Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis
Author:Beth Revis [Revis, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: subject
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Published: 2024-08-06T00:00:00+00:00
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Before Magnusson and I leave the broken remains of the bridge, Rianâs voice fills the comm unit. âYadav, Magnusson, carry on with your mission. And if you find the recorder box, grab that, too.â
The recorder box transcribes all the data of a flight mission, a digital record of everything that happens. It could tell them why the ship crashed in the first place. If they find it, and if itâs not too damaged. The box is supposed to be on the bridge, near the captainâs console, but itâs not there now, so it may already be burned up by now. Anything could have happened to it.
âIâm switching Lamarr to a private channel so your chatter doesnât distract her,â Rian continues.
âBefore you go private,â Magnusson starts, but I canât hear him because Saraswati speaks at the same time, their voices clattering together.
Rian cuts through. âOne at a time.â
âYadav, you go,â Magnusson says. He gestures for me to start climbing down out of the ship. We go slowly around the ragged metal, then reach the twisted steps we took to get up to this level.
âI said beforeâthis job isnât worth risking your life over,â Saraswati says. I can see her below, on the ground, her helmet tilted up to us. Worry leaks into her voice, crackling through the communication channel.
âActually, you said the job isnât worth your life,â I say. âMine, on the other hand?â I jump down out of the ship, landing on the slick obsidian rocks below, my boots skidding. I manage to remain upright, even as Saraswati rushes over to help me. At least Rian isnât here to see that less-than-graceful descent. Magnusson takes his time climbing out of the rubble, and even though he doesnât say anything, I can feel his aggravation at me radiating over comm.
âNo oneâs going to die,â Rian interrupts. âSwitch channels.â Thereâs a slight hiss in my ear, and then itâs just Rian. âHey, Ada.â
Oh, itâs Ada now, not Lamarr. And donât think I missed that âmissionâ bit from before everyone got all squeamish about deathâthe other two are now searching for the second âitemâ theyâve been sent to find. Never waste a moment. Well, I canât blame them. The nose of this ship is going to fall into the rift any minuteâif they think something else they need is hidden in the rubble, best find it before the whole bridge flops into the lava river.
âYadav is right,â Rian continues, âyou donât have to try for this.â
âSo, you donât think the box is worth it either?â I quip.
Rianâs silent for a beat too long. And in that space, I know: He does think this is life-or-death. âYou donât have to do it,â he says finally, which is not an answer to my question.
âItâs fine, itâs fine,â I say. âYou guys are all extremely dramatic; has anyone told you that? Itâs a box. I can handle a box.â I check my jetpack levels, analyzing how much thrust Iâm going to need, inputting the variable heat radiance Iâm expecting when I go down.
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