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He grinned at her, ignoring the blood running from his nose. For the first time since she'd<br />
become his Provost, since before the evacuation of Tiri Prime, Sharra smiled in return and<br />
nodded.<br />
"Nicholas, then, what are your orders?"<br />
"Get me North Star, Emily's going to want to speak with me."<br />
Another missile and then a third hit, the Medusa was falling behind her sisters and brothers.<br />
Falling out of formation, a certain death sentence. He knew what Emily would want to do, and he<br />
also knew he couldn't let her.<br />
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The First Guardian stared at the holo tank as it showed what her sensors had already told her.<br />
She tasted bile as she silently desperately urged Medusa's gravitic drive to come back online. It<br />
didn't though, and she gritted her teeth. Battle chatter flowed around her, and she could clearly<br />
hear the relayed evacuation order. Shuttles and fighters began to launch, along with more and<br />
more escape pods, from the five-kilometer long Guardian ship.<br />
More and more missiles were beginning to hit her friend's ship self. The Medusa simply couldn't<br />
keep up with the others, not with half her drives down. Emily could order the Expeditionary<br />
Fleet to slow their acceleration to match the Medusa of course. That would mean the Bak'ra<br />
would close on them that much faster though. There was a possibility though, if they used the<br />
tractor beams…<br />
None of the rapid-fire thoughts and possibilities showed on her face though, as she directed the<br />
com signal from Medusa on to the main display screen. The image was a bit fuzzy, but<br />
Nicholas's smile was still readily visible.<br />
"Emie, I've got a bit of a problem."<br />
"Hold on, Nicholas, I'm going to get a few of the others to tractor you and pull you along with<br />
us."<br />
"You know it's too late for that. I'm falling behind too fast. I've ordered the evacuation of<br />
everyone I can, the shuttles and fighters should have enough acceleration to catch up with you.<br />
Those in the escape pods will just have to hope the Bak'ra miss them."<br />
The First Guardian's eyes blazed at that and she sat upright.<br />
"Nicholas, don't be stupid. We'll tag you and drag you along with us. Now just hold tight."<br />
His smile, for once was sad and he took the hand of his Provost. Emily blinked as they laced<br />
their fingers together, and Shara actually smiled.
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