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“There are only three ways to get to us,” Bull continued “They can go down through the drum, but that’s messy The maintenance corridor on the other side of the dru That leaves one good way to head south on this beast”

“Right through us,” Holden said

“Yup So guess what? Youraction,” Corin said

“Give the lady a prize We stillif we can buy Naoet to buy it for her”

“Bull,” Holden said “There are two of us with light assault rifles and sidearms here Those people have force recon arear up close We won’t be a delay We’ll be a cloud of pink h at full speed”

“Not quite that fast I’m not an idiot, I pulled all the ammo from the suits, and as an added precaution I went ahead and yanked the firing contacts in the guns”

“That’s good news, actually, but can’t they just tear us lirab you if you can avoid it Buy us as much time as you can Bull out”

Holden looked at Corin, as looking back at him, the sa triple ti took on a sense of almost painful reality It was like he’d just woken up

He was about to die

“Last stand tiood a place as any” She pointed at the boxy and solid-looking elevator “Use the upper hatch for cover, they’ll have to couns they’ll have to close and engage at point blank We can dump a lot of fire into them as they approach”

“Corin,” Holden said “Have you ever seen one of those suits at work?”

“Nope Does it change e need to do here?”

He hesitated

“No,” he said “I guess it really doesn’t” He pulled the assault rifle off his back and left it floating next to hiazines it had been when he stuffed the to do but wait

Corin found a spot by the hatch where she could hook one foot under a handhold set into ould be the wall under thrust She settled in, staring up the elevator shaft through her sights Holden tried doing the sa around

“Nao she was still on the radio