Moons of Jupiter by Dave Lemel

Author:Dave Lemel [Lemel, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781537782751
Amazon: B01M61O482
Goodreads: 32566587
Published: 2016-10-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Li watched Jack putting his suit on and suddenly realized he was underdressed. “Uh, you guys maybe have an extra space suit? The jerks took all ours when they got here.”

“Sure thing,” Simon said. “Hang on one second. We got a few spares in the cruiser.”

“What the hell?” said Jack. “You guys have a bunch of spares and you don’t even offer me one?”

Simon looked up from the compartment that housed the spare suits in the trunk. “Well, you were so proud of your original Reggie Hart suit that I didn’t think you would want one of our silly new ones.”

“Plus, you look so good in it,” added Todd as he winked at Jack.

“I do look good in it, don’t I?” said Jack. “And it is a classic. That’s just it, though, man. I love it, but it is so old.”

Simon emerged from the trunk and handed Li an older version of the star marshal suit. This one was emerald green, black, and grey. “Tell you what, Jack,” said Simon. “We all come out of this alive, you get a fancy new suit.”

“All right! Now you’re talkin’,” replied Jack. “Can I have one like Li’s? I look goooood in green.”

“We’ve got like twenty back on the Henrietta . I’m sure I can scrounge up another green one big enough for you.”

Simon helped Li seal the suit and showed him how to deploy the helmet. “Okay,” said Li as the helmet covered his head. “You guys get yours on, too. I will go open the service door. Once I open it, you start your little black vehicle and go, go, go. Get it out of here, up to me, and then out of the garage for us.”

“Where exactly is this service door?” asked Todd.

Li walked to the back of Ol’ Gertie and leaned out from under the open rear hatch. He pointed up near the corner of the massive garage door eighty feet above their heads. “In that corner. It is a big hatch door. It will be a tight squeeze, but I am sure your vehicle will fit.”

“Sounds good,” said Todd. “I’ll be watching from here, and when it opens, we’ll go.”

Li ran from the back of the ship, across the garage, and to an open-sided freight elevator. He jumped in and looked back towards the other three, giving them a thumbs up. He started the elevator’s ascent, and Jack said, “You guys should get in the cruiser now so we can go, go, go, as Li put it, once that hatch opens.”

Simon climbed into the backseat of the cruiser. Jack walked over to a pad by the rear door of Ol’ Gertie and began typing into it.

“What are you doing?” asked Todd.

“Setting the door to close after we exit and telling the ship to lock itself down at that time. I don’t care what happens down there, I am coming back for her.”

“Well, hurry up,” said Todd. “Li is at the top. ”

The elevator carrying Li stopped. He opened the gate and ran down the catwalk high overhead.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.