Page 115 of Owned By Two

“What?” I said, growing fearful. “What is it? Did they do something to me?”

“Hm? No. No, they didn’t do anything. It’s just…” He peered over at Uhti before shaking his head. “It’s probably nothing.”

That’s when the cockpit terminal began to flash and make alarming noises.

Blor left me to join Uhti, and together, they launched the ship and took off.

The speed was intense and gravity shoved me back in my seat so hard I thought my head was going to explode.

The ship shunted one way and then the other, as if to avoid something.

I didn’t know what because I had firmly clenched my eyes shut.

I didn’twantto see what was happening.

I didn’tneedto see what was happening.

There was sweet FA I could do about it, so why make the situation worse by being a part of it?

“Prepare ion cannons!” Uhti yelled.

“Ion cannons ready,” Blor bellowed back.

“On my mark!” Uhti said.

There was a pause and it felt pregnant with anticipation.

“Now, now, now!” Uhti said.

There was a loud whine and a deep bass note like sitting in a cinema with overly powerful speakers.

The reverberations shivered up my legs and spine.

My teeth chattered even though my jaw was clenched shut tight.

“Hold on!” Uhti said.

I thought I already was!

I opened my eyelids just a crack… and wished I hadn’t.

I immediately shut them again but it was too late.

Lasers and missiles screamed past our ship as we tore into space, spinning end over end to avoid them, before making wide sweeping movements in broad arcs.

The ship shuddered hard as some of the torpedoes hit.

“Shields at seventy-three percent,” Blor said.

It meant a lot that he wasn’t complaining about Uhti’s flying.

If he wasn’t complaining, it meant he must have been doing a good job.

“Just a little further…” Uhti said.

He slapped his hand on the console and the stars formed long streaks of light as we entered hyperspace, forcing me back in my chair.

Less than ten seconds later — and countless lightyears — we came to a stop.

---