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didn’t come I spun on the rest of the group. No, Dr. Hill and Pike were too big to fit between the bars, and Chelsea’s arms were too short to reach. “Sophia!”
She looked up at me. “Yes?”
I pointed to the green button on the far side of the screen. “Can you reach that? I’m trying to mess with their power generation system. I’m hoping to adjust the EMF fields in the area enough to shift whatever program they’re using to shut your powers down.” Thompson had used that tactic on SeaSat5, had used my own Hummingbird system against me, to keep Chelsea’s powers at bay while he kidnapped the station. “I just need you to hit that button and then—”
She didn’t let me finish before crossing the room in quick, wide strides. I moved out of her way and she fished between the bars for the tablet… also coming up
just
too short.
“Push on my shoulder,” she said. “No matter what. We’re so close.”
I gulped and locked eyes with her. “Okay.”
I pushed. Sophia gritted her teeth, her shoulder coming close to popping out of its socket, as she reached and reached until—
“Got it,” she said, tapping the screen. She fell away from the bars and released a huge breath.
Before I could say, “Good job,” something caused the temperature of the air in the room to noticeably rise. Chelsea’s eyes cut to Sophia’s, some unspoken understanding passing between them.
“What is it?” I asked.
She nodded and Chelsea was past me in seconds. They each grabbed a bar on the cell door and tugged in opposite directions at exactly the same time the guards rushed the room. Between the two of them, a man-sized hole appeared in the metal.
“Go, now!” Pike ordered, tackling the first guard.
Chelsea and Sophia entered the fray, swiping water from the air to knock the guards over onto their asses. Sophia ripped off one of the bars and swung it like a bat. Within moments the six guards were dispatched, unconscious inside the cell.
We filed quickly through the opening in the bars and headed for the puzzle game room. Germay would still be there, analyzing our results. She’d still have the sickle with her, our Return Piece.
A dozen guards barreled down on us the second we entered the game room. The harsh lighting scorched my eyes. Germay stood at a console at the far end, the soldiers acting as barriers in between us. I blinked through it and charged the closest guard. We crumpled to the floor. Chelsea and Sophia sucked the necessary molecules out of the air to form water, which smacked into them. Together, they were unstoppable, super-strong forces.
I forced myself off the ground just as another guard rushed toward me, and air kissed my cheek as I ducked under his first swing. Before I could back away, his other fist connected with my gut. The breath flew from my lungs as pain exploded in my stomach. I struggled to remain upright even as Pike tackled my attacker. I watched their scuffle, waiting for the opportunity. I reached out and snatched the guard’s gun off his hip holster. Squeezing the trigger, I fired and a green laser shot out from the weapon and burned the guard’s arm. Pike tugged the laser gun from my hands and fired twice more at the guard for good measure.
Pike charged toward Germay, who Dr. Hill was trying to talk down. Trying to talk was stupid right now. I followed after them while Chelsea and Sophia took out more of Germay’s guards. When Pike held enough of her attention, I ripped the sickle out of her grasp. Germay had been utterly stupid to walk by the cells with it in her hands, as if Chelsea and Sophia wouldn’t have seen that it was a Link Piece. Germay screamed in protest—until Pike threw her in a chokehold, hanging on tight until her eyes rolled back and she stopped struggling. Guess she wasn’t an Atlantean super soldier after all. So what’s the truth about these guys?
Chelsea and Sophia had a number of the other guards disabled in seconds thanks to the element of
She looked up at me. “Yes?”
I pointed to the green button on the far side of the screen. “Can you reach that? I’m trying to mess with their power generation system. I’m hoping to adjust the EMF fields in the area enough to shift whatever program they’re using to shut your powers down.” Thompson had used that tactic on SeaSat5, had used my own Hummingbird system against me, to keep Chelsea’s powers at bay while he kidnapped the station. “I just need you to hit that button and then—”
She didn’t let me finish before crossing the room in quick, wide strides. I moved out of her way and she fished between the bars for the tablet… also coming up
just
too short.
“Push on my shoulder,” she said. “No matter what. We’re so close.”
I gulped and locked eyes with her. “Okay.”
I pushed. Sophia gritted her teeth, her shoulder coming close to popping out of its socket, as she reached and reached until—
“Got it,” she said, tapping the screen. She fell away from the bars and released a huge breath.
Before I could say, “Good job,” something caused the temperature of the air in the room to noticeably rise. Chelsea’s eyes cut to Sophia’s, some unspoken understanding passing between them.
“What is it?” I asked.
She nodded and Chelsea was past me in seconds. They each grabbed a bar on the cell door and tugged in opposite directions at exactly the same time the guards rushed the room. Between the two of them, a man-sized hole appeared in the metal.
“Go, now!” Pike ordered, tackling the first guard.
Chelsea and Sophia entered the fray, swiping water from the air to knock the guards over onto their asses. Sophia ripped off one of the bars and swung it like a bat. Within moments the six guards were dispatched, unconscious inside the cell.
We filed quickly through the opening in the bars and headed for the puzzle game room. Germay would still be there, analyzing our results. She’d still have the sickle with her, our Return Piece.
A dozen guards barreled down on us the second we entered the game room. The harsh lighting scorched my eyes. Germay stood at a console at the far end, the soldiers acting as barriers in between us. I blinked through it and charged the closest guard. We crumpled to the floor. Chelsea and Sophia sucked the necessary molecules out of the air to form water, which smacked into them. Together, they were unstoppable, super-strong forces.
I forced myself off the ground just as another guard rushed toward me, and air kissed my cheek as I ducked under his first swing. Before I could back away, his other fist connected with my gut. The breath flew from my lungs as pain exploded in my stomach. I struggled to remain upright even as Pike tackled my attacker. I watched their scuffle, waiting for the opportunity. I reached out and snatched the guard’s gun off his hip holster. Squeezing the trigger, I fired and a green laser shot out from the weapon and burned the guard’s arm. Pike tugged the laser gun from my hands and fired twice more at the guard for good measure.
Pike charged toward Germay, who Dr. Hill was trying to talk down. Trying to talk was stupid right now. I followed after them while Chelsea and Sophia took out more of Germay’s guards. When Pike held enough of her attention, I ripped the sickle out of her grasp. Germay had been utterly stupid to walk by the cells with it in her hands, as if Chelsea and Sophia wouldn’t have seen that it was a Link Piece. Germay screamed in protest—until Pike threw her in a chokehold, hanging on tight until her eyes rolled back and she stopped struggling. Guess she wasn’t an Atlantean super soldier after all. So what’s the truth about these guys?
Chelsea and Sophia had a number of the other guards disabled in seconds thanks to the element of
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