Angel of Doom by James Axler

Author:James Axler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Worldwide Library
Published: 2015-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The four people in the CAT Beta squad had seen the departure of Kane’s Manta from the mountainside and realized that something was up. From the direction that it flew in, Domi was certain Kane and Grant had ingratiated themselves into the house of the Etruscan godlings. That was always a good thing in Domi’s mind; she didn’t have to worry about putting on a false front to engage in the tiresome games of intrigue and false politeness with the alien entities. She was here, in the wilderness, where she was comfortable.

She was glad for the launch. Now she could start looking for a sign to track from where the robots had brought the captured Manta. With grim determination, she followed the back trail of the two Gear Skeletons as they trundled from the improvised launch pad on the side of the hill. Shadowing them was an exercise in the basics, as neither of the gigantic mechanisms was the quietest of devices, nor did their ponderous tread land lightly on the ground.

Even so, she didn’t want to be lulled into a false sense of security, so she acted as if they were possessed of the sharpest hearing and the keenest of eyes. She stayed to the foliage and shadows, crawling along to pace them, but always keeping aware of where her next hand- or foothold should be, so as not to crunch a leaf or snap a branch.

The others were behind, keeping a distant watch, just in case someone, somehow, picked up the feral huntress’s trail. Edwards and Sinclair both had long-range rifles to provide her with overwatch, and they had night-vision and infrared capabilities that would pick up such a creature in pursuit of her.

So far, things were quiet. Of course, they were on radio silence, but Domi knew that if she did develop a tail, the others would fire. No matter what kind of silencer technology was developed, there was no way to make a rifle report quiet. She’d hear it.

Of course, if she heard it, then so would the gods within the mountain temple.

Domi focused on the mission at hand, living in the moment, as was her nature. All of that was how she managed to stay alive for her two decades of life so far, even in the face of inhuman opponents. Keep the basics, always move with absolute certainty and keep your eyes and ears peeled.

No technology, no tricks, were substitutes for the hard-won skills she’d developed.

The pair of giants reached a set of crags and an outcropping along the bottom of the hill. From a distance, it seemed like a natural formation and a casual glance would have mistaken it for a normally formed cave. As the robots continued on, Domi could tell that it was an entrance, with stones and slabs of solid rock positioned to conceal a metal-walled frame. The size of the “cave entrance” was also an indicator of the unnatural status of the opening, as the fifteen-foot-tall giants strolled through the doors as if it were nothing.

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