Chapter Sixteen
Had it fired, they would have died there and then. But instead, it simply hung in the Core, and an amplified voice said, “Hold where you are!”
“Can’t!” Lorn shouted as he continued to drift up and away from the bot. “Can’t maneuver!”
Something silvery exploded from the side of the bot and lashed out at him. He stared down at the shining cord wrapped around his ankle. He’d been lassoed.
So had Kiri. He followed the line of another cord and saw the end of it wrapped around her arm. Both of them were pulled inexorably toward the killerbot. “Marines are on their way,” the voice from the bot said. “You will be brought to Hab One for interrogation. Do not struggle, or it will be worse for—”
Something flashed, and the bot suddenly went silent. The cord slithered away from aro
