La’Rue glanced over her shoulder when Sergi and Roan stepped into the narrow confines of the freighter’s cockpit. She returned her attention to the screen where the few dots identifying the locations of the Legion fighters had grown to a swarm of them. There was nowhere to hide.
“Let me take over,” Roan ordered.
La’Rue shot the Legion General a heated glare. “My ship, my command,” she hotly stated. “H! I need Crock’s maps now!”
Roan slid into the co-pilot’s seat. La’Rue could sense Sergi sliding into the seat behind her while Julia quietly sat in the navigator’s seat watching HL-9 with fascination as the little robot accessed the database and processed millions of star charts and planetary maps looking for the one La’Rue needed.
La’Rue was about to snap at the little robot again when t
