E.R.I.C. (The Almost Series Book 2) (7 page)
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Authors: Christina Leigh Pritchard
***Sneak Peek***
N.I.C.
ALMOST
Rescued…
Novella Three in the
Almost
Series
CHAPTER ONE
Dr. Cole
“The hybrid is released…”
I raced over to the containment cell, lifting the doors. Clouds of what looked like steam blew in my face and I coughed. Subject 31 did not move.
Was she dead?
How long had she been in there? My only friend was locked up because of me. It was time she was set free. Would she remember what I did? Did she think I was the enemy? Was I?
Amie faded. “Don’t let anything happen to my little girl.”
Sharp pains shot through me. What was
I
to my mother?
I shook the thought away and peeked inside the containment.
A girl with short blonde hair and dark eyes who resembled my Amie sat with her knees tucked into her chest.
“S.H.A.Y. 31?” I said.
She glanced up. “Have you found a cure for me?”
I shook my head. “Not yet.” I couldn’t swallow.
Does she not remember me
? “We’re still working as hard as we can to fix you.”
“Why are you taking me out of containment?”
My lips trembled. “I need your tracking skills to find my little sister. Would you be willing to find her?”
“Where is she?”
“She’s escaped into Miami.”
“That’s a huge place. Have you ever been?”
I shook my head.
“How long do I have to find her before I die?”
I froze.
“How long, S.H.A.Y. subject 59?”
She did remember me.
“It’s Dr. Cole.”
“How long, 59?”
“Dr. Cole.”
“I’m not coming back from this trip, am I?”
“I just need my sister found,” I said. “Then you’ll be put safely back into containment until we discover a cure for you.”
“I thought you were my friend,” she said. “I was nothing but an experiment to you.”
I stiffened. “That was a long time ago.”
“Now you want me to help you find someone you claim is your sister? What do you plan to do to her?”
“Nothing, her sponsors want her alive and immediately back in this facility.”
“If I do this, I don’t want to go back inside here to rot.”
“Our Amie says you must go back inside immediately.”
Subject 31 shook her head. “I said
no
.”
“Please just find my sister before something detrimental happens to her.”
Subject 31 stepped out of her containment, stretching her limbs. She was tall and lanky with a sharpness in her eyes. “My body feels so achy.”
“Thank you for helping me.”
She shrugged. “I just want out of that box. Please tell our Amie that I’m ready for phase four.”
“Phase four?” I stepped aside. “What are you talking about?”
“It’s none of your concern. Tell our mother what I’ve said.” She sniffed the air, using her hybrid senses…
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Acknowledgements
How it all started…
Have you ever met someone who could be quite wonderful and yet absolutely obnoxious, all at the same time? That’s the real Eric…
I used to work at the Ke’e Grill Restaurant in Boca Raton, Florida. Some of the patrons are older persons with health problems. Well, one time, someone fell over, dying. The real Eric, rushed over, doing everything he could to resuscitate the customer. He stayed with the person until the paramedics arrived, then returned to work and harassed everyone, poking people in the rib cage, and just blurting out random, inappropriate things.
Next day: he terrorized me until I lost it. (My mom wasn’t there this time to break up our fight!) I turned around and told him if he didn’t leave me alone I’d immortalize him in fiction as an evil villain. His response?
“As long as I get the girl in the end, that’s cool.”
Humph. Yeah, that’s the real Eric.
“Yeah, well, I’m going to make you a robotic monster. Just you wait,” I said.
The biggest grin spread across his face. “Do I get the girl?”
I narrowed my eyes at him. “She’s going to kill you.”
Okay, he isn’t all that bad. Eric, recently finished school, and now works at a hospital, saving lives. So, since he has moments, I wasn’t so tough on him in my series. ;)
About the Author
Christina Leigh Pritchard was born and raised in South Florida. Her first stories were written at the age of nine in wide ruled spiral notebooks (which were supposed to be used for class) and in the various diaries she kept. Stories she wrote from age nine to twelve fill about four storage boxes! Since she’s upgraded to a computer, she’s completed over fifty books and still going strong. Her genres include dark fantasy, science fiction, young adult, drama, suspense, historical romance, multicultural, comedy, poetry and many more.
