Hell's Rejects Box Set by M R Forbes

Author:M R Forbes [Forbes, M R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty-One

One moment, they were in the warehouse. The next, they were on the outside, in an alley nearly fifty meters away and still moving forward.

Jequn was standing directly in front of them, gun in hand, aimed right at them.

“Get down,” she shouted.

Abbey ducked, pulling Dak with her. She smelled the creature behind her and then heard the sound of gunshots and the whistle of projectiles striking flesh over her head. The creature shrieked and fell to the ground beside them.

“Pick up the transporter,” Jequn said.

Abbey scanned the ground for the disc, assuming that was what she meant. She found it, lifting it from the ground. Immediately, the light vanished.

“Wow,” Dak said. “Nice trick.”

“Where’s your ship?” Abbey asked, getting to her feet as their savior knelt beside the downed Child, putting her blade through its neck.

“The dark side of the second moon,” Jequn said.

“How the hell did you get here?”

Jequn pointed at the transporter. “We have a more powerful version. It delivered Phanuel and me here, but it only works one way. I assume you have a ship.”

Abbey nodded. “Ruby.”

“Yes, Queenie?”

“We’re in trouble. Lucifer.”

“Queenie?” Bastion said, still dazed.

“Pass the coordinates for the closest upper-level platform to Ruby. We need to go.”

“Roger. Sending.”

“Receiving,” Ruby said. “What about the spaceport defenses?”

“Do something about them, or we’re all dead.”

“Yes, Queenie.”

She could hear scraping on the ground, hurrying their way.

“We need to get to the upper platform,” she said. “There’s a tube that way.”

Jequn nodded. “Take the lead. I’ll protect the rear.”

“Roger.”

“I’ll help you,” Dak said.

“Your bullets won’t keep them down for long.”

“Yours will?”

“They’re poisoned.”

“Nice.”

Abbey led them forward, racing through the streets toward the tube. She knew they couldn’t outrun the Children for long. What about Thraven? Would Phanuel surprise Jequn and emerge victorious? She doubted it.

They crossed a wide street, nearing the tube. The fighting had intensified further, and she could feel vibrations on the ground and hear heavy fire a few blocks away. Mechs. By the sound of it, Thraven and Outworld Defense both had units crawling the downlevel streets and alleys.

Closer gunfire drew her attention back. The roar of Dak’s pistol was impossible not to recognize, and she looked back to see the Trover shooting at a handful of oncoming Children. Jequn was ahead of him, having exchanged her gun for a second arced blade, which spread from her hand like a fan.

“Lucifer, get to the tube, make sure it’s functional.”

“Roger.”

“Ruby, where are you?”

“On my way. I got clear of the fixed batteries, but the Faust sustained some damage.”

“Can she make it to orbit?”

“Yes, Queenie. I think so. ETA forty-seven seconds.”

It wasn’t the best answer, but it would have to do. Abbey found Jequn as a silver blur amidst the Children, her blades flashing as she danced through their ranks, cutting into them while Dak knocked them down. She was impressive as she moved around them, jumping off the back of one, coming down on another, using her left weapon to block sharp teeth and the right to slice deep into a neck.

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