SS Odysseus

Chapter 12 - SEQUEL COMING SOON

I walked through the hallways slowly, and I heard Kay saying things into her headset.

"Guys, go to the landing pad. Liam should be coming." She said, and I nodded, grunting slightly as I shifted Dylan, who was drifting in and out of consciousness.

As we finally stumbled through the hole that lead to the landing pad, a huge helicopter - like the one with two propellers - flew to us. The door opened, and it revealed Liam, Austin, the Grey twins, Andreas, and Haiti.

"Get in. Quickly." Austin said, helping Dylan up.

We all climbed in quickly and looked around confusedly.

"What's wrong?" I asked Austin, who looked at me seriously, before turning his gaze elsewhere. I frowned.

"Not here." He said sternly.

I sighed and leaned back, pulling up my rifle to my chest and looking at the front of the helicopter where Thomas was steering.

"Okay. I think I need to tell you." Austin said shakily.

"Boreas has taken down every branch of Hercules, and we're the last one. The last one in his master plan. He knew we were the only thing stopping him." He took a deep breath.

"He's taking down us at this moment. I've brought all my top people here, and we're leaving. Far away." He finished.

I stared up at him.

"Boreas knows where we are?" I asked, and he nodded.

"When we attacked, they attacked at the same moment. They've overtaken Hercules. There is one thing that can stop them." He said, and I sighed, looking up.

"What?" I asked, and his face darkened.

"You'll see."

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A few minutes later, we landed down, and Austin jumped out, sprinting to a set of black doors. I quickly ran after him.

"Austin!" I shouted, and we all sprinted after him into the building, and I was stunned by what I saw in the room.

Or stadium, your choice.

There was a huge missile - nuclear, obviously. It was connected to a launching machine, and a bunch of guards surged forward, guarding Austin.

"Nuclear missile, baby. We're launching this at Korea." He smiled semi-insanely and went back to connecting some wires.

I heard a sharp inhale of breath from many people behind me, and I narrowed my eyes. "And start a nuclear war?"

He didn't register what I said, and continued hooking up various systems.

I surged forward quickly. I wasn't going to allow Austin to start a damn nuclear war.

Immediately, the guards ran forward and pointed a gun at my forehead, and my friends tensed up, immediately surging forward as well.

"You see, it's all going to plan." Austin muttered to himself. Then he turned to us.

"You try to stop me, and these guards will kill you. I brought you here to witness me destroy Boreas."

"And start a nuclear war!" I shouted, and the guard clicked off his safety.

He didn't answer, but he reached down and flicked a switch. I watched in horror as the missile slowly got higher and higher, and it slowly was positioned so it was nearly 90 degrees. Austin pressed another button, and the roof of the... place slid open.

"You can't stop me now." He smirked triumphantly and pressed the button so the whole machine began humming, and I looked on in horror.

BOOM!

I stumbled back as the force of the thrusters that sent the nuclear missile into the air was expelled into the room.

I stood back up, now gripping a pistol. When the guards surged towards me, I quickly shot them each in the chest.

"Restrain him." I said sharply, and Kay and Abby moved to Austin, chaining his hands behind his back.

"Nielsen, are you sure?" Jayden asked from my left, and I nodded.

"Austin, you've just started a nuclear war. Millions will die. You deserve this." I said harshly, and Austin stared blankly at me.

"Goodbye."

Bang!

END OF BOOK ONE