It was surprising and a little terrifying to find one of these floating inside the halo of wreckage attributed to the Falling.So close to Titan and a direct threat to every inhabited asteroid, colony or planet within several light years.Whoever discovered it should have immediately reported it to Centcom so it could be properly destroyed.
“After this is over, we’ll have to get Jace out here to take care of this,” Kira said.
Honestly, Centcom sending him out here was probably the best thing that could have happened.Kira wouldn’t have trusted anyone else with a task this important.Between Belladonna and the honeycomb, he was going to have his hands full for a while.
A second later, Finn appeared in front of the porthole.
Although the helmet of his synth armor hid his face, Kira recognized him from the way he moved.It helped that he was also one of only two wearing Roake’s colors.
He undid the latches, opening the porthole for them to step out.
Kira’s nose wrinkled as she got her first look at the honeycomb.Even a decade on, this place still contained the stench of Tsavitee.
Raider joined her.“I really hate these things.”
“Don’t we all?”
Raider examined the honeycomb’s interior.“How do you think they even found this place?”
“The Sweet sisters.”
They’d gotten greedy.
Very greedy, Kira mentally added as she spotted the figure suspended in amber.
“Be careful,” Kira warned the others.“This place looks dead.It’s not.”
It was sleeping.Just waiting for someone to wake it up.
“What do you think happened?”Raider asked, giving the slumbering Tsavitee a wide berth as their group moved into the corridor beyond.
Kira shook her head.“I don’t know.”
Once damaged, the honeycomb should have released an onslaught of Tsavitee to protect the structure.If it had, the Falling might have had a different outcome.
Instead, it had gone into hibernation.
Kira would be interested to know why.But that wasn’t what was important right now.
“Where’s Dylan?”Raider asked, examining the faces of those with them.
In addition to Solal and Amila, Graydon had brought two pods of the ship’s forces.Talon and Finn had also come.
“He said we were moving too slow.He went on ahead,” Talon said.
The mission had barely started and people were already going off on their own.
Lovely.
Raider unhooked a modified rifle from his back.“Christ, Phoenix, they’re as bad as you.”
Kira threw a glance at him.“Let’s focus on the issue at hand, shall we?”
“I’m just saying that the only people I plan to go in search of if we get separated are you and him.”Raider pointed at Finn.To Talon, “I’m still on the fence about you.”
“You realize turnabout is fair play.”
“That one won’t leave me behind.”
