Legacy (16 page)

Authors: Scott McElhaney

BOOK: Legacy

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Another quake shook the cave, scaring me to death that the cave itself would eventually collapse. I heard the commander tell him that they didn’t have time and they needed to clear out. The man looked out the door of the shuttle, then raised his eyebrows at us in question.

“
Let’s go,” Braxton said, taking a hold of my hand and starting up the stairs.

I didn’t have time to think and I don’t know what I would have decided even if I did. All I know is that the man in the doorway stepped aside and ushered us quickly in. I heard Tristan shouting Braxton’s name in the distance. I peeked out to see him running to the shuttle with a black bag.

“
It’s my spares. The wrist cables you wanted to learn about,” he shouted in explanation, tossing the bag at me.

I caught the bag, but returned a confused gaze at him.

“
You two can figure them out, now get out of here,” he shouted.

The stairs retracted quickly, followed by the door closing almost on the bag itself. I tugged it in and followed Braxton’s lead into the passenger section.

“
We’re only a crew of twelve now plus the commander,” the man who’d invited us along stated, “Take a seat and we’ll discuss the future after we get off this forsaken planet.”

The shuttle rocked all of a sudden, then we felt the strong gravitational forces pushing us back into our seats as we presumably escaped the cave and headed into space. I reached out and took the hand of Braxton into my own. He turned to me and kissed me lightly on the lips.

Final Entry – 1017

We escaped the atmosphere of Legacy and are now waiting to get past Luna before we risk bringing the Jump Drive online. Had we waited another day, we probably wouldn’t have made it. I could make out the shapes of the Foothold and the forward portion of the Constellation in the distance as we escaped. The stories of the last two survivors of the Foothold seemed to agree with what I was seeing. I will have them write down everything from the beginning so we have a detailed log.

Our scanners picked up two other giant ships approaching our planet as we rounded the other side of Luna. I couldn’t risk spending another moment imagining what was going to happen to our families down there, so I tapped in my pass code, set a course for Sol, then hit the acknowledge key twice. The Jump Drive came online…

The serial novel continues

In July 2012

Find out what happens on Earth

and discover where the Mystics

come from!

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