Amber, still shivering in her skintight zero-G undersuit, grabbed a hydro-spanner. "And you’re not supposed to be breathing my oxygen."
"You want to see a real anomaly?" he growled.
The fight lasted three seconds. He batted the tool aside, pinned her against the nav-computer, and cut the power to her suit's bio-locks.
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A lone scavenger, a hulking void-trapper with no allegiance to any known federation, had cracked the derelict ship’s hull. He called himself
He pulls her tighter, burying his face in her neck. "You are home."
The cold hum of the cryo-bay was the only sound on the Event Horizon for 300 years. Until now. Amber, still shivering in her skintight zero-G undersuit,
, the ship’s astro-biologist, had been in stasis for a routine survey mission. But a navigation error sent her pod spiraling into an uncharted nebula. When the hiss of the thaw cycle finished, she wasn't alone.
Every thrust pushes her toward the glass, her forehead pressed against the cold transparasteel. Below them, a binary star system ignites in a supernova of violet and gold.
The stars spin slowly outside the panoramic glass. Inside, gravity is a suggestion. Amber’s copper hair floats like fire as she grips the railing. Cargo’s massive hands hold her hips, anchoring her in the void. He batted the tool aside, pinned her against
The recording cuts to black, followed by a single text card:
Amber looks back over her shoulder, her lips parted, eyes reflecting the dying star. "I... I hate how far we are from home."
"You're not in the flight plan, Space Girl ," he rumbled, his voice distorted by a magnetic helmet.
"Tell me you hate this," he whispers.