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At this speed, the ship responded nimbly, and her bow cahter with a titanic screaKovac, who had braced for it The bow railing was crushed in, and the two ships grated against each other A dozen balconies for the most expensive cabins were torn ahile, all over the ship, passengers and creere thrown to the deck There were injuries throughout the vessel, though nothing more severe than a few broken bones
Kovac turned the ship away frohter turned with him but kept a much wider separation this time, its captain obviously leery of another collision
He wasn’t sure what inspired hi the helm position, he yanked one of the dead officers from the floor and walked the corpse outside, with one hand on the officer’s belt and the other on the back of his neck so it appeared he alking on his own Kovac paused for a second, to make sure thethe flying-bridge rail and heaving the body over
He ducked behind the rail and couldn’t watch the body fall the hundred feet to the sea, but he was certain his opponents had Kovac knew they wouldn’t let an innocent man drown, and it would take them at least an hour to rescue hiive up their pursuit for a dead man
“DAMAGE REPORT,” Juan called, as soon as the two ships pulled apart
“Crews are on their way,” Max said straightaway
When they hadn’t been able to raise the cruise ship on the radio, their plan had been to get the crew’s attention and hail them with loudspeakers The owner of the Golden Line was most likely complicit in Severance’s plot, but it couldn’t involve all of his officers and crew If they could get a warning to the aboard, they could put an end to this once and for all
Cabrillo had fully expected the ship intentionally rammed No captain on earth would jeopardize his ship and creith a stunt like that
There was only one logical conclusion “Kovac’s taken over the Golden Sky”
Max eyed hi that makes sense How do you want to play it?”
“We’ll lay up alongside again and fire over grappling hooks I don’t kno ht to suffice”
“I like your Captain Blood style”
“Avast, ye matey”
“If he tries to turn in to us again, you boys are going to be in a world of hurt”
“It’s your job to make certain he doesn’t” Cabrillo was about to call down to Eddie to prepare a boarding party when Hali suddenly shouted, “Soe!”