Star Cadets - Soldiers of the Future 3 by Todd Mcleod & Michael G. Thomas

Author:Todd Mcleod & Michael G. Thomas [Mcleod, Todd & Thomas, Michael G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swordworks
Published: 2018-11-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Right on time an explosion went off in the distance. As anticipated, most of the aliens immediately left to check it out. Vi hoped her friends had succeeded in escaping and were now on their way back to the bunker. A harsh rain and wind fell upon the area, as if summoned from the explosion.

Vi snuck into the facility and found herself some manner of lab connected to the outside portal. She was about to move in but saw an alien guard standing over by some supplies. It seemed to be assessing them if they were worthy of taking or not. If she fired on him it would alert others. She looked around and realised that the lab contained locking safety doors. There was a procedure to engage them and get through, especially if one did not want to be trapped inside with what they were quarantining. If she could trap the alien inside, she might have a chance. She slowly made her way around the lab equipment, careful not to alert the ravenous alien. There was a control panel across the room, and it could be used to set a timer to lock down the room.

The alien still seemed quite preoccupied with the supplies, his friends having left to check out the diversion. At any moment the alien could look up and see her. She intended not to be in the lab when that happened.

She managed to get to the control pad and had to decide how to set it. She was about ten feet from the door and needed to get to it, open it, and close it behind her in time for it to lock. She began to hit the buttons, but something she hadn’t anticipated happened. The buttons had key tones. The beeping immediately alerted the alien who sprung up, turned, and looked right at her. She hastily punched in ten seconds and ran across the room, hearing the alien moving to intercept. She grabbed the door and ripped it open, but as she closed it behind her, the alien’s arm blocked it from closing. Vi pushed on the door, desperate to close it, but the door beeped an error, unable to complete the lockdown. She turned and ran, desperately hoping to reach the open hall before the alien opened the door and followed her. She reached it and was relieved to find no more aliens there. Vi paused to take a look at a schematic of the building and saw what she needed. However, she heard more sounds of motion and knew she had to get out of sight.

Vi thought about how to get to the monitoring room. The door to the hallway that led there had at least three aliens in front of it. Her other options were to go through the vents, or to use an exterior door and go outside to the adjoining hall. She worked fast, pushing a chair over to the vents and climbing up on it. She struggled to remove the vent as the chaos ensued behind her.

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