Chapter Twenty-Three – Sink or Swim
SOMEWHERE, OUT IN THE dark ocean, somewhere nearby, the Unity ship waited. Or, at least, Carrie hoped it did. She couldn’t see it, but then she wouldn’t expect to. A ship full of brave soldiers, who would swoop in and rescue her before the placktoids...she gulped.
The mechanical aliens had specified a distance of one click and no closer for the Council and Unity vessels, and that Carrie had to travel without the aid of a water scooter or any other vehicle in which she could hide a weapon. They had also said she could bring nothing with her: no toolbox, no devices, only a translator so that she could hear their court judgement, presumably before they...she swallowed again.
One click was quite a distance, and she had a long swim ahead of her, and only o
