Chapter Forty-Eight
Flying around the MX 60 looking for trouble in Neo SoCal made Erik nostalgic, though he hadn’t done it in the old days wearing a full tactical suit. Being ready for a fight meant being ready for everything from throwaway thugs to heavily armored Elites with laser rifles.
Ever since they’d started hunting the Core full-time, using his flitter in the metro had become increasingly rare. He and Jia more often found themselves on other planets or even in other star systems if they weren’t busy facing off against ancient aliens with godlike powers and poor attitudes. Erik burst out laughing.
Jia gave him a confused look. “Care to share the joke? I didn’t think I was making any funny faces.”
She hadn’t been, but the cute look of desperation almost made Erik laugh again. He
