(eng) Michael Freeport - Faded Star 01 by A Faded Star

Author:A Faded Star [Star, A Faded]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Patho and Kri sat in a pair of chairs along the wall watching the admirals talk. “How was being second in command for you, Aden?”

“It was great. I moved all your stuff into a crew cabin and took your stateroom. Nice view of the forward launch tubes from your window, by the way.” Patho paused a second before letting a smile spread across his face.

“Nice, just perfect. I presume you found a way to squeeze my bed into the crew cabin at least?”

“It actually took up the entire floor space, so I just piled all your clothes and books on top of it. I expect it'll give you really bad back pains if you try to sleep in there.”

The two men shared a laugh and Kri clapped Patho on the shoulder.

“I expect so.” Kri's expression grew serious. “What do you think's going to happen?”

“Tough to say. I hope the-”

The room was shattered by a massive explosion. Chunks of debris flew in every direction, and choking dust filled the air. Patho was pummeled to the ground by the explosion and immediately felt a tremendous pain in his back and legs. He struggled to move, but found he couldn't. Gasping and trying to breathe as little of the dust as possible, he turned and looked backward. A slab of gray concrete was laying across his back just above the hips. Blood was seeping around the edges he could see. His blood. A strange feeling of dreaminess began to come over his senses. The pain took on a distant feeling. Turning, he looked up and saw Kri stooping over him. He was holding a part of his shirt over a jagged wound in his left arm. Blood ran down his face and covered the ribbons of his dress uniform.

Kri's mouth moved, but Patho couldn't hear the words. Something felt urgent about the situation, but he just wondered why everything was so quiet. Looking around again, he reached up and tried to brush the blood off of Kri's ribbons. Such a shame, they were quite pretty in a military way. Kri took Patho's hand and held it in his blood covered right hand. His mouth was moving again, but Aden still couldn't quite make out what he was saying. He was just so tired. A short nap was the perfect thing right now. He felt his eyes closing and waited for the comfort of sleep to overtake him.

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