“I thought you said this would work,” Pack hissed to Bantu.
“It will, I just need more time,” Bantu muttered, staring at the screen. “This isn’t something you can rush, Pack. If I screw up, I could blow the whole damn ship up!”
Pack turned to look at Bantu with an expression of disbelief. He blinked several times as it slowly sunk in. Drawing in a deep breath, he leaned down to stare at his friend.
“Are you saying you can program the ship to self-destruct?” Pack asked in a calm voice.
Bantu scowled. “Of course I can,” he snapped. “Each ship has a self-destruct sequence! It is part of the safety protocol.”
This time it was Pack’s turned to scowl. How the hell was blowing up your own ship a part of the safety protocol? It opened up a whole new idiom in the word vulnerability for the Bat
