Bad Cargo (Marathon Book 1) by Daniel Young
Author:Daniel Young [Young, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00
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âAre they gone yet?â Bing asked.
âYeah. Theyâre gone.â
âGood. My appetite might have gotten the better of me if theyâd stuck around any longer.â
Dallas laughed, and Eckhart launched the ship. âNow we just have to drop off the crystal, pick up our Datrium, and weâre clear.â
âHow long do we have to hang around on the bridge?â Dallas asked.
âWeâll keep the façade in place until we offload the crystalâjust to be safe.â
Eckhart ignored Bing and Dallas chatting in the background. He kept a sharp eye out for any other shipsâgang-related, Regiment, or otherwise.
Plenty of Regiment gunships crossed the Marathonâs path. They came and went in droves from the station, but they paid no attention to the Marathon, now that the ship had gotten clearance.
Even when the tactical web was clear, he didnât relax.
It wasnât until they finally set down on Drao outside Helvallâs headquarters that he at last entertained the thought that everything was going to work out.
A bunch of low hovels dotted a village cast in perpetual shadow. Mist and fog hung over the sloping rooves. Every building in the village looked like it was sinking into the bog.
âYou can lift the façade,â Eckhart told Rixby. âThe Marathon will be more welcome here than a Keisuke.â
âFinally!â Alice gasped.
âNow I can finally get something to eat.â Bing headed for the exit. âHaving those two snacks around has made me hungry.â
He and Dallas both laughed, but Dallas didnât leave when Bing headed for the galley. He and Alice shadowed Eckhart out of the bridge, down the stairs, and to the ramp at the shipâs rear.
Alice selected a heavy-duty plasma rifle from the shipâs weapons vault. âYou wonât need that,â Eckhart told her. âWeâre passing the crystal to Helvall and walking out with our money. Helvall is harmless. You know that.â
âIâm not worried about Helvall. Itâs the rest of the bastards in his establishment whoâll shoot us in the backs as soon as we get paid.â
Dallas slotted his assault guns out of their compartments in his armor, inspecting the weapons with care. âHow much Datrium do you have left?â Eckhart asked him.
âAbout half my fuel complement.â Dallas cocked his head to one side. âRixby is sending me a message through my helmet. She says sheâs requesting Helvallâs quartermaster to resupply the Marathon. The quartermaster is sending out Datrium stocks now.â
âGood. Letâs get this over with.â
Eckhart took a gas mask from a locker by the ramp and pulled it over his face. The dusty smell of compressed gas entered his nostrils as the mask started to function.
Aliceâs mask and Dallasâ helmet both filtered the atmosphere for them. They didnât have to worry about the planetâs toxic environment poisoning them when they stepped outside. A human would last about a minute in this soup before their lungs were damaged beyond repair.
Eckhart popped the ramp and took off running through the murk, with Alice on one side and Dallas on the other. The fog stung Eckhartâs skin, but the next instant, he burst into the nearest hovel and slammed the door behind them.
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