witnessed several blue flashes streak out from the darkness.
Tiberius laid face down when Lexis cut the long spear near his skin with her laser tool. She was surprised to see the Clan had created a metal spear tip, surmising the metal must have come from the crash.
“Tiberius!” Lexis desperately tried waking him.
She analyzed his wound and could see he was still alive but was in a desperate state. The sharp edge had nicked his inferior vena cava and he was bleeding out internally.
“C 34, get the medical bag!” Lexis ordered.
“I’m off!” Centurion 34 ran back to the Chameleon.
Smoke filled the air as the gentle breeze blew the grass fire in the opposite direction. Several Centurions trained their weapons at the longhouse’s entrance. Covered in purple blood, fragments of Humanoid corpses splayed out on the ground in a nightmarish scene. Realizing the plan had slid sideways, Lexis had opened fire, killing the attackers where they stood, the rest of the Clan fled for the safety of the longhouse.
After turning Tiberius’s body over, Lexis’s eyes caught the flickering torchlight glinting off the metal spear tip that protruded from his abdomen. Glistening blood oozed from his wound. Her scanners indicated a drop in blood pressure; he was bleeding to death. To save his life, she would have to act quickly. Perpendicular to the spear point, Lexis made a three-inch incision with the laser. The abdominal skin flailed open under pressure causing the new incision to spread nearly six inches.
Lexis pushed aside the stomach, and reached deep into his abdominal cavity. Warm blood pulsated out of the large vein. She placed her hand between the blade and the inferior vena cavity and pinched off the laceration, effectively stopping the hemorrhage.
“How is Tiberius?” Centurion 34 asked while setting the medical bag down. Lexis had the medical hover cart follow behind him to transport Tiberius.
“He’s alive, C 34. I need you to pull the surgical tape from the bag and cut off a two inch piece.”
“Is this surgical tape?” Centurion 34 held up a roll of yellow tape.
“Yes,” Lexis answered with relief.
She then reached inside Tiberius and placed the surgical tape over the damaged inferior vena cava.
“Will he be OK?” C 34 inquisitively asked.
“I cannot calculate, the major bleeding has stopped but it is important we get him back to 28 as fast as we can. I need to surgically repair his wound,” she answered before slowly pulling the spear’s blade out of his abdomen.
They then rushed Tiberius aboard the Chameleon, and with the help of Centurion 34, Lexis stuffed his large unconscious body inside the medical healing bag, he barely fit.
Throwing all caution to the wind, Lexis literally blazed a path back to the vault. Traveling over four hundred miles an hour, the Chameleon’s hover pads set several large fires across the savanna. These fires were so large they could be seen from space.
P ART 3 R EVENGE
O RION’S N EBULA
“Hello, Jason.” Jason heard a soft voice in his head.
Jason mumbled incoherently. “The sky?” His mind was foggy, and the last thing he remembered was passing out on top of a weird structure.
“The sky you saw was a duplication of what we Anannaki see from the surface of our home world.” The small being spoke telepathically when entering the room.
“Near the Orion Nebula?” Jason’s question was more rhetorical in nature, because it was common sense, and most people knew where the Anannaki lived.
“Of course but you already knew that, Jason.”
Jason stared intently at the little being through the Medical Chamber’s translucent door, and asked, “Who are you, and why are you on Level 9? Better yet, what’s your kind doing here on Earth?”
“My name is Zeruiah. I am the director of Human Relations on Level 9.”
Floating in a state of bewilderment, Jason’s brow furled. He rubbed his hands
Tiberius laid face down when Lexis cut the long spear near his skin with her laser tool. She was surprised to see the Clan had created a metal spear tip, surmising the metal must have come from the crash.
“Tiberius!” Lexis desperately tried waking him.
She analyzed his wound and could see he was still alive but was in a desperate state. The sharp edge had nicked his inferior vena cava and he was bleeding out internally.
“C 34, get the medical bag!” Lexis ordered.
“I’m off!” Centurion 34 ran back to the Chameleon.
Smoke filled the air as the gentle breeze blew the grass fire in the opposite direction. Several Centurions trained their weapons at the longhouse’s entrance. Covered in purple blood, fragments of Humanoid corpses splayed out on the ground in a nightmarish scene. Realizing the plan had slid sideways, Lexis had opened fire, killing the attackers where they stood, the rest of the Clan fled for the safety of the longhouse.
After turning Tiberius’s body over, Lexis’s eyes caught the flickering torchlight glinting off the metal spear tip that protruded from his abdomen. Glistening blood oozed from his wound. Her scanners indicated a drop in blood pressure; he was bleeding to death. To save his life, she would have to act quickly. Perpendicular to the spear point, Lexis made a three-inch incision with the laser. The abdominal skin flailed open under pressure causing the new incision to spread nearly six inches.
Lexis pushed aside the stomach, and reached deep into his abdominal cavity. Warm blood pulsated out of the large vein. She placed her hand between the blade and the inferior vena cavity and pinched off the laceration, effectively stopping the hemorrhage.
“How is Tiberius?” Centurion 34 asked while setting the medical bag down. Lexis had the medical hover cart follow behind him to transport Tiberius.
“He’s alive, C 34. I need you to pull the surgical tape from the bag and cut off a two inch piece.”
“Is this surgical tape?” Centurion 34 held up a roll of yellow tape.
“Yes,” Lexis answered with relief.
She then reached inside Tiberius and placed the surgical tape over the damaged inferior vena cava.
“Will he be OK?” C 34 inquisitively asked.
“I cannot calculate, the major bleeding has stopped but it is important we get him back to 28 as fast as we can. I need to surgically repair his wound,” she answered before slowly pulling the spear’s blade out of his abdomen.
They then rushed Tiberius aboard the Chameleon, and with the help of Centurion 34, Lexis stuffed his large unconscious body inside the medical healing bag, he barely fit.
Throwing all caution to the wind, Lexis literally blazed a path back to the vault. Traveling over four hundred miles an hour, the Chameleon’s hover pads set several large fires across the savanna. These fires were so large they could be seen from space.
P ART 3 R EVENGE
O RION’S N EBULA
“Hello, Jason.” Jason heard a soft voice in his head.
Jason mumbled incoherently. “The sky?” His mind was foggy, and the last thing he remembered was passing out on top of a weird structure.
“The sky you saw was a duplication of what we Anannaki see from the surface of our home world.” The small being spoke telepathically when entering the room.
“Near the Orion Nebula?” Jason’s question was more rhetorical in nature, because it was common sense, and most people knew where the Anannaki lived.
“Of course but you already knew that, Jason.”
Jason stared intently at the little being through the Medical Chamber’s translucent door, and asked, “Who are you, and why are you on Level 9? Better yet, what’s your kind doing here on Earth?”
“My name is Zeruiah. I am the director of Human Relations on Level 9.”
Floating in a state of bewilderment, Jason’s brow furled. He rubbed his hands
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