The Lost Relic (ENIGMA Files Book 1) by Joshua James

Author:Joshua James [James, Joshua]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Published: 2023-09-27T16:00:00+00:00

22 FABIEN

Goddamn whoever had decided to build a city in the air. As the floor sloped beneath his feet, Fabien was thrown into the wall. He nearly dropped the relic in the process.

Goddamn Dinah, too. What was Fabien supposed to do with this thing now that he had it? He stuffed it into one of the zippered pockets of the Atlantean trousers he was wearing.

The one good thing about all this was that Apollo would, as Rhett said, do anything for the relic. The surly, stupid part of Fabien’s brain that wanted a rematch thought, Excellent. Maybe now he’ll stop running away every chance he gets, and we’ll see what he’s got for me.

He stumbled back into the hallway, only for Laputa to lurch again, this time slanting the other way. Fabien fell backward and only managed to catch himself by flipping his rifle sideways, catching it on the far side of the door. The strap around his shoulder snapped taut, but he was able to drag himself forward and catch his elbow on the door as well.

In the hall, the bisected android rolled against the wall. Fabien got a bit less lucky with the Laputan’s partially liquefied corpse, which rolled into his legs. The stench was unbearable.

Not that his borrowed fur coat smelled all that great, either.

The ship stayed slanted, tipping him back into the engineering sector, toward Apollo. Fabien untangled his feet from around the corpse, which sloshed away wetly behind him.

Disgusting.

Using his elbow for leverage, Fabien dragged himself out into the hallway. Laputa was tilted much more sharply than before, with the floor almost at a ninety degree angle. With one foot braced on the floor, and the other against the wall, Fabien set out at a waddling jog.

I need to get Apollo someplace where I can actually fight him. The narrow halls of Laputa made combat almost impossible. Apollo would be forever fading through them, intangible as a ghost. If he could only get Apollo out in the open, he might be able to get in another shot.

Too bad he didn’t have Rhett around to help. Whatever he’d done in the hall had allowed Fabien to get in his first real shot at Apollo. One more like that, and they’d be golden, so to speak.

With a groan, Laputa righted itself again, rolling beneath Fabien’s feet like the deck of a ship at sea. He pinwheeled his arms, and the momentum forced him back against the floor.

Beside him, the wall shimmered blue.

No, he thought, I’m not ready, but Apollo was already coming. Fabien shifted his center of gravity lower as he whipped his rifle into position. Apollo was almost through the wall by the time his eye met the scope.

Only, Laputa kept tilting. Apollo topped forward. Both men swore.

When they overlapped, Fabien’s whole body screamed in protest. Apollo wasn’t there, but enough of him was that every molecule in Fabien’s body felt scrambled and thinned. He wanted to dig his fingernails into his skin, and his stomach heaved in rejection of this painful and deeply personal invasion.

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