Chapter 30

The Weapon

It took the rest of us some time to get it together after they fell.

"What the hell was that?" Tosh's words came out in a rush of breath.

I spun on Andre. "How did we not know?"

He made a face, frustration blowing his usual calm. "I don't know!" He said. "I saw their intent at the last second. They've been hiding this from us. I just didn't know what to look for because I didn't know it was there." He was so mad at himself he punched his thighs with both fists. "Guys, we're in trouble."

"Just spit it out," Simone said.

"They have a weapon. That works against us."

Why hadn't they showed it to us before? Tested it on us?

"What is it?"

"It's the beam," Andre said. "The Hercules beam. Or a form of it. That's all I got from your dad. It made us and it can take us down. They have a portable version of it."

"Bloody cheaters," Philip growled, a hint of his sonic power in his voice.