MasukBOOM!The blast glass of the Accra military control tower shook hard. Coffee cups fell to the floor and the lights above started flashing like crazy."IMPACT IN THREE SECONDS!" Julian yelled. He was typing fast on the computer. "Sierra get down! Something is coming straight for the runway!"SCREEECH!A big flash of light came through the clouds. The air pressure changed fast that my ears hurt. The room started to smell like something was burning."BRACE FOR IMPACT!" Christian shouted.He did not wait. He pushed me behind a metal thing and wrapped his arms around me. Deborah covered the baby with her body.BOOOOOOOOM!The windows of the control tower broke into a million pieces!The floor shook like an earthquake. Chairs and computers went flying. Outside a big cloud of mud and steam went high into the air.Sirens started to wail. It was really loud.[TACTICAL ALERT: SOMETHING HIT US AT RUNWAY 04][THE AIR IS REALLY BAD][WE HAVE A PROBLEM]"Is everyone okay?!" Colonel Danjuma asked. H
CLANG-KABOOM!The big steel door to the medical bay burst open. It was like a bomb went off. The door flew inward. Hit the floor with a loud crash. Sharp metal pieces and hot dust rained down on us."COVER THE WEST FLANK!" Christian yelled. His deep voice was loud and clear.He jumped forward. His big body shielded us as he pushed the carts to block the doorway. Bullets hit the carts away. They made bright yellow sparks fly everywhere."Sierra stay behind me!" Christian yelled. He did not turn around.He leaned on the carts. His hand held up his gun. He shot three times through the smoke.BANG! BANG! BANG!"I am here!" I shouted back. My hands were tight on the baby carrier. My left leg hurt a lot. It felt like it was on fire.The floor was slippery. I had to balance so I would not fall. The special medicine in my blood helped me. It was like a wire that kept me going."Kemi! Marcus! Cover that corridor!" Colonel Danjuma yelled.Marcus moved fast. He pulled Julian and Deborah behind a
BANG!A bullet hit the red brick wall above Claras head covering her wet hair in sharp red pieces.Claras body reacted fast to the shock. She quickly moved to the side into the mud and grabbed the leather notebook that Marcus had thrown into a puddle. She then hid behind a old dumpster just as two more shots were fired into the night.PLINK-PLINK!Sparks flew off the metal filling the air with a smell."Oh come on Clara!" Marcus called out his voice cutting through the heavy rain. He took a few steps forward his leather shoes making soft sounds in the puddles. "Do we really have to play hide-and-seek in a dead-end alley? You can barely stand on that leg. Your arm is bleeding through your coat."Clara was hiding behind the dumpster pressing her back against the metal. Her left arm was completely numb. She had a deep ache in her shoulder. She was breathing hard. Her throat hurt from the cold rain and dust.She looked at her hands. They were covered in mud and blood. She was holding two
The glass had just hit the floor when the first gunshot rang out in the hallway.Clara pushed herself against the cold wall her chest moving up and down fast.Plaster dust was falling over her hair.She was bleeding from a cut on her arm where a piece of glass had cut her.She did not dare make a sound.Every part of her body was tight like a wire that is pulled tight.Some men ran past the doorway a couple of feet away.They were wearing boots and they were moving together.There were three or four of them.Someone yelled from the shadows."Check the wing. She is hurt. She cannot have gone far."Clara put her hand over her mouth to stop herself from coughing.She could smell the blood and the smell of guns that had been fired.Her ribs hurt when she breathed reminding her of when she got hurt in the alley ten minutesShe felt the flash drive in her pocket.It was small. It had a lot of important information about the Vane empire.It had the truth about what happened to her sister six
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!Big bullets tore through the bottom of our cargo plane making holes in the metal outside.BZZZZZZT-SPARK!A lot of sparks flew everywhere filling the air with a smell. It was like someone was burning wires and fuel."WE ARE LOSING ALTITUDE! THE PLANE IS DEPRESSURIZING!" Colonel Danjuma yelled through the speakers. The wind was so loud that it was hard to hear him.The front of the plane went down. We started falling. We were five thousand feet above the water. It was very scary."SIERRA! CATCH THE STRAP!" Christian shouted.He covered baby Leo with his body. I grabbed the strap on the wall.CLANK-CRUNCH!A big metal box broke loose. Slid across the floor. It was very heavy. Could hurt us."Julian duck!" Marcus yelled.The box was going to hit Julian. Marcus pushed him out of the way. The box hit the wall. Broke some machines."Hold on! Everyone hold on!" I screamed. My voice was. My knee hurt.I pulled myself up. Held onto Christian. We were standing together. He
ROAR-BOOOOM!The sky opened up. A big wave of fire came out.The first big pod came crashing down on the road two hundred yards behind our truck. It made a hole in the road and sent big chunks of asphalt and metal flying everywhere."BRACE FOR IMPACT!" Christian yelled at the top of his lungs.He did not waste any time. He jumped down. Covered the little girl on the road with his body. He also grabbed my coat. Pulled me down behind the big tire of our truck.CRASH-THUD!A big piece of concrete hit the roof of our truck. Made a loud screeching noise. The impact was so strong that it took my breath away and pinned me to the ground."Sierra! Are you hurt?!" Christian asked, spinning around on his knees. He looked really scared. His hands were all over me checking for blood."I am here! I am here!" I coughed, holding Leos head under my arm.My left leg hurt a little. It was okay."Christian..." the girl in the grey suit cried, holding Christians sleeve. "My head hurts... Where is the baby
The glass tablet in Rebecca Vance’s hand hit the marble floor and exploded into shards after Christian kicked it straight out of her grip. The fragments shot everywhere. Rebecca stumbled back, her face blotched and furious, grabbed by Victoria before she fell.“Christian!” she barked, her voice sh
The velvet box with my wedding ring slipped right through my numb fingers, bounced off the mahogany desk, and landed in front of Christian King’s shiny leather shoes.“You really should know better than to play with fire in a room full of shadows, Sierra,” he said, stepping into the sliver of moonl
The glass coffee table between us exploded into sparkling shards when Victoria’s bodyguard clipped it with his clunky briefcase. Sharp as ever, Victoria didn’t even flinch. "Watch your step, Marcus," she murmured, her voice cold and cutting. Her gaze pinned me in place—hard blue eyes tracking every
The hospital’s heart monitor never bent the truth. Still, the wild beeping sounded less like hope and more like a countdown straight to disaster.“Mommy, why are you crying?” Leo struggled to get the words out around the wheeze in his voice. He lifted his hand to me, so small and pale against the w







