Galactic Blues - Box Set Episodes 7 - 9: A Newton's Gate Space Opera Adventure (Galactic Blues Box Set Book 3) by C.J. Clemens & Daniel Martone & Laura Martone

Author:C.J. Clemens & Daniel Martone & Laura Martone [Clemens, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: NGU Publishing
Published: 2019-02-02T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

REMY

As the sheriff and her two cohorts upped the stakes down below, Remy paced off five steps from the front corner of the roof and then knelt down to unfurl Dreyla’s mesh. He and Milo, as the aristocrat-and-servant duo, hadn’t been able to scope out the upper floors of the building during their fake visit to Dr. Sanger, but they had luckily noted a set of stairs beside the doctor’s office. With a little luck, Remy, Dreyla, and Jacer would drop into the stairwell, unseen by any lurking guards.

Dreyla sank to her knees and busied herself hooking up the controller box to the mesh. A year ago, Remy had asked her to conjure up some easier way of breaching a spaceship, particularly when they were connected via the Jay’s umbilical. He’d intended the project to keep her mind occupied as they traveled through long, boring stretches of outer space, and if it worked on space-worthy vessels, Remy had considered using it for other structures, such as space stations and asteroid-based buildings.

Well, Dreyla had outdone herself. This mesh could win awards. Secure patents. Remy even envisioned the potential ads on the broad-wave: Need to bust into a bank? How about breach your neighbor’s house?

The design brief he’d prepared for her was simple: he wanted a controlled cutting tool that could penetrate the hull of any targeted vessel, no matter the material, without causing a lethal depressurization and killing everyone in the umbilical as well as the opposing spaceship. After all, why should people have to die for the sake of stolen goods?

Larker Max had called the innovation a pure folly, preferring his crews to blast open their quarry’s ships, venture inside wearing enviro suits, and grab whatever they were supposed to steal, no matter who died along the way. Larker had never appreciated the subtle notion of life preservation.

“I’ve never actually used this version,” Dreyla said, her face taut with anxiety.

“Sure you did,” Remy replied. “That time in Sector 7 on—”

“That was just a small ring. This here’s gonna disintegrate the entire section.”

Remy shot her a look. “Something wrong with it?”

“No…” Dreyla’s eyes darted to each corner of the mesh. “I’m just freaking out, I guess.”

Remy patted her shoulder. “Hey, you’ve done at least ten scarier things than this since we fell through that portal. Now’s not the time to doubt yourself.”

“But this is…” Dreyla swiped away several sweaty strands of her curly hair. “I mean, have I scaled it up correctly? Have I gotten the math right?”

“Yes. Yes, you have,” he reassured her. “Now let’s bust into this joint.”

His attention switched to Jacer, who crept toward the front of the building, probably to snag a glimpse of the cacophonous diversion currently underway. Lilly and Milo were staging a Shakespearean performance down there, complete with plasma blasts, enraged shouts, and an ever-loudening chorus. Remy wouldn’t have minded getting a look himself, but he didn’t want to risk being seen or catching a stray shot.

“Stay back, Jacer,” he called out. “They might see you… and then the jig’s up!”

Jacer froze mid-stride and stepped back from the edge.

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