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Authors: Joseph Ray
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Janys and himself to safety, away from the grasp of Divinity Corporation. Reaching Earth was secondary at this point, the immediate threat having shown its hand too soon.
He pressed the next number on the screen. The elevator came to life, its doors opening at the next floor. There were twenty floors between them and the ground floor or the subfloor where the soldiers were waiting to take them in. With his decision made, he smashed the pistol’s grip into the man’s face, rendering him unconscious, perhaps dead. At this point, he really didn’t care which.
“Gotta move,” he snapped, taking he man’s weapon from the holster.
Janys stepped over the pile of bodies, trying to catch up with the Sargent. Her muscles were still sore from the attack on the Parasus moon, begging her to lay down and rest for a week. Her training kicked in, forcing her body to be silent as she moved in boots in stride with the Sargent.
“What the hell?” she whispered. “Why would they kill us? We didn’t do anything wrong.”
“You’re not looking at it right,” he muttered, turning the corner to the right and continuing down the long hallway. The building was only half finished, leaving several of the floors incomplete, their support beams, wiring, and air ducts exposed to his view. He grabbed her arm, ducked between two of the support beams, and closed in behind a scaffold.
“You need to think like them,” he whispered. “Think about it for a minute. How many people just LET those harriers land and enter the facility? There wasn’t any blood in the Tower until we put it there, so it’s possible those scientist hopped right onto those harriers willingly. Yeah, maybe there was a gun to their heads, but we can’t think like that right now. It’s way safer for us to assume that they went on their own desire to leave. That means they were in on it too. Hell, the whole company might be in on this Janys, have you thought about that at all?”
“No, I’m not buying that,” she whimpered. “We have to tell somebody. We can make a call to the Parasus guards and have someone pick us up.”
“No good. Isom and his people might be in on it too. I doubt it, but we can’t risk it. Earth is our only option, but for now, we need to get off this planet.”
“Well, we have to get out of the building first. You got a plan for that yet?”
“No, but this place being incomplete is a blessing. Doubt they have cameras on every level yet. They’ll figure out what floor we’re on soon enough, so I suggest we drop down another level or two.”
They broke from the unfinished hallway, stepping between clusters of cables that hung from the ceiling. Behind them, the elevator dinged, causing Bearden to grab Janys by the arm and pull her behind another girder.
Footsteps stomped on the floor. The pair held their breath as the oncoming group broke up. Some of the footsteps went to the left of the elevator, the others took to the right, towards the hidden fugitives. Bearden knelt down, one blue eye peering around the support beam, catching a figure passing between the frame of the unconstructed hall. He waited for a second, then turned to Janys and held up three fingers. She nodded, her pale eyes locked onto his in determination.
The group of suited men rounded the corner. One continued down the hallway while the other two split up and stepped between the support beams to either side. They stepped in unison, guns raised to eye level, a finger ready at the trigger.
Janys closed her eyes, forcing
He pressed the next number on the screen. The elevator came to life, its doors opening at the next floor. There were twenty floors between them and the ground floor or the subfloor where the soldiers were waiting to take them in. With his decision made, he smashed the pistol’s grip into the man’s face, rendering him unconscious, perhaps dead. At this point, he really didn’t care which.
“Gotta move,” he snapped, taking he man’s weapon from the holster.
Janys stepped over the pile of bodies, trying to catch up with the Sargent. Her muscles were still sore from the attack on the Parasus moon, begging her to lay down and rest for a week. Her training kicked in, forcing her body to be silent as she moved in boots in stride with the Sargent.
“What the hell?” she whispered. “Why would they kill us? We didn’t do anything wrong.”
“You’re not looking at it right,” he muttered, turning the corner to the right and continuing down the long hallway. The building was only half finished, leaving several of the floors incomplete, their support beams, wiring, and air ducts exposed to his view. He grabbed her arm, ducked between two of the support beams, and closed in behind a scaffold.
“You need to think like them,” he whispered. “Think about it for a minute. How many people just LET those harriers land and enter the facility? There wasn’t any blood in the Tower until we put it there, so it’s possible those scientist hopped right onto those harriers willingly. Yeah, maybe there was a gun to their heads, but we can’t think like that right now. It’s way safer for us to assume that they went on their own desire to leave. That means they were in on it too. Hell, the whole company might be in on this Janys, have you thought about that at all?”
“No, I’m not buying that,” she whimpered. “We have to tell somebody. We can make a call to the Parasus guards and have someone pick us up.”
“No good. Isom and his people might be in on it too. I doubt it, but we can’t risk it. Earth is our only option, but for now, we need to get off this planet.”
“Well, we have to get out of the building first. You got a plan for that yet?”
“No, but this place being incomplete is a blessing. Doubt they have cameras on every level yet. They’ll figure out what floor we’re on soon enough, so I suggest we drop down another level or two.”
They broke from the unfinished hallway, stepping between clusters of cables that hung from the ceiling. Behind them, the elevator dinged, causing Bearden to grab Janys by the arm and pull her behind another girder.
Footsteps stomped on the floor. The pair held their breath as the oncoming group broke up. Some of the footsteps went to the left of the elevator, the others took to the right, towards the hidden fugitives. Bearden knelt down, one blue eye peering around the support beam, catching a figure passing between the frame of the unconstructed hall. He waited for a second, then turned to Janys and held up three fingers. She nodded, her pale eyes locked onto his in determination.
The group of suited men rounded the corner. One continued down the hallway while the other two split up and stepped between the support beams to either side. They stepped in unison, guns raised to eye level, a finger ready at the trigger.
Janys closed her eyes, forcing
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