Talia's Planet (Recycling Humanity Book 5) by Heather Lee Dyer

Author:Heather Lee Dyer [Dyer, Heather Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-13T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Collision Course

I leave David in charge of showing the engineers around the bio tank. He's at least done this once before, even if it was years ago. I send all engineering groups a meeting request for tonight. I have a feeling our timetable to present to the Council just got moved up. I send a message to Captain Reyes, but he doesn’t reply back. I bet he’s helping the Resurrection.

Zayn and I head back inside as the others are moving out. I'm surprised to see a few anxious faces as they wait their turn. I guess if you don't do it on a regular basis it can be kind of intimidating. It's just been part of my life for so long, I didn't even think about others not being comfortable with it. I make a mental note to put more spacewalks on the schedule. And, definitely more training to make sure they all know how to do it safely. After we take care of the newest emergency, of course.

"Do you think we have time to change?" I ask Zayn at the doorway of the locker room.

"From the sound of Dad's voice, I would say no. I've not heard him that stressed out in a long time." I wonder about that as I watch Zayn take off his helmet and run his hands through his sweaty curls. Although the suits have temp control, Zayn runs hot and his head always sweats. I smile to myself that I know that about him.

"Let's go then. It'll be easier to understand what's going on with my sight anyway."

Zayn and I jog through the corridors, gathering strange looks from everyone. They aren’t used to seeing crew in space suits, I guess. Maybe mandatory spacewalks should be scheduled for every crewmember, not just the engineers.

People clear off the lift as we barrel in. I push the button to the bridge and lean against the wall. I use my interface to scan the news vids.

"Two people were seriously injured in the explosion," I share with Zayn. "The good thing is that we already had the ship far away from the Migration, so no other habitats were damaged."

"That's creepy, you know," Zayn teases. "Like you're part cyborg."

"You could get a vid interface in your helmet too," I tease back. "It doesn't take a sight interface for it to work with our helmet tech."

"I do have one, I just don't use my suit enough to get used to it."

The lift doors open, and we're greeted by chaos. We step out, and I look around for Destry. I hear him to our right, on the other side of a group of highly animated crew. Zayn and I head that way and join the circle of officers.

Destry looks up from the console they're all staring at and does a double take at our suits. He makes eye contact with me, and I smile.

"I see you didn't waste any time getting here." He looks amused for a moment until alarms start wailing.

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