Strand_Delarus by Don Chase

Author:Don Chase [Chase, Don]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-05T22:00:00+00:00

“In case of what?” she asked.

“After today lady, I truly have no idea,” Jax said with a soft smile before closing the hatch. He heard two dull thumps as the retainer clamps released the pod from the side of the station as Morris jogged up next to him.

“What now?” Morris asked.

“Now we get ourselves out of here.”

Chapter 9

The small thrusters kicked in and the life pod lurched as it released from the station docking bay. Talis slumped against the far wall of the cabin and breathed a sigh of relief. Corgan plopped down on the bench next to him and patted him on the shoulder with a smile. “We made it!” he said.

“Yeah, now all we need to do is float along and hope that someone actually responds to the distress signal I sent and that they get here before we starve or run out of air,” Talis said trying to return the smile.

“Is there any way to steer this thing?” Rihn asked as he looked through the storage compartment.

“There is minor navigational equipment and a communication array but nothing that will save us any faster than just floating along. It’s not like we can jump closer to Denbarton or anything. One of the bad things about being so far out,” Graunt said. He hadn’t taken his eyes off of Janelle since the hatch sealed on the pod. Something wasn’t right about her, she looked off. Her skin was pale and almost grey and her face drooped a bit. He had asked if she was feeling okay and she had snarled and grunted at him in response. She stood near the door and looked around as she turned her head he noticed the dried blood on the side of her neck and thought he may have discovered why she didn’t look so healthy. “You look hurt Janelle, you should sit down,” he said. She grunted toward him and stayed standing near the hatch.

“I should check the long range communications,” Talis said. The life pod was oblong and had plenty of room for the five of them to move around freely. The food and water were stored in compartments in the walls and floors. There was a small bathroom and two long padded benches along the walls of the cabin set directly beneath narrow plexisteel windows. Up front there was a larger window and the control console with one small seat in front of it.

“Hey, I think I see one of the shuttles!” Rihn said as he leaned closer to the window. Corgan gave a small whoop of joy and looked out the window next to him. Graunt joined Talis up front to get a better look.

“Yep that is one of our shuttles. Maybe we can figure out a way that they can tow us along. Are the comms working?” Graunt asked.

“They are online sir. I’ll start hailing them in just a minute,” Talis answered. The sharp scream cut off the last half of his sentence and was quickly followed by a gurgling sound.

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