Star Wolf (Shattered Galaxy) by David G. Johnson

Author:David G. Johnson [Johnson, David G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Speculative Fiction
Publisher: FaithXFiction Press
Published: 2017-06-19T23:00:00+00:00

Seventeen – Breakout

Molon pondered all the possible angles of getting himself, John, and Voide, as well as their two injured crewmen in the CCB, out past the guards and back on board Star Wolf. It was a multi-faceted challenge.

First there was the fact that he had no idea how to find where the docking bay was that led to Star Wolf. Then there was the matter of finding and disarming the charges Smythe’s men had set, and all before their absence was noted. That accomplished, they would have to somehow disengage mid-VS jump, cold-start Star Wolf’s VS drive, hope to get their bearings, and find an exit from voidspace that didn’t land them somewhere the other side of the Stygian Rift. Child’s play, right?

Voide had been scanning the room, peeking through the glass in the door, and generally taking account of their current security situation. She could move through voidspace, but doing so blindly could be ugly, and dangerous. Normally she only moved within line of sight, and who knew if Star Wolf was close enough to reach, even if she knew the direction to jump.

Her curiosity apparently satisfied for the moment, she moved to the bed where John was still laying with his head engulfed in his pillow. Voide gave the bottom of the bunk a hard kick. While the bed’s legs were mag-locked to the deck, the force of the blow underneath his bunk, plus John’s own jolt at the unexpected disturbance, sent him flailing off the opposite side of the bed onto the floor.

“What is wrong with you?” he screamed at Voide.

“Get up, Nancy-boy. Crying time is over. We need to break out of this place, so you need to assess the operational mobility of Mel and Cowboy next door. While you’re at it, see if those medicos left anything useful in the CCB that we can use to knock out a marine or two. I mean, snapping necks works just fine for me, but Molon tends to get antsy about rising body counts, especially when our jailors have been so polite.”

Molon had never fought so hard in his life to keep from laughing. A mother hen Voide was not. She was, however, correct. They couldn’t leave without Mel and Cowboy, so John needed to get in the game.

“You have real issues, lady!” John muttered, picking himself up off the floor and stomping toward the CCB in a huff.

“Too rough?” Voide asked, flashing Molon a smile.

“Aren’t you always? Give him a break. He’s a civilian, and between Elena and this group of renegade Faithful, he’s had a pretty rough time.”

“What don’t kill us makes us stronger,” Voide said.

“Or makes us wish we were dead,” Molon replied. “I’ve turned this every which way, Voide, and I just don’t see a way to navigate all the variables and get away clean.”

“Eh,” Voide shrugged. “Assuming Smythe pulled everyone from the brig, we’ve got forty-two reasonably healthy crew somewhere on this tub, and two next door that hopefully John can get fit enough to move and maybe hold a weapon.

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