After Moses by Michael F. Kane

Author:Michael F. Kane [Kane, Michael F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction Western, Disabled Character, Europa, near future, colony, Ganymede, Gunslinger Character
Publisher: Michael F. Kane
Published: 2019-10-14T22:00:00+00:00

ABIGAIL SAW THE MACHINE jab the long sharp needle into Davey’s neck. He went limp, and his knees buckled. The machine was quick as lightning and scooped him into one of its many limbs and darted back into the hidden accessway in the ceiling. It skittered by overhead, and she was left alone.

At least she knew what she was dealing with now.

She chuckled in spite of the grimness of the situation. Better to laugh than cry. She tapped her wrist display, worried that her suit wouldn’t be able to detect the tracker through the jamming. Luckily, it worked on a different wavelength, because the signal came through bright and clear. She’d slipped the tracker onto Davey as soon as Matthew had gone missing. This was getting to be one of her favorite tricks. Hadn’t failed her yet.

She stashed her shield on her back and jogged down the corridor. Without the other two, she could move quickly. Let the thing come at her with that needle. It wasn’t the only thing made of metal. She thundered down the hall, loud enough to wake the dead, and in less than a minute broke into a large octagonal room.

“What’s with all the dark, Moses?” Abigail shouted. “Your hospitality sucks.” She checked her wrist and chose the door to her right. Davey was only about a hundred meters ahead.

Right as she stepped into the doorway, her foe dropped on her from above. Metallic tentacles wrapped around her arms trapping them against her side. She fought for a brief moment before realizing they were stronger than her. Another arm reached out and tried to sedate her the same way it had Davey. The needle broke on her armor. Spinning on her heel, she slammed the thing into the wall. For the briefest moment, its grip slacked and she turned the tables on it, throwing it away from her.

She pulled her shield from her back and dove at it before it could recover its balance, but it was quick and slid around her attack, trying to wrap its arms around her again.

“Oh no you don’t,” she growled as she battered the tentacle-like limbs away. The mechanical creature lunged at her again. This time she was ready for it. It caught the full brunt of her shield’s gravity field and hurtled into the wall. She didn’t take any chance and smashed it into the wall several more times until its red eye darkened and the thing was little more than a pile of twisted scrap metal.

Abigail eyed it suspiciously, poking it with her foot. “Good riddance. You better not have friends.” She ran through the door towards Davey’s tracker. It was another long, dark hallway. Thankfully, with the wreckage in the room behind her, the ship had lost the last of its terror over her. Even if the robot had friends, she could deal with them.

A sturdy door blocked her route. “If anyone’s on the other side, stand clear of the door,” she shouted. She smashed it repeatedly with her shield, warping the steel with each successive blow.

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