Chapter 15
Boa hummed the Star Wars main title as he worked.
Laying on the deck beside him, Rommie blinked, stuttered a few syllables, then became immobile again.
"Dylan!" Trance cried suddenly. "We've got to get out of here!"
"I know, Trance," Dylan answered, pacing the length of the Command Deck.
"No, I mean now! Harper's underestimated the strength of his weapon! This entire system is going to be sucked into a black hole!"
"What?" Dylan demanded.
"Gaheris is going to destroy the Worldship with a PSB Harper modified," Trance answered, more calmly. "What he and Jade and Nemay don't realize is that it will suck everything in the entire system with it!"
"Well, how are we going to escape from here?" Dylan asked. "Incase you haven't noticed yet, Trance, my ship isn't working!"
"According to who?" Boa asked smugly as Andromeda appeared on the viewscreen in front of them.
"All systems operational, Captain," she said- with Boa's voice.
Rommie sat up and grabbed Fett's arm. "What did you do to me?" she demanded.
"I'll fix the voice problem later," Boa promised. "Just get us the hell out of here!"
"Once Gaheris fires the PSB, we'll be able to jump into Slipstream," Trance announced. "If we jump too late..." she trailed off ominously.
"Internal defenses activated," Rommie said.
Dylan brought down the Slipstream controls. "As soon as you know Gaheris has fired the missile, open a portal. Let's bring it."
Preview of chap16: The death of... someone