Kit felt more than heard the
massive thrusters of the Shantung come to life. It moved away so
slowly that Kit wondered how they'd ever get far enough away from the
blast to make a difference.
And then he saw one of the
Scythe's turrets move.
Invisible until it struck, blue
death poured from an emplacement Kit had previously thought defunct,
to riddle the fleeing dreadnought. In one brilliant, breathtaking
display of fire and light, the Shantung's last shields went down; it
exploded, sending huge chunks of debris rocketing away. Several
pieces tore through the hull of the Andromeda, sending it, like a
javelin, over the Scythe ship's bow and out into black nothingness.
Two
minutes later the second blast came.
A
piece of the Scythe ship blazed through what was left of the
Andromeda and set it spinning endlessly. Kit succumbed to smothering
nothingness.
Yikes!
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