Seeker's War (Sim-Verse Book 6) by Allen Kuzara

Seeker's War (Sim-Verse Book 6) by Allen Kuzara

Author:Allen Kuzara [Kuzara, Allen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-21T16:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER 24

“I THOUGHT I told you I never wanted to see you again,” Commander Tanshaw asserted.

Taven and Kenna had returned to the space station and after freezing the sim had approached the commander.

“I know,” Taven said. “If it wasn’t an emergency, I wouldn’t have returned.”

Tanshaw gave him a dubious look.

“Look,” Taven pleaded, “I’m not expecting you to take our word for it again. You can see for yourself. Then you’ll know that you and your people have a stake in this.”

She looked out at her base, frozen in time, and mashed her jaw like she was chewing on the idea.

“What are you suggesting?” she asked.

“Come with us,” Taven answered, “back to a city called Meta. From there, you can see the entire Sim-Verse and the forces aligned against it.”

“You can see how close your sim is to being destroyed,” Kenna added.

Tanshaw crossed her arms, an uncharacteristically casual expression. “I suppose I don’t actually have much choice in the matter. Even if I say no, you’re going to force me to go, aren’t you?”

Actually, Taven hadn’t gotten that far in his mind, but as he heard her spell it out, he knew she was right.

“You’d do the same if you were me,” he replied.

“Alright then. Lead the way.”

Taven opened the portal back to Meta. He’d left the security system down, and he was anxious to return and see that the Seekers hadn’t found the city while he was gone.

The three of them passed through. When they reappeared in Meta’s library, Taven saw that Tanshaw was coming out of the jump badly. She swooned, dizzy. And he had to grab her to keep her from falling.

They were close now, face to face, and when Tanshaw had regained her composure, she said, “I’m fine.”

Taven let go, and she brushed her uniform off and stood up straight. Right away, he saw her eye the mech suit that was standing like a statue nearby.

“It’s an armored suit that some of us can wear into battle,” he explained. She nodded but didn’t ask any questions.

“This room is called the library,” Kenna said, pointing to the walls of books. “Each book contains many simulations. They are arranged by their frequency and location in the Sim-Verse.”

“Let me find yours,” Taven said, picking up Hewitt’s device that had been left on the floor. “Where is Hewitt anyway? Shouldn’t he be out of the training construct by now?”

Taven couldn’t help but wonder if the scientist was taking another nap inside the construct, or maybe he was eating a five-course meal or living out any number of other fantasies.

After Taven found Tanshaw’s sim—it was still saved on Hewitt’s device—he selected it. Immediately, a book flew off the shelf and opened, suspended in midair.

They walked toward it. “See for yourself,” Kenna offered.

Tanshaw looked onto the pages. Nodding, she said, “Yes, that’s our world.”

She looked away and stole glances of her strange surroundings. Despite her hardened exterior, Taven could tell she was having trouble processing everything she saw and heard.

“But what does it prove?” she said finally.



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