‘Mission Six’ now available to buy as issue eight of Title Goes Here magazine – or if you prefer to avoid shipping charges, it’s also available as a PDF.
The day before Kage Kazumi comes back from the dead, she focuses more on saving her team than on completing the mission – but if luck stays on her side, she might manage both.
She’s sweating hard, her armour is too heavy, and her arm feels numb from her shoulder to her fingertips. She’s struggling to hold an injured Sarge upright, despite his protests, and her upper limb is almost dead from the weight. Her left hand wavers as she holds her pistol out in front, but she keeps herself moving through sheer force of will.
Fry stalks beside her, a slender shadow holding his sniper rifle to his shoulder, scope scanning the distant shadows for an ambush. It’s barely dawn and they’re all exhausted and covered with wounds. Sarge is the worst, a raxirian pirate managed to cut through his shields into his thigh. Sarge’s automated antibiotics have kicked in, but he’s already running a fever and his breathing sounds harsh over the intercom. They’re low on ammo, and they’re still only partway towards escaping the two kilometre long ravaged ship.
“One minute until complete loss of orbit,” a mechanised voice blares over the ships speakers.
Purchased. Went for a print copy cause I like something for my shelf.
Congratulations on another published piece
Cheers Nige – I hope you enjoy it
Thank you.
Need to get a copy for myself as well – another great piece as always