Star Wars Adventures in Wild Space: The Darkness by Tom Huddleston & Cavan Scott

Author:Tom Huddleston & Cavan Scott [Huddleston, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2017-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

“WHAT WAS THAT?” Milo asked breathlessly, skidding to a halt.

Lina slammed the panel and the door slid shut, sealing them in. “I don’t know,” she said. “But it was big.”

“Mistress Lina…” CR-8R said.

Milo bent over, breathing hard. “Could there be someone else on the ship?”

“Master Milo…” CR-8R tried again.

Lina banged her fist on the solid steel door. “Whatever it was, or whoever, they’re not getting in here.”

“Hey, shut up and listen to your robot!” someone snapped. “He’s trying to tell you something.”

They turned. Milo froze in horror. Lina gasped.

The gate into the far cell hung open, twisted almost off its hinges. The tin cup lay on the floor, crushed flat.

Stel leaned against the bars of his own cell, staring in amazement. “I honestly didn’t think he had the strength,” the young man told them. “But he just kept pounding. Never said a word, just bang, bang, bang. I thought he was out of his mind, space crazy. Then I heard it snap.”

“This hinge,” CR-8R said, pointing. “It was loose.”

“The stormtrooper,” Milo said, remembering. “He threw him into the gate. That must have weakened it.”

Lina shivered, remembering the bellow they’d heard in the storage bay. Davin must have been so close, it was a miracle he hadn’t caught them.

“I was going to ask him to free me, too,” Stel admitted. “Then I saw the look in his eyes. There was nothing on that alien’s mind but murder. That’s when I knew where he was going.”

“Wh-where?” Milo asked.

“After you, of course,” Stel said.

“So why didn’t he kill you?” Lina asked. “He had the chance.”

Stel gave her a crooked smile. “Maybe he likes me. Or maybe he just figured I wasn’t going anywhere.”

“What do we do now?” Milo asked Lina. “If we’re trapped in here, what happens to your plan?”

“What plan?” Stel asked. “You guys have a plan?”

Lina explained about the spiders, Stel’s eyes lighting up as she told him about the separate power sources and her scheme to rig the cell block battery to the navicom.

“Not a bad plan,” he said. “She’s a smart one, that Shade, huh? Separate power cells, why didn’t I ever think of—”

There was a thump behind them and Milo jumped. It came again, the heavy door into the cell block shuddering violently.

“He’s come for us,” Lina said, trying to keep her voice steady. “What do we do?” She thought she heard shouting, as though the madman was calling out to them.

“I’ve got an idea,” Stel said. “It’s not as good as yours, but…”

“Just tell us,” Lina pleaded, glancing back as the door rattled again.

“Okay,” Stel said. “You two kids get safe in the cells. The droid opens the door. Davin goes for you. I hide against the wall and hit him with that stunner. He goes down, we lock him up, everybody celebrates.”

Milo rolled his eyes. “Why are we always the bait?” he groaned.

Stel laughed. “If it makes you feel better, think of yourself as a distraction. You’ll be safe in the cells. Me and the droid are the ones taking the risks.

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