Sorry this chapter is so short, it's the second to last one. I apologize for the lack of fight scenes as the end of this chapter will demonstrate, there not my strong point.
Chapter 10
"Aah."
"Easy. Easy." Almond's soft voice came to ears. "You're Safe."
Adam attempted to yank himself up into a sitting position, wincing as the pain from his head hit him again.
"What
happened? Where's Destiny?"
Miriam jerked her head over to
where a bundle of cords and flesh lay. She was unconscious.
"How
did you…?"
In response she held up a small piece of metal.
"Sodium and magnesium. Never leave home without it."
"I'll bear that in mind." Muttered Adam, sitting up, rubbing his head. He then froze. "Black!"
"I've alerted Skybase." Miriam said, holding up her hand. "They're looking for him."
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The engines roared below him. It all came full circle he supposed. This was where he'd first face them.
Now he wandered through here looking for the man who was once his best friend. Who he thought he'd rescued.
And the girl he loved was held in a prison cell.
The sickness invaded his stomach again.
"Conrad." He said firmly.
"Conrad is dead." There was no warmth or friendship in the voice.
"you
fought them once before, you can do so again."
"Conrad is
dead." The Mysteron agent repeated. "And soon so will everyone
else on this planet will be."
The exhaustion invaded him.
"You
know I can't let you do that."
The Mysteron thing nodded.
"To
the death, then."
He lunged forward, grabbing Scarlet around
the waist and knocking them both to the floor. They rolled across the
deck, till they reached the edge of the deck, where the engines
roared and flashed.
Then the Mysteron got the upper hand, how he wasn't sure and he daggling over, the sparks nearly catching his hair.
Hands like iron bars were wrapped around his throat, choking him. His vision was turning black. Dimly, as though from a great distance he heard two shots fired, then he sank down, down, into blackness.
TBC