For the Good of All by Marc Stevens

Author:Marc Stevens
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: MSJ Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00

27

I set down on the deck near the remains of the cannon the Throggs were attempting to use on us. When my boots touched the deck, I could feel vibrations from explosions somewhere on the station.

I called to the Operative. “Senior Operative, are you making this a competition to see who can dismantle this sewer the fastest?”

“I HAVE NO TIME FOR YOUR MINDLESS CHATTER!”

The transmission abruptly ceased. I noticed some of the vibrations I was feeling were quite jarring. I think the Operative and her team were in it up to their eyeballs.

“Coonts, keep watch on the prisoners. Klutch, get your big ass in here now!”

A blue triangle appeared behind me moving at high speed. Klutch set down next to me sending a flurry of debris rising up around us.

I called for a little help. “Justice, can you pinpoint the location of the detonations on the outpost?”

“Yes, Commander. There appears to be a pitched battle taking place one thousand twenty-two feet to the right of your current position.”

“Can you guide us there with your scanners?”

“I was only able to pinpoint that position due to the high amount of vibration propagations from the area. The battle has yet to breach the scan shielding throughout that location.”

“Give me a target reference point well to the side of the battle.”

“Let’s make a hole Klutch!”

We ducked down behind the remains of the cannon. I snapped off two shots with my beam weapon and Klutch put two more in the same hole. When the wreckage went flying past, we jumped up and ran to the tunnel we had just made. We crawled in and stood up in the next room over. We ran across and took a knee behind some large pieces of equipment. My reference point was a little more to the left this time and I snapped off three shots in a row. We got a rapid decompression on the third shot. Not to be outdone, Klutch grabbed my shoulder before I could stand up and sent three more down the gaping hole. His facemask cleared and he gave me a toothy grin.

“More is always better.”

We ran to the hole and scurried in. We found ourselves in a large open hangar. There was a cargo shuttle sitting in the middle of the bay with two big glowing holes on the side of it. The hauler was in terrible shape, judging from its appearance, but now it was a wreck. When we cleared the rear of the shuttle we came under fire from an upper boarding hatch. Klutch beat me to the punch and turned the hatch into a ragged hole. I followed it up with a Chaalt smart grenade. I was a little disappointed when it did not go off.

We moved on to a position where Justice gave us another aiming point. We raised our arms in preparation to fire, but the flash of the grenade detonating behind us, made both of us involuntarily duck. We looked back at the gaping wound we had inflicted on the ship and were showered with shuttle parts and alien entrails.

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