“Go where?There is a cave system south of here, but…”
She pinched her brow, a mother of all headaches forming.A few of her fingers had started to tingle, and her toes had an unfamiliarity to them, like she had borrowed someone else’s feet.“It would be the first place they look.”
His pursed lips said that was true.“Shuttles do not often visit here when the resort is not open during winter.”
“Huh, resort?”She almost laughed at the ingeniousness of it all.Having a medical facility beneath a hotel?Any comings and goings could be attributed to supplies being delivered or guests arriving or leaving.
“We need to wait for one and ambush it.”
All the deaths would be on her hands.Maybe if she enlisted the women… To be fair, she’d only stabbed Criass.Hiossu had finished him off.
“Okay, what do you have in mind?”she asked.
He shoved her through the door.“Walk, Earthian,” he spat.
Doubts hit her like a sledgehammer except his grip was gentle.Screams reached her from all sides.Her breath caught, tears forming.He was right.They had to plan this well with the women scattered.He steered her into another small lab.Terry was yelling and fighting the restraints.
A purple-robed man spewed orders to the lab assistant then glared at Hiossu.“What is the meaning of this intrusion?”
“Criass sent me,” Hiossu said, slipping the dagger into her hand he clasped behind her back.
With surprising force, he pushed her at the assistant.She pretended to stumble, using the man to ‘catch’ her balance.When he did, she quietly slid the blade into the area of his heart.His gasp was lost amid Terry’s ruckus, which cut off when Hiossu slit the other man’s throat with a scalpel.
“What the hell?”Terry cried out, scrambling off the bed when Wren cut through the straps.She leapt back until her ass hit the wall.“You killed them?”
Wren winced.“Are you in or out?
Terry scanned the room, straightened, and squared her shoulders.“In.”
Before they hurried out, Wren said, “This is Hiossu.He’s—”
Hiossu collapsed to the floor, tripping her.
“We are not fools, Earthian.”One Eye smirked, his bulk dominating the passageway.“You have made the situation worse for you and your females.Do you think you are the first to try for freedom?”He hiss-laughed, nudging his gun at her to follow.“I do so enjoy showing you how superior we are to your…kind.”
Surrounded by a wall of sharks, Wren mouthed, ‘I’m sorry,’ to Terry, then with a growl, she flung the dagger at One Eye.
That was all kinds of stupid.Not only had she lost her only weapon, but the damn thing bounced off his chest like a breadstick off a table.With as much damage.
Yithians tackled her, slamming her to the floor, bruising every part of her, so she screamed, unable to register what hurt where.She clenched her jaw, fighting the waves of agony stemming from all directions.
Terry made demands, but her cries dwindled like she was being carried away.
A Yithian dragged Hiossu into a lab, propped him against a wall, and manacled him.
The sharks restraining her hoisted her onto the bed, then all four of them pinned her limbs down.Their cold grips were worse than the straps, less forgiving and more soul-destroying.A purple-robed yellow-skinned man strolled in, his eyes narrowed in hatred.
“For your foolishness, I shall inject Criass’s prototype.If you die, then justice will be served.If you survive, then we are closer to our goal.We win either way.”He smirked, tapping the rainbow-colored fluid in an injection gun.“Hold her still.”
She squirmed.
“I shall take pleasure in harming you, female, if you do not behave,” One Eye snapped, raising a wicked dagger.
Fear coursed through her, along with anger.“And what will that gain you, asshole?”She bit her lip.Antagonizing him wasn’t helpful.
A sting registered on her left forearm, a thin line of blood forming.
She glared at the one-eyed bastard circling the table.“See… Nothing.Pointless.I never gave it much thought, but maybe Yithians are dumb?”
