Terminus (Fringe Worlds #1) by Kevin Hardman

Author:Kevin Hardman [Hardman, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: I&H Recherche Publishing
Published: 2014-11-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Approximately a day-and-a-half after Erlen had first awakened him to warn of the impending attack on their camp, Maker found himself riding in a hovercart, pulling up to the loading dock at the rear of the Gaian Consulate in the Diplomat District. The cart was a little on the small side, but could hold four people. At the moment, Wayne sat in the front passenger seat next to Maker, while Erlen lay in the back. Behind them, attached to the cart, was a large cargo trailer – a metal container about twenty feet in length, five feet in width, and eight feet in height – that floated just a few feet above the ground.

The loading dock itself was nigh deserted. There were no deliveries at the moment, so all of the bay doors were closed. Next to the dock was a large set of double doors, and beside them was a small guardhouse, inside of which Maker saw a couple of people moving around.

He drove the cart towards the double doors, slowing to a halt when two armed men stepped out of the guardhouse. As they approached, one asked to see their credentials while the other held his weapon at the ready.

Maker had sent word ahead that they were coming, and apparently the knowledge had trickled down to the appropriate parties. A few moments after identifying themselves, the two guards waved them through as the doors next to the loading dock began to open.

As he maneuvered the cart inside, Maker thought for the umpteenth time how he’d have preferred to make this trip alone. There was about to be a confrontation, and it wasn’t the type of thing he really wanted people under his command to see. However, once Wayne found out where he was going, the young engineer had insisted on coming along. (Wayne’s excuse was that he needed to visit some shops in the District to obtain parts to upgrade their drones, but Maker suspected that was simply a pretext for finding items to enhance Jerry the Robot.)

The area beyond the doors angled downward, revealing an enormous, well-lit substructure beneath the consulate. It had the appearance of a parking garage, although – from what Maker could see – there were only a handful of vehicles in the place, and they were all parked against a far wall. (All of them, however, appeared to be expensive, high-end hovercars.) Most of the space seemed to be used for storage, as there were boxes and bins stacked all over the place.

Standing near the center of the room, directly ahead of them, was Browing. With him, as Maker could have guessed, was Dr. Chantrey. She gave Maker a faint, involuntary smile as she saw him, but quickly suppressed it.

Browing stepped slightly to the side as the cart got closer, and Maker pulled it abreast of the man, aggressively jumping out almost before the vehicle came to a halt. Erlen jumped out as well, and then ran his supple tongue along the flooring of the garage.

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