Tek Power
“Jake, coming up carefully from below and staying in the shadows at the ramp edge, spotted the lookout before he was spotted himself.
Easing out his stungun, Jake aimed and fired.
The man at the top of the ramp made a surprised gasping sound, muffled by his plastiglass mask, as the stunbeam jabbed into his midsection.
He took one jerking step backward, elbows snapping against his sides; his lazgun dropped from his gloved hand and started to slide down the steep ramp. He tumbled over onto his kne...es, went lurching over and began sliding down in the wake of the weapon.
Already moving, Jake grabbed up the skidding gun. He took hold of the unconscious Red Angel and propped him roughly against the wall.
“I’ll just,” he said quietly, “borrow a few things from you.”
BEV KENDRICKS SAID, “You fellows aren’t being smart.”
“Shut up, puta,” advised one of the masked Red Angels.
“I’m an American investigator,” she told them, rubbing at the fresh bruise on her cheek. “Treating me badly is going to cause a stewpot of trouble for—”MoreLess
Easing out his stungun, Jake aimed and fired.
The man at the top of the ramp made a surprised gasping sound, muffled by his plastiglass mask, as the stunbeam jabbed into his midsection.
He took one jerking step backward, elbows snapping against his sides; his lazgun dropped from his gloved hand and started to slide down the steep ramp. He tumbled over onto his kne...es, went lurching over and began sliding down in the wake of the weapon.
Already moving, Jake grabbed up the skidding gun. He took hold of the unconscious Red Angel and propped him roughly against the wall.
“I’ll just,” he said quietly, “borrow a few things from you.”
BEV KENDRICKS SAID, “You fellows aren’t being smart.”
“Shut up, puta,” advised one of the masked Red Angels.
“I’m an American investigator,” she told them, rubbing at the fresh bruise on her cheek. “Treating me badly is going to cause a stewpot of trouble for—”MoreLess
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