Trade War (Necrospace Book 3) by Sean-Michael Argo

Author:Sean-Michael Argo [Argo, Sean-Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2016-06-28T07:00:00+00:00

Sura sighted down the barrel of her gun and managed to blow out the knee of a shooter who was attempting to rush Dar while the captain was reloading his assault rifle. She sucked in her breath and silently screamed at herself to get up and get moving.

Gunfire crackled across the canyon and Sura could hear Dar shouting into his com-bead and cursing in frustration. The signal was spotty planetwide, as they had learned upon their arrival some six weeks prior, though it seemed especially so in the canyon.

Sura checked the action of her rifle for the sixth time and knew that she was just stalling. If she didn’t move the claim jumpers would eventually manage to get someone across the low river and flank her. The embattled woman closed her eyes and started counting down from five as she took one intent breath in and out, just the way Dar had shown her. By the time Sura reached five her heart rate had lowered and she felt much steadier. She loosened her grip on the rifle and launched herself from behind the bullet-chipped boulder.

Sura sprinted away from Dar, widening the gulf between her and the spirited captain. The move was unexpected, and by the time the enemy had re-trained their weapons on her, Sura had sprinted within a few yards of the tree line. Perhaps had she been a more classically trained and seasoned veteran it would have been second nature for her to maintain squad cohesion and seek to close the gap between herself and her battle buddy. As it was Sura acted on pure instinct, and sought refuge and camouflage in the dense foliage just above the canyon floor.

Dust plumes sprang up around her as the hostile shooters worked quickly to tighten their aim. Sura’s duster flapped in the air as the young woman’s powerful legs pumped with speed and her booted feet plowed through the underbrush. Splinters and leaves swirled around her as more and more rounds chased her progress, but she managed to avoid them by cutting right and then left to confuse their aim.

Sura kept running through the forest that overlooked the canyon and started making a wide arc to work her way back around to where she was certain Dar still held his own against the bushwhackers.

As she ran, Sura found herself rather thankful that physical fitness was a priority among the crew of Rig Halo. Sura had always kept herself healthy, though six months ago she would be slowing down by now with quivering muscles and gasping painfully for breath. The young woman slowed her pace so that she could move through the underbrush with a degree of stealth, though she dared not slow too much, else Dar end up flanked or overwhelmed.

She could have fled the fight entirely, as it was only a five or six mile hike back to the Halo drilling complex, but despite her wish to do exactly that, Sura could not flee. The man had risked his

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