Planet of the Stars

Chapter 29: Generator

Kira and I listened carefully.

"What?" Lincoln asks.

"There's something wrong with the generator." Kira says.

Lincoln nods. We keep heading up to the top floor. Kira snuck behind me and Lincoln followed her. I gently placed my hand on the wall. I could feel the generator pulsing through the wall.

It sounded even worse.

"How much farther Lincoln? That machine is going to explode at any second." I say.

"We're almost there. Hurry up!" Lincoln says.

I nod, then hurry up. We reach the top floor. I quickly hide behind a wall then peer around the corner. Lincoln and Kira follow my lead. I see the machine.

It was massive, and I couldn't tell where they were getting their power source and that's what was scary. I looked around and saw that there weren't that many people actually around the weapon. They were wearing left over army uniforms though.

"They know it's going to blow up. They were going to leave the people here to die." I whisper.

"Then why are they leaving people here? Surely they would make sure that all their men were safe." Kira says.

"Not neccessarily. In training people were told every one for themselves. If anyone died that was their problem." Lincoln says.

"Why? That makes working as a team stupid." I say.

"They were trained like that." Lincoln says.

I shake my head.

"Alright. What's the plan?" I ask.

"I don't think these men know that this machine is about to blow. We can try get them out, and if not. . . well they'll die anyway." Lincoln says.

I nod. I turn to face the men again. Before I realized what was happening Lincoln had strode past me. I sighed Kira was following him. I followed Kira.

The men turned around and when they saw Lincoln a wave of fear passed over them. I didn't blame them. Lincoln was scary. He also used to be the face of Big Brother so, if they messed up he was sent to get everything under control.

"Lord Lincoln." They breathe.

"Come now. I'm no longer your lord. You need to leave." Lincoln says.

"Why?" They ask.

"Because that generator is going to explode soon, and you'll die. So, if you want to live I suggest you leave now." Lincolns says.

The guards seem to be weighing if they should leave or not. Because Lincoln wasn't their boss anymore. They didn't have to listen to him. Plus they saw who Lincoln was with. Kira and me.

They were enemies of ours and we were enemies of theirs. They hefted their guns.

"Sorry can't do that." They say.

Lincoln sighs.

"You should've listened to me. You had two choices. Stay and die with the explosion, or leave. Now you're dying by me." Lincoln says.

They start firing. But with speed I didn't know was real Lincoln had summoned his swords and deflected the blasts back at the insurgents. Their armor protected them, but that was only the start. Lincoln advanced on them and he didn't hesitate. He fought them and used the crystal powers to his advantage.

He used the crystal to choke them, hold them in place and kill them with his sword. He also used his swords to stop blasters. When he finished they were all dead. I was a little upset because I hadn't done anything and neither did Kira. I headed to Lincoln's side along with Kira.

"You sir' are terrifying. What's next?" I ask.

"This thing is still going to explode. I need you to contact Theo and Efren to see if all the people have been evacuated." Lincoln says.

I nod, then take the com link off my belt.

"Efren, come in!" I say.

At first there's nothing, but then Efren's voice crackles through.

"Skye. I'm here. What's going on?" He asks.

"Did you get the people out?" I ask.

"Yes, why?" Efren asks.

"Because this generator is going to explode and we want to get the people out before that happens." I say.

"Skye." Efren says and I knew he was going to say more but I cut him off.

"Everything's going to be fine." I say.

I put the com link on my belt, and just as I did that I felt like something was going to happen. I turned around and saw in slow motion flames appearing. The generator had blown up. I quickly focused on containing it and thrusting my hands out. I felt the explosion pushing back at me.

I strained. I could feel my muscles shaking and pain flaring through them. I let out a scream. I heard Lincoln and Kira race over to me.

"Skye I need you to contain it." Lincoln says.

"What do you think I'm trying to do?!?!"

"Kira, help her! I have to do something." Lincoln says.

I sense Kira start helping me. A few seconds pass, then I hear glass break. I knew Lincoln had blown a window open.

"Okay let go!" Lincoln yells.

Kira did and I had the full force of the explosion again. I let out another scream.

"Skye! Let go!" Lincoln yells.

"Are you crazy?!" I demand.

"Skye, trust me!" Lincoln yells.

I growl, then let go. I don't take a second to look at it. After I let go I sprinted towards where Lincoln's voice had been coming from. The explosion was engulfing everything in flames. Lincoln wrapped his arm around Kira's waist, then grabbed my hand.

"Jump!" Lincoln yelled.