Omnibus: Vigilante, Sentinel, Warden, Paladin, Justiciar, Defender, Protector by Natalie Grey & Michael Anderle

Author:Natalie Grey & Michael Anderle [Grey, Natalie & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-08-08T22:00:00+00:00

“Sir, our engineering team reports that they are locked on the bridge,” the admiral reported. “Apparently, there is a still a force on the Shinigami. Soldiers are engaging.”

“And the AI?” Koel demanded.

“They say they’re close to done, sir. They’ll begin the destruct sequence in a few moments.”

Barnabas was covered in blood by the time he finished with the group of ten. He preferred finesse and cleanliness in his battles. Sniping enemies from afar was the best way to do things.

He never seemed to get to do that, though. He had torn one of the soldiers in half and used the body to bludgeon the rest before going after them with teeth, knives, and his Jean Dukes.

They were going to need to deep-clean the ship when this was over.

He couldn’t think about that now. He needed to get to the bridge. He started running before the last body even hit the ground, and he upped his speed to smash his way through the bridge doors. He hoped whoever was in there hadn’t figured out how to drop the blast doors.

Thankfully, they hadn’t. Barnabas crashed through with a shriek of metal and plastic, only to see a Torcellan and a Yofu look up in horror from their work on a control panel.

“The destruct sequence!” the Yofu screamed, and the Torcellan dove for a device lying on the floor.

Pure fury shot through him. “Oh, hell no!”

He saw the answer in front of him as he ran. He grabbed the stone chess board he’d had commissioned and swung it as hard as he could.

The Torcellan’s head exploded in a mist of red, and the Yofu screamed. Barnabas smashed the chess board down on the control device and ground it to dust, pulled out his Jean Dukes, and shot the Yofu in the head.

He fell, a device of his own dropping from nerveless fingers.

There was a pause as Barnabas sank to his knees, gasping for air. He was too late. They’d gotten to Shinigami and—

The lights flickered on.

“So that chess board was good for something,” Shinigami’s voice said.

Barnabas started laughing. He leaned his head on the floor for a moment and struggled to control his voice.

“You’re alive.”

There was a pause. Shinigami’s avatar tried to smile, but she looked worried.

“They tried to get into my data banks, although that never would have happened. ADAM made it so they never could. They could have gotten me out of the ship, but as to seeing into my mind—”

“You’re alive,” Barnabas repeated. He stood up and shook his head. “I thought I was too late.”

“Not quite.” She did smile at that. “And if you want some more good news, Tafa and Gar just took out the last set of soldiers. Speaking of which, the battle is starting, so…hold on.”

“Hold on for what?” Barnabas asked. “Just patch them through to—”

The ship lurched, and he was thrown from his feet as the Shinigami tore itself loose from the struts and dove.

“Sorry.” Shinigami’s avatar looked down at him. “Should have been more specific.

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