"Karin Lowachee - Warchild" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lowachee Karin)

Something had happened. But these were the wrong people.
They wouldnтАЩt help you.
In the helmet you saw your own eyes. They were black
holes.
тАЬEight. Small for eight.тАЭ
тАЬCan use a P-90 well enough.тАЭ
тАЬYeah, Falcone will wanna see him.тАЭ The hand let your tag
drop, lifted up your head by the hair and turned your face this
way and that, then pried open your mouth and looked in. You
bit. The creature slapped you again. Hard.
тАЬGonna have to beat the attitude out,тАЭ was the last thing
you heard.



II.
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Deep nausea from a deep leap through space pushed you
awake. But you were blind.
Then lights hit you in the face. Stinging. Somebody
screamed. Shadows formed out of the light and there Adalia
reached for you as a man dragged her out a hatch before you
could even sit up. The hatch slammed in with the speed of a
chopping knife and darkness swallowed you whole. Whimpers
bled from the corners of the room, all around you.
 Little Adalia. Four-year-old Adalia.
тАЬWhatтАЩs happening?тАЭ
Your voice was not your voice. It sounded small and it
echoed in the black room. You were cold and the air smelled
metallic and rank. The darkness sat thick and solid around
you. But maybe a senior was in here with you. Maybe
someone who knew things.
тАЬPirates,тАЭ someone said.
тАЬEvan?тАЭ You sat up wiping your eyes, feeling stickiness,
sniffing. тАЬEvan, where are you?тАЭ .
тАЬIтАЩm here. CтАЩmere, Jos.тАЭ
Evan and his brother Shane stayed with you when your
parents and their parents got together off-duty. Evan used to
bully you sometimes, dump food on your clothes and make you
jump to get toys heтАЩd hold over his head. But now Evan kept
talking to you in a soft voice until you found his leg and then
his arm and hugged him there to not let go. Evan was twelve.
Not grown-up yet. But he was strong and he could protect you
if that man came back.
тАЬWhere did they take Adalia?тАЭ
тАЬI donтАЩt know.тАЭ Evan paused. тАЬWeтАЩre on their ship.тАЭ
тАЬItтАЩs pirates? Not aliens?тАЭ Your voice sounded shrill. Evan
kept patting your hair and back.
тАЬYeah.тАЭ
Others came to Evan. They were all younger than twelve.