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tiredly.
“That sounds good. Oh...” She yawned. “Sorry. Before I fall asleep, Matt woke hours ago. He said he feels well, much better in fact, if a little sore. I brought him up to speed on everything that's happened. He nearly had a fit! The ship must have shot him full of something though because he soon calmed down, started falling asleep. He said he wants to speak to you though, soon as he gets a chance. Says it's important.”
“ OK. I'll let him rest but as soon as he wakes again I'll speak to him. Sal? Sal...?”
Jess realised she was already asleep. Smiling he pulled the covers over her and quietly left the room, noticing the door slid open and closed more slowly and quietly than normal. He shivered at the reminder of how closely the ship watched his thoughts.
“ Space them! Throw them out the airlock, right now!”
Jess stared at Matt's image on the screen speechless. The moment Matt woke again he had contacted Jess. The first words out of his mouth were these demands.
“I mean it kid. They're trouble. More trouble than you or Sal realise. I've heard of gangs like this, hell, I've seen the chaos and pain they leave behind a few times. We need to space them now. Not the kids, but all the others.”
“ But... we can't just kill them in cold blood?”
“ What do you think they'd have done if they knew about me, eh? You were vital – their link to the ship. Sal is young, worth plenty to them. Me? I'd have been out that airlock before you could blink. These people are evil. Completely, totally evil. As long as they are on this ship they are dangerous. If they find a way around your barrier then they'll kill all of us, except you kid. You they might keep alive but god knows what they'd do to you. Oh – and that girl you were sweet on. They'll probably keep her alive to torture, to make sure you do what they say. The only way to be safe is to get rid of them. Get them off this ship.”
“ I can't... I need... you can't just ask me to do that. I need to think it through. Talk to Sal about it.”
“ God!” Matt shouted in frustration. “Do you have any idea what it's like to be laid back here, not able to move, knowing they could get free at any time? That I couldn't do a thing to stand against them. Kid... Jess... you must get them off this ship before they do something we'll all regret.”
The ship pulsed warnings into Jess's mind, Matt's pulse had risen significantly, as had his blood pressure. He was also breathing hard, putting too much stress on his newly repaired lung. The ship wanted to sedate him, drop him back into a healing sleep. Feeling guilty Jess agreed.
Within seconds Matt's eyes flickered and closed, his pulse dropped and the ship confirmed that his readings were back in the safe zone. Jess leant back in his chair, considering Matt's words. Knowing he was right in some ways, if the prisoners got free then they would wreak havoc on Sal, Matt, Ali and himself. On the other hand could he really kill them in cold blood? Murder them? Wouldn't that make him as bad as they were?
He linked to the ship, focused in on the prisoners. They were all asleep, curled up together on the floor with blankets and pillows that Sal must have given them. They were near the airlock. If it had to be done then why not do it now? While they slept. A plan formed in his mind. Open both the inner and outer airlock doors, shape the containment field to protect the rest of the ship but leave the prisoners exposed. They'd be sucked out, dead in moments. Probably before they even realised anything was happening.
It took Jess a moment to realise the airlock doors had opened, almost at the same moment he felt the containment field reshape and the air pressure around the prisoners start to drop sharply.
“ No! Stop!” he cried in horror throwing up a new field to hold the air in. “No. I was
“That sounds good. Oh...” She yawned. “Sorry. Before I fall asleep, Matt woke hours ago. He said he feels well, much better in fact, if a little sore. I brought him up to speed on everything that's happened. He nearly had a fit! The ship must have shot him full of something though because he soon calmed down, started falling asleep. He said he wants to speak to you though, soon as he gets a chance. Says it's important.”
“ OK. I'll let him rest but as soon as he wakes again I'll speak to him. Sal? Sal...?”
Jess realised she was already asleep. Smiling he pulled the covers over her and quietly left the room, noticing the door slid open and closed more slowly and quietly than normal. He shivered at the reminder of how closely the ship watched his thoughts.
“ Space them! Throw them out the airlock, right now!”
Jess stared at Matt's image on the screen speechless. The moment Matt woke again he had contacted Jess. The first words out of his mouth were these demands.
“I mean it kid. They're trouble. More trouble than you or Sal realise. I've heard of gangs like this, hell, I've seen the chaos and pain they leave behind a few times. We need to space them now. Not the kids, but all the others.”
“ But... we can't just kill them in cold blood?”
“ What do you think they'd have done if they knew about me, eh? You were vital – their link to the ship. Sal is young, worth plenty to them. Me? I'd have been out that airlock before you could blink. These people are evil. Completely, totally evil. As long as they are on this ship they are dangerous. If they find a way around your barrier then they'll kill all of us, except you kid. You they might keep alive but god knows what they'd do to you. Oh – and that girl you were sweet on. They'll probably keep her alive to torture, to make sure you do what they say. The only way to be safe is to get rid of them. Get them off this ship.”
“ I can't... I need... you can't just ask me to do that. I need to think it through. Talk to Sal about it.”
“ God!” Matt shouted in frustration. “Do you have any idea what it's like to be laid back here, not able to move, knowing they could get free at any time? That I couldn't do a thing to stand against them. Kid... Jess... you must get them off this ship before they do something we'll all regret.”
The ship pulsed warnings into Jess's mind, Matt's pulse had risen significantly, as had his blood pressure. He was also breathing hard, putting too much stress on his newly repaired lung. The ship wanted to sedate him, drop him back into a healing sleep. Feeling guilty Jess agreed.
Within seconds Matt's eyes flickered and closed, his pulse dropped and the ship confirmed that his readings were back in the safe zone. Jess leant back in his chair, considering Matt's words. Knowing he was right in some ways, if the prisoners got free then they would wreak havoc on Sal, Matt, Ali and himself. On the other hand could he really kill them in cold blood? Murder them? Wouldn't that make him as bad as they were?
He linked to the ship, focused in on the prisoners. They were all asleep, curled up together on the floor with blankets and pillows that Sal must have given them. They were near the airlock. If it had to be done then why not do it now? While they slept. A plan formed in his mind. Open both the inner and outer airlock doors, shape the containment field to protect the rest of the ship but leave the prisoners exposed. They'd be sucked out, dead in moments. Probably before they even realised anything was happening.
It took Jess a moment to realise the airlock doors had opened, almost at the same moment he felt the containment field reshape and the air pressure around the prisoners start to drop sharply.
“ No! Stop!” he cried in horror throwing up a new field to hold the air in. “No. I was
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