Price of Freedom: Age of Expansion - A Kurtherian Gambit Series (The Bad Company Book 3) by Craig Martelle & Michael Anderle

Author:Craig Martelle & Michael Anderle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-02-18T07:00:00+00:00

The War Axe

“Any other access points?” Micky asked, drumming his fingers. The bridge was quiet as the ship held its stationary position. Sensors continued to report nothing unusual—besides the complete blackout within the station.

Not even Etheric energy could get through.

“I don’t like it. Not one bit,” the captain grumbled.

The Space Station

Terry lumbered down the stairs. He felt heavier than usual, but didn’t think it was a change in the artificial gravity. He thought they were running out of air far more quickly, almost as if it were being pumped into space.

TH was breathing better by the time he reached the bottom stair. He nodded to Char, who stood with her arms crossed as she watched both Ted and Ankh working on one of the power supplies. Terry keyed his comm device.

“Take it easy up there. I expect that we’re running out of air, and I think you may be first.”

“My thoughts exactly,” Joseph said softly. “We’re on our way down to join you, where together we’ll let Ted work his magic.”

Terry looked at the bits and pieces on the deck. “Let’s call it magic, because I’m not seeing engineering genius down here.”

Ted huffed, but continued to work.

“They’re removing four of the power supplies before bringing the system back online,” Char said.

“So we wait.”

***

Christina examined the bulkhead blocking the corridor, but she couldn’t tell if it had recently dropped into place or if it had been there all along. The station was dust-free; almost sterile in its cleanliness.

“This place bugs me,” she told Kimber.

“You’re not the only one.” Kim pointed her light around the edges of the barrier. “No panels, no switches, no manual overrides. This looks like an emergency bulkhead. Has there been an atmospheric breach inside the station?”

“Couldn’t be. We would have detected that. Since it’s blocked off from sensors, I suspect that the team went in and tripped an alarm. This looks more like intruder defense.”

“Who are the intruders—us, or them?” Kim asked.

“I suspect it’s them,” Bundin offered. His tentacle arms held two flashlights as he studied the bulkhead from behind the team’s leaders. Technology wasn’t his thing, though, so he wasn’t able to offer any insight.

“Bring that torch up here!” Kim called.

“Let’s see if they can do something from the other side.” Christina raised her axe and started beating on the bulkhead in a syncopated rhythm.

Kim covered her ears as Christina went to town.

***

Dokken heard it first and barked, then trotted down the corridor. Kae and Marcie were on the stairs not far from it, so they turned and headed that way, slowly. The oxygen was diminishing quickly. Too quickly.

Kae lifted the comm device to his mouth. “Putting hoods up and going to supplemental air. Tell Ted to hurry the fuck up.”

Once their hoods were on and shipsuits sealed, they both gulped air hungrily. When their hearts stopped pounding, they continued down the corridor to where they could hear the pounding. Kae beat on the bulkhead with the butt of his flashlight. The pounding from the other side stopped.

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