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He chinned a button in his helmet, and his body armor shot him full of amphetamines and painkillers Within seconds, his knee still hurt, but the pain was very far away and easy to ignore The threatening tunnel vision vanished and the airlock becaht His heart started to race

“Alex,” he said, knowing the answer before he asked, “as that?”

“When we torched our passenger there, the boot serious da Reactor went into eo bay turned into a second drive during the blast and put us into a spin I have no control over the ship”

A his limbs “That sucks”

“We need to kill this spin,” Holden said “What do you need to get the attitude thrusters back up?”

“Holden,” Naomi cut in, “I think Praxin there”

“Is he dying?”

The hesitation lasted for one very long second

“His suit doesn’t think so”

“Then ship first,” Holden said “First aid after Alex, we’ve got radios again And the lights are on So the ja Why can’t you fire the thrusters?”

“Looks like … primary and secondary pumps are out No water pressure”

“Confirmed,” Naomi said a second later “Pri must be a mess Secondary’s on the deck above It shouldn’t have been physically da power spike just before the reactor went off-line Might have fried it or blown a breaker”

“Okay, we’re on it A hio airlock’s outer door “You with roaned “Just knocked the wind out ofhiravity of their spin, his leg felt heavy, hot, and stiff as a board Without the drugs pouring through hi on it would have probablyeven ht But the amphetaminesthe word He probably had a concussion, but Holden would get him some medical attention later when the ship was back under their control

“We need to get to the secondary water pu his “What’s the fastest access point?”

“Machine shop,” Amos replied, then closed his eyes and seemed to fall asleep on his feet

“Naomi,” Holden said “Can you control Amos’ suit fro his ass around with me, and I need him”