Chapter Fourteen
Sector 12 Transgalactic Station
There was no sense of looming suspense when they entered the engine room. No wondering if their enemy was lurking in the dark, waiting to strike when the Notches’ guard was down. The big mama was there, in the open, to welcome them.
They stepped off the elevator and were almost crushed immediately. A massive leg came slamming down toward them. Sam shoved Cody and Joel in one direction, and then tackled Reggie in the opposite. They would all have been turned to people paste had she not had the fastest reflexes in the universe.
Cody and Joel were back on their feet in seconds, adrenaline powering them past the fatigue that had plagued them only minutes ago. They ran along the outer perimeter of the room toward the engine, the biggest sourc
