Page 105 of Game on Askole

A thunderous explosion rocked the building.

I grinned.“That was the armory.”

Kaboom!The lights flickered and died.“That was the power generator,”Bree said gleefully.

Kablooey! Thwap! Bap-bap! Thop!Pieces of metal hit the roof.

Detja put in blithely,“Your planetary defense systems have been eradicated.”

The building shuddered as a series of explosions rocked the earth.

A jubilant Zoey added,“Bummer. No more spaceships.”

I clucked my tongue.“Seriously, dude, never mess with our family. It doesn’t end well. Oh, and if you are expecting your warriors to rescue you? It ain’t happening. Our Katanic shape-shifter ate them all.”

Rage etched into the right side of his face, Snoor fired his laser pistol at me.

A brilliant blue shield automatically formed around me.Crack!The laser beam rebounded.Zap!Snoor was reduced to a big pile of ash. The shield ring was awesome.

A tentacle grabbed Diar’s leg and yanked him off his feet.

“Do not eat him, Adan. I need to interrogate him,”Zarek commanded, kicking the laser pistol out of Diar’s hand.

“I will die first.”Diar yanked out his knife and tried to slit his own throat.

Jaylan stunned him and was suddenly engaged in a vicious tug-of-war with Adan.“Release him.”

“I caught him first,”Adan retorted, pulling Diar and Jaylan out the door.

I snickered as Jaylan tried to wrestle Diar from Adan.

Adan put Jaylan in a headlock and spun him in circles and followed up with a piledriver.

“I think Adan has been watching old WrestleMania vids,” Kaylee whooped.

Zoey burst into laughter when Adan tossed Jaylan in a snowdrift. “That’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.”

“Man, is he gonna be pissed,” Bree moaned.

Talree gave us the evil eye. “Return to your ship.”

Kaylee saluted. “Sir, yes, sir.”

“Now,” Voss ordered.

Zoey glared at him. “We took out the rebel stronghold with only one shot being fired, and this is the thanks we get?”

A muscle twitched in Voss’s cheek. “You put yourself in a war zone without knowing all the facts. What did you do with Rho?”

“The big guy? Haven’t seen him. Let’s blow this joint,” I said hastily.

Detja nodded. “We should allow the males to do their job.”

“You betcha,” Zoey agreed.

Tihar grabbed me and kissed the ever-loving sense out of me.“My heart is forever yours.”

“Not buying it. Convince me.”

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