Page 89 of Game on Askole

“Oorah!” Aunt Tess bellowed, kicking a wannabe off his feet.

Bree launched herself in the air and planted a booted foot in a warrior’s face. His head snapped back, and he toppled over. “Mess with the best, die like the rest.”

“Prepare to get your asses kicked!” Kaylee yelled as she flipped into a backward somersault and dropped to the floor. She lashed out with a solid side kick, catching the Legionnaire in the knee. His leg crumpled and down he went.

I shot a wannabe who was sneaking up behind Rho. “Love ya, big guy.”

With a rumble of disgust, Rho started blasting away.

We followed suit.

A zillion sparkling fireflies floated to the floor as the Legionnaires disintegrated.

Zoey frowned. “This was a little too easy.”

“Anyone else think it was a distraction?” Aunt Tess scanned the area.

I nodded. “Oh, yeah, but a distraction for what?”

Rho answered, “Lilkee is attempting to take control of the space station’s weapons systems.”

“Shit! Let’s end that bitch,” Bree snarled.

“Wait!” Rho held up his hand. “The Overlord, Voss, Talree, and Jaylan are handling the situation.”

“We all know what a slippery devil Lilkee is,” I pointed out. “Bet they could use some backup.”

Zoey grabbed me. “Let’s go.” There was a fleeting instant of blackness, and we appeared in the hallway outside weapons control. Kaylee, Bree, and Rho were right behind us.

The weapons control doors slid open. Nothing was there, but I sensed Lilkee’s nasty-ass aura. I flipped my pistol to the Stun setting and fired.

Great minds thought alike, and my cousins fired too.

Loud thuds were followed by moans of pain. The air shimmered as her cloaking device failed and she appeared. Lilkee’s arms and legs slammed repeatedly against the floor as violent muscle spasms contorted her body.

“Gotcha,” I hooted.

We all exchanged high fives, except for Rho, who glared at us.

Zarek, Voss, Talree, and Jaylan stepped into hallway and gave us the stink eye.

Kaylee raised her hands. “What?”

“We wanted her to lead us to the traitor,” Talree groused.

“Oh. Is that all?” Kaylee shrugged. “Not a problem. We’re Sirens, remember? We’ll link minds and check for someone with bad vibes. Piece of cake.”

Zarek stared at us for a long moment. “Bad vibes?”

“You know, evil intent,” Bree clarified.

Smothering a laugh, I interjected, “How do you think we brought down all those Tai-Kok battle cruisers so easily?”

“You linked minds and attacked the command staff,” Voss said.

“Yep.”

Aunt Tess huffed down the corridor, took one look at our faces, and queried, “What’s up?”

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