Crack.Crack.Crack.
The cuff shattered.
“You did it,” Graydon commented, walking towards her.
“I can’t believe it was that easy.”
Kira rubbed her wrist and stared at the cuff’s remnants.
“I wouldn’t phrase it quite that way.You have unusually large reserves ofki.Most, including me, could not have done what you just did.”
“How did your conversation go?”Kira asked.
“He was less than happy to hear his son was endangered.Also, the idea that someone has taken advantage of the wanderers’ isolation is of extreme concern to him.”
Kira too, if she were honest.
Graydon paused as the captain’s voice issued over the ship’s intercoms.
“Graydon to the bridge.There’s a situation that needs your attention.”
“Understood.I’ll be there momentarily.”He looked at Kira, “Shall we?”
She fell into step beside him.A few minutes later, they stepped onto his bridge.
Kira saw the reason for the strained silence and tense atmosphere on screen where several ships were displayed.
“They used the debris field as cover to fool our sensors,” the captain explained as Kira and Graydon joined them.
Jin waved her over to the seat he’d claimed.Dylan was a shadow beside him.
“We have company,” Jin informed her.
“I see that.”Kira studied the ships blocking their passage.They were of Tuann design.All armed to the teeth with enough fire power to present a serious threat.“Do we know who it is?”
Jin slouched in his chair.“Someone who doesn’t like losing.”
“Not many do,” Kira responded.
Graydon’s ship was no slouch.Though diplomatic, that just meant they had more cannons on their hull since the Tuann’s idea of diplomacy usually consisted of who had the bigger stick.Still, the enemy had the advantage of numbers.Their best bet would be to slip away into the debris field.They could use it as cover to pick off their pursuers one at a time.
“They’re threatening to attack the human station if we flee,” the captain told Graydon.
Kira was pleasantly surprised by his consideration.A lot of Tuann would have left the humans to their own devices without a second thought.
“Would they really do that?”Kira asked.
Titan was a civilian occupied station without a huge military presence.Taking it out would be an act of evil on par with the Tsavitee.
“There are over three million souls on Titan,” Jin said.
That was a lot of blood to have on your hands.
“They wouldn’t hesitate,” Graydon confirmed.
“Maybe we could get a warning out to the station,” the captain suggested.
“Even if we could warn Titan, it wouldn’t matter.They don’t have the defenses to deal with a fleet of Tuann ships,” Kira said.
