by J.P. Yager
Trevor brought the controls forward as the way in front of them transformed from a closed door to shredded metal. “Just keep shooting, Booster.” They blew through the command center in a fresh explosion.
Trevor was having difficulty with the controls as they scraped through the last of the opening. This was harder than Nathan made it look, especially without his normal human sight.
The ship was in open air within the most secure part of the space station. Of course it would be guarded against something coming in, but what about something getting out? The command section had just suffered a massive EMP. Would they be watching yet? Too many unknowns and no other choices.
Trevor fired at the large bay door blocking their way. They flew into a massive super city. He wished it looked familiar. Unfortunately, he’d been in and out during that portion of his day.
Feeling so good was taking some getting used to. Whatever energy his father had tried to tap into that powered the star was otherworldly. It was like a supercharged, full-sugar energy drink “go” pill. The parasite was dead. He could feel that much. But that wasn’t the only effect.
In the bustling part of the super city, a Ruveran officer looked up from the crowd. He thought he’d heard gunfire before everything fell dead silent again. He went to put it out of his mind, when the massive wall leading to the military district exploded toward him. Master Velkas’s ship blew right through it. Before he or anyone else could react, it was gone.
“I think we’re going to be okay, Boost.” Blind to the visual world, Trevor took Velkas’s ship between skyscrapers and under the main tramline and then began firing at the next series of blockades.
“We’re nearing the lower section.” Boost pointed a few hundred meters ahead. The bottom led back to a view of the galaxy, which meant it was a way out.
Trev took careful aim at the glass and timed it so the explosion and their exit were one and the same. The autoshield slammed shut behind them as they came through.
“That was close.”
“I see a lot of defensive turrets on us.” Boost was searching the outside structure.
“They aren’t going to fire on their leader’s ship.” That was more of a hope that the EMP still had them chasing their tails.
“Incoming,” the computer warned in Ruveran.
“Scratch that.” Trevor pulled the sticks over to barrel roll. The ship responded quickly and went into a spin.
The laser-guided weapons screamed toward them.
“This could be a short trip.” Trev stared at the volley coming right at them.
Right in front of them, a small fleet of battleships appeared out of light speed. They opened up their lasers on them. The blasts struck everything around Velkas’s ship.
Trevor looked down at his screen and saw the first volley of weapons had vanished from the screen.
“Thought you could use a hand,” Fox came over guard frequency.
Trev had no clue how they were able to identify it was him and not Velkas. Maybe it was an educated guess after hearing the screamer. Or they had great life scanners. “We need you to keep them off us so we can light-jump.”
“We’ll try.”
The Elysian battleships were releasing thousands of little fighters that were already opening up on the Razerus. Counter to that, Ruveran battleships were disengaging from the Razerus and arriving from hidden points throughout the galaxy. Trevor crossed the threshold of Elysian ships and continued on. They streamed past him going the opposite way. A large space battle was about to begin.
“Where we going?” Boost dialed up the NAV computer.
“Where this all started. We’re going to the Salarian world of Vale.”
Trevor waited for the drive to max out, and then he engaged the hyper-jump. In seconds, they were gone.
Chapter 25