Beetle Blade Maze Runner Novels & Stories

followed by the deep, rhythmic footprint of a man who thought he was safe in his own fortress. I reached for my Beretta out of habit, but the practical, asshole part of my brain reminded me that the recoil of a .45 would probably collapse my lung for good this time, so I shoved the gun back and pulled the combat blade from my belt instead. I stepped out of the shadows just as the guard turned the corner, and for a split second, the kid's eyes went wide as he realized the Reaper was currently standing in his basement looking like a ghost that had been chewed up by a lawnmower.

Jason chuckled "But you're a Hunter. Every Hunter has the right to a Celestial Blade" Maddie turned the knife in her hands. It had a leather handle and a bronze blade, engraved with more strange symbols that seemed to move snakelike up and down the blade. "And speaking of where your father is, I have an idea about where he could be kept" Maddie felt her heart jump to her throat "Really?"

ZEDKIEL. She turns when I enter what looks like a broken-down lift of some sort, and motions for Blade to leave us. “Are you sure?” He asks wearily, as he glances at me. “I’m sure.” She replies firmly. “We’re in a metal box, Blade. If a fight breaks out, you’ll hear.” He nods, but he doesn’t seem too sure, but he obeys and pulls shut the metal door that scrapes loudly. I raise an eyebrow as Ziahra turns to the other side, and pressing a button, motioning me to step out.

It hit the floor, the lock snapping open from the force. The contents spilled across the floor. I leaned closer, my eyes narrowing as I looked at the items scattered on the rug. My blood turned to absolute ice. First, Hazel picked up a thick wooden stick. It was wrapped in dark grip-tape, the wood stained and chipped, looking like it had been used to strike hard surfaces... or soft skin, over and over again. Next, she pulled out a small, gleaming metal blade, the kind of tool that could slice through skin with barely any pressure at all.

I hope she couldn't find it, the little blade is in the heel, if someone tilts the slit a little the blade will come out. The man who was escorting me and gave me the pass came there and stood beside me without saying anything, indeed he is a professional robot. She took my heels in hand. Wow! great the demon doesn't even want to take time teasing me. She could've picked the left heel first, but no she has to pick the right one with the knife. Cool down, it's not something big to be called a weapon. She took the scanner in her hand, she moved the scanner around the heel. The scanner beeped toward the front part of the heel due to the metalwork, she rotated it more.

I ran in that direction without thinking, stumbling over roots and coughing against smoke until the burning hut gave way to a darker patch of clearing around a large old tree. There, Sharmon stood with one arm locked around Brielle’s neck and a knife pressed against the girl’s throat. Brielle’s face was wet with tears, her body held rigid by terror, while Sharmon’s eyes glittered with the kind of madness that made the flames behind her look almost reasonable. A few steps away, Maze stood with a gun in her hand, her stance firm but her expression tight with frustration because any careless move could send the blade into Brielle’s skin. Luna was beside Maze, one hand pressed over the bandage c

The sound of shattering glass echoed through the steam-filled tunnel. One of the clones, a girl who had my face, my hair, and my height lunged at me. Her silver hand was shaped like a jagged blade. I rolled to the right, the metal tip scraping the concrete where my head had been a second before. "Hazel, watch out!" Bryan screamed. He didn't have his blue energy blade anymore, but he grabbed a heavy metal pipe from the wall. He swung it, hitting the clone in the side of the head. It didn't bleed. It just let out a hollow, metallic clink and kept coming.

The very one that's made me imagine tearing a man apart in exactly one hundred and thirty-seven different ways on purpose. Blade. Like he called himself. The Jett plan worked like a charm. I knew losing one of their men would rattle the hive. And I knew Blade would crawl out from whatever piss-stained hole he'd been hiding in when he realized I'd started plucking his partners off the board. "Are you calling?" Miles asked as I stared at the message on my screen. He'd been the one monitoring the burner site when it came through: «This is B. I need to reach The Torturer. Call me on this line.»

I answered for her. "All part of the plan, make them think they are invincible, then take them down when they least expect it," Maze said. We watched as the bounty hunter made his way toward his prey. He pushed his way through a mass of drug-filled dancers to get to the fat enforcer who was having the time of his life. Maze brought out a small walkie-talkie and spoke one word into it. "Now." The music changed into fast-paced electro dance music and the lights faded revealing the glowing walls of light. The dancing and jumping got faster and rougher, disorienting the bounty hunter.

Leo’s voice crackled through the static in my ear, a dying gasp of a connection. “Elena... get... out... The Director... fail-safe... harvest...” The line went dead. The bug wasn't just a sensor. It was a homing beacon. By killing the drone and the internal bug, I’d triggered the one thing I couldn't outrun. I stood in the center of the dark nursery, carrying a child that was currently beating with my enemy’s heart, while the Syndicate’s silent harvesters began their descent on the Morton estate. I reached into my hair and pulled out the Phantom Blade. The titanium needle was a cold, solid promise in the dark.