The Sunfire by Mike Smith

Author:Mike Smith [Smith, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
Amazon: B00CR77NCC
Goodreads: 17917709
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Present Day,

Planet Tartarus, Sigma Draconis System

With a sudden jolt the freighter dropped at least twenty meters and with it Miranda felt a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. Fortunately she quickly managed to halt the sudden descent by increasing power to the aft thrusters. Daring to take her eyes off the altitude indicator for a fraction of a second, she confirmed the freighter was still on course for a landing at the Tyrell Corporation. The landing beacon was one hundred and fifty kilometres ahead, and at their present rate of descent, in fifteen minutes they should be on the ground. Again another sharp jerk shook the freighter, making her once again firmly grab the flight control stick, her eyes returning to watch the altitude indicator. While Miranda was confident on being able to land the freighter, she was just a little unsure about how many pieces the craft might be in when she eventually touched down.

However, where was the risk, the danger? After all she was flying with the greatest pilot ever, arguably the best pilot in the Confederation and possibly in the entire spiral arm of this galaxy. As she had already done every few minutes since starting the descent into the atmosphere, Miranda’s eyes glanced across at her co-pilot.

Snoring loudly.

Jon reclining in the co-pilot seat with his eyes firmly shut, his feet propped up on the flight controls. Miranda could not decide if she was more amused or furious. Seriously though, he had to be faking it, as nobody could possibly sleep through this landing.

Soon after passing through the orbiting Titan defence stations, with their authorisation codes supplied by Johansson having worked perfectly, Jon had yawned. Announcing he would take the opportunity to have a nap before their arrival. “I didn’t get much sleep last night as somebody kept hogging the bed covers,” He had stated with a wide smirk.

Miranda had refused to respond to the obvious taunt and glanced away so that Jon could not see her blush. When she had next turned to face him, he already had his feet up and was snoring loudly. The nerve of the man! Whether it was Jon’s way of demonstrating the confidence he had in her piloting skills or his way of getting revenge for her antics the night before, Miranda had no idea. All she knew was considering his reputation as the greatest pilot, ever, he had done very little actual flying.

She knew, however, his reputation was well deserved. Prior to her arrival on Terra Nova the Syndicate, her previous employer, had ordered her to ambush Jon and erase any trace of him or his ship. The two of them had engaged in an epic clash, first on the outskirts of the asteroid belt in the system, before eventually weaving in and out of the asteroids themselves. While Miranda considered herself an expert pilot, flying a deadly Hawk fighter, she had been unable to best Jon, even though he had been flying a much slower, less capable shuttle.

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