Embers of Esper: A Sci Fi Adventure (Warden's Legacy Book 1) by Tony James Slater

Author:Tony James Slater [Slater, Tony James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Various Things (ADT)
Published: 2021-03-20T22:00:00+00:00

The first black-clad forms were rounding the corner as Tris and Alek darted from the room. A few shots sizzled past them, but they were out of sight past the next junction before more firepower could be brought to bear. They raced past Lukas; he was retreating steadily, facing back the way they’d come. At the first sign of armour he unleashed a torrent of laser fire; the limp girl dangling from his shoulder barely seemed to bother him.

Sadly, their attackers had no fear of being shot. They came on at speed, and it took a concerted effort from both Tris and Lukas to cause enough damage to put them down. More figures advanced behind the fallen rank, and a hail of fire turned the air in front of Lukas incandescent.

“How long does this last?” he yelled, cycling his powerpack with an efficiency born of experience.

“Till you die, I guess,” Tris responded.

“That’s comforting.”

Tris glanced back and caught Alek’s eye. “Now!”

The coder fumbled for his detonator and clicked it.

The explosion tore through the crew quarters, obliterating everything in its path. The noise was deafening; a fireball came roaring up the corridor to lick around the Aegis forcefield.

Lukas staggered back, sweat pouring off him from the super-heated air. Tris, further back, had escaped the worst of it. He gave Alek a thumbs up. “Get the next one ready!”

“Let’s stand a bit further away next time,” Lukas added.

They didn’t wait to see what would emerge from the conflagration; it wasn’t hard to guess that some of their attackers had survived. It was a race now — except they still had a fairly significant chore to take care of…

And a barge the size of a football stadium to destroy.

“Alek, we need to find the main reactor!”

A brandished tablet was the only response. Evidently, Alek was on the case.

Tris turned to Lukas, who was jogging along just behind him. “You should carry on, when we stop to plant the bombs,” he panted. “Get the girl to safety, and we’ll catch you up.”

“Not going to happen, mate,” Lukas said, still not winded despite having a princess slung over his shoulder. “Besides, I have no idea where we’re going.”

That, Tris realised, was a very good point. He didn’t know either. He’d been planning on making contact with Kyra, and coordinating their escape plan. Finally able to stop dodging gunfire for a few heartbeats, he reached out to her… to be met with a sense of shock and horror so profound that he withdrew immediately.

Damn. Still not a good time. Man, I hope she’s okay…

There was precisely nothing he could do about it.

“Alek!” he called, as they turned another corner. “Bombs!”

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