Feels Like Falling: a Science Fiction Space Opera Adventure: a Wolfegang standalone novella (2.5) (the Wolfegang series) by Jillian Ashe

Author:Jillian Ashe [Ashe, Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“We are nearly to the bridge. Four stunned pirates in total. I assume there will only be one or two manning the ship,” Wolfe updated Ricky and me.

I glanced at my alien friend and gritted my teeth as we braced against another barrage of pulse fire. We could retreat to the pirate ship since Wolfe and Celeste had taken out anyone in there on their way to the bridge.

Ricky nodded. “Go, I’ll cover you.”

I waited until there was a brief pause as they reloaded and made a run for it. Something burned my arm as I weaved through the boxes. It didn’t burn through the suit but it was hot enough to sting. Another pulse blast skimmed my thigh and I hissed at the pain. Then I was through the hole and in the airlock. I ducked behind the wall and glanced out. Ricky was pinned down and I only had the one gun.

Ready when you are, I thought.

Ricky popped up, shot off an entire magazine of rounds as I laid cover, and then dove through the ragged hole in the ship. From the red glow on his shoulder they managed to tag him as well.

“I don’t think I can keep this up,” I warned. “My back is in shitty condition. My hands and feet are still tingling, and I can’t fight back if they reach us. I’m almost out of ammunition and if we lose the cargo-hold they can detach from the Wolfegang.” It seemed hopeless. Wolfe still hadn’t taken out the scanner, and he hadn’t made it back to us. At this point it didn’t even matter if the scanner was operational or not. We were pinned down with nowhere to go and no weapons at our disposal.

Ricky shook his head. “You have to trust the captain. He will do what needs to be done and get control of the ship back. You’ll see. We just need to hold out a little bit longer.” His faith in the captain was unshakeable.

I nodded since there was nothing else I could say. We had to hold this position for as long as we could until they pushed us back again, buying Wolfe and Celeste more time. The pirates were relentless and seemed to have unending ammunition. The heat from the pulse fire was hot, too hot. The metal on the ship and the connecting tube glowed red and I wondered how much more the hull could handle.

“Kat, see if you can find some of the loot the pirates loaded onto their ship. We can set traps and make another retreat,” Ricky managed as he fired again. Another pulse fire landed and the armor on his suit stuttered and then fired back up. He couldn’t take any more hits.

“You go,” I said. “I’ve only been hit twice and my suit is still at eighty percent power.” I double-checked the readout on my forearm to be sure. “Grab whatever you can find. We’ll use these assholes’ own ship against them.”

Ricky frowned. “I don’t like it.

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