Chapter Fifty-One
The squad shifted position, bringing the mini-flitters into a line.
A dissonant symphony of monstrous noises echoed through the tunnels. Growls, screeches, and shrieks joined the beating of wings, scuttling, and splashing in the dark puddles spread throughout the tunnels.
“Back up a few meters,” Erik shouted. “Then stop and make sure you’ve got both your hands free for your weapon.”
Everyone complied without question, even Captain Phillips.
Her command speech earlier didn’t change the fact that Erik’s decades of experience granted him a natural aura of authority. When he barked an order, a person listened. Jia’s natural stubbornness offset that, but not all the time.
And certainly not this time.
She slapped a fresh magazine into her rifle. When she joined the polic
