Crosscurrent by Mark

Author:Mark
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: doPDF Ver 7.1 Build 341 (Windows XP Professional Edition (SP 2) - Version: 5.1.2600 (x86))
Published: 2010-07-09T04:00:00+00:00

Crosscurrent

more vanished in a spray of metal and flames. “Another two down,” Khedryn said into the intercom, his voice cracking. Laserfire split the sky, exploding a large rock to Junker's aft, spraying the ship with particulates. More laserfire lit up the sky. Jaden wheeled down, spun, pulled up hard. Relin aimed the tractor beam again, latched on to one of the Blades themselves. Junker lost velocity from the drag and the other Blades gained. “Port,” Relin said to Jaden, and used the beam to foul the Blade's trajectory. With no room for error, the fighter hit a rock and broke into two flaming bits, one of which spun into another Blade, sending it into a rock. The rest of the Blades, swooping and diving in and out of the field of rock and ice, fired. Jaden nosed up but one of the beams hit Junker along the port side, shaking the entire ship. The lights flickered and an alarm rang. “I cannot keep this up for much longer,” Jaden said over the intercom. Khedryn could hear the stress in his voice. Khedryn agreed. It was only a matter of time before they caught a laser. He spoke loud enough to be heard on the intercom. “Jaden, can you get us out of the fighters' sight line for a moment?” Jaden did not hesitate. “Yes.” “What are you going to do?” Relin asked. “I am going to space what's in my hold. It'll hit a rock, explode, maybe fool the fighters if we can stay out of their sight. They can't scan us in here. We make them think we're dead, then lay low.” “I'll have to accelerate to full to open some space,” Jaden said. “It will get iffy.” “Do it,” Khedryn said, his mouth dry. “And the price of my cargo is added to the price you owe me.” Relin said into the intercom, “A hard dive out the bottom, we space the cargo, then a hard climb back in. We'll have moments.” “Good thought,” Jaden said. Laserfire exploded a nearby rock, spraying Junker with debris. Jaden climbed hard. “Will what's in the hold explode with enough pop?” Relin asked Khedryn. “I don't know,” Khedryn said. He had speeders in there. They'd blow, though the thought of spacing his Searing made him almost as ill as Jaden's flying. Relin pulled two oval-shaped metal devices from his pocket as laserfire shook the ship. “These are mag-grenades. Attach them to a speeder and press that button. They'll blow when the speeder does. Understood?” Khedryn nodded, and another wild turn nearly caused him to pass out. “Go,” Relin said, then to Jaden, “Khedryn is on his way to the hold. Open up some space, Jaden.” Khedryn unstrapped himself and wobbled like a drunk through the corridors, using safety rails to keep his feet as the ship answered with exclamation points to Jaden's commands. He felt Junker accelerate, twist, turn, wheel, and he imagined his ship dancing through hundred-ton raindrops. The superstructure creaked and moaned under the strain.

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