The Battle of Broken Moon by Michael E Gonzales

Author:Michael E Gonzales [Gonzales, Michael E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fire Star Press
Published: 2016-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

A Shot in the Dark

Dolph and the CYB-tech came up with a method of firing the captured enemy rockets by direct electrical connection to a power supply. We would require several hundred meters of wire and a power source.

For this mission, I selected Sanyo and three other bots, Walker, and of course, myself—despite Ava's objections. Walker and I would require Ess-CEPS, to which Ava would direct us. Two of the bots would carry the rocket launcher. The other bot and Sanyo would provide security.

Ava informed us that four SUBs from Colonel Wayne's group had already departed JILL through one of the domes and were going to approach the target from over the top of the BSC. They each were carrying a Comet. No one was sure if the firepower we were carrying would bring down or even disable one of these behemoths. But it was all we had available. It was our best—and only—shot.

My team entered the elevator that led to Ava, but we were only descending one floor.

Before I stepped in, I shook Dolph's hand. "Stay on your toes buddy, keep me informed."

"Be rested assured, my friend, we can the fort keep down."

The elevator doors opened and we started down what was the second floor version of corridor seven leading due south. Three hundred meters down the corridor, we encountered several trams all hooked up to a recharge station, just as Ava had said we would. Sanyo and I took the lead tram, the two bots with the launcher took the second tram, and Walker and the last bot took the trail tram.

Just before we all mounted, I went to Walker. "Have you introduced yourself to the bot you'll be riding with?"

He leaned forward and whispered to me, "No. I don't care to know any more of them."

"How many men did you lose in Oceania?"

"Enough, but this is different."

"Why?"

He just glanced over his shoulder at the bot.

"Walker," I said, "his name is Oscar."

"Oscar?"

"Yeah. Before all this started, he worked in nuclear reactor number one. He had a rather solitary job there and didn't get out much. He was excited to meet a real Bio, and you haven't even spoken to him."

"A real Bio?"

"It's what we—it's what they call living, breathing humans."

Again, Walker glanced over his shoulder at the bot.

"Walker, when he volunteered for this, he told me that he and Pasportu were friends, and he doesn't know yet. I'm sure you'll break it to him easy."

I walked back to the front of the line and boarded my tram and sat next to Sanyo.

"How's Walker?" he asked.

"Some better. I put him on the tram with Oscar. I hope I did the right thing." Looking back, I could see Walker and Oscar sitting on the rear of their tram next to one another, Walker's feet dangling over the back. Walker was looking down at Oscar, talking. Oscar was looking up at walker; so far so good.

“Sanyo, did you know Oscar before all this?”

“No, Matt, there were over fifteen hundred of us here to service JILL.

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