It took several hours to reach the complex. But the wait was worth it.
“What are they?” Tabitha asked as it finally came into view. Chrissie beat me to the punch.
“They are extremely heavy laser cannons. This is probably the most fortified and well-armed habitat in the system. Aren’t we the crazy ones to be going there?”
“We’ll be okay,” I told them but they both looked at me with a frown.
Casey and Leanne entered the cockpit. I was quickly learning that patience was not their strong point.
“Are we nearly there yet Mum?”
“It’ll be another while love.”
This whole plan I had concocted relied on reaching the city of Kolkata V on the habitat. It was the only low-security settlement, the only one we had a reasonable chance of setting foot on.
Sweat began to drip from my brow as the habitat grew larger in front of us.
I saw a convoy of merchant ships and told Tabitha to fall in right behind them, hopefully making ourselves less conspicuous.
“What is this place?” Casey asked.
“Hell,” I replied.
“You’re so dramatic,” Casey replied.
“If they want us dead, then that’s what we’ll be. And it will be over in a flash.”
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