Imperial Edge by Celinda Labrousse

Author:Celinda Labrousse [Labrousse, Celinda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Celinda Labrousse
Published: 2020-02-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

It didn't take much effort on Miranda's part to see that it was forced words. Especially the way the Captain spit out the word ‘sir’ before clicking off the holo.

“So we're going off planet?” she asked Eric.

“No,” he said, correcting her. “We are going down to the planet.” They were already off planet. This was a spaceship. Miranda’s cheeks reddened.

She looked over at all of the other guys. None of them looked too thrilled at the destination. Did they even know what it was? The fight with the Captain, him calling it a suicide mission, certainly didn’t help with morale.

“Okay, fine,” she replied. “But I don't get it.” Then she remembered who this mission was to protect: the crown prince. Her family had died over this.

“Rebels,” she said. He nodded his agreement.

“Why am I here?” she asked. “I’m just a recruit; I haven’t even been to basic yet!”

Eric paused for only a moment. “You speak Droid. Nobody else who can is close enough to get here in time.”

‘I’m getting nowhere with this guy,’ Miranda thought. She switched tactics.

“What's so special about this planet, anyways?” She asked Eric as they headed back through the corridor. She made sure not to touch the edges. She didn't want another shock.

“We'll talk about once we are in flight,” Eric replied. His tone was quiet and resolute. “ I don't want any of our mission leaking through.” Eric pointed at the cameras.

They'd been watching them this whole time. They may have not made it out of quarantine, but they were still being watched. Miranda shut her mouth. If Eric thought it wasn't safe to talk about, then it wasn't safe to talk about, end of story. She loaded herself back into the shuttle, clicked in her belt and waited. The pilot was the last to get on, making extra motions with the gear controls before lifting off the launch pad.

‘Here we go,’ Miranda thought. The ride had been so smooth, Coming up to the spaceship, the movements of the ship so smooth, her sleep so deep. She hadn't thought anything about space travel so far.

It was odd.

It felt like just being in another building on the planet. She couldn't even feel the rumblings or the sliding that kept her grounded. But when the shuttle craft started to spin, her knuckles went from her relaxed posture to seat-gripping white again.

“What were you going to say? About the mission being suicidal?” she yelled at Eric over a loud whistling sound.

Perchunk. Something hit into the side of the craft. The pilot swerved left, then right.

What were they doing going through an astro field? They were supposed to be doing a planetary landing.

“What could hit shielding this hard and not simply bounce off?” said Cash. He grabbed his gun and shot off another volley of rounds to break up the debris before contact. “Almost feels like we’re on a roller coaster, and not hurtling at high speeds towards a planet!”

“Report!” Eric shouted at the pilot.

“Interplanetary shielding, sir,” Rycer replied.

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