Looking at Trouble by Viola Grace Read Free Book Online

minutes. Brief me quickly.”
    She got the information as rapidly as he could give it to her, and then, she focused on the two-story building, learning what she could via her talent. As the Guardian skimmer landed, she was speaking in low tones into the com.
    “Kimda, I need you to haul the doors open and hold them. Oldeck, suck the air out of the building. The only ones in there with breathing apparatus are the attackers.”
    “Bilro, fly in there and burn any man or woman standing. Drive them out. Reaht, use your connection and knock them out as they come through the doors. We are trying to operate without damage to the populace or any structures. Confirmed?”
    “Confirmed.” Reaht clipped it out.
    Oldeck chimed in. “Confirmed.”
    Eagerness was in his tone when Bilro said, “Confirmed.”
    There was a pause from Kimda. “Confirmed.”
    The skimmer landed, and the Guardians poured out, ready for action.
    Twelve attackers were inside the financial institution seeking the large deposit of gemstones that had arrived the day before. They had alarming amounts of projectile weapons, and there were at least two wounded hostages.
    The attack on the institution began, and she focused her talent on what was going on around her and inside the building.
    The air came out, the hostages dropped and Bilro flew in. Reaht was waiting, and he dropped the first six men to flee the fireworks without trouble.
    Reaht was stunning them one by one, but a group of four was going to cause a problem. One of the men ran past Reaht and headed for the gathered bystanders.
    Reeda ran and put herself between the man and those assembled at what they thought was a safe distance. She worked through what would happen if she struck him, and she didn’t want three innocents dead. She let him grab her and grunted when he pulled her against him and held the gun to her head.
    The Guardians poured out of the building with the coughing hostages. The Guardians froze in place and stared as the man holding her shouted.
    “Let me go, or I blow her brains out.”
    Reeda rolled her eyes and worked out her plan of attack. When she moved, it was a dance so rapid that the eye could not follow it. She twisted her hand, shoved the weapon upward, whirled around and pulled it even with her chest. Reeda heard Bilro shout as the weapon discharged and Reeda staggered back, still hanging on.
    Six shots were fired into her chest, and she felt the air leave her lungs. When the clip was empty, she punched upward and felt his neck snap. She had to do it after he shot. There had to be a reason for his death beyond her certainty that he would not stop. His shooting of her was proof that she could use whatever means were available to kill him.
    Sighing, she brushed at the front of her top and dusted off the marks that the projectiles had made. Her silk had tightened to stop the incursion and relaxed back into a soft and rippling flow the moment the danger was over.
    She turned to the Guardians and nodded. “Check on the injured and make sure everyone is attended to.”
    She then moved toward the peacekeeper commander. “I apologise for the fatality. It was not my intention to injure anyone.”
    “We saw him fire first, several times. How is it you are still standing?”
    She smiled. “It is a gift my mother gave me. Now, what still needs to be done?”
    He rattled off a few mundane things.
    Reeda grinned. “Then, get your peacekeepers into mopping-up duty and we will be on our way.”
    He smiled and began ordering his men to help the thirty-odd folks who had been held hostages and arresting the criminals.
    Reeda whispered in the com unit. “Well done, guys. Time to head home.”
    She slipped onto her riot runner. “I will meet you at home.”
    It was a smug ride home to the base. All in all, she was pretty happy with the way things had gone.
     

Chapter Seven
     
     
    The bots had dinner ready when she arrived. She washed her hands and face, checked the bruises on her