Broken Boundaries Evangeline Anderson

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. You d love to hear I was locked away somewhere taking it up the ass,wouldn t you, Falcon? Personally, Burns, I d be happier if I never heard from you again.How did youeven get up here, anyway? Actually, I m here thanks to you, Ferron.See, everybody who s anybody on thecouncil is coming up here for graduation to congratulate your sorry faggot ass onsaving the Earth including my father.So I stowed away on his private transportbecause I wanted to see you one last time. Well isn t that sweet? Excuse me if I don t give a good goddamn. Ferron soundedimpatient. Now, do you mind getting out of my way? I need to speak to my partner.Partner he called me his partner! Despite himself, Chaz felt his heart jump.Unable towait anymore, he waved at the door s sensor plate, waiting impatiently for it to open.As it did, he heard Burns speak again. I ll get out of your way as soon as I give you your graduation present, Ferron, hesaid, his voice filled with hate.There was an electrical sizzling sound, a sound Chaz hadheard only once before when he was at the shooting range with his father and someonebeside them was trying out a new electromagnetic pulse rifle.Then he heard a shout ofpain and high, triumphant laughter.As the door slid all the way open, seemingly in slow motion, Chaz saw the long,lean form of his partner crumpled on the hard metal floor of the corridor.There was asmoking hole burned in the upper left quadrant of Ferron s uniform and a spreadingpool of blood under his motionless body. God! Chaz was on his knees, slipping in the blood as he tried to gather Ferroninto his arms.He was vaguely aware that Burns was still there, standing over him witha weapon in one hand, but that didn t seem to matter.The only thing that mattered wasthe limp form in his arms. Ferron& Eric, he whispered, patting his partner s palecheek with one hand. Ferron! Please, God& no. Well if it isn t the Falcon s little pet faggot. Burns was obviously gloating.Hisbulging china blue eyes and red face below the skull-cut blond hair were as ugly asChaz remembered. You son of a bitch, he said thickly but he didn t have time to argue with thelunatic standing in front of him, he realized.If he did, Ferron would die.If he wasn tdead already.He wanted to run down the long metal corridor and call for help but hewas afraid if he left Ferron alone Burns would shoot him again.147Evangeline Anderson I just gave him what he deserved. Burns bulging eyes narrowed as he glared atFerron s silent form in Chaz s arms. From the first minute I got here, he stoleeverything I wanted.He got to be a Needler and I didn t.I thought he was finishedwhen I fucked his first partner but then you showed up, he spat at Chaz. Ferron slittle pet you got me thrown out of the shithouse and then you two faggots have thefucking nerve to go and save the entire fucking Earth from an alien invasion.Nowyou re some kind of fucking heroes and I m stuck Earth-side going to these stupidcounseling sessions three times a week my dad s attorney agreed to so they wouldn tthrow me in prison.I m down there while Ferron is up here, taking everything thatshould have been mine.Chaz stared at him in amazement, not sure how to answer, wondering if he daredto call for help.But Burns was reaching the end of his rant, his face almost purple withrage. It should have been me who flew that Needle, he screamed, little drops of spittleflying from his thick lips. Me who fired on the queen ship.Me who saved the planet.Do you hear me? It should have been me!He lowered the pulse rifle and took careful aim at Chaz although he could hardlymiss at such short range.Chaz stared down the barrel.The hole at the end looked aswide as a subway tunnel and as dark as the space outside the Academy.My God, hethought, his brain going numb, he s going to do it.He s really going to do it.He bent over Ferron s limp body, trying to shield it protectively with his own eventhough he knew it was too late.So he was going to die in his lover s arms after all, hemanaged to think as he watched Burns finger tense on the trigger.Only it wouldn t bein the tight confines of the Needle fighting the alien hordes.No, it would here in thedull gray halls of the Academy at the hands of a crazy man who blamed him and Ferronfor all his problems& He went this way! The shout from the other end of the corridor was enough topull Burns attention away from his intended victim.Chaz watched numbly as hisbulging blue eyes widened and he looked fearfully over his shoulder.There was asound of running footsteps echoing down the metal halls and suddenly two of theAcademy s security team were bearing down upon them, light pistols out and ready,both aimed at Burns [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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