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Authors: Mark Brandon Powell
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by as Kat waits on the bridge. There wasn’t anything she could do to help Jack in medical bay anyway. So, she’s watching the monitors. The only thing interesting so far was the ship they blew up on the way in was caught in the in gravitational pull of the planet. It would be falling down to the ground in another few hours. She also tracked a few lifeboats that landed planet side, but nothing within walking distance. It was sunny when they landed, and now the suns are setting. It looks just like how she envisioned it, the only thing missing is her and Gravan sharing a swing on their back porch.
The door slides open behind her and she turns to see Gravan standing there. Kat looks at him, and there is relief on his face. He walks over next to her and sits in his chair.
He says, “That’s a nice view.”
“Yea it is. This is where the house would have gone.”
“Oh. Didn’t realize it when we landed. You picked a good place for it.”
“Thanks.” Kat fells the tears build behind her eyes and changes the subject. “So how’s our new passenger doing?”
“He’s doing alright. Whisper is still working on him, most of the cuts were easily healed. The burns though, they’re going to take a bit longer. The mage root still has about a day left, and we have more than enough to suppress it for that long. How’re things looking in here?”
“Good. Debris is falling everywhere, but won’t hit anywhere near us. There are a couple of ships that landed a hundred or so miles away. Other than that, I’ve just been watching the suns set.”
“We’ll get a place of our own. I promise. Once we get Hanna back, we’ll all pick a new place together.”
Kat really didn’t want to talk about it, but the words just left her mouth before her brain could stop them. “But I really wanted it to be here. This place. This planet. Now we have to go off to some prison to rescue someone that I barely know. All of which is getting me no closer to where I want us to be. Why does this keep happening?”
“Kitty Kat, it’s ok. This isn’t the only planet with a beautiful landscape and sunset. We’ll find some place to settle into. Just you watch.”
Fury interrupts the conversation, “Kat, Gravan, we’ve got incoming. Two warships just entered the solar system.”
Kat leans back into he chair. This was the worse thing that could happen to them besides a whole army showing up in response. There’s still time she thinks.
She says, “Anyone got any ideas?”
Gravan says, “We could go deeper into the Frontier, we got the supplies for it, and then make our way around.”
“We could, but Whisper said they got our ID, so it won’t matter which way we go. Other than avoiding a fight, which might be good to do.”
Whisper interrupts, “Jack’s awake.”
Kat says, “Great, make sure he’s secure and we can get out of here.”
“Wait, he’s asking for Gravan to get something from the store.”
Gravan says, “Tell him we don’t have time.”
Whisper says, “He’s insisting.”
“Fine I’ll go talk to him.”
Kat says confused, “What? Seriously?”
Gravan says, “Yea. Let me go talk to him and find out what it is. You get a plan together with Fury and Whisper to get us out of here alive while I do that.”
Kat, Whisper, and Fury talk about their options. Running was at the top of the list. Mainly because they didn’t know if there were more ships waiting out there. Then there was Hanna. She could be already be dead. Which was unlikely because they captured her instead of just outright killing her on the spot. So there should be some time, but who knows how much. Running would be safer for Kat and crew but it would take time they may not have away from Hanna. Something Kat wasn’t willing to give up. If she got captured, she would want Gravan to get to her in the shortest route possible.
That would mean somehow getting past two warships. They got past one, which was mostly an accident, but she didn’t
The door slides open behind her and she turns to see Gravan standing there. Kat looks at him, and there is relief on his face. He walks over next to her and sits in his chair.
He says, “That’s a nice view.”
“Yea it is. This is where the house would have gone.”
“Oh. Didn’t realize it when we landed. You picked a good place for it.”
“Thanks.” Kat fells the tears build behind her eyes and changes the subject. “So how’s our new passenger doing?”
“He’s doing alright. Whisper is still working on him, most of the cuts were easily healed. The burns though, they’re going to take a bit longer. The mage root still has about a day left, and we have more than enough to suppress it for that long. How’re things looking in here?”
“Good. Debris is falling everywhere, but won’t hit anywhere near us. There are a couple of ships that landed a hundred or so miles away. Other than that, I’ve just been watching the suns set.”
“We’ll get a place of our own. I promise. Once we get Hanna back, we’ll all pick a new place together.”
Kat really didn’t want to talk about it, but the words just left her mouth before her brain could stop them. “But I really wanted it to be here. This place. This planet. Now we have to go off to some prison to rescue someone that I barely know. All of which is getting me no closer to where I want us to be. Why does this keep happening?”
“Kitty Kat, it’s ok. This isn’t the only planet with a beautiful landscape and sunset. We’ll find some place to settle into. Just you watch.”
Fury interrupts the conversation, “Kat, Gravan, we’ve got incoming. Two warships just entered the solar system.”
Kat leans back into he chair. This was the worse thing that could happen to them besides a whole army showing up in response. There’s still time she thinks.
She says, “Anyone got any ideas?”
Gravan says, “We could go deeper into the Frontier, we got the supplies for it, and then make our way around.”
“We could, but Whisper said they got our ID, so it won’t matter which way we go. Other than avoiding a fight, which might be good to do.”
Whisper interrupts, “Jack’s awake.”
Kat says, “Great, make sure he’s secure and we can get out of here.”
“Wait, he’s asking for Gravan to get something from the store.”
Gravan says, “Tell him we don’t have time.”
Whisper says, “He’s insisting.”
“Fine I’ll go talk to him.”
Kat says confused, “What? Seriously?”
Gravan says, “Yea. Let me go talk to him and find out what it is. You get a plan together with Fury and Whisper to get us out of here alive while I do that.”
Kat, Whisper, and Fury talk about their options. Running was at the top of the list. Mainly because they didn’t know if there were more ships waiting out there. Then there was Hanna. She could be already be dead. Which was unlikely because they captured her instead of just outright killing her on the spot. So there should be some time, but who knows how much. Running would be safer for Kat and crew but it would take time they may not have away from Hanna. Something Kat wasn’t willing to give up. If she got captured, she would want Gravan to get to her in the shortest route possible.
That would mean somehow getting past two warships. They got past one, which was mostly an accident, but she didn’t
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