Ascendant Saga Collection: Sci-Fi Fantasy Techno Thriller by Brandon Ellis (easy to read books for adults list txt) 📕

in his arms, her feet now touching the pavement. He let go of her, his face contorting in agony. He grabbed his head and screamed. Mya sat crosslegged and folded her hands in front of her, tears streaming down her cheeks. She shivered, then arched her back, her mouth open wide. A pulse pounded out of her chest, slicing toward the shield, bouncing off and surrounding the entire city like a tornado.

Everything went silent. And everything warmed, and calmed, and a bird chirped, and another.

Drew was holding Megan, and she holding him. They jerked back and let go of each other.

“What happened?” Megan asked, her eyes darting from one dead Agadon to another. “How did they—” Her mouth gaped. All of the Agadon surrounded them were on their sides. Dead.

Mya was on the ground rapidly blinking.

Drew walked quickly to Mya and bent down, snapping his fingers next to her ear. “Mya, wake up. Please, wake up. You’re safe now. You’re okay.” He sat down and crossed his own legs. He pulled Mya into his lap and wrapped his arms around her. She was freezing, her skin like ice, and her body trembling. “Megan, help me warm her up.”

Megan was dazed and slowly made her way to Drew, surprised at what just happened. “I’ve heard she could do stuff like that, but never in my wildest dreams did I think it was true. I thought Carl was just paranoid believing that she could defeat the aliens on her own, or that she was one of them.” She sat in front of Drew and ran her hands up and down Mya’s back.

Mya took a deep breath, coming to. “I only get cold for a little bit. I am warming up now.” And it was true, her body was indeed heating up. She dropped her forehead onto Drew’s chest, wiping a tear from her eye. “I hurt them again. The leader is dead, isn’t he?”

Drew eyed the guy and put his hand on Mya’s head, consoling her. “He is.”

Mya sniffed. “Without him, they will leave. But, there are more of him on other ships. They are a lot of them in our world and more will come for me. That’s why we need Jaxx. He is supposed to come, but doesn’t hear my calls very good.”

A roar picked up over head and Mya was right, the ships were leaving, moving south.

“What can my uncle do to help everyone here? Why is he so important?” inquired Drew.

“Without him, we can’t close the doors.”

“What doors?” asked Megan.

“The ones that lets the bad people come in and fly around Earth. They can’t do that when we close the doors up,” responded Mya.

Tsche! Tsche! Tsche! Tsche!

A Marine rounded a corner and stood a block down the street. The Marine paused and stared at Drew.

Tsche! Tsche! Tsche! Tsche! Tsche! Tsche! Tsche! Tsche!

He ran like a bat out of hell toward them, pushing up his visor. It was Segarra. He unclipped his helmet and pulled off his mask, dropping it on the street.

Out of breath, covered in perspiration, Segarra made it to Mya’s side and picked her up. The worry in his eyes changed to delight. “You did it again, Mya. And this time you got them all in one swoop. You chased them off, Baby.”

Mya didn’t say anything. She didn’t smile or frown. She merely hugged her dad. “This was the last time, Papa.”

Segarra shook his head. “It’s not. We have a lot of work to do. More of these blue mean people are all over our planet.”

Mya lowered her eyes. “No. No more.”

Segarra became stern, then relaxed. Drew could tell Segarra wasn’t going to argue. He kissed her on the cheek instead. “I’m just happy you’re alive and okay.”

“I have to be with Drew and Megan for a little bit.”

Segarra faced Drew, his eyes firm. “What does she mean?”

Mya touched her father’s cheek. “We are going to look for others like me and wait for Jaxx to find us.”

“Excuse me?” Segarra stood straighter. “Again, what does my daughter mean?” He wasn’t happy with what was coming out of Mya’s mouth.

Drew shrugged. “No idea.” Of all things, Drew wanted a joint, not to look for kids with the same powers as Mya.

Segarra huffed and dipped his head. “Good day, you two. Thank you for keeping my child safe.” He turned on his heels and, holding Mya, walked away and disappeared around a corner.

“What did she mean, Drew?” asked Megan, shoving her hands hard in her pockets. “Who is Jaxx?”

Drew looked over Megan’s shoulder. A sign with a marijuana leaf was screwed into a shop behind her. “Holy shit.”

Her eyes went wide. “Is there an Agadon behind me?”

“No, no. This is something that’s good. Real good.” He walked past her, heading toward the ganja dispensary.

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J-Quadrant, Solar System - Namuh Farms, Callisto

Jaxx stared at Slade crumpled on the floor, a mess of blood pooling around his corpse. It was this man, Slade, who made his life a miserable hell for months, and here Slade was, dead like a poisoned rat sprawled out on the ground.

Craig rested his hand on Jaxx’s back. “You probably wanted to see that guy dead for a long time, huh?”

Jaxx nodded his head, then shifted on his feet. He had so many questions, the most glaring of which was why heck was the President of the United States was down here with Slade. But Rivkah was more important. He had to tell Rivkah that Slade took his last breath not too long ago, even if she was unconscious. Maybe that could help bring her back. “I have to go.”

He halted when he saw his buddy, Kiyo-zan, on the floor, motionless. He had saved Jaxx’s life. He bent down, touching the back of Kiyo-zan’s head. “Thank you, my friend. Always, and forever. Thank you.”

A ding and the elevator door opened. Fox barreled out, skidding to a halt in front of them, breathless. “The pyramid just popped up out of nowhere. Scared the shit out of