Deathlands 078: Sky Raider by James Axler

Author:James Axler
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 037362588X
Publisher: Gold Eagle
Published: 2007-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Shoving the joystick all the way forward, Sandra almost flooded the engine as she angled into a steep dive, building speed until the guylines supporting her wings began to hum from the wind pressure. All. She wanted it all!

As the Angel dropped screaming from the sky, most of the people in the carts shrieked in terror and covered their faces. Only a couple of the drivers raised crossbows and started launching arrows her way. The feathered darts arched into the sky, most falling behind to miss her completely. The Angel was too fast! But then one accidentally went through a wing, leaving a ragged hole in the silky cloth. Recoiling from the sight, Sandra held her breath, wondering if the puncture would rip open wide, tearing off the wing and sending her tumbling down to a fiery death. But the predark material held. The Angel was okay. It was just a flesh wound, nothing mortal. Both she and the biplane would live.

Lining up the spinning blur of the propeller, Sandra reached out to flip the safety on the big machine gun. She only had a hundred rounds of ammo in the belt in an effort to save weight and fly longer. Now Sandra regretted that economy, and cursed the fact she didn’t have a full nine yards of lead in the big predark blaster. There had been thousands of rounds in the junkyard where she found the biplane, but time had weakened the powder in the brass cartridges to the point where only a handful would work, and none of them had enough force to operate the feeder mechanism of the rapid-fire. Her eunuchs had painstakingly reloaded each cartridge by hand with the finest black powder until she fully armed. However, this measly hundred was all Sandra had with her this day. It would have to be enough.

Sweeping across the caravan, Sandra stroked the trigger and the entire plane recoiled as the .50-caliber machine gun spit out gouts of flame between the spinning propellers. She had seen it before on the ground, but while in flight the sight was incredible. A complex mechanism under the cowl allowed the hot lead to pass between the spinning wooden blades without touching them. It was unbelievable, and as far as Sandra was concerned, the tech bordered on magic.

The heavy-duty combat rounds slammed along the caravan, ripping the canvas and punching through the contents to hit the ground below. Men and women screamed, mules reared in blind panic, and the last wag exploded into flames. Yes!

Now blasters sounded from the people, and Sandra slipped sideways along an airstream to slide out of range and let them waste precious ammo. After a few moments, the booming stopped and she circled back to speed past the carts once more, now concentrating on the harnessed mules standing in neatly arranged double lines. The animals simply collapsed as the hot lead from the Angel stitched across them in crimson fury. Then a second cart exploded into flames, and

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