War Zone (Star Crusades: Mercenaries Book 5) by Thomas Michael G

Author:Thomas, Michael G.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swordworks & Miro Books

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Decanus Seanoi swung his blade again, and this time Spartan cut up from his left side to deflect it. The tough exterior of his carbine took the brunt of the impact, but not without ripping off half the sighting mechanism. The soldier twisted his wrist and brought the blade back down from the other side in a fast cut, slashing into Spartan's left arm. White sparks marked the impact and for a moment, the two became locked together.

"I'm...getting...tired of this!"

Spartan leaned in and headbutted the officer hard in the faceplate. The impact was heavy enough to knock out a man cold, yet this soldier staggered backwards and managed to stay upright. He raised his pistol, pointing the barrel at Spartan's head.

"Go on!" Spartan yelled, "If you're gonna do it, just pull the damned trigger!"

A dark shape emerged from behind them both, with a pair of Star Empire soldiers fleeing for their lives. Decanus Seanoi made the mistake of looking over his shoulder to find the great, bleeding hulk of Olik coming right at him. He twisted around to defend himself, but Spartan was already on him. Before he could even move his finger to the trigger, it was too late. Spartan locked an arm around his neck, and Olik struck the pistol, sending it flying through the air. With the second arm, he grabbed the officer around the stomach and began to squeeze. Spartan released his grip on the officer who slumped forward unconscious.

"Stop," said Spartan.

Olik looked to his friend, his chest heaving, and bloody dripping from his nose.

"Why?"

Spartan deactivated his visor and revealed a sweat-covered face. Even his thin beard glistened with the moisture.

"He's an officer. He could be useful."

Spartan then winked with one eye and nodded to Olik.

"What about you? All unhurt?"

Olik shrugged. "I'll live."

He pointed back into the tunnel.

"Tyler is back there, under sedation. We had a Helion with us, but she died in the crossfire."

Spartan looked disappointed, but Commander Knaro moved to Olik's flank. The alien sound was strange underground, and Spartan's eye widened as he waited for the translators.

"Spartan, we have what we came for. We need to get back and prepare."

Olik tapped Spartan. "Prepare for what?"

Spartan grimaced.

"Olik, it's time to batten down the hatches and wait. They've taken control of three Northern precincts, and now they're sending in hunter killer teams to try and flush us out. We've held them off for a month, but we can't keep this up forever."

Olik didn't seem particularly perturbed.

"You have a plan, though, right? We can't just hunker down here and wait. It's not like we have help coming."

Spartan's expression changed, and right away Olik understood something was going on.

"What? Who?"

Khan was there, and he pointed to the ceiling while beaming with a wide grin.

"We got a signal out to Gun. Spartan sent the signal."

Olik's brow tightened further.

"The signal. The signal?"

Khan laughed.

"Yeah, he sent the signal all right, the broken arrow signal."

Commander Knaro listened to all of this with interest. When he spoke up, all of them looked to him.

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