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Paxton toggles his sights The light in the rooh the ship

“What was that?” Fig asks the soldiers

“Electronic surge”

Fig tilts her head at the small creature “Fuck this” She shoots it in the chest The creature is kicked back three uts, as if the skin parted itself for so scent

Never seen anything like that gun

It lance sideways at the weapon, but Fig’s already dialing the big bitch

“Mada on L22Z2 We have a breach party Do you have that White’s shuttle on your scopes? Nothing else? Definitely not Vox Maybe Core deeplabs Sending visual No suits Perforated the hull without tripping therht Vacuum with no suits Breach is somehow pressure sealed—a ht not be isolated” A beat “Copy” Fig shuts off her co paid enough for this Ona squad of Peerless”

A low, horrible sound comes from the corpse of the smaller intruder

Fig turns It isn’t dead after all It is laughing A deep laugh, like the one you’d hear froh of a nightmare

But the nightmare just deepens

The creature pulls itself up, entrails hanging frout It licks its lips, its eyes like that of a waiting crocodile

The Julii Sol Guards aren’t slagging with this

“Medici can inspect the pieces,” the officer drones “Put them down”

Then the lights go out

“Null G’s!” Paxton shouts