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

disabled the alarm system so you shouldn’t have any guards tripping it. I’ll unlock each door as you get to it. If you need me to swoop in and save the day, just let me know,” said Hermes.
    “Good work, Hermes,” said John with a snort. He looked at the group. “Let’s move.”
    They headed into an empty hallway. After several turns, they reached the corner to a hallway. Two heavily armored guards in segmented silver armor with weapons resting on their backs stood at the end.
    John slapped Miles’s armored chest. “Do your thing.”
    Miles bobbed his head. He turned the corner and charged toward the guards. The startled guards pulled their weapons and opened fire. Their laser beams lit up Miles’s shielded armor. Miles crashed into the first guard, slamming him into the wall. The second guard pulled out an energy sword, which glowed blue, and approached Miles. He lunged forward at Miles’s exposed back. Dizz flew in and sliced the guard’s arm off. The guard screamed in agony. With a quick movement, Dizz decapitated the guard.
    Miles turned around from the guard he crushed. “Hah!”
    Dizz smiled. “One, one.”
    John, Shandra, and Cantol caught up to them.
    John placed a hand on Dizz’s shoulder. “Don’t get cocky. There’s exterminators around here somewhere.”
    “Door opening,” said Hermes.
    After the door was open, they proceeded to the next area. It was a large dining room with various Purifier personnel eating and several guards stationed around the room.
    John chewed his bottom lip.
    Miles looked at John. “You know what they did to our friends.”
    John sighed. “Yeah … but some of them are probably innocents.”
    Shandra snorted. “Innocents? They support the purifying killing machine. More importantly, they’re in our way, and that’s the fastest way to the command center.” She put a hand on John’s shoulder. “Look, I know you don’t like killing civilians, so I’ll put them to sleep. Remember, though, if even one of them gets loose and notifies the exterminators, we could fail this mission.”
    John nodded. He appreciated Shandra’s ability to prick people with her poisonous vines that put them to sleep. “You’re right. Mission first. Miles, draw the guards’ fire. Shandra, follow Miles in and tree up in the center. Dizz, you take the left. Cantol, take the side room to the right. I’ll provide cover from the back. Hermes, seal the doors when we go in. Everyone ready?”
    They all nodded.
    John pointed two fingers forward. “Go!”
    Miles charged into the room. Some of the startled civilians fell out of their chairs. Others put their heads down on the table. The guards in the room lurched forward, shooting. Shandra hurtled to the center of the room and transformed into a large tree, with vines flying out from her rapidly expanding branches. Civilians passed out as her vines pricked them. Miles had knocked one guard down and was taking fire from another. Dizz ran along the wall and jumped at the guard shooting at Miles. With a quick flip and forward strike, he impaled the guard’s chest with his blade.
    Cantol ran to the right into a side room. He came flying back out and almost knocked John down. John helped Cantol back up. They both froze. A gold-plated and heavily armored exterminator stepped out with oversized forearms, autotracking shoulder-mounted lasers, and a visor that could unleash a wide laser. The shoulder-mounted lasers fired at John and Cantol, who dove out of the way.
    “Miles!” said John.
    Miles turned and screamed as he charged the exterminator. John waved to Dizz and Cantol to take the remaining guards. Miles ran headfirst into the exterminator, which held its ground. Its shoulder lasers were firing on Miles’s shield, and the exterminator’s visor began to glow. Miles head butted the visor, crimping it. The exterminator grabbed Miles’s arm and swung him into the wall, then the ground, and finally into the wall again. John rolled behind the