Chapter Four
Sector 12 Transgalactic Station
The Notches wasted no time hauling ass out of there.
Cody pulled up the schematics on his wrist-mounted computer. “Turn left up here. There’s an elevator in that corridor. We can get off this level and regroup.”
The skittering had begun to build again—the rumble of thunder on the horizon. A lone ShimVen dropped through the ceiling and slashed at Reggie’s heel, knocking his feet out from under him. The bug was on top of him before Cody and Joel turned around. A small fountain of red erupted from Reggie’s shoulder as the ShimVen’s pointed leg stabbed into it.
Reggie screamed and flailed. Joel kicked the bug, sending it onto its back. Cody jumped forward and crushed its head with his heel. They pulled Reggie to his feet and held him upright as
