Darksite 2 by Montgomery Quinn

Author:Montgomery Quinn [Quinn, Montgomery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-09T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

“It will be a shame to doctor this footage,” Blaze sighed dramatically through the intercom as Darksite and Sirius flew into the elevator.

Sirius, with her power of flight, acting like a tow-tug, hauling Darksite along by the hand. They crashed into the metal box, and Sirius slapped the keypad, punching in a series of numbers.

“There are no records of a bomb,” Darksite snapped as he pushed himself upright.

“Like the records room, it wasn’t kept electronically,” Sirius snapped as she pressed a final button before the doors closed. “It’s in a sub-basement, and was only supposed to be activated if the city could not be saved.”

“Was that ever a discussion?” Darksite stared in anger.

Sirius shook her head. “No. Only the higher ups knew of its existence. The only time it was ever put on the table as an option was in the fifties, when a villain tried summoning an army of monsters to take the city.”

Darksite shook his head. “That one must have missed the history books.”

“That’s because he confused his ability to summon, with his ability to control. When he met a mutated bear outside the wall, it ate him, and the rest of the creatures scattered back to wherever it was they came from.” Sirius chuckled.

“Very fascinating,” Blaze interrupted. “But you didn’t think this would work, did you?”

Darksite felt the elevator shift, and even Sirius turned to the doors as they opened. John flinched as a heavy round, fired from the arm cannon of a mech, slammed into his shoulder. Six feet tall, bipedal and painted dark gray. It looked a little like a mechanical version of a gestalt creature from a popular video game in Darksite’s childhood. The round didn’t pierce, but it threw him back into the wall and prevented him from returning fire. Sirius moved quicker than John, diving to one side, before sending a concentrated beam of energy into the mech. It managed to take a single step, before the attack punched clean through to the other side, sending it crashing to the floor.

“JOHN!” Sirius spun around.

Darksite was already pushing himself upright when she skidded to a halt in front of him. “I’m fine.”

She shook herself and let out a grunt. “Okay. Okay, we need to go.”

She turned around and John watched as she started keying in the code she used. “Aura?” Darksite asked. “Any chance you could memorize that code and press it for her if we get any more interruptions?”

“Negative, Darksite, the manual controls are not connected to the mainframe of the tower. While I may be able to tune the elevator to stop at a particular level, I do not know which level that is, and would need to override any automatic controls in place to prevent such a thing from occurring.”

“Great,” John sighed as the doors closed.

“That was a bit easy, wasn’t it?” Blaze laughed. “How about a second shot?”

John felt the elevator slow as soon as it started. This time, as the doors opened, he had the rifle raised. Which did nothing as the first round slammed into the elevator the moment the doors began to move.

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