My Backyard Spaceship 3 by Douglas Michaels

Author:Douglas Michaels [Michaels, Douglas]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2022-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Rayne screamed the entire way through the jump, just as she had done the first time when we had left her homeworld, Wildern. I let out a triumphant cheer as we shot through space and time, because we had managed, against all of the odds, to escape the Karaak’s deadly grasp.

When the jump was complete and we were spat out the other side, Rayne and I were thrown forward in our seats so hard that it was only the harnesses that strapped us into the chairs that stopped us from hitting the front window. Rayne grunted as the seatbelt winded her, and I did the same, but it didn’t help that I was also pissing myself laughing at her. Her face was green from the motion sickness, and the moment the ship came to a halt, she undid her seat belt, stood up, and took some deep breaths.

“You okay?” I asked as I undid my belt.

“I’m never going to get used to that,” she panted.

I looked out of the front window and saw a cloud of dust around us, and I remembered that some of the particles had been swept into the tunnel with us. It reminded me of coming home from the beach with sand-filled shoes, and as the particles poured off the ship and floated off into the darkness, I thought about all the times I’d had to sweep up a similar pile. At least in the vacuum of space, it quickly dispersed to reveal the great inky expanse speckled with stars.

That, and Rayne’s face as she tried not to puke.

“Okay, I’m good,” she said as she slumped back down into her seat. “As happy as I am that we got out of that mess, I really hate doing those jumps. It just doesn’t agree with me.”

“Me, neither,” I said. “I’m just not as dramatic as you are.”

“Dramatic?” she scoffed. “I’m not the drama queen in this relationship.”

There was a pause as we both absorbed what she had said. We hadn’t really discussed what was going on between us, and now that she had used the r word, I couldn’t help but smile inwardly. Yet neither of us was ready to address it just yet, so we just brushed over it entirely as we found something to tinker with on the controls.

“Do you think the Karaak could have followed us?” Rayne asked as she stared at one of the screens.

“They will be distracted by the Lilacron ship for some time,” Francine said through Bob as the robot trotted over to us.

“I’m still not used to this,” I said as I eyed the robot. “It’s very weird. But it’s good we can all be in the loop.”

Rayne grinned happily.

“I can imagine that the AI will give the Karaak a run for their money,” Francine-Bob continued.

“I wish we could see the look on their faces when they realize that the Lilacrons aren’t in the ship,” I said. “In fact, let’s just hope they shoot the ship out of the sky and don’t bother to check if the Lilacrons were in there.

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