Weight of the World (Gaia Files Book 3) by R.J. Sierra

Author:R.J. Sierra [Sierra, R.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2021-02-22T16:00:00+00:00

17

A boom like a bomb going off echoed through the drill site, tearing my attention off Luna. Looking toward it, I saw Blue Knob Mountain rocketing over the field, propelled by an awesome blast from Ashanti, and crashing into the injector/drill apparatus. The impact was so great, the spire buckled and snapped, toppling in pieces into the muck at its base. As it came down, a jet of black oil sprang up from the hole it had straddled, pouring up into the sky.

Finally, all three of our opponents were down—but it brought me no joy. Possessed or brainwashed, they were still my good friends, and I hated that we’d hurt them. Also, I realized that taking them down was just the start of our worries.

“Sorry, Gaia.” Luna helped me to my feet and compulsively brushed mud off my leather jacket. “I had a feeling you were going to need help, and I couldn’t just stay behind at the office while you—”

“Stop.” I had some big questions for her, but now was not the time. Our little expedition had gone about as far sideways as it possibly could, and the clock was ticking on how much worse it was going to get. “We don’t have time for this.”

Pushing her away, I fought through my pounding headache—so much worse since the fight—and tried to think. We could not have landed in a bigger mess if we’d tried.

“Rune!” I looked around and spotted her standing by a shed, staring. “I need your help!”

Rune’s eyes narrowed. “Who the hell are you people, anyway? What’s with all the flying and shooting energy beams and—”

“Cameras,” I snapped. “Where are the security cameras?”

Rune shrugged. “Every shed and trailer has one. They’re networked wirelessly and upload their feeds to a cloud server via web app.”

I slumped. “So the video of all this has already gone out. No way to erase it.”

“Correct,” said Rune. “There’s no onsite server we can scrub, if that’s what you’re getting at. The web app’s hackable, though, so maybe later we can—”

“Okay. Next order of business. We need to get out of here, and we need to take them with us.” I pointed in the direction of Phaola, then Blue Knob and Prince Gallitzin State Park. “And we need to keep them unconscious.” Having them wake up in their current states without restraint could be a true disaster.

“Gaia?” Luna tapped me on the shoulder.

I brushed her aside. “We need a tranquilizer or something, but—”

This time, Luna was the one cutting me off. “Gaia!” Instead of tapping, she shook my shoulder roughly.

“What?” I swung around to face her, annoyed.

“I can help!” said Luna. “I’ll take care of it.”

“What are you talking about?” I said.

Before I could duck out of the way, she shot out a hand and touched the palm of it to my forehead. Suddenly, everything went black.

The next thing I knew, my eyes were fluttering open, and the blackness was gone. I felt someone holding on to me, keeping me from dropping in the slop underfoot.

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