Transmission (The Invasion Chronicles—Book One): A Science Fiction Thriller by Morgan Rice

Author:Morgan Rice [Rice, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-06-18T21:00:00+00:00

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“If my son is going to be attacked, then I don’t want him staying here!” Kevin’s mother said while she and Professor Brewster argued.

Kevin watched them both from the edge of his bed. He winced as one of the institute’s medical staff disinfected a tiny cut he’d gotten from the knife. Beside him, Luna had a bandage wrapped around her head, while Ted was there, looking as though he was half expecting another attack.

“I understand your concern,” Professor Brewster said, and even Kevin knew that was the wrong thing to say to his mother right then.

“You understand what it’s like to see your child attacked because he’s caught up in all something crazy?” Kevin’s mother demanded. “Do you even have children?”

“Well no, but…”

“Who are you?” Kevin asked Ted, ignoring the argument between his mother and the professor for the moment.

“Oh, I’m just a guy who helps out where he can,” Ted said.

“That’s not an answer,” Luna said.

He seemed to think for a moment or two, then shrugged. “I guess it can’t hurt. Sorry, I’m just in the habit of not saying anything. I used to be in the army. Special Forces. Then I got loaned out to the CIA for a while, then… well, then I tried to retire, but I got a call when all of this started, and I couldn’t exactly refuse.”

“You said before that the President called you,” Kevin said. “He wouldn’t do that if you were just some guy.”

“Well, maybe I’ve seen a few things in my time,” Ted said. He looked over to where Professor Brewster and Kevin’s mother were still arguing. “From what I hear, he met you about this though. That must make you more special than I am. You two want to come see how the eggheads are getting on with the numbers you pulled out of the air?”

Kevin nodded, and together, the three of them set off through the facility. Kevin felt a little stronger now, most of the weakness he’d felt obviously down to the combination of receiving the message and the stress of the attack. He also felt strangely empty, and it took him a moment to realize why:

For the first time since this had begun, there was no sense of the aliens.

There was no countdown pulsing in his head. There was no impending signal he was supposed to be waiting for. There were no messages. Everything was silent. It should have felt peaceful, but for the first time since he’d gotten there, Kevin felt… useless, as if he had nothing to do.

He was about the only one who did. The people they passed were busy, and they all seemed to be working on the problem of the coordinates. Labs that were used for other things stood empty, and instead, scientists were gathered in conference rooms, working on strings of numbers in a hundred different ways. Some of the NSA people seemed to be involved too.

Kevin had thought that there might be a problem with security as they got

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