"Peter W. Prellwitz - Book 02 - Shards" - читать интересную книгу автора (Prellwitz Peter W)

intently from his pilot's chair, his gun strapped on.

"How'd it go, Abby?"

I shrugged my shoulders. тАЬI'm not sure, Corporal. I got away with it, and placed the trap before they
traced the call. But if they don't kill each other, they will trace it here. I had to give them the real trace
for me to find them. If they took the bait, we're fine. If not, well, it's better we take them on out here..."

"...than our people take on everyone over there. Good thinking. Jamison!тАЭ The co-pilot looked up from
his scanner. тАЬLet Mosser do that. You and Abby keep an outside patrol. One hundred meters, separate
routes, three-minute check-ins. Go!"

I was already pulling on my light armor and headset. The interior of the hov sucked in the night's
darkness as Corporal Gibbons cut all lighting. I stepped out first into the soaking blackness and went to
my left, away from the building. Jamison was right behind me. He was new to the team, but seemed
competent enough. Instead of heading between the hover and the building, he walked over to me.

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"Are you going to be all right, uh, Abigail?"

"Huh?тАЭ I looked around at him. тАЬWhat do you mean? Of course I'll be okay."

"It's just that we might run into some muscle, and I thought, well.тАЭ His voice trailed off uncertainly.
тАЬWell, I just want to let you know, you know, that..."

"How sweet! Thanks, Charles, isn't it?тАЭ He nodded. тАЬThanks, Charles, but I think I can handle things
that go bump in the night. You take forward, I'll take aft. Shout if you come on anything.тАЭ I smiled in the
darkness and rain. тАЬAnd Charles? Read the mission personnel dossiers next time, okay?тАЭ I smiled at him
again and moved off.

I was soaking within seconds. My light armor would deflect most projectile and some energy fire And it
was flexible enough that I could use my smaller, more pliable =body to its full advantage in hand-to-
hand combat. But the armor covered only my torso and did nothing to hold off the rain The gel even
seemed to soak it up..

I took a careful reconnoiter around the dark warehouse. Behind me, the hover sat in complete darkness. I
worked my first circuit, meeting Jamison halfway. We continued on, checking in on occasion, and met
again at the hover. Ten minutes had passed. Another ten and the squad would be back. If anything had
gone wrong, Mike would let Gibbons know, who would in turn tell us. We stepped out about twenty
meters and repeated. I'd gone about a quarter of the circuit when my headset crackled.

"Five. Light. Point one twenty ninety."

I turned and moved back toward the hover. Gibbons' message was short and cryptic to avoid
interception. He told us there were five soldiers, lightly armored, one hundred and twenty meters off the
starboard side of the hover. I pulled my gun, but didn't charge it. I wanted to wait until just before I fired.