Stigmata Invicta (Knights 15 13, #1) by Curtis Carl Michael
Author:Curtis, Carl Michael
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cape and Swordstick Press
Published: 2024-02-19T00:00:00+00:00
BROTHER GONZAGA EASES up, shuts down his TechHaft. As Brother Cleopas comes smoothly sailing at him under the power of the commanderâs hurl, he grabs the damaged Knight and turns with him to stop the motion.
âGotcha, brother.â
Cleopas pats him on the shoulder. âThanks. Iâm uh... well, Iâve seen some better days.â
Receiving Cleopasâs suitâs SOS, Gonzaga nods. âYeah. Well. Wouldnât be a Knight 15 13 without the risk of giving your life for your friends, eh?â
Brother Pio and Commander Brigid land on the St. Joshua, their magboots grabbing with a powerful click. Brigid says, âPio, get Cleopas. Gonzaga, get her inside like I told you to.â
âRoger, commander,â Gonzaga turns to the airlock.
âBernhard, weâre on board,â Brigid reports.
âCopy that, prepare for maneuvers.â
For a split second the strange peace outside in Godâs inescapable glory is like a weird skin that drapes over them. A cleansing rain. A breach in the tide of deafening violence theyâve been mired in.
And then the newest contraption the Thraw have assembled fires from the docking bay, an actual grappling hook and trail line jetting towards them. Then a second one springs off. And a third. The fourth, fifth and sixth come sailing towards them. Then more. The hooks begin catching onto the hull, clamping down with grippers. Thraw soldiers hook onto the trail lines and jump out of the bay, come careening towards the St. Joshua.
The Knights start firing at the newest invasion force. The St. Joshua rolls hard to its starboard away from ther Thraw mothership. The trail lines tense and actually pull the mothership along.
âThey must have those hook launchers secured to the deck.â Brigid comes over the comms, âHit the hooks themselves! Weâve got to go!â
They open fire as Thraw soldiers touch down on the St. Joshua and start moving under fire. The St. Joshuaâs Terminal Point Autocannons spin around and begin mowing through the new invaders. But more come. Brigid looks back to the docking bay and sees it teeming with every soldier they did not encounter while they were inside.
âWeâve got to get an explosive inside that bay,â he says.
âYouâve got to get inside,â Captain Bernhard comes over the comms.
âTheyâre thinning out,â Nonnatus says as he lays down another line of fire.
A final grappling hook comes flying through the mess like a needle propelling out of a haystack. Untouched in the melee, it sails, impressively spot-on to its target. It fixes onto the ring basket and the nun inside it, runs taunt in the blink of an eye, and heaves backwards.
Gonzagaâs magboots lock down, and the tug of war is just a hairâs breadth in time; it passes and the ring basketâs clasps break and the entire package comes free. Those lines are towing a ship. His suit doesnât stand a chance. Sister Stella Nessa inside her basket goes sailing backwards. All the Knights dive for it, save Cleopas, whose damaged suit keeps him from moving swiftly.
Gonzaga cannot turn around fast enough.
Santa Cruz dives and misses by a hair.
Nonnatus lunges and nearly grabs the basket.
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