Joshua Cook
It was desperate. He’d never been in a battle like it. If he were on his own, it would be easier. But there were so many people around to fall prey to the Rebuilders.
Then there was Mimi. He didn’t want her here, yet the fact she was here kept him alive in more ways than one.
She was fighting like a pro, like someone who’d trained their whole life for this specific battle.
He barely recognized her as she twisted and whirled and fought. She looked nothing like the Mimi he knew, resembling instead the hardened warrior he’d seen in that vision.
She suddenly grabbed a lieutenant, yanking him back and shooting a Rebuilder that had lodged in the guy’s shoulder. She pulled the last shards of metal from his body as she shoved him down the corridor toward safety.
The same lieutenant had been present when Carinthia had tried to convince Josh Mimi was worthless.
The guy hated Mimi. According to him, she’d turned her back on everyone and lost her loyalty.
Well, she’d just saved his life.
Suddenly Mimi turned her head to the left, staring with wide eyes at the wall that led to the hull and space beyond.
“They’re destabilizing hull integrity. Get out of here, get out of here,” she screamed as she sliced her hand down the corridor.
When the crew didn’t react, she shoved her shoulder into the closest person and sent her skidding toward an open room to her left.
Seconds later, Josh’s onboard sensors picked up what Mimi’s senses had already detected.
The Rebuilders were in the wall, alright, digging away at it as they tried to rip a hole right into the metal.
The second they did, was the second this corridor depressurized and sucked everybody into space.
He’d be okay, and a few of the other security officers in armor would be fine, but everyone else wouldn’t be.
Mimi included.
He dashed toward her, just as she pushed another ensign into the nearest room.
Then it happened. Before he could reach her.
The hull gave up. A massive section of it exploded, sucking out into space and pulling the atmosphere with it.
There was a moment where he stared at her and saw her face, her eyes widening with fear.
Mimi screamed. She was ripped off her feet and carried away by the force of the fleeing air.
Josh locked his armored boots on the floor and punched his hand forward.
He reached, reached with all his might toward her.
He could not lose her again.
Not again.
She reached back.
The end of Episode Three.