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338 JEFF EDWARDS
An Operations Specialist who was just climbing to his feet looked
down at her. The young man’s right cheek was bleeding, and it was clear
that he was going to have two black eyes. “We made it, Chief! We’re still
here!”
Hobbling as he was, it took Captain Bowie ten minutes to make it to
the bridge. His left knee was already swelling, and each step he took got a
little harder.
He staggered through the airlock and seized the back of the OOD’s
chair to keep from falling down. “Officer of the Deck?”
The OOD was Lieutenant (jg) Karen Augustine. Her hair was matted
with blood, and she was holding a scrap of bloody T-shirt to her scalp, but
her eyes were bright and alert. “Yes, sir?”
The captain glanced down at the helm indicators. “How much speed
can you give me?”
The OOD scanned her consoles. “A little less than eight knots, sir.
Engineering is working to get us more, but right now, it’s a miracle that we
can make way at all.”
“Eight knots it is,” the captain said. “Let’s get the hell out of here.”