Learning to Dance
herself straight down. Up looked at her through the dark lake water as she reached him, his eyes glazing over, clearly losing co ...
He got back in time to watch Headquarters explode. The commanders were gathered around the strategy room’s viewscreen. Up knew i ...
middle, smiling like a Cheshire cat. Up turned his back and walked away. Taz opened her door to find Up standing there, still so ...
they were all his from the moment he stepped into the room.” He finally focused on her. “And if you hadn’t gone out, we would h ...
Chapter Sixteen The Cazadora The atmosphere on the bridge was grim. Every eye was on Up, waiting for him to give some brilliant ...
Another cloud of smoke and debris in someone else’s viewscreen. “Commander, urgent call from engineering!” Up gestured for the c ...
“Sorry to disappoint you,” said Pedro, crossing his arms and leaning against her door. Taz shook her head. “It’s just that I hav ...
“Fine,” she said, leaning back in the chair and propping her feet up on her desk. If Up wasn’t coming, then she could do with a ...
Taz pressed the button on her radio transmitter. The Cazadora’s sophisticated communication system had failed early in the battl ...
said, smacking the bar, making their glasses jump. “And tell her exactly how I feel about her. And then I’d get down on one knee ...
our ships has a missile big enough to do the kind of damage you’re talking about.” “No missiles, no,” said Pedro, suddenly stopp ...
“Ten minutes to ship separation,” said the Cazadora’s cool, inhuman voice as Rangers buzzed around the bridge, preparing for the ...
threw the pieces of the metal trigger device he was holding to the deck. “It’s fried. I’ve tried six times, it’s shot.” Taz turn ...
nervous?” “I’ve got nothing to hide,” he said, with false bravado. She showed her hand, and a look of delight crossed his face. ...
“I’ll do it,” said Up. “It’s my ship.” Silence. “No you won’t. You can’t get here in time, idiota.” Up slammed a fist into the c ...
get going.” She returned the salute each ensign gave as they left, casting troubled looks back at her. Pedro didn’t move. “Ensig ...
“Ten seconds to ship separation,” the Cazadora calmly intoned. His eyes searching hers for one more, too-short moment, Pedro tur ...
shirt haphazardly over his head as he walked briskly away down the corridor. It was Pedro. After a long moment, Up turned and wa ...
taken when he graduated the Academy. A bugler played, and words were said, but Taz hadn’t been listening. She sat now, at the pl ...
Chapter Seventeen War The dissonance of human screams. A metallic whir, a robot’s tread. A hot zapper in her hands, set to kill. ...
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