Chapter Fifteen
THE ENGINE STARTED UP with a flashing of lights on the truck’s control panel.
Katarina pushed her hood down and affixed an earpiece to her ear. She typed in codes that would ensure the opening of the main airlock.
Green lights flickered.
With a jolt, the truck started moving. Kat turned on the surrounding viewscreens and suddenly Fabio had the illusion of sitting in a glass cubicle.
There was no activity in the docking area, and light was low, glinting off the sides of trucks and packaging crates.
They passed several rust-streaked posts and the wall of the hall, also streaked with rust. Kat typed on the screen and listened on her earpiece.
The airlock worked painfully slowly. First, the inner door opened and Thalia drove the truck through. No one said anything while
