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Soht now, security forces and ure out whether the hole in the station or the possibility of rushing into reater threat By the time they came to a decision, she needed to be as far away from here as possible

The inner airlock door cycled open, and she hauled the corpse up into the locker rooain for Katria to use When she popped her helmet seals, the dead man stank of blood and overheated metal and the same kind of lubricant she used on Betsy’s joints

She pulled the body into the large gray transport box, closed the lid, and triggered the seals Whatever alerts, whatever alar out were blocked now Or if Saba rong, she and Katria would find out soon enough

The airlock cycled open while Bobbie was pulling off her environment suit Her jumpsuit was drenched in sweat Katria undid the seals of her own hel it into the locker

“You get the package to Saba,” Katria said

“I know the plan I’et off on the right foot, your crew and mine”

“No need for that,” Katria said, popping the seals on her suit with the speed of long habit “Just get the work done”

“Copy that”

“You know, this is the second time we’ve played the same trick Use the blast to hide e reallypower armor they’ll all think is out there in the black?”

“If they think we have it, they’ll change the shut-down code before we can reverse engineer it”

“I knohy,” Katria said “I’et people like you and y’s played out If Saba thinks otherwise, he’s a fool”

Bobbie popped the wheels on the transport cart out, extended the handle It rolled easily She wasn’t looking forward to pushing the dah the public areas of the station to Saba’s rendezvous, but she also wanted to get out of here as quickly as she could She forced herself to take one long, slow look at it before she opened the doors, though In case there was blood on it

“There won’t be a third time,” she said

“You sure of that?” Katria asked

“Positive,” Bobbie said “You get your people, and you tell theer Twothe hell off this station”