TimeBomb: The TimeBomb Trilogy: Book 1 by Scott K. Andrews

Author:Scott K. Andrews [Andrews, Scott K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2014-10-09T07:00:00+00:00

15

‘Oh crap,’ said Kaz.

‘Come on,’ yelled Jana. Without waiting for acknowledgement she ran after Thomas. She could hear Kaz’s heavy footsteps behind her as she broke from the treeline and scurried between the houses on to the lane that ran through the village. Thomas was ahead and to her left, racing for the green.

‘Get your gun ready,’ she shouted to Kaz as she pulled the laser out of her pocket. She hared after the determined baker, who, she was certain, was about to get himself killed. As she rounded the final cottage the village green spread out before her. To her right was a huge oak tree around which crowded a gaggle of soldiers cheering as a struggling peasant was hauled off the ground by the rope around his neck. Ahead of her, three soldiers were dragging Dora towards the church, which sat on the far end of the green. Dora was screaming and crying as her feet dragged behind her. Thomas was halfway to the men, cudgel still raised. They had not yet seen him.

Jana made a lightning calculation of the odds. If Thomas could silence the three soldiers quickly enough, there was a chance that the main body of men, distracted by their lynching, would not realise Dora had been freed until they made good their escape. She checked the gun was still set to its lowest measure. At this power it worked like a taser, delivering an electric charge that would disable rather than kill. She did not have any compunction about killing the soldiers, but she did not want to use up the charge needlessly.

There was a yelp from up ahead and Jana raised her eyes to see one of the soldiers stumbling away from Dora, nursing his wrist. Jana smiled. Good on Dora; she’d bitten him hard. Thomas, who was nearly upon them, took advantage of this distraction and ran straight at the wounded man, swinging his cudgel in a huge arc and smacking the soldier square on the temple. The soldier never even saw his assailant. From ten metres away Jana heard the wet crack as the cudgel connected and the soldier collapsed in a heap.

The two other soldiers dropped Dora and stepped away as she sprawled on the grass between them. One drew a sword, the other a pistol. Jana raised her own weapon and fired, taking the swordsman out of the equation with a single, precise beam. The soldier with the pistol stood dumbfounded. He had only one shot in his weapon, and two attackers bearing down on him. He did the sensible thing and ran as hard as he could. Unfortunately he ran back towards the lynch mob, yelling at the top of his lungs. Thomas took a swing at him as he ran past, but the soldier dodged easily and kept going, shouting for aid.

Jana took careful aim at the fleeing soldier but her concentration was broken as Kaz ran between them, reaching Dora before Thomas. He scooped her up and kept running, almost without breaking stride.

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