(eng) Michael-Scott Earle - Star Justice 04 by Binary Pair

Author:Binary Pair [Pair, Binary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

We worked for the next twelve hours on the cars. As soon as the twins installed the first two autopilot controls, Paula switched to looking at the code while Kasta taught me how to install the other units. When I finished installing my first drone controller on the third car under her supervision, she switched to figuring out how to put the armor on top of the vehicles. Once she had a good process for that upgrade, she showed me how to attach the metal plates, and we jumped between installing the drone controls and attaching the armor to the cars.

The work was exhausting, but Kasta didn’t get tired. She wasn’t strong enough to lift up some of the heavier plates of metal, but I was able to do some of the work with the aid of Persephone’s other repair and building equipment.

“That’s the last one!” Kasta said as soon as we finished soldering the final piece of metal on top of the hatch of the sixth car. She clapped her hands together four times as she jumped in the air.

“I didn’t think we would get it done in time,” I said as relief flooded my body. I jumped down from the roof of the car where I’d been aligning the metal so the android woman could do the attachment work. She raised her hand as soon as I landed next to her and I gave her a high five.

“We are a good team,” she said, and her fingers slid through mine when our hands touched each other.

“Yeah,” I said as I wiggled my hand in an attempt to untangle her fingers. She didn’t let go though, and I realized I was going to have to say something.

“Do you want to take a shower?” she asked with a raised eyebrow. We had both changed out of our flight suits and were wearing orange mechanic’s overalls they bought when we were on Queen’s Hat. We were both covered with grease and dirt from the repairs, and I would need three showers to get back to my usual state of cleanliness.

“Yeah,” I said again, and I tried to untangle my fingers once more. She still didn’t let go.

“Can I wash--”

“You finished!” I heard Paula shout from the other side of the hold, and Kasta let go of my hand.

“With time to spare,” I replied as she walked around the small fleet of cars.

“They aren’t going to win any beauty contests, that’s for sure, but I’m surprised you are done already. I finished the work on the drone code, so I came to help.” The engineer was right. The cars were already all sorts of ugly, but the added plates of armor on top made me think about an egg wrapped in foil.

“Let’s go check on Zea and Eve to see how they are doing,” I said as I pointed up to the bridge.

“Okay, but then you both need to take a shower.” Paula wrinkled her nose.

“That’s what I was just telling him,” Kasta said.

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