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CHAPTER TWENTY

Rachel and Dawes sneaked along the corridor wall, keeping hidden to the edge of the shadows. The LED's in the floor cast a surreal glow and made her sunken features even more dramatic. Dawes was sure he looked the same.

Now that the engines were silent, he could hear the ticks and rattles in the ship that were hidden by the low level humming he wasn't aware of before. Space may be silent, but a ship fighting off the harsh vacuum was not.

They heard a scream growing closer and gripped their rifles.

Carver pounded down the corridor and passed them without stopping. Dawes and Rachel exchanged glances as the sucking sound of Lick's feet sounded in his wake. A lot of feet.

“Run!” Dawes shouted.

He took off after Carver running as fast as he could. Rachel sent three bolts up the corridor, aiming at nothing she could see but hoping they might stop at least one, or slow them all down.

She ran after Dawes and passed him.

Carver reached a door, keyed a sequence and fist bumped it open. The doors whisked back to reveal a giant empty hold in the belly of the ship. The cavernous space was large enough to hold a space station or two. Carver ran through the dark emptiness, quiet now except for the huffing and puffing as he tried to catch his breath.

Rachel reached the doorway and waited for Dawes to catch up.

“Hey!” she yelled at Carver.

He kept running.

“What's his name?” she asked as Dawes paused next to her.

“Coming,” he said. “They’re still coming. Carver!”

Carver looked back and caught his feet on each other. He tripped and sprawled as he slid ten feet along the floor.

“They still coming?” he called out.

“They're still coming!” Dawes answered.

“I'm going to kick your ass, you know.”

“I know,” said Dawes. “What do we do?”

The Licks were getting closer. The sounds of their footsteps grew louder.

“We can hide in medical. Leave the door open,” Rachel answered. “It might buy us time if they search it.”

Carver rushed out of the room and ducked as a plasma bolt seared the air above his head.

Rachel dropped to one knee and swung her rifle up to aim back down the corridor. The two engine room guards had recovered and were advancing with small rifles that belched green bolts of energy.

She drilled one guard on the left and sent him spinning back into the darkness. His partner ducked behind a corridor bulkhead.

“Move, move!” she shouted out of the side of her mouth as she ushered Dawes and Carver out of the hold.

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