The Princess Rebellion (The Kyroibi Trilogy Book 2) by Christina McMullen

Author:Christina McMullen [McMullen, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christina McMullen
Published: 2017-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“They know,” Mikk said, staring panic stricken for a moment at the readout on their console. “There’s no way. Unless… That gresch!” With a scream, she brought the nose of the ship up and out of the Sonnan atmosphere. There was a sudden shift in pressure as they broke free.

“An interception team is on the way,” Ellie said, pointing to the newest readout on the console.

“They’re headed for the warship,” Mikk corrected. “They won’t make it to the missile. It’s going to kill people if we don’t do something.”

“Can we even do anything in this?” Ellie asked, not caring that her voice was panicked.

“Yeah,” Mikk grunted, flipping switches and pulling levers so fast Ellie couldn’t keep up. “But it’s dangerous and we’re about to become missile bait.”

“Um, okay…”

“Hold on, Ellie.”

Mikk grabbed the control with both hands, yanking hard on the lever, which brought the nose down until it was pointing directly at the moon. Almost immediately, the console lit up as every system warning Ellie had ever heard of and some she hadn’t began blaring.

“Uh, Mikk?”

“Sorry,” she said through gritted teeth. “I’m a little busy here. Keep an eye on the shields.”

“But we’re about to be incinerated.”

If the temperature warning wasn’t enough to cause Ellie alarm, the uncomfortable feeling, as if the ship had been placed in an oven, along with the red haze that suddenly surrounded them was more than panic inducing. Worse, the rear sensors showed the missile that had been headed for the spaceport at Cald was now dangerously close to turning them into little more than ash.

“Not if the shields hold,” Mikk spit through gritted teeth as she skimmed a little too close to the moon’s atmosphere, causing them to propel out into open space at speeds that couldn’t possibly be safe.

“Shields are holding, somehow,” Ellie replied, though her eyes still went to the temperature readout, which was steadily climbing.

“Hold onto something and put your visor down,” Mikk shouted as she cut the thrusters and threw all of their power into the shield. The force from the sudden deceleration slammed Ellie forward, despite the inertial dampeners, but that was the least of her worries. Mikk’s plan was suddenly crystal clear, though it didn’t matter, there was no time to protest as the missile slammed into the rear shield, filling the cockpit with a brief, yet blinding flash of light on impact.

Just as suddenly as she was thrown forward, Ellie was pushed back into her chair as the ship tumbled through space. A sharp hiss brought her focus to the dashboard, where a warning light indicated they were losing pressure inside the cabin.

“It’s your side. Gum it up,” Mikk shouted, eyes quickly darting to the seam over Ellie’s head as she tried to bring their trajectory back under control.

“Right,” Ellie muttered, taking the emergency repair kit from under her seat with only a shadow of an idea as to what she was doing. Luckily, the seam breech was miniscule and the patch kit had simplistic and easy to follow instructions.

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