Rising Sun (2012)
“2. 3. 20:52 Vienne and I nod and start drawing back toward the center of the roof. Weapons ready. Not that we know what we’re fighting against.
“Mimi?”
“I have no record of these harii.”
Slamming a clip into place in frustration, I take firing position to protect Charlotte and the EZ. A chief should never leave his crew guessing. Especially when they’re facing an enemy that scares the living wa kào out of him.
“What’s got him so terrified?” I ask Vienne.
“No idea,” she says, and pops the safety.... “But Aziz is nobody’s coward.”
“Cowboy,” Mimi says, “I am detecting six humanoid biosignatures approaching at a rapid rate.”
“Approaching?” I say. “Come again? How’s that possible?”
My answer is a bone-chilling, bloodcurdling scream that I feel in the pit of my gut. “Shut your carfarging yaps!” Sarge cries out, and empties a clip into the darkness.
Silence.
“Maybe that scared them off,” I tell Vienne.
She shakes her head, as if to say, “Yeah, right, Turtle.”MoreLess
“Mimi?”
“I have no record of these harii.”
Slamming a clip into place in frustration, I take firing position to protect Charlotte and the EZ. A chief should never leave his crew guessing. Especially when they’re facing an enemy that scares the living wa kào out of him.
“What’s got him so terrified?” I ask Vienne.
“No idea,” she says, and pops the safety.... “But Aziz is nobody’s coward.”
“Cowboy,” Mimi says, “I am detecting six humanoid biosignatures approaching at a rapid rate.”
“Approaching?” I say. “Come again? How’s that possible?”
My answer is a bone-chilling, bloodcurdling scream that I feel in the pit of my gut. “Shut your carfarging yaps!” Sarge cries out, and empties a clip into the darkness.
Silence.
“Maybe that scared them off,” I tell Vienne.
She shakes her head, as if to say, “Yeah, right, Turtle.”MoreLess
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