Orbit Guard Attached by F.E. Arliss

Author:F.E. Arliss [Arliss, F.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-13T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Attack

Katyia woke from her slumber with a tremendous boom resonating in her ears. Claxtons engaged, “All hands to battle stations! All hands to battle stations! Red alert!”

Struggling into her boots she slapped the door open and ran towards the med bay. Guardsmen and Corpsmen tore past her, each in pursuit of their own mission. Before she managed to get to the entrance to the med bay, another huge explosion rocked the structure, throwing her down a side hall. The tilt to the deck warned her that some sort of integral breach was causing the bracing beneath her to buckle.

Righting herself and taking deep breaths, she slowed her thoughts as Vlad and Major Donji had taught her. Keeping herself upright, with one hand braced along the bulkhead, she battled her way back towards the medical unit.

“What the hell happened?” she snapped the question into her comm unit on a frequency to Johanna in engineering.

“They’d placed a small bomb on the outer hull, opposite where the mine explosion was,” Johanna gritted out breathlessly. It was clear she was exerting pressure on some piece of machinery. “It appears they don’t want to destroy the platform, just cause some damage for distraction. There may be more aboard. Be careful!” she exhorted her roommate.

“Major Bergstrom is hopping mad! He’s ordered a full security upgrade and we’re scrambling to seal the hull. Captain Sedgewick is down here in charge of helping us oversee the repairs. It’s a mess! Gotta go!” Johanna gasped, cutting the conversation off.

Injured were already streaming in and her Corpsmen had jumped into the fray with precision. They were executing first aid with all the panache of a seasoned team. Slipping in to her role as medic, Katyia began checking the wounded. Fifteen minutes later, she was commed by Major Bergstrom. “Lieutenant Rustalov, I need medical assistance on the bridge,” he barked. “On my way, sir,” she snapped back. Grabbing her medical kit, she ran down the corridor towards the bridge.

Palming the lift button, Katyia saw that it was ‘Locked’ due to the explosions. Heaving a sigh, she ran down the hall to the emergency ladder. Slinging her kit over her shoulder, she started up the rungs. After four flights of tubes, she was ready to tell the Major to put the med bay on a higher level!

Finally, she pushed the door open to the bridge corridor and careened down the hall towards the entry. Just as she had the bridge in sight, a phantom seemed to drop from the ceiling in front of her. Dressed all in black, the figure held a laser gun pointed at her middle.

Skidding to a halt, Katyia said aloud, “Now that doesn’t seem fair! You’ve got a laser weapon. I’ve only got, what,” she ruminated. “Ummm, I’ve got a this.” She said, gesturing to the long blade she’d pulled from the special metal scabbard she’d had built into the calf of her suit.

“Nope, it doesn’t seem fair. Chloe tells me that you’re not supposed to bring a gun to a knife fight.

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