Outin by Brandt Legg

Author:Brandt Legg [Legg, Brandt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Sager Group
Published: 2013-07-19T00:00:00+00:00

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“I did what was necessary.”

“For who? You or the Movement?” Spencer asked in a calm whispered tone that didn’t match his obvious frustration.

“What’s necessary for the Movement is the same for me.”

“You believe that, don’t you?”

“Hey, would someone like to explain what you’re talking about?” I asked.

“When Yangchen decided to kidnap you—” Spencer began.

“I did not kidnap them; I saved them.”

“They should have gone back to Outin.”

“They were nowhere near the entrance when I found them.”

“As if that matters. And what about the advanced Kellaring? What do you think will come of that?”

“Wait... are our families safe?” I asked Yangchen.

“That’s not a fair question,” she said.

“Seems simple enough to me,” Kyle said.

“What do you think Lightyear is going to do when their remote viewers continually report that you’re with your mother, Nate? They will keep searching, asking and arresting her. They won’t believe she isn’t hiding you or doesn’t know where you are. These people use torture, and it doesn’t even need to be secret; the government sanctions it.”

“Is this true?” Linh asked.

“We can turn off Kellaring right now,” Kyle said.

“No!” Spencer and Yangchen said in unison.

“Why not?” I asked.

“We’d be massacred in minutes,” Yangchen said.

Spencer nodded.

“How can we help them?” Linh asked.

“Is love enough?” Yangchen asked.

“No. Why did you do this?” Linh asked.

“Listen to me Linh. Spencer doesn’t know how Lightyear is going to respond, but I can tell you this: if I hadn’t picked you up, all of you would have died. That is the truth. And I’m sure your parents would rather give their lives so that you could live.”

“That’s a choice between us and them,” Linh shot back. “And Spencer said we were supposed to go back to Outin, so we weren’t going to die, right?”

Yangchen looked at Spencer, and he shook his head. She stared out across the sagebrush to the mountains.

“What?” I demanded.

“Linh—” she began.

“Yangchen, no,” Spencer said.

“You were going to die at Outin, all of you. Only Nate survived.”

Silence. Everyone let it sink in. Spencer and I stared at each other.

“You’re unbelievable, Spencer. Is this a game? Are you placing bets on who dies when? On which future we wind up in?”

“Nate—”

“No Spencer, I’m not interested. You were supposed to be helping me save the girls, not letting them walk into a death trap. How do you sleep?” I scoffed. “Come to think of it, do you even sleep? Are you even human?” I walked to the Range Rover. “Tiller, let’s go meet Clastier.”

Tiller looked at Yangchen, she nodded. Linh followed me.

“Nate, I thought we were beyond this,” Spencer said.

“So did I.” I got in, slammed the door then rolled down the window as Linh opened the backdoor. “Amber, Kyle, let’s go.”

“Yangchen, can I stay here? Will they be long?” Amber asked.

“Of course. They’ll be back soon.”

“I’m staying too,” Kyle said. “I want to talk to Spencer... someone has to.”

“Why, what’s the point? He only tells you what he thinks you need to know.”

We drove across the mesa in silence until Tiller turned onto a paved road.

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