Cormac
CormacBright blood coated the exterior of my armored suit with a layer of sludge. I glanced at Ruk as the remaining Hive Soldiers backed away from us, their footsteps in unison.
That was not right. Not f*****g right.
“What are they doing?” Ruk asked.
“I don’t know.”
“I thought you had faced this enemy.”
“I have. Never seen them do this.” The Hive Soldiers moved backward in an arc formation but remained facing us. Like me, they had given up on using their ion blasters. Every hit made Ruk more enraged, and the shots glanced off or were absorbed by my armor. Which I suspected was nearly identical to the armor the Hive wore.
This was Styx legion armor. We’d developed it in secret. Kept it quiet.
Someone had sold us out. Worse, they’d sold the new tech to the Hive.
Probably the
