Birthright: Battle for the Confederation- Pursuit by Ryan Krauter

Author:Ryan Krauter
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Silver Impala Press
Published: 2014-11-10T07:00:00+00:00

They crept forward, Halley in the lead and confident, the senior officers of the Solar Venturer must less sure of themselves. Web got caught up in watching Halley operate, appreciating her practiced ease at clearing corners as well as admittedly admiring everything else about her along the way. She caught him eyeing her up once and shook her finger at him, then softened it with a quick grin before pointing behind them in the corridor to remind him to keep their six clear.

It only took a minute to reach the bridge. The cargo ship had a very simple layout, unencumbered by the redundant hatches and emergency bulkhead points that Web was used to from all his time aboard warships.

They stacked at the hatch, Halley signaling Web to take the left while she took the right.

"This is the only way in," she reminded Web. "Nobody gets out."

Web only nodded seriously. "We each taking half the room?"

"Yep. I'll go right, you take left."

"Just remember my crew is in there with these people," warned Captain Two-Swords. "Don't hurt anyone. And be careful when you shoot!" he added as an afterthought. "You can't put any holes in the hull!"

"I think you and I both know I value these people just as much as you do," Web grumbled softly to him. "Maybe more. Just let us do our jobs, alright?"

Two-Swords and Daemon exchanged glances, but in the end backed up a half step and said nothing more.

Halley set her rifle against the bulkhead and gestured to the captain's pistol in Web's belt, which he handed over. A quick check of the weapon and they were both ready. Without any more wasted time, Halley elbowed the hatch release as they both rolled around the frame and into the room.

Web saw the jumble of people and knew the pirates would have had an immense advantage if they had in fact been truly good at their craft. Having entered on the left side, Web quickly swept the hard corner to his left and was returning to the center. He saw a pirate standing behind the main helm console, a long stand-up station with several displays and some holographic glass standing vertical at the front edge. The crew was all hitting the deck; Web saw there was nobody behind the man and so he put two shots center-mass right through the glass and into the Drisk pirate. The man crumpled to the deck amidst the tinkling sound of shattered glass hitting the metal plating. He completed his sweep to the center of the room only to see Halley about to strike.

The pirate closest to her had been within arm's reach, which was truly an unfortunate thing for him. He had almost raised a short-barreled large bore blaster of some sort when Halley reached him. She knocked the weapon wide with her left arm and struck him in the nose with the butt of her blaster, breaking his nose and sending a spray of blood washing down his face. Without

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