No Prisoners: Star Wars Legends (The Clone Wars) (Star Wars- The Clone Wars Book 3) by Karen Traviss

Author:Karen Traviss [Traviss, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780307795977
Publisher: Random House Worlds
Published: 2011-06-28T00:00:00+00:00

HANGAR DECK, LEVELER

THE CR-20 SKIDDED ALONG THE DECK, LITTLE SKIPS LIKE A stone tossed across water. The metallic screeches put Callista’s teeth on edge.

She’d thought Skywalker was a better pilot than that. She was too busy keeping Ince stable to look up, but she heard Skywalker muttering angrily, and flashing hazard lights reflected off the interior bulkheads as the transport shuddered to a noisy halt. When she realized that the CR-20 was stationary, it took a moment for her to work out that Leveler was vibrating, not the troopship, and the flashing lights were hazard warnings on the hangar deck. Rex and three of the troopers were carrying Ince down to the ramp when crew in fire hazard suits raced in to meet them halfway.

“We’ve been hit,” one of them said. “You might want to bang out of here and see how far you can jump under your own power. You can make Kemla.”

Skywalker jumped down from the gantry as if he’d taken a shortcut. “No, this man’s too badly injured. We need to get him to medbay right away.”

“Your call, sir.”

“How bad is the ship?”

“Manual targeting, no concussion missiles, and they’re trying to restore hyperdrive generators. We’re relying on shields and manual turbolaser targeting for about fifteen minutes.”

“What about the concussion missiles?”

“Offline. Computer targeting problem. It’s all computer problems.”

Altis made his way down a gantry ladder and dusted off his hands. “Now, we might be able to help there … Callista?”

“I can do it,” said Callista. The ship that had seemed like a living beast to her when she first boarded it now drew her again. “Let me try. Show me the targeting computer.”

“You need to touch it?”

“Yes.”

The crewman went quiet, finger pressed to his ear as if he was talking to someone on a comlink. Callista couldn’t see his face under the fire-resistant hood, and she couldn’t hear him. While she waited, Ince was whisked away on a repulsor and the ship shuddered a few times as if taking heavy fire.

“Captain says go ahead, and Lieutenant Derel will meet you at the end of passage seventy-eight-alpha on this deck.” He pointed to blast doors on the opposite side of the hangar. “You want a ride down there? We have speeder carts.”

“I can outrun one of those, thanks.”

She didn’t look back; she simply sprinted for the doors, almost forcing them apart in frustration when they didn’t open fast enough, and then ran full-tilt down the passage, scattering crew and civilian contractors. She was suddenly aware of Ahsoka on her heels.

“What are you coming for?” Callista panted.

“You might need a hand,” Ahsoka said.

“You can’t feel machines. I can.”

“I’m coming anyway.”

At least she doesn’t think I’m a crazed dark sider anymore. That’s something. Nothing like a late epiphany, is there?

The passage was a lot longer than she’d imagined. Leveler wasn’t a full-sized assault ship, but she was big enough to leave Callista gasping for breath by the time she reached the turbolift that ran from the bridge down to the deck. Derel was waiting.

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