Total pages in book: 146
Estimated words: 136425 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 682(@200wpm)___ 546(@250wpm)___ 455(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 136425 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 682(@200wpm)___ 546(@250wpm)___ 455(@300wpm)
The whole group was around it. Cooper had landed the helo moments after they made it to the bays. Kala had walked up like holding a bioweapon in her lap until her teammate could defuse it all while flying at a high altitude in an experimental stolen chopper was an everyday occurrence.
“Tris nearly had a heart attack,” Kala said, joining them. “What the hell is that? Seriously? What is my sister doing? Ewww. Lou. Make the nanites put her clothes back on.”
Zach snorted and then averted his eyes because Kenzie really was all naked.
“Wow. That’s cool.” Tim from Canada was with them. He looked to Lou. “You programmed those?”
“Hey, there’s a gorgeous, naked woman on screen and you’re looking at my girl like you could eat her up?” TJ complained.
“Tell me when it’s over.” Her uncle stood way out of the line of sight of those monitors.
“Shouldn’t we be running?” Devi asked.
Lou waved the thought off. “I’ve rewritten everything. I’ve got the CCTV’s up and running, and I’ve locked all the doors. I made two keycards that will work on everything except that door. Yeah. I’m talking about the one Kenzie and Ben are in. It’s like the Liverpool safe room. It’s on a timer. Now from what I can tell they actually could open it from the inside if they looked around enough, but they’re preoccupied.”
“What’s that thing on the side?” Cooper asked.
Tim looked up, perfectly chipper. “Oh, that’s the bomb that was supposed to blow up the whole place. So here’s what happened. Ben made his way to Huisman’s rooms, but when he got there, Huisman was dead on the floor.”
“We just got the cams up in there, so we thought he’d pulled a Hitler in his bunker move,” Lou admitted. “But then after Ben and Kenz hit the safe room button and got locked in, that asshole got up and ran. In their defense it looked really good on camera.”
“He should have put an extra bullet in him.” Zach had an arm around her and his mother’s hand in his. “Like you did, Mom. Thank you.”
Shannon leaned against her son, and Devi felt her reach around him so she touched her as well. “Your girl did so good.”
“Yes, she did.” Zach kissed her hair.
“I’m surprised he didn’t.” Big Tag paced, his eyes moving, checking all the entrances. “Lou, can’t you tell my daughter she’s making a sex tape? Did she even try to defuse the bomb?”
Lou nodded. “Oh, yeah. She did, and so did Ben, but then they figured out they couldn’t fix it and now they’re having end-of-the-world sex. Wow, he is very flexible.”
“Lou,” her boyfriend barked.
Lou shrugged. “You know she’ll want me to tape this and keep it for her.” She turned to Ian. “They think they’re about to die. I can’t get comms in there. Believe me we’ve tried. I thought they could use some music. I know she’s always thought they would do it the first time while listening to her girl power ballad playlist.”
“So what is the timer at now?” Kala asked with a resolute sigh.
“Oh, they’re down to like five minutes.” Lou held out the key card like she knew what Kala would ask for next. “You should head that way if you’re bringing her back here. I think they’re almost… Yep, they’re done. When the light goes green you can use the key card to get in. Oh, and I stopped the bomb, but the timer itself was surprisingly intricate. I decided to let it go since getting the doors open through the complex was more important.”
Kala frowned at her bestie. “Also, it adds a mega shit ton of drama to their first time. Awesome. And they say Brianna is the writer. Tim, come on. This is where you leave us.”
Tim stood but looked around like maybe he would get a reprieve, and then he got a good look at Kala. His whole attention had been on the screen and then Lou. He stared for a moment. “Uhm…” He looked back at the screen. “I have questions.”
Kala put a hand on his slender shoulder. “Twins, Tim. We’re twins, and I’m the evil one. So we’re going to go get your boy and you two can freak out together and he can tell you all about his afternoon love countdown.”
Tim started walking with her. “I mean, I could do that in the helo. I was hoping to catch a ride. Mountain climbing kind of sucks.”
Cooper snorted and followed them. “We’ll be back.”
The door had closed behind them when she heard the sound of a chopper in the distance.
Devi tensed.
“It’s okay,” Zach assured her. He leaned over and whispered in her ear. “They’re going to take my mom, but it’s okay.”
Her uncle put a hand on Shannon’s shoulder. “Ms. Reed, you’re about to meet Drake and Taylor Radcliffe and a couple of soldiers who are going to escort you to a site where they think you’ll be safe. They’ll explain everything in the helo.”