Hal breathed a sigh of relief. “I thought we were dead. How did you do that?”
“I always try to familiarize myself with the infrastructure of corporations. It helps in tight situations, if you know what I mean. Let’s get this finished and get out of here. When I place these, we’ll have ten minutes to get out.” Ax walked slowly up to the large tanks. She and Hal were between both tanks when Ax pulled out her singularity bombs.
She placed each one inconspicuously on the side of each tank as if she were just inspecting the structure. She then triggered them and held her wrist to her mouth. “B4 come now. We need our pickup out front.” She and Hal continued on their way through the following doors, leaving the main floor of the factory. They immediately started up the stairs, passing the office doors of the corporate offices.
A man in a business suit came out from one of the offices near the main entrance. He looked directly at Hal and smiled. “Hey Hal, I haven’t seen you in ages. What are you doing here?” He came closer.
“I moved up the corporate ladder, I’m doing building inspections now. Maybe we can catch up sometime. I have to go right now, but I’ll see you sometime.” Hal quickly spoke.
The man waved and moved back to his office. Ax kept her eyes off the cameras and mainly concealed her face with her fire red hair. She walked faster as they reached the entrance. Hal kept his pace with hers and they exited the building without being stopped again. Once outside, Ax saw the exit ramp of the Risk Taker in among the many trees. She pulled her helmet out from her back and fastened it securely onto her head.
Hal followed her faithfully and as soon as they entered the ship the ramp closed, concealing them once again.
“B4 take off right now!” Ax yelled from the back.
“Alright, starting flight, would you like to assist me?” B4 asked calmly.
“Yes, I’m on my way. Come on, Hal, you’ve just become part of our crew.” Ax turned behind her to Hal. He just nodded after being out of breath. Ax entered the cockpit and padded B4D6 on the head. “What was that for?” B4 asked.
“I missed you. Transfer controls to me, we have to make a quick get away.” Ax sat and took control. She increased their speed and the Risk Taker shot further into the sky gaining even more speed toward the atmosphere.
“How long?” B4 asked.
“Thirty seconds to detonation.” Ax straightened. She peered through the viewport and saw something she didn’t expect. Ten heavily armed Multar starships sat blocking their escape. “B4 do they see us?” Ax was shocked to see such a display.
“According to our instruments, they have not detected us at all. I don’t know what they expect to accomplish.” B4 replied. Instantly the facility imploded in on itself, sucking the entire facility into a singularity, leaving the forest unharmed.
“That went well, even the Eco-Cleansers should be proud.” Hal commented.
“Great, now B4 is there an escape vector for us? I mean do we have a course to set into warp, slipstream or even hyper drive?” Ax gripped the steering column tighter.
“Ax we are receiving an incoming transmission. Do we reply?” B4D6 asked.
“Would we be detected if we replied?” Ax asked.
“No, as long as it’s only audio.”
“Punch it up.” Ax cleared her throat ready to talk.
“Ax Darnell, surrender and you will not be fired upon. If you resist we will find you and destroy your ship. High commander Nexus has spoken.”
“Nexus, I didn’t think you did clean up work anymore. You know I won’t surrender; besides you can’t track my ship. I did you a favor; I destroyed the Eco-Cleansers facility that was creating a bomb.” Ax answered coolly.
“Funny story, that same bomb is aboard my ship aimed at the planet. We changed the target.” Nexus responded.
To Be Continued in the Explosive Conclusion!
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