Last Flight of the Ark by D.L. Jackson

Author:D.L. Jackson [Jackson, D.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Published: 2013-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

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“Kera? It couldn’t be. She’s not dead. I’d know it.” Melissa’s face had gone white and she’d collapsed in the navigator’s seat. She punched at random buttons, apparently trying to keep the tears under control.

“Melissa.” He touched her shoulder. She shrank into herself and stabbed at another button, missing it.

“We were going to meet up on our first night on the planet. Have a drink together. I’ve been saving a bottle of rum for months.” She sucked in a breath. “Cheap rum. The kind that rots your insides. She always liked the stuff.”

“Melissa.” He turned the seat around so she faced him and dropped to his knees in front of her. “It’s okay to cry.”

“It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have stopped you. I should have let you infect them instead of delaying it. I….”

“No. It happened before they arrived. There was nothing you could do.”

She burst into tears and dropped her head. “Oh, God. You were right. They want to eat us.”

“I wish I wasn’t.” He pulled her into his arms and let her cry. For the second time that day he felt helpless, defeated, and for the second time, he pulled himself together to be strong, knowing if he was anything but, the world would crumble around them.

“I’m now the commander of this entire mission.” He pressed the remote into her hands. “Give them a dose. I hope they choke on it.” For every action, there was an equal and opposite reaction. Newton’s Law was the law of the universe and he was about to put it to the test. Everything man did, right or wrong, had consequences. Though he’d like time to sit and contemplate what those consequences were, that wasn’t feasible. Lives were at stake, and maybe even the human race.

Melissa placed her finger over the button. “For my sister.”

He nodded. “For Earth.”

She pressed and they stared at one another.

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