Hero to the Rescue (The Hunter Legacy Book 8) by Timothy Ellis

Author:Timothy Ellis [Ellis, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Timothy Ellis
Published: 2016-02-29T07:00:00+00:00

Eighteen

I killed the thrusters.

"Well plan B almost worked," said Amanda into the silence which followed.

No-one responded to the obvious attempt at humour.

"Jane, what's the odds of the silt here having glue like qualities?" I kept my tone neutral.

"Normally I’d say pretty low, but apparently they're a certainty here."

"Suggestion?"

"Shields," we said together.

"Can you dial them back so we don’t hurt the shuttle?" I asked her.

"Confirmed."

The shields came on, and I goosed the thrusters. We began to move forward. I stopped us again, and turned to Jane.

"Can we?"

"Don’t see why not."

"You want to do it?"

"I better, don’t you think?"

"DO WHAT?" came a roar from behind us. "What is it with you two?"

"Colonel," said Amanda, "they're a double act."

"They do a comedy routine on Tuesday and Thursday nights," added Aleesha.

"He's the straight man," said Jane.

Jackman exploded into laughter, more from the look on her husband's face than anything else.

"Colonel," I said, "plan C. We're going to roll the Mole around the shuttle, using the shields to remove a layer of the silt gluing it in. After that, we make a hole above it until we hit water. Then we go back to plan A."

"Sounds good to me."

I nodded to Jane, and she began the process. It took over an hour to carefully carry out the plan. At last, we came up underneath the shuttle again, engaged the grav sled, and hit the thrusters to go up.

This time, we started going up, lifting the shuttle out, although the higher we went, the heavier the load became, and the more thrust we needed. Once in the water above, I took control again, and we flew through the water normally, rising steadily until suddenly we breached the water-air barrier and flew out into a brilliant sunset. An enormous spray of silt and water followed us up, spraying in all directions.

Custer was waiting for us, already rotated, so I flew us slowly into her Cargo Bay, making sure the ninety degree gravity didn’t grab us. I lowered us down, sideways for the Mole, until the shuttle touched the deck, and turned off the grav, releasing a small mountain of silt and water. We had just enough room to rotate around so I could fly us out again, after which Jane docked us up inside Custer's Hanger Deck.

"Thankyou Admiral," said O'Neill. "The whole rescue was nicely done."

"Your welcome," I responded, nodding to him as I unbuckled. "You're welcome on the Bridge while we head back to BigMother. Amanda will show your people to the barracks. They can eat, drink, and use the facilities immediately if they need to."

"We need to!" floated in from the rear.

I led the way up to the Bridge, where George had the captain's chair. We were already in the upper atmosphere. George looked askance at me, but I shook my head. He stayed where he was. I took a stance to one side of him, and the others took chairs, Jane moving to her usual one. Amanda came in last, as BigMother was coming into view.

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