Chapter 9
Harper muttered things under his breath, grabbing seemingly random pieces of equipment and dumping them near his 'project'. "If I connect the flux capacitor with the focusing lens, then we can amplify..."
Gaheris stood with his ear pressed against the door. All of the Magog thundering past took no notice of the closed door of the Machine Shop.
Suddenly his comm unit burst to life. "Gaheris? Rhade, come in!" It was Dylan, who obviously had gotten something functional.
Gaheris raised it to his lips. "Go ahead, Captain." He kept his voice lowered because of the Magog outside.
"Is Harper with you?" On the Command Deck, Dylan paced back and forth.
"Yes."
"What about Fett?"
"He should be on his way to you now." Gaheris hesitated. "Can I talk to Trance?"
"Sure, but I don't know how long the connection will last." Dylan handed the comm over.
"Trance, have you heard anything from Veghn?" Gaheris asked. He immediately felt better hearing her voice.
"He hasn't contacted us, but he's okay," she said. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. How are you holding up?"
"The same. I wan-" Ksheeh... She was cut off by a burst of static, then nothing.
"Trance!" Gaheris furiously hurled the dysfunctional comm unit to the floor.
A/N: I was going to have a super short Boa/Xena chapter here, but I just got rid of it, leading to Chap 10, my first full-length chapter since about chap4 or something!
Preview of Chap10: Nemay and Jade find a weakness in the Sleath fighters, one that results in them being the only functional ship in space after the slipfighters abandon them...