"Steve Perry - Matador 4 - The Omega Cage" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Steven)

of blood from his split lip as he did so. On the other side of him, he was vaguely
aware of Snake staring through the port also.

He saw several things at once: The prison itself, constructed of some dark,
almost glistening material, unlike anything he had ever before seen. It crouched
upon the ground like a predatory beast squatting on its haunches. There were
other buildings and additions to the main structures, obviously man-made, but it

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was the wall itself that caught his attention first.

Then, suddenly, the air next to the wall was filled with lances of coherent red
beams. Lasers, he realized. The pattern of the lines formed a tight net that would
allow nothing larger than a bird to escape their touch.

In the middle of the brilliant display, Maro saw what had saved him from further
abuse at Pig's hands; a small craft loaded with people, smoking and falling. The
dance of fiery light continued as the thing fell, baking those on board, stroking
their blackened forms with more heat, shining through the charred flesh with a
ruby glow that was interrupted by frothy bubbles of the same color.

Maro tried to turn away, but found he was unable to do so. The execution held
him with awful fascination.

The shipтАФit was no more than a stripped hopper plate, he realizedтАФstruck the
ground just beyond the wall. The bodies tumbled off, some landing as much as
fifty or sixty meters away. Parts of the roasted meat fell off when they hit.

The skimmer banked, and Maro could no longer see the results of the laser
barrage. He knew, however, that no one could have survived it.

Behind him, Snake quietly said, "Stupid bastards. They never had a chance."

Pig, his face alight with a sick and twisted joy, grinned at Maro. "Welcome to
the Omega Cage, pretty boy."

Maro leaned back in his chair and stared at his manacles. He had been interned
before, but the reality of his situation finally sank in as he replayed what he had

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just seen. Escape wouldn't be easy.

It might take a white.