Revenge by Nathan Hystad

Author:Nathan Hystad [Hystad, Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Woodbridge Press
Published: 2019-02-17T16:00:00+00:00

Ace

Ace forgot to breathe as the massive colony ship rose from the depths of the lake. Through the viewscreen, he caught sight of the large sea creature, and he mentally waved at the animal, hoping it would be all right. Had it looked at the colony ship as a companion over the last two years, or would it be relieved to have the out-of-place ship gone from its home?

Everyone watched silently as they moved through the water, toward the surface.

“This had better work,” Ace heard Captain Hawk mutter. He liked the older woman. She was temperamental and dutiful, but had a softer edge to her than he’d expected.

“It’ll work,” one of her officers said. “It has to.”

Jarden would be lowering to Domum now, and Flint would be waiting for his ship, to take it back up. Ace had tried to volunteer for the job, but no one had taken him seriously.

A voice crackled over the communicator from the Eureka, its calm tones replaced by something else: a scared sound. “One of the Distractors is down.”

“Move us up, Lieutenant Bartlett, and make it snappy!” Hawk shouted, unable to contain her pent-up frustration.

Ace observed as the ship breached the lake water, entering into the air.

“Another Distractor is down!” Harry Tsang called over the communicator.

“Bartlett, take us up, and quickly!”

Ace noticed the small lander lowering to the ground, behind schedule. It should have been down already. He couldn’t let Flint get stuck down here. They needed him for what was coming.

Ace didn’t tell anyone as he raced off the bridge, sure no one would even notice that he’d vanished. His quick steps took him through the colony ship and toward a hangar, where ten EFF-15 fighters had sat powered down and unused for years.

Without a thought in the world, other than to make sure Flint made it back, Ace scrambled up the ladder and into one of the vessels. This was an old model, one like the simulator he’d trained on, but the concepts were all the same as the newer models. He slammed the cockpit door down, strapped a mask to his face, and powered up the fighter. The large metal hangar door creaked open at the tap of a button, and he urged the ship forward, through the containment field.

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