The Purification: Book 3 of the Evaran Chronicles Read Online Free PDF

It had eighteen levels with various shafts indicating lifts.
    John surveyed his crew before speaking. “It’s time. Brills has sent an update on the situation.” He pointed at a red dot that appeared in the layout. “Evaran, Dr. Snowden, and Emily are here.”
    “I still find it hard to believe they were captured. Isn’t Evaran some type of badass?” asked Miles.
    “Maybe it was on purpose, hon,” said Shandra, looking up at Miles while under his arm.
    “I guess,” said Miles.
    “We don’t know if Evaran had a reason or if he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time,” said John. “Doesn’t matter. What does matter is we are going to get him out and then head to the Gallant out past the Galvin Rim. Brills said that all of our inside contacts have left the ring segment, except for him, of course.” He pointed to another red dot on the layout. “He’s still in the segment command area here. We’ll meet up with him, shut down the power to the cells area and docking bays, then meet up with Evaran here,” he said, pointing to a third red dot. “Then we’ll make our way back to our ship. Brills has opened a small window where we can slip through the ring segment shield and get to a docking bay extension.”
    “You mean we have to rely on Hermes?” asked Dizz.
    Hermes chuckled. “If you want, I can join you on the inside part.”
    The crew laughed.
    “I thought so,” said Hermes with a smile.
    John raised a hand. “There has been a complication. Brills also said the Third Royal Exterminator squad has arrived. I don’t remember seeing that in the Evaran Protocol, so it must have been a decision by the ring commander.”
    “A full squad … yeah … that’s not going to be easy,” said Dizz.
    “I know, but we have no choice. Once the power is down, they will know we are there. There are a few guards on the way to the command center, but nothing we can’t deal with,” said John.
    Miles cracked his knuckles. “Exterminators or not. Bring ’em on!”
    Shandra slapped Miles’s chest and nodded at him.
    “Okay, suit up for a protracted fight. Hermes, take us in to the prearranged docking bay.”
    “On it, boss!” said Hermes with a smirk.
    John shook his head as he headed to his room to get suited up.
    After thirty minutes, the crew had reassembled in the command area, decked out in gear. John did a final check on his crew. Miles had on his shielded heavy black armor with oversized gauntlets. He liked to charge into enemies and initiate close-quarters combat. Dizz and Cantol had on their sleek black-and-silver light armor. Their energy blade hilts rested on their backs, and their faces were covered by segmented helmets with raised areas around the eyes. Small weapons were strapped to their thighs. Shandra had on her brown stretch outfit. It was able to stay with her when she transformed.
    John chuckled. All he had on was some light armor and a dizzying array of small weapons, both ranged and melee. “Hermes, where we at?”
    “Almost there. I located Evaran’s ship—well, where it should be. Scanners aren’t detecting it, but Brills’s information says it’s at docking bay extension 42.”
    “All right then. Once we’re in, head there.”
    “Got it.”
    Their ship flew through the light-blue shield and headed to a docking bay extension. Once docked, everyone except Hermes disembarked.
    John noticed the Torvatta nearby with clamps on it and a bubble shield encircling it. “Hermes, once Brills has shut down the system, you will need to override that clamp and shield.”
    “Piece of cake,” said Hermes over the group’s communication channel.
    John and the others walked up to a large rectangular door. John pulled a disc-shaped device with a U-shaped handle on top of it from a backpack and put it on a console. “Hermes, the overrider’s in place.”
    After a moment, the door slid up into the wall.
    “Link is established. Brills’s codes actually work. I’m surprised. I’ve