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sent vibrations through the deck, and Taylor could only pray their plan had not failed at the pivotal point. Never before had he been so relieved that the enemy weapons continued to fire. The grenade must have bounced to the edge of the room.
    "Wait for it! Wait!"
    A few seconds later, another blast rang out from inside the bridge and another soon after that.
    "Now!"
    Taylor took the bend first and charged through the doorway, almost falling over the dead Mech on the deck. A single pulse rushed past his head, but the other targets were already occupied by the breaches in their bridge either side from the other sections. He let go of his rifle, allowing it to drop to his side, drawing out his Assegai as he continued his rush towards them.
    The Colonel hit the first creature at full speed with his shield and sent it tumbling to the floor. He jumped onto the stunned alien, thrusting the weapon into its throat before it could recover. The lack of armour made it all the easier for the Assegai to pierce the skin.
    A few cries and shots rang out around him. By the time Taylor had pulled the weapon from his bloody victim, the bridge had been seized. He got to his feet and looked around in shock that it had gone so smoothly.
    "You weren't wrong, Jafar."
    The alien merely nodded as if surprised there was any other possibility.
    "Jones, have a section set up defences here. Have the other two sweep and clear the ship."
    As the Captain rushed off, the nuclear weapon was carted in and dumped at the very centre of the bridge among the enemy dead. Jafar pulled out the control module he had organised, twisted the power activator, and placed it onto a table beside one of the main consoles.
    "How do you know how to do this?"
    "High-ranking officers and Lords have wireless override keys which allow them to control a ship once on the bridge."
    "But you are neither," replied Taylor.
    "No, but information is power."
    "Ain't that the truth?"
    "Armed and ready to go, Sir."
    "All right, good work."
    He lifted his comms device up.
    "This is Taylor. You have five minutes to complete your sweep."
    "And us?" asked Jones.
    "We stay with the nuke until everyone else is clear. It's got an anti-tamper device, just in case we missed anyone on the sweep. Once we have left it, I want to be getting as far away as possible."
    He sat back against the nearest console with a sigh.
    "What is it?" asked Jones.
    "Even if this works. If we somehow destroy or disable the Planet Killer and this Purge fleet all in one, we still have a long way to go."
    "Yep, but that's not news to any of us, is it?”
    Jones lay up opposite the Colonel with his rifle resting across his knees.
    "You know when I was held by those bastards back so long ago, it was the hope of days like this which kept me going. Days when we would get to stick it to them."
    He slapped his hand down on the nuclear weapon.
    "Ramming a nuke down the bastards throats, that's just the ticket. They took almost everything from me. Not only that, they have taken Chandra as well. Until I find who was responsible for her death, I lay blame on their entire fucking race. Gone are the days when we run in fear and fight to their schedule. Today's the day we show them who's running this war."
    Taylor nodded in agreement. He thought of Chandra.
    I know she'd be gleefully smiling at the outcome we’re heading for.
    "Times up, everyone out now."
    "You're right. I am gonna find out what happened to the Colonel before this war is over, and I will not rest until I do. Leaving her out there is the biggest regret of my life."
    "And yet you know all we could have done was followed her to her death."
    He nodded.
    "Yes," he whispered in return.
    "Then let's honour her memory by blowing these bastards back to the hell they came from."
    Jones turned to see Jafar had unintentionally heard everything from where he stood.
    "You know what I said about those bastards doesn't extend to you? You are not one of them any longer."
    "No, and I too