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Authors: Odette C. Bell
Tags: Science-Fiction, adventure, Space Opera, Time travel, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Exploration, Space Exploration
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ordered him to. He fought. He organised a battle plan to counter attack the new force moving against the United Galactic Coalition. But everything was so distant, every experience so disconnected.
Yet somehow he held onto one fact.
One name.
Nida.
Nida.
He repeated it in his mind as if her name could set him free.
Then it happened.
The world around him broke.
It actually broke.
He’d been standing in his room, when all of a sudden the walls had fallen into blackness.
He was dimly aware of being lifted into the air, of floating high above some object.
But he couldn’t see anything. He couldn’t hear anything.
He was locked inside his mind.
He fought it.
And he held on.
Onto her name.
Chapter 13
Cadet Nida Harper
He still wouldn’t rouse, and now she cupped his head in her hands, tears falling down her cheeks and striking his.
He had to wake up.
He had to.
Because she couldn’t leave him here.
They had to escape together, back to the past or the future, but far, far away from here.
She needed him so she could do what she had to do next.
Protect the United Galactic Coalition. To find out the Vex’s true secrets. And above all, to ensure the entity remained safe.
‘ Come on,’ she begged as she pushed her fingers further behind his head, leaning down towards him and staring into his lifeless face.
Then she felt it.
Something behind his neck.
Smooth, oblong, and lodged into the skin just below the base of his skull.
Her eyes widened, and, without thinking, she pulled it out.
For all she knew, it could be the only thing keeping him alive.
It wasn’t.
It was the only thing keeping him asleep.
He sat up.
No, he sprung forward as if he’d been released from a cannon.
‘Carson,’ she screamed.
He turned.
He sought out her gaze.
. . . .
He clearly couldn’t believe his eyes.
He doubled backwards, grabbing one hand to his throat and the other to his mouth as he did.
Then, as realisation made his eyes wide, he threw himself forward.
Right at her.
‘ Nida? Nida ?’ he grabbed her shoulders, his strong grip locking her in place as if he was scared she would suddenly disappear.
She nodded her head.
He shook his. ‘Nida?’ he whispered, his expression compressed with a paradoxical mix of sorrow and joy.
She nodded her head once more. This time vehemently. In fact, she could have snapped it considering how strongly she jerked it up and down in her attempts to convince him that yes, it was her.
‘I’m here, Carson, it’s me.’
He shook his head once more. Then he just wrapped his arms around her.
No words.
No waiting.
He pulled her in.
In fact, he bought her so close, his cheek pressed hard into her own, his breath a continuous tickle over her neck.
‘God,’ he breathed, suddenly holding her tighter. ‘God,’ he repeated, holding her tighter again.
‘ There’s no time to explain,’ she said, pulling herself away from him. Though she wanted to stay locked in his arms for all eternity, she couldn’t; they had to get out of here.
‘ What’s happening? I . . . I thought you were dead,’ he choked, real tears streaking down his cheeks as his torso and arms shook.
He held her even tighter, as if she were the only force keeping him from falling over.
‘Carson, we have to go. Quick. My distraction won’t last; they’ll send reinforcements. We have to leave.’
‘ Nida,’ he wheezed, more tears welling in his eyes, ‘I thought you were dead,’ he repeated. ‘ Dead. ’
For a moment, his raw emotion stilled her. But it was only a fraction of a second. For she knew how much time she didn’t have. She may have managed to push through to the entity to use its power, but her distraction wouldn’t last for long.
The Vex of this time-period were impossibly strong. What they’d done to her and Carson evidenced that. They’d hooked them up to machines capable of manipulating their secrets right out of their minds.
Though she knew how desperate this
Yet somehow he held onto one fact.
One name.
Nida.
Nida.
He repeated it in his mind as if her name could set him free.
Then it happened.
The world around him broke.
It actually broke.
He’d been standing in his room, when all of a sudden the walls had fallen into blackness.
He was dimly aware of being lifted into the air, of floating high above some object.
But he couldn’t see anything. He couldn’t hear anything.
He was locked inside his mind.
He fought it.
And he held on.
Onto her name.
Chapter 13
Cadet Nida Harper
He still wouldn’t rouse, and now she cupped his head in her hands, tears falling down her cheeks and striking his.
He had to wake up.
He had to.
Because she couldn’t leave him here.
They had to escape together, back to the past or the future, but far, far away from here.
She needed him so she could do what she had to do next.
Protect the United Galactic Coalition. To find out the Vex’s true secrets. And above all, to ensure the entity remained safe.
‘ Come on,’ she begged as she pushed her fingers further behind his head, leaning down towards him and staring into his lifeless face.
Then she felt it.
Something behind his neck.
Smooth, oblong, and lodged into the skin just below the base of his skull.
Her eyes widened, and, without thinking, she pulled it out.
For all she knew, it could be the only thing keeping him alive.
It wasn’t.
It was the only thing keeping him asleep.
He sat up.
No, he sprung forward as if he’d been released from a cannon.
‘Carson,’ she screamed.
He turned.
He sought out her gaze.
. . . .
He clearly couldn’t believe his eyes.
He doubled backwards, grabbing one hand to his throat and the other to his mouth as he did.
Then, as realisation made his eyes wide, he threw himself forward.
Right at her.
‘ Nida? Nida ?’ he grabbed her shoulders, his strong grip locking her in place as if he was scared she would suddenly disappear.
She nodded her head.
He shook his. ‘Nida?’ he whispered, his expression compressed with a paradoxical mix of sorrow and joy.
She nodded her head once more. This time vehemently. In fact, she could have snapped it considering how strongly she jerked it up and down in her attempts to convince him that yes, it was her.
‘I’m here, Carson, it’s me.’
He shook his head once more. Then he just wrapped his arms around her.
No words.
No waiting.
He pulled her in.
In fact, he bought her so close, his cheek pressed hard into her own, his breath a continuous tickle over her neck.
‘God,’ he breathed, suddenly holding her tighter. ‘God,’ he repeated, holding her tighter again.
‘ There’s no time to explain,’ she said, pulling herself away from him. Though she wanted to stay locked in his arms for all eternity, she couldn’t; they had to get out of here.
‘ What’s happening? I . . . I thought you were dead,’ he choked, real tears streaking down his cheeks as his torso and arms shook.
He held her even tighter, as if she were the only force keeping him from falling over.
‘Carson, we have to go. Quick. My distraction won’t last; they’ll send reinforcements. We have to leave.’
‘ Nida,’ he wheezed, more tears welling in his eyes, ‘I thought you were dead,’ he repeated. ‘ Dead. ’
For a moment, his raw emotion stilled her. But it was only a fraction of a second. For she knew how much time she didn’t have. She may have managed to push through to the entity to use its power, but her distraction wouldn’t last for long.
The Vex of this time-period were impossibly strong. What they’d done to her and Carson evidenced that. They’d hooked them up to machines capable of manipulating their secrets right out of their minds.
Though she knew how desperate this
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