I shot Uncle Ben a questioning look. “We need to go to deck nine. Can you lock in on that?”
“Sure.” His fingers flew across the console. “We are good to go.”
I stepped onto the platform and pulled my Glock.
“Give ‘em hell.” Uncle Ben tapped the console.
Poof! I appeared in the engine room. The Tai-Kok soldier took one look at me and started honking like Donald Duck on meth.
I shot him in the middle eye.
“This isn’t weapons control,”Kaelen stated.
“Welcome to my world.”
I could feel Kaelen’s stunned horror.“You never know where you are going to appear, do you?”
“Nope.”My psychic senses shrieked a warning. A shit load of monsters were heading my way. I quickly kicked the bomb under a control console.
Sharp claws suddenly dug into my left shoulder. A scream of agony broke from me as I was flung across the room. I hit the wall hard, and I heard my left arm snap. Funny black dots danced across my vision as I crumpled to the floor with a whimper. It felt like my shoulder was on fire.
“Do not pass out,”Kaelen growled, blocking the pain rolling over me.
I struggled to stand.“I think getting to weapons control is a no-go.”
“It is a miracle you still live.”
“Don’t I know it.”
“Return to the lab, I will take control of the Tai-Kok soldiers in weapons control,”Kaelen spat.
“Okay, but this ship is going boom in about sixty seconds.”
A fat Tai-Kok with metal horns quacked triumphantly.
Shit! Shit! Shit! They enjoyed eating their prey alive and that ass was going to give me to his commander as a special treat. The joke was on him. His ship was about to become space debris.
“Go!”Kaelen vanished from my mind.
Fighting to stay conscious, I hit my emergency recall button. Poof! I was lying on the loudly humming portal floor. Oh, thank, God. I was safe. Huh? Where was all that blood coming from?
“Good God, Lexi is hurt,” Uncle Ben cried.
Dad rushed over to me. “That fucking alien didn’t protect you.”
“Not. His. Fault.” I was so tired. I closed my eyes and sank into the beckoning darkness.
Chapter Five
Secrets…
The overwhelming sensation of danger had me bolting upright. I gasped in pain. God, did I hurt.
I was vaguely aware of a heart monitor beeping wildly.
“You’re safe Lexi.”
Safe? A dangerous predator was close. Too close. I drew on my power and turned to face the threat.
