite ends of the woodland. “If I were to put money on it, I’d say the nests are well under control, and they’re fighting for territory.”

“The Metalsmith’s people versus the raiders?” Kitty asked. “That’s far from us and none of our business. Why did you have us gear up?”

The screens shifted to display the skies around us. Elite and king platyhawks filled it. “I don’t know whether it’s the smoke or the sound—I don’t know what it is. I figured there’s an invisible field keeping creatures and stimulants from moving between the sectors, but something has gotten them agitated.”

A blinding flash consumed one of the screens before spreading to the others. It took a moment for the cameras to adjust, and a large plume of smoke rose from around the sector. A violent shockwave spread through the area but stopped abruptly at the border. The platyhawks in the sky went wild.

“It’s their eyesight,” Jay said. “They can see it and communicate.”

“Our ones too.” Liam switched to the cameras showing our roof—our little platyhawks were flying around while the ankylopus were screeching their lungs out. That’s right. The wingless ones had great eyesight too. “They’re drawing unwanted attention.”

He wasn’t wrong. A pair of elites and a boss-ranked platyhawk were circling high above us. Our little ones were so distracted with the smoke and the lights, they hadn’t noticed the creatures circling high above them.

“What the hell is Fin doing?” I demanded.

“They’re out of control.” Liam pointed to a corner screen. Fin stood alone on the roof, yelling at the creatures. He stood, yelling and waving them closer, but failed to bring them in.

“Damn it,” I swore. “We need to get up there.”

“Are you mad?” Caitlin asked.

“He’s right,” Jay said. “The kiddos might be stronger than the average platyhawk, but at the end of the day, they’re just kiddos.

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