"Don't panic. I'll get you out of this," Kira told him.
How was the question.
First order of business was to dump the extra weight.
"I'm going to need you to kick off your board on my mark."
Devon shook his helmet. “Your board won't support both our weight.”
"Let me worry about that."
Sensing his refusal, Kira bashed the faceplate of her helmet against his. "You do what I say, when I say, and there's a good chance we both survive this. You continue playing the martyr, and we'll probably die."
Something she said must have gotten through to him because he nodded.
"Got that?" she asked.
"Yes."
Good. She didn't have time for hand holding. Even with her skills, they weren't going to make it out of this unscathed. She put their chances at fifty-fifty.
"Unlatch."
Devon hit the controls that would enable him to detach from the board.
It fell away from him.
Kira wasted no time, stomping down hard on the thrust. Alone, correcting for the tailspin would not have been outside her capabilities.
As it was, the extra weight of Devon's body only served to unbalance her every time she thought she'd gotten the hang of it, sending her into a new spin.
That wasn't the only problem. They were still going entirely too fast.
With the damage from the shrapnel, her board wasn't as responsive as it had been before.
The seconds to impact were ticking by, and she still hadn't solved this problem.
If technology wasn't going to work, what aboutki?
A shield might disperse some of the force from the crash. Only problem was that with the inhibitor she was still limited on the amount she could draw at once.
If this were before, she could do it. It'd cost her, but she'd be alive at the end.
Removing it wasn't an option either. Jin had done some research during the journey on theWanderer, but still hadn't found a way to unlock it.
Surprisingly, Odin had run into the same obstacle.
Wait. Just because she couldn't use it the way she wanted didn't mean Devon couldn't.
"Devon, expel yourkibehind you at my command," Kira said.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"We're kind of out of options."
If this didn't work, one of them was going to have to jump and hope for the best. Since her armor was better than his, it was more likely she'd survive the crash.
"You ready?" Kira asked.
