Ancient Arsenal (Full Metal Superhero Book 7)
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“Oh. Um,” I say while I run my hand through my hair. “All my armor is over there. Are you sure the equipment is working?”
Yes. I have determined there is a carrier wave artificially interfering with our ability to access quantum space.
“Where is it coming from?” I ask him.
I can only guess, but it looks like the same energy signature Nemesis used to contact her home dimension.
“She’s still alive then, but why wait until now?” I ask.
I cannot solve the equation without at least some of the variables.
“Neither can I, and I don’t have the armor to deal with it even if I did... and frankly… I don’t care. Epic, initiate Nomad, then shut it all down.”
“Amelia?” Kate asks, confused. I thought long and hard about my next words.
Are you sure?
“Yes,” I say to both Epic and Kate, “I’m done. Arsenal is no more.”
EPILOGUE
Amelia Lockheart
1138 Protector Ave
Phoenix AZ
My dearest Amelia. As I write this, Sydney is in the past, training with Athena to take over the mantle of the Protector from me. I don’t have long to live. I’m not sick, I’m just old. I’m not in any pain and I certainly don’t regret much. I wish we could have married, had a family, and grown old together, but we didn’t, and we won’t.
I know you want to blame yourself for this; you always do. But it isn’t your fault. What happened, happened. This is no different than the time you were lost in space. Except, I’m not coming back. Promise me you will have a life. Say it out loud for me. You will meet some geeky engineer and he’ll hit all the right buttons. Please, Amelia for me.
I did. I met a girl in France during WWI. We married, had children, they had children—it’s been a good life.
We named our first born ‘Amelia,’ after you.
I wrote you a hundred times over the years, but this is the only letter you will see. It’s the last one I will ever write. I love you, Amelia. Always and forever. Live your life, leave me in the past.
Please.
Love always, Luke.
ARSENAL WILL RETURN…
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