Battle Angel--An Immortal City Novel by Scott Speer

Author:Scott Speer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2014-08-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

A bead of sweat had formed on Maddy’s forehead. It tickled, just a bit. It struck her as almost funny that she would even notice something so small at such an intense moment as this. She swiped away the sweat drop.

Lieutenant Tom Cooper and Jackson Godspeed looked at her. In a brief moment of gallows humor, Maddy realized they’d stopped fighting for once.

“You’re sure?” Tom said.

“I think so,” Maddy replied.

“That doesn’t sound so sure,” the pilot said.

Maddy looked at him, then at Jacks, who nodded at her.

“Okay,” Maddy said, taking in a deep breath. “I’m sure.”

“Go, go!” Tom cried.

Tom smashed the safety glass of an alarm panel and pounded the button. A Klaxon began ringing across the sky, along the short, narrow hallways, out into the mess hall—all throughout the carrier. Every soul on the ship bolted up straight for a moment as he or she realized what was happening. There was an extended moment of silence as if each of them drew in a breath, and then a burst of hurried chaos as the entire ship sprang directly into action.

• • •

Maddy ran up the stairs on the aircraft carrier’s island into the combat control room, leaping up the steps.

“What do we have, Lieutenant Commander?” The captain was already there, gulping coffee from a paper cup. He was eyeballing the large vertical radar screen in the middle of the room. His face was cast in a ghostly green shade from the glow of the enormous screen. “No activity yet.”

“Good. That means you can get your forces up,” Maddy said. “But we don’t have much time. They’re planning on going”—she pointed to a spot on the map near one of the battleships—“here first.” She’d seen the big warship clearly in her brief vision.

“Okay, that’s south,” the captain said. He turned to his radioman. “Get the admiral on the radio. If Montgomery’s right we’re going to be engaging the enemy very soon. We’re going to need to throw everything we’ve got at them, and more.”

“Move, move, move!”

“Look alive, people! This is not a drill!” a voice yelled on the intercom. “This is real!”

Jacks and Tom approached and were now standing next to Maddy and the captain. Jackson’s commanders, including Mitch Steeple and Steven Churchson, quickly followed suit, in gear and ready for action.

Jackson turned to Maddy. “Lieutenant Commander?”

She blushed. “The demons are headed here.” She pointed at a space maybe three miles from the main line of carriers and battleships on the screen. “If the jets are coming from the east, then you can surprise them from the south.” She looked around nervously at the military crew and the Battle Angels. “If that would work, I mean.”

“Straight out of the Naval Academy, Montgomery,” the captain said appreciatively with a nod.

Jackson looked at his Battle Angels. “Okay, you heard her. That’s where they’re headed. Let’s do this.”

• • •

Black clouds were amassing in the distance, hovering near the sinkhole. Maddy knew that just beyond the clouds, the Dark Angels maneuvered in demonic darkness.

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