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Chapter 116
The porch was cold. I stood at the railing with my hands in my pockets. The coffee in my hand had gone cold too. I hadn't taken a sip in like ten minutes. I just held it staring at the dark trees at the edge of the yard. The wind moved through the leaves. Somewhere in the house, a floorboard creaked.The door opened behind me and Elias walked out. He was wearing a worn jacket. His hair was a mess. He leaned against the railing next to me. He didn't say anything right away. He clenched his teeth while looking at the sky."He's gone," Elias said with a sad voice.I nodded. "Yea. He didn't return." My voice was almost shaking but I tried to be still."And Kael?""Same thing. They all bled too much. Their new body couldn't take it.""You know, when I first met him…""Elias.""I'm just saying. He was different. Hard, but different. Kael barely spoke but he was a nice person. This is heartbreaking."I turned to face him. "Elias, I can't talk about this right now."Elias looked at me. Then n
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"Neither are you."Kenji smiled. It was small and sad."I'm already dead, Jax. I've been dead since Tokyo. You just gave me a reason to keep breathing."The railguns hummed louder.I grabbed Kenji's arm. My grip was tight. "No. I'm not letting you do this."Kenji pulled his arm away. "You don't have a choice."The shuttle shook.I looked at the console. The target was locked. The city was in the crosshairs. The railguns were charging.I looked at Kenji. At his tired eyes. At his shaking hands."Kenji."Kenji cut the wire.There was a flash. A blast.The railguns went silent.The shuttle went dark.Kenji flew back. He hit the wall. He didn't move.I ran to him. I grabbed his shoulders."Kenji. Kenji."Kenji's eyes were open. He looked at me. His mouth moved."I'm sorry," he whispered."For what?""For being so angry. For being a weapon. For not knowing how to be anything else."I shook my head. "You were everything else. You were never a weapon. Don't ever forget that."Kenji smiled. B
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The station shook. Alarms blared. Red lights flashed in every corridor and every room.I ran. Kenji was ahead of me. Kael was behind. The charges were set. Forty-two minutes left on the self-destruct. We had to get to the lifeboats.We rounded a corner. Two guards. Black uniforms and foolishly unarmed.Kael knocked one out from the back and Kenji threw his knife at the second one. Fast and easy.“Let's go,” I said. We kept running.We entered another corridor. The window was glass like.Kenji stopped unprovoked. His hand pressed against the glass. His breathing was heavy.I grabbed his arm. "What are you doing? We need to move." I said through my teeth.Kenji didn't turn around. "The weapons system. It's on the shuttle. The one docked at the maintenance bay.""So? Why are you stopping?""So if we don't destroy it, they'll use it. The investors left it behind. It's still armed."I looked at the maintenance bay door at the end of the corridor. "Then let's go destroy it."Kenji turned to
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Elena received a notification.She picked up her tablet. I watched her with an inquisitive look. "Who is it?" I said.She didn't answer. Her eyes moved across the screen. Her lips pressed together. She blinked frantically."Elena."She turned the tablet toward me."The Odyssey is a decoy. The control center is on the station. You have 72 hours."Kenji grabbed the tablet from her hand. His fingers were tight on the edges. He read it once. Then again. His jaw tightened."A decoy?" he squinted.Elena nodded. "Someone on the inside sent this. Someone who wants us to know the truth. Do you think it's my cousin?"Caiman stepped closer. "Or someone who wants to lead us into a trap. Think about it." He said firmly.I took the tablet back and scrolled down. There was more."Station designation: Icarus II. Orbital vector: Low Earth. Crew: 12. Weapons: Railguns. Lifeboats: 4."Rina leaned over my shoulder. "Lifeboats?"Elena's voice was quiet. "For the investors. When everything falls apart, th
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I dropped the folder on the table. It landed with a slap that brought everyone's attention."Singapore," I said. "Phoenix's main manufacturing plant. That's where they make the therapy. That's where we hit them."Kenji stood up from the floor. Leo stirred but didn't wake. Kenji stepped over him carefully.Elena pulled out a chair and sat down. She rested her hands on her laps and clapped them together."What exactly is the therapy?" Maja asked from the corner. She was awake now. Sitting up on her blanket. Her voice was small.Everyone turned to look at her.Elena took a breath. "It's a so-called treatment Phoenix sells to the public. They say it extends your life. Makes you healthier. Maybe stronger."Maja frowned. "Like the tanks?""No. No. It's not." Elena shook her head. "The tanks made clones yea. The therapy is for regular people. People who don't know what Phoenix really is."Leo sat up too and rubbed his eyes. "What does it actually do?"Elena starred fiercely at him. Then at m
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She was quiet for a moment. Then she turned to the console. “I am not going to stop you. Do as you wish. I have long anticipated this. But I will let you know that once you click this reset button, there is no going back.”I replied.” We are fully aware of that. We don't need a traitor like you telling us anything.”“I was just a bait.” She said with almost watery eyes.Do us the honours then.Her fingers moved across the keys.The screens flickered.A progress bar appeared on the main screen.Ten percent.Twenty.Thirty.I watched the screen. My heart was pounding.Forty percent.Fifty.Sixty.The door behind us opened.They were guards. Six of them. Black uniforms. Blank eyes.Kenji moved swiftly and his knife went into the first guard's throat before the man could raise his gun.Caiman took the second. I shot the third. Rina shot the fourth. Kael took the fifth one. All this happened within a blink of an eye.The sixth guard ran out. Everything happened too fast. Kenji threw his kn
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