(eng) Mur Lafferty by Playing for Keeps

Author:Playing for Keeps [Keeps, Playing for]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“So what’s going on?” Keepsie asked as she reached the group clustered around the opening of the hill.

As her friends shielded their eyes, The Librarian spoke in her monotone, cataloguing every person battling outside.

“—of Mornings, who has apparently gained the power of flight along with her other nuclear capabilities. White Lightning, with superstrength, flight, and command of lightning. The Crane, with flight and the ability to stretch his limbs.”

She continued her monologue as the group stared in horror. Light of Mornings still looked groggy, but hovered with a golden force field surrounding her. The air was filled with the cracklings and booms of White Lightning’s attacks, but the heroes looked much the worse for wear, with burns showing up bright on their skin, and Light of Mornings looking groggy but unharmed.

“Oh lord,” Peter said. “They’re using children.”

Terrified looking teenagers, heroes that Peter had never seen before, children he now knew were born and raised within the Academy, had joined the fight. Children with powers that seemed more likely to fizzle out than actually do damage to a villain. One teen had encased his entire body in ice and had approached the force field, fashioning a drill from ice sticking off the end of his hand. He tried to drill into her force field, but the ice melted before it could even touch it. Another had turned herself into a massive crane with a wrecking ball and was clanging the ball off the force field.

“This is too big for us,” Peter said. “I think we should probably get to safety and let them duke it out.”

“No, I’m responsible and I’m going to—” Keepsie said, but Peter interrupted her.

“Keepsie. Can you figure out how to fight a bomb? Because that’s what she is. A confused nuclear bomb who is on Clever Jack’s side. We’re probably already getting heavy doses of radiation at this proximity!”

Keepsie opened her mouth, then closed it and nodded. “Let’s head to my apartment, it’s closest.”

“I am not sure if close to the battle is the safest place to be,” Peter said.

“Then what? The bar? We don’t know where Ian and Seismic Stan are. Should we just hit the road and out of town?” Keepsie asked.

“No, no, don’t do that—oh no,” Barry moaned. He watched White Lightning leap to the street where Colette’s car was parked. He hefted it over his head and threw it toward Light of Mornings.

“Our ride?” Alex asked, and Barry nodded as the car bounced off the force field and flew back towards White Lightning. He flew up out of the way and it hit the street with a crunch.

Colette’s eyes bulged. “You could throw it but not catch it, you overpowered cocksucker?”

The car slid across the street, kicking up sparks, and crashed into the side of Keepsie’s building.

“Shit. Colette’s car and my apartment,” Keepsie said.

Gas dribbled from a punctured tank. Peter wondered when it would explode. They always exploded on television.

Peter ticked off the options on his fingers. “We definitely

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