Fury of the Six (The Preston Six Book 5) by Matt Ryan Read Free Book Online Page A

right now, we could go and live on Vanar. I have endless money, we’ve done our part. Your dad could do the rest.”
    “No, what are you talking about? I could never leave my friends like that. We have to see this finished or none of us will ever be safe.” He leaned closer to her. “You think he’s going to settle for just one of our kids? No, he’s going to collect them all and start some kind of evil baseball team. We’ll never be free until Marcus is taken care of.”
    “Can’t blame a girl for trying. So where are we off too?”
    “Marcus’s house.”

 
     
     
     
     
     
    JOEY HELD OUT BOTH GUNS and scanned the field around the circle. Lucas knelt behind him next to the stone.
    “Okay, I’m ready,” Lucas said.
    Poly blew out two sharp whistles and the surrounding grass fields erupted with mutants running to the circle.
    This was the part Joey hated. The mutants piled inside the radius of the stone. This was the point where they were the most vulnerable to an attack. Something as simple as one grenade would kill most of them.
    Kris ran into the circle and gave Joey a thumbs up. Joey gave a quick glance to Poly and Julie. “Okay, hit it, Lucas.”
    He typed into the stone. It hummed and he stepped away from it. “Here we go.”
    They jumped into a dark dome.
    The bright lights above clicked on and Joey held a hand over his head to shield the light. Poly rushed to the door and paced near it until a green light lit up above. She pulled it open. On the other side, Travis ran to her and wrapped her in a big hug.
    Joey sighed and looked at Evelyn. She seemed happy as Edith bounced her and pointed up at the lights above. It might have been the first time Evelyn could comprehend artificial lights to that scale. Before arriving in Sanct, her only technology consisted of Panavices. And Joey wondered what Evelyn thought about jumping; did she have the intelligence to comprehend what had happened? Did she get they were somewhere else, another world? He didn’t think so, but he wouldn’t be surprised if she did either.
    Leaving the dome room with all of the mutants, they greeted Travis and he shook hands and gave hugs. The President of Vanar, hugging a whole group of mutants, like it was some PR stunt. To top it off, he had Poly and Julie standing by his side. Just the sight of them in public would cause a commotion Joey thought reserved for boy bands. They’d all done their fair share of PR for the betterment of Vanar, but Joey never got to the point where he felt comfortable around Poly and Travis.
    “Joey, so good to see you again,” Travis greeted with his politician hand out and matching smile.
    “Travis.” Joey nodded and shook his hand.
    “Lucas and Julie,” Travis said and looked at Julie’s stomach. “I didn’t know you were pregnant.”
    Julie’s mouth hung open. “Who said I was?”
    “Oh, well, I didn’t mean to imply that . . . You look very beautiful, Julie, as always.”
    “I’m pregnant.”
    Travis breathed out in relief. “Oh good, congratulations. Is it a natural?”
    “Yes, we did it the old fashioned way.”
    “Fantastic, does Marcus know?”
    “No, and that’s one of the reasons we’ve been in hiding on Ryja—”
    “Travis,” Joey interrupted, “I want you to meet Kris. Leader of the mutants.”
    “Pleasure to meet you,” Travis shook his hand. “If you want to start sending your people up the elevator and have them wait in my office, that’d be great.”
    Kris nodded and went off, relaying instructions to the mutants. The first group entered the elevator.
    “So, how are you guys doing?” Travis asked.
    “Terrible,” Poly said. “You know what it’s like living in Ryjack? It’s misery, and definitely no place for a baby.”
    “The baby.” Travis lit up and walked to Evelyn. “So you are the one turning the worlds upside down.” Evelyn giggled as he played with her feet. “You’re going to be just as pretty as your momma, yes you are.”
    Joey glanced