Valerie’s Elites: Age of Expansion - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Justin Sloan & P.T. Hylton & Michael Anderle

Author:Justin Sloan & P.T. Hylton & Michael Anderle [Sloan, Justin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2017-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Planet Tol: The Singlaxian Grandeur

When Valerie woke she glanced at Robin’s bed, which was freshly made. A bite of her lip brought back the memories she had fallen to sleep to, and she felt a pang of guilt. Robin was her friend, a fellow soldier in this fight against the evil of the universe. She couldn’t keep thinking of her in that other way.

Throwing her legs over the side of the bunk, she lingered for a moment to clear her thoughts and focus on the day’s goal. She had found that the best way to enter a fight was with a clear head. If she could imagine herself landing a roundhouse kick, each step and movement clear in her head, then the actions would later come as instinct. At this point they were instinct without a doubt, but distracting thoughts could be a major hindrance.

A song blasted from the bridge and she smiled, tapping her foot to the beat and wondering what it was. She pushed herself to her feet a moment later and joined the others. Flynn and Robin there, both nodding along, Flynn laughing at something Robin had just said.

The way he was eyeing her made Valerie realize she wasn’t the only one distracted here.

“Garcia?”

“Keeping watch,” Flynn said. “He’s making the rounds, checking for any signs of trouble. I gotta say, though… Based on how it’s been so far, it’s possible we’re all acting a bit paranoid.”

“I’d say that since this is our first experience on an alien planet, a hostile one no less, we’re being the exact right amount of paranoid.”

Flynn shrugged, then smiled at Robin again. The fact that he didn’t say anything made it quite awkward, though.

“I’ll just…” Robin gestured to the back door where the lavatory was.

Unfortunately the upgrades hadn’t removed their need for bodily functions like pissing. If Valerie could have had her way she would have also removed the romance bugs, sleepiness, and itchiness. No matter how indestructible she felt she still got a case of the scratchies sometimes, and it pissed her off.

“Yeah, I’ll use it when you’re done and then,” she leaned down to glance out, confirming from the darkening sky and lines of orange in the clouds that it was nearly sunset, “we should head to Palnik’s. I’m anxious to get this over with.”

Robin nodded and went to the head, leaving Flynn and Valerie alone. Possibly for the first time ever.

Valerie realized this and cocked her head, staring at the corporal. “What’s your deal, anyway?”

“In what way?”

“I asked Colonel Walton to assign you to this team because I saw what you could do in the ring. But can you do it in a real life or death situation?”

Flynn scrunched his face as if debating whether to take that as an insult, but then his smile returned. “Put me in combat and I’ll show you.”

“So you’re hot stuff?”

“I’m not cold stuff. I’m sure as hell not a corpse, and won’t be anytime soon.”

“What?” Valerie licked her lips, trying to understand what he was talking about.

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