Eclipse of the Soul: The Interdimensional Saga, Book 2 Read Free Page B

next hour telling me in excruciating
detail how he played Call of Duty and Star Wars Battlefront last night. OMG!
If he doesn’t stop talking about video games I’m going to kill him!
    “Hey Benden, have you ever been to Disneyland? They have
a lot of rides there that are targeted to Star Wars fans. Have you heard of
Hyperspace Mountain? That is one heck of a ride!”
    “No, we have never been to Disneyland. The commander
doesn’t think we should be going to any amusement parks, even on our off days.”
    “Since when do you have off days? I have never seen any
of you take a day off.” I had been with them for over a month now and they
worked seven days a week.
    “We don’t ne…” Right at that point we heard Ash over the
radio telling us he saw ten rippers come from the alley and were headed towards
our van.
    “B’Lana and Benden stay where you are and don’t open the
van for anything. We need you to continue monitoring the feeds and let us know
what is happening with the rippers.” I heard Lancer telling us over the radio.
    “Lancer, two of those rippers are coming towards you at
Joe’s. Ash the other six are starting to split up in two’s and going down
different streets. I won’t be able to see them much longer. Should Bender and I
go after two?”
    “Negative, I said stay in the van!” Lancer practically
growled his response.
    “Geesh, you would think he is my dad or brother or
something the way he is ordering me around.” I looked at Bender but he was
focused on the monitors.
    We watched as Lancer followed the two rippers headed this
way and then they went behind Joe’s. Since we did not have any video feeds back
there we couldn’t see what was happening. Occasionally we heard some noise over
the radio when the button would get clicked in the fight so we knew they were
still fighting.
    I saw Ash and Maliki follow two rippers down a side
street where we lost them on the video. They had no problem killing the rippers
they followed as they radioed in once both had been dispatched.
    Benden called in the cleanup crew and gave them details
and directions to where we were. He hoped the fighting would be done before
they arrived. The cleaners were not fighters. They specialized in transporting
the dead bodies back to Sendryl for either burial or cremation.
    Just then, Lancer radioed for help getting Mason back to
the van. They killed their two rippers but in the fight Mason was badly
injured. Benden ran out to help carry Mason back. I made sure to lock the van
door behind him.
    I thought they were really quick when I heard a knock on
the van door. So I opened it. We really needed more video cameras and a
password…
    I was in shock when I opened the door and saw two
rippers standing there leering at me.
    “What’s a human doing working with the Sennafae? I
thought it was against the law to bring in humans to help them?” Stated the
ripper who was wearing a dingy gray jacket with torn blue jeans and a beat up
pair of Vans.
    “Isn’t that exactly what you’re doing? Turning humans
into your suicide squads?” I said as I was looking over their heads hoping that
Lancer and Benden were coming over.
    “Oh don’t worry about your friends. They are going to be
busy for a while.” Dingy gray jacket guy said between laughs.
    Oh stink! This is why I am not to be left
alone. What am I going to do now? I thought while trying to
come up with a scenario that got me out of there.
    I tried closing the van door on the head of the other
ripper as he was trying to get in, but he was too strong and I couldn’t get it
closed. I did have a knife strapped to my side so I took it out quickly and was
able to stab him in the face. I missed his brain, but did enough damage that he
fell backward into the street screaming.
    I reached over to call on the radio for backup but
‘dingy’ grabbed me around my waist and pulled me back. I was kicking him and
scratching his hands trying to get away from him. But just as I thought