Kira hit Devon withenough force to rattle the teeth in her head. Multiple bones in her body protested.
Thank every power in the universe Auralyn hadn’t listened when Kira had tried to reject the gift. Without the armor, she would have taken considerable damage just now.
Kira wrapped her arms around Devon, activating the magnetic feature in her armor. Without it, she would have bounced right off him and wasted this opportunity.
Unfortunately, the collision had worsened the tailspin he'd entered. The horizon careened wildly around them.
Her vision tunneled as the spin sent blood rushing to her legs from the g forces. Much more and her body wouldn't be able to take it.
Kira bared her teeth. Not going to happen in this lifetime.
She was a Cur. A few measly g's wasn't going to be the reason she went into the long night.
She tensed her legs and abdomen.
"What was that?" Jin asked as a piece of shrapnel shredded the side of her board.
"It's nothing."
Kira cursed. As always, his instincts for knowing when a situation had taken a turn for the worst were on point.
"Then why is your board smoking?"
Kira worked to steady them; her efforts largely wasted. They were going too fast and her board wasn't ideal for carrying additional weight.
“A small piece of debris collided with my board.”
Jin gasped. "Abandon him right now."
Kira rolled her eyes. He was always so dramatic.
"Kira!" Jin wailed.
Rather than answer, Kira hit the thrust on her board, trying to slow their spin and guide them onto some type of stable flight pattern.
Their speed dropped but not enough.
"How's Raider doing?"
"He's already recovered the second racer," Odin said.
"You'd better not die or he'll hold it over your head for the rest of eternity," Jin added.
Kira ignored his last statement. "Do you have a line to Devon yet?"
"It's open now," Odin responded.
"Devon, can you hear me?"
"Yeah."
Finally, something that had gone her way.
"My board's not responding at all," he said. "I've run through every recovery procedure I know. Nothing is working."
In the next second, his board went silent. The drive chain powering the engine going dead.
That wasn't good.
