Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: The Official Movie Novelization by Golden Christie

Author:Golden, Christie [Golden, Christie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, Mystery
ISBN: 9781785653841
Amazon: 1785653849
Goodreads: 33216612
Publisher: Titan Books
Published: 2017-07-21T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

There had, surprisingly and fortunately, been no casualties among the extraterrestrials gathered in the security hall. It seemed that the commander’s soldiers had been good enough shots to avoid collateral damage, and the weapons the Pearls had used only incapacitated. The converter had been completely unharmed, and a quick check revealed that it had slept through the whole ordeal. Within a few moments, Laureline and General Okto-Bar were back in the control room. Both of them placed their hands on the ID screen.

“Status on Major Valerian. Level Five. Emergency,” Laureline stated, keeping her voice calm and cool.

“Accepted,” answered Okto-Bar.

Laureline called up a map of the space station on the screen and typed in the code. A red light appeared on the map. It looked like Valerian was deep in the heart of the technological section of the station. He was right in the middle of a major intersection.

“Valerian? I’ve got you on visual,” she said.

“Okay, but I’ve lost track of them. Try to locate the commander!”

Laureline typed in the message, but instead of the location of the missing Filitt, the face of the minister of defense appeared on-screen.

“Agent Laureline here,” Laureline said. “I need to access the genetic code of Commander Arun Filitt.”

But the minister was shaking his head. “Those codes are strictly confidential, Agent Laureline,” the minister chided. “You know very well I—”

Laureline had no time for this. She placed her hand over a scanner that glowed red when she touched it. “The commander has been abducted,” she stated. “If we don’t get a lock on him in the next minute, we’ll lose him.”

The scanner turned green.

Okto-Bar read the result aloud. “Lie detection result: negative, sir. And I can confirm that the commander’s been taken.”

The official hesitated. Then he nodded. “Very well. Access granted.”

Laureline entered the code as soon as the minister of defense sent it through, and another red dot appeared on the virtual map. She exhaled in relief.

“Thank you, sir. Okay, Valerian, I’ve got a fix on him. He’s near the docking bay. The intruders must be headed for their vessel.”

“Okay! What’s the shortest way there?” asked Valerian.

“North-northeast,” Laureline replied. “One hundred thirteen degrees.”

* * *

Valerian spun around, following the digital compass on his wrist. He lifted his head and blinked.

“North… East… Laureline, that leads me straight into a wall!”

“You said you wanted the shortest way!”

Valerian sighed. He had said the shortest way, hadn’t he? He hit a button on his sleeve. With a series of snapping sounds, his combat suit morphed into a solid shell. He took a moment to steel himself for the experience, then he started running.

He’d done this before, so he knew it didn’t physically affect him in any way. Even so, he found his stomach tightened every time he ran into a wall full tilt.

But that very normal human reaction didn’t slow him one bit. Valerian sped up and crashed through the black metal wall, and the chase was on. He was in the west part of the station—the humanoid area.

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