Liberty & Justice for All by Carrie Harris

Author:Carrie Harris [Harris, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: superheroes, science fiction, action and adventure
ISBN: 9781839080593
Publisher: Aconyte
Published: 2020-11-03T15:20:15+00:00

Chapter 17

As they wandered the darkened halls of the Grace Museum, Christopher could feel a familiar presence a short distance away, in the direction of the Evolution of Mutants exhibit. The exhibit teemed with the twisted life force that had been making him feel so awful, and for the first time he realized why: because this life force had been perverted by some strange magic he didn’t understand.

He nodded, swallowing against the sensation of bile in his throat.

“Graydon is in there.” He pointed. “But like I was trying to tell you before… Wait!”

Sabretooth didn’t stick around to hear anything else that he had to say. The moment that the word Graydon hit the air, the elder mutant took off, hurrying toward the Evolution of Mutants exhibit like someone had lit him on fire. Christopher wanted to finish the conversation, but they had to follow him. Someone had to keep him in line.

“We’ll talk about this later,” he promised Eva, and she nodded.

They hurried after him.

Christopher took one step into the exhibit and immediately began to wish that he could have seen it when it was intact. The first display charted the evolution of mutant DNA up to M-Day, when most of the mutant population had been wiped from the earth in one catastrophic magical swoop. The bottom half of the display had been obliterated by a laser blast, making it completely illegible, but Christopher didn’t have the time to stop and read anyway. He would have liked to come back and take a look around, though. Maybe talk Cyclops into a field trip for the school, since the material here really did relate to their field of study. But it would take the Grace some time to rebuild after the extensive destruction that had occurred here.

One side of the room had completely caved in, leaving a pile of rubble, twisted metal, and exposed wiring that made him grateful that the electricity no longer functioned. Life-sized models of various mutants stood against one wall. Juggernaut’s head had been blown off his shoulders, but he still loomed over Christopher. He even dwarfed Sabretooth.

In the center of the room, a large cluster of glass cases contained artifacts that scientists had found to contain particles of mutant DNA. Placards explained how materials from space may have caused mutations in normal humans, and how collecting and studying these artifacts could potentially help scientists understand how mutations worked and eventually how to control them. Christopher wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or not, but it definitely interested him.

Then he realized that one of the cases on the far end had been cracked open. Graydon Creed was trying to sneak away from it with a metallic box tucked under one arm. It was approximately the size of a tissue box, with a raised glyph decorating each surface. The glyphs shimmered in the dim red glow of the emergency lights. Christopher’s eyes had adjusted to the low illumination, so it stood out. It seemed as if the glyphs sucked up what little light was available, storing its energy.

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