Halo: Legacy of Onyx by Matt Forbeck

Author:Matt Forbeck [Forbeck, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2017-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

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After Mike Spenser brought the rafakrit down, Kasha hobbled over to join Molly, Kareem, Gudam, and Bakar. Once they caught their breath, the headmaster insisted they get back into the transport right away. She thanked them for their help, but apparently they weren’t out of the clear yet. Some shots had been fired within the Repository, even after the creature had left it.

The danger might not be over after all.

None of them argued. They’d had their fill of adventure for the day.

A Pelican full of marines soared in from Trevelyan, coming to a quick stop above the Repository as the four youths trotted toward the transport. The dropship lowered to the ground, pivoting around to dispatch troops from its rear bay. Then it swung around to the far side of the hangar and began unloading its weapons at whatever was in the rear of the Repository.

Mike snapped the four a quick salute and then ran over to meet the marines and direct their efforts as they edged toward the Repository’s main entrance.

The four entered the transport and took the same seats they’d had before. The other students in the transport didn’t say much to them. They just gaped.

Molly was content with that response. She was in too much shock to talk at the moment, still trying to process what had just happened.

The release of the adrenaline that had been coursing through her body left her trembling, and Kareem was clearly feeling the same effects because his hands were shaking intensely. Bakar seemed steady as a rock, however, maybe even more pensive than before. Perhaps most shocking of all, Gudam had fallen completely silent.

Not a single student spoke for the entire trip home.

When they finally reached the Pax Institute, their whole class gathered in the dining hall, most of them speaking only in hushed tones. Kasha conferred with Director Mendez, who’d met Molly and the others at the door, having his personnel check off all of their names on a slate as they entered the building.

The entire class was to be sent home. While Kasha helped dismiss the other students, Director Mendez came over Molly, Kareem, Gudam, and Bakar and stood at the end of their table, resting his stern eyes on them.

“You’re brave, lucky fools.” He crossed his arms. “I know Headmaster ‘Hilot has already expressed her gratitude to you for saving her life, and allow me to echo that.”

“For someone thanking us, you don’t seem all that pleased,” Kareem said.

“I’m not.” Director Mendez gave them each a hard look. “You should have followed the headmaster’s orders and gotten into the transport with the other kids. You made a stupid mistake.”

“But wouldn’t that have gotten her killed?” said Gudam. “From where we were standing, it looked like the creature was going to run her down and chomp her to bits. If we hadn’t been able to distract the monster, she would have died, right?”

“Sometimes soldiers die in war,” Director Mendez said. “If they’re fortunate, they get to do that so the rest of us get to live.

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